Current news at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä and the Finnish Food Authority have succeeded in reducing water mould infections in fish by using mussels.

The goal of BioSounds project is to create a real-time acoustic monitoring network to be deployed in 20 national parks in Madagascar.

The key finding of a peer-reviewed article published in the Wisdom Letters series of the JYU.Wisdom research community is that the cumulative effects of enewable energy projects are not investigated comprehensively enough.

The economic potential of forests should be examined more broadly. In the publication Biodiverse forests as a platform for value creation: Balancing nature, economy and fairness, researchers present seven recommendations for renewing the forest sector.

M.Sc. Aagrah Agnihotri defends his doctoral dissertation on 26.6.2026

The aim of Sanni Sinisalo’s master’s thesis was to develop a deep learning model. The model was based on a previously developed model from Kuopio University Hospital that predicts the dose distribution for radiation therapy in breast cancer patients.

The Strategic Research Council (SRC) established within the Research Council of Finland (RCF) has granted continued funding to ten consortia researching the just green transition.

Roope Suvinen and co-workers developed a new bis(ligand) based on cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes that can bind to metal centres at more than one point. Suvinen defends his doctoral dissertation 26.6.2026.

The results of the BOOST project have been used in the regulation of voluntary ecological compensation under Finland’s Nature Conservation Act and in the preparation of the Ministry of the Environment’s compensation regulation.

Five scientists from the University of Jyväskylä – Jari Haimi, Henna-Riikka Peltola, Juha Hulmi, Veikko Halttunen and Minna Torppa – share their recommendations for books worth reading this summer.

Researchers of the JYU.Wisdom have provided policymakers and those preparing the national restoration plan with research-based definitions for the key concepts of the Regulation. Publication summarises practical recommendations.

M.Sc. Batuhan Dogan's doctoral dissertation maps the global diversity of light-harvesting proteins that many bacteria use to capture extra energy from sunlight.