Current news at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science

JYU.Well is seeking interns from different scientific fields for summer jobs in development and support tasks related to citizen science in wellbeing.

Published by the Hot or Cool Institute with analytical support from scientists at the University of Jyväskylä makes the case that biodiversity loss is not only a conservation issue.

Cefmof granted the University of Jyväskylä €1.325 million funding to strengthen hydrogen research and promoting sustainable transport and the circular economy. The funding is part of the strategic partnership of Cefmof.

Iida Tuure focused on bacterial red light sensing photoreceptors known as phytochromes. Dissertation work also reports, for the first time, a naturally occurring phytochrome that binds directly to DNA and regulates gene expression.

The REEVIVE project contributes significantly to the sustainable and secure supply of REEs by identifying and recovering them from underutilized secondary sources. The project aims to find cost-effective alternatives in the form of recycled REEs.

A joint research by the Universities of Jyväskylä and Bar-Ilan revealed that viral infection also alters the structure of nuclear speckles, which are essential for messenger RNA processing.

Would you like to work as a conference assistant? The Wisdom Days conference is looking for volunteers to help make the event possible. Come and join us!

In his dissertation thesis in the field of mathematics Jesse Koivu combines the concept of a Sobolev space and the extension of a function. He considers in what kind of sets Sobolev functions can be extended.

GTP Finland, a Jyväskylä-based company with a workforce of around 50, is recognised as a pioneer in the recycling of tungsten, a rare metal. The company has been working with the University of Jyväskylä on researching tungsten recycling methods.

The Finnish Cultural Foundation awarded a total of €891,500 in 26 grants to the University of Jyväskylä. The largest number of grants were awarded for natural sciences, totalling €315,000.

The University of Jyväskylä investigated how parvovirus infection impacts nucleolar morphology and function. The results provide new basic information about the interaction between viruses and nucleolus.

The doctoral research of Juho Toivola concerns organic radicals that are diamagnetic in solid state, turning paramagnetic upon melting. Toivola defends his doctoral dissertation on 13th of February, 2026.