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In nature, organisms can show great variation in their appearance which is often determined by alternative forms (i.

Tardigrades are tiny (0.

Education at JYU among the best of the world.
JYU’s research in education ranked 44th in the Shanghai Ranking.

Researchers of the LIFE Revives project at the University of Jyväskylä have found that the larvae of freshwater pearl mussel survive best in the original salmon fish population of their home river.

M.Sc. Ossi Keva defends his doctoral dissertation ”Environmental change effects on lake food web structure and nutritional quality”.

JYU is a partner in the new EU-funded project 'BEPREP' (Identification of best practices for biodiversity recovery and public health interventions to prevent future epidemics and pandemics) that aims to prevent future pandemics by studying and...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of environmental contaminants originating from incomplete combustion or pyrolysis of organic material, as well as intentional or accidental release of crude oil or industrial spillage and effluents.

The interaction between viral and host proteins is essential for progression of viral infection.

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering has decided to grant funding to four researchers from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science: Kalle Auranen and Riccardo Marin as Academy Research Fellow and Damian...

Bacteria play important roles in the lives of humans, animals and plants.

Vihinen-Ranta group from the Department of Biological and Environmental Science has received a grant from Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation for their project entitled “The Impact of cellular structures on nuclear egress of herpesvirus capsids”.

Organisms defend against external disturbances using various metabolic and genomic methods.