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Saana Kataja-aho and Jari Haimi will present their respective topics in the publication event of the book.

Unique non-fiction book introduces readers to the microbes and tiny animals living in the soil

Common earthworms are invaluable and diligent workers, so how can you attract them to your own garden?

6.9.2019 Mobile “gene-scissors” target to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in bacterial communities (Ruotsalainen)

The decreased efficacy of antibiotics is a global problem and hinders the therapeutic outcome of previously treatable bacterial infections.

6.9.2019 A doctoral dissertation improves our description of nuclei at the level of fundamental particles (Paakkinen)

High-energy collision experiments can probe the structure of nuclei even down to the level of fundamental particles.

European whitefish transfer omega-3 fatty acids, but not mercury, into gonads. This transfer decrease muscle fatty acid and increase mercury concentration. In turn during the summer growing season, fatty acid concentrations increase, and mercury levels decline. Credit: University of Jyvaskyla/Ossi Keva

European whitefish is healthy for human consumption, but the nutritional quality varies among seasons

Research by an international team of scientists shed new light to the nutritional quality of whitefish and revealed that the tasty fish is best to eat in late summer.

ERC Starting Grant –rahoituksen avulla Juha Muhonen toteuttaa tutkimusryhmässään uudenlaisen hybridialustan kvanttikomponenttien yhdistämiseen.

Nanoresearcher Juha Muhonen receives a significant grant for developing components for a quantum computer

Associate professor, academy research fellow, Juha Muhonen from the University of Jyväskylä has received the highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant.

"The researchers showed that predators learn to avoid more distasteful yellow frogs and generalize this avoidance to white frogs", says Doctor Bibiana Rojas from University of Jyvaskylä.

Toxic frogs with weak defenses persist in the gene pool alongside stronger competitors

Diversity is a hallmark of life and it shows up in unexpected places.

Enteroviruses in electron microscope. Credit: University of Helsinki and University of Jyväskyla/Visa Ruokolainen and Ausra Domaska

Physiological mechanisms leading to enterovirus opening revealed – helps in developing therapeutic treatments

Enteroviruses are one of the most common human pathogens leading to high number of acute and chronic infections worldwide.

In enriched rearing method structures are added to rearing tanks to increase habitat complexity and resemblance to natural conditions.

Enriched environment in aquaculture enhances the survival of fish from bacterial disease

Cooperative study conducted by University of Jyväskylä and Natural Resources institute Finland (Luke), revealed that enriched rearing of juvenile fish significantly enhances the survival of fish from bacterial infection commonly seen in rearing...

10.8.2019 An optimal route on a sub-Riemannian manifold does not make sharp turns (Hakavuori)

The regularity of optimal routes on sub-Riemannian manifolds has been an important open problem in sub-Riemannian geometry since the early 90s.

9.8.2019 Eye Imaging Technology provides opportunities in biotechnology (Haavisto)

In her doctoral dissertation, M.

The summer school gathers students of natural sciences and information technology from all over the world to study in Jyväskylä in 5–16 August.

The international Jyväskylä summer school unites natural science and technology

Jyväskylä has one of Finland’s largest and oldest international summer schools.

A new professor Anna Kuparinen brings modelling tools in biological research

Rector of the University of Jyväskylä Keijo Hämäläinen has appointed PhD, Dos.

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