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Fire alarm at the Department of Chemistry on 13 March

On Monday, 13 March 2023 at 12 noon, the fire alarm went off at the Department of Chemistry.

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Fysiikan laitoksen uuden professorin Jussi Topparin erityisalaa on nanofysiikka ja nanoteknologia.

New Professor Jussi Toppari is a cross-disciplinary expert

PhD Jussi Toppari has been appointed professor of physics at the University of Jyväskylä from 1 March 2023.

FM Joonas Ojala

3.3.2023 Nuclear spectroscopy: The shapes of Pb-186 under investigation (Ojala)

In his doctoral thesis, Joonas Ojala discusses experimental results for the lead-186 isotope using electron and gamma spectroscopic methods.

M.Sc. Dhanik Reshamwala

24.2.2023 Broad-spectrum antivirals from nature: studies on efficacy and mechanisms (Reshamwala)

In the last few decades, the world has been witnessing several viral outbreaks.

Matti Jalasvuori toimii PrecisionPhagen toimitusjohtajana.

Unifund invests in biotech company PrecisionPhage, developer of phage technology

PrecisionPhage was founded to support wider international utilisation of bacteriophages.

Satu Pekkala et al. Jyväskylän yliopistossa määrittivät vaikutuksia suolistomikrobistoon.

Vitamin B3 nicotinamide riboside improves muscle mitochondria and gut microbiota composition

The newest vitamin B3 family member, nicotinamide riboside (NR) has been found to have beneficial effects on mitochondria in the human muscle.

Metsät tarjoavat yhteiskunnalle monenlaisia ekosysteemipalveluja: puuta, ravintoa, hiilivarastoja, virkistysarvoja, elinympäristöjä lajeille. Metsänhoito ja ilmastonmuutos vaikuttavat näiden palvelujen tarjontaan.

Forest management will have a stronger effect than climate change on the supply of ecosystem services

Forests contribute to human well-being by providing a wide variety of ecosystem services to the society.

Microsoft Multi-Factor Authentication becomes obligatory in spring 2023 – Please enable it as soon as possible!

Multi-Factor Authentication for Microsoft services becomes obligatory by the end of April, and it is implemented in stages. Please check the group-specific schedules in the chart below.

Fabien Cougnon, Ilkka Kronholm ja Tuomas Orponen.

Tying knots with molecules, mutations and the emergence of new species, solving old mathematical problems – major EU funding for three JYU researchers

Three researchers from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science have been awarded a highly competitive Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

Ilman lämmetessä järviveden sekoittuva kerros madaltuu ja kasviplanktonin määrä pienenee. Kuva: Salla Ahonen.

Heatwaves can decrease the biomass of phytoplankton in lakes

A recently published study showed that heatwaves reduced the biomass of phytoplankton in a boreal lake. Summertime heatwaves will become more frequent and stronger with climate change and can reduce the biomass of phytoplankton in stratified lakes.

Phytochrome structures shown in dark and illuminated states.

A small structural change but a large biochemical effect – Structure of a bacteriophytochrome in two states revealed

Scientist have revealed both dark adapted and light-activated structures of a red photosensory protein, phytochrome.

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