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rantakarigroup.bsky.social @rantakarigroup.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Postdoctoral positions open in EU funded IMMUNOFELLOWs programme immufellow.fi. @utu.fi If you have macrophage related ideas, please contact.
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International Postdoctoral Fellowships in Immunology (MSCA COFUND) The Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral Research Fellowship Programme for Future Leaders in
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Julian Hofmann @julianhofmann.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
After many months of work, our study on embryonic #neutrophils is now finally published in @natcomms.nature.com! My (offline) colleagues Laura, Emmi, and I report on the kinetics, localisation, and phenotype of neonatal neutrophils in the mouse. @utu.fi @inflames-flagship.bsky.social rdcu.be/ftxhF
Immunofluorescence microscopy image of a embryonic (E17.5) murine kidney showing vasculature (white) and neutrophils (orange glow)
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rantakarigroup.bsky.social @rantakarigroup.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Finally out! Our study on embryonic neutrophils is now published in @natcomms.nature.com @julianhofmann.bsky.social @turkubioscience.bsky.social @utu.fi @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @salmilab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Tissue-resident neutrophils serve homeostatic and immunological functions in embryos - Nature Communications
The development and function of neutrophils in early life is less well understood than that of adults. Here using mouse models, the authors investigate the presence and function of neutrophil precurso...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Tissue-resident neutrophils serve homeostatic and immunological functions in embryos @natcomms.nature.com @salmilab.bsky.social @uniturku.bsky.social @rantakarigroup.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Jette Lengefeld @jetteleng.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
🔬⚕️ We’re hiring: Laboratory Technician Are you a highly motivated enthusiast of hematopoietic stem cell aging? Join our team at Helsinki University in the happiest country in the world: Finland 🇫🇮 😃 Find the link on our website: lengefeldlab.com Please share 🙏 We look forward to your application! 😎
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InFLAMES Research Flagship @inflames-flagship.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Ryhmänjohtajamme, professori Jukka Westermarckin johtama tutkimus on saanut lähes miljoonan euron säätiörahoituksen, onnea🔥🍾💐👏! Rahoitus myönnettiin tutkimukseen, jossa etsitään lääkemolekyylikandidaatteja vakavaan kolmoisnegatiiviseen rintasyöpätyyppiin. Toivotamme parasta menestystä tutkimukselle!
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Jukka Westermarckin johtamalle tutkimukselle lähes miljoonan euron rahoitus - InFLAMES-lippulaiva
Jane ja Aatos Erkon säätiö myönsi 993 000 € nelivuotisen rahoituksen syöpäbiologian professori, InFLAMES-lippulaivan ryhmänjohtaja Jukka Westermarckille. Jane ja Aatos Erkon säätiö myönsi vuoden ensim...
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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Great funding news! Congratulations Jukka! bioscience.fi/the-jane-and... @westermarcklab.bsky.social
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The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has granted nearly €1 million to support research led by Professor Jukka Westermarck
993 000 € was granted to a research project led by our Group Leader Professor Jukka Westermarck titled “Small-molecule targeting and nuclear functions of CIP2A in triple-negative breast cancer.” The p...
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Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
A one minute primer on how #AutoSpectral improves spectral flow cytometry unmixing by using per-cell calculation of autofluroscence spectra. Use our R package and get higher quality spectral data, easy as that! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Keisuke Ito @keisukeito-lab.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Thrilled to share that our latest review—led by @aysegulerdemm.bsky.social—synthesizing insights into complex intrinsic and extrinsic metabolic regulation of HSC fate and its implications for leukemogenesis, is published in March 2026 issue of @natcellbio.nature.com. @nickvangastel.bsky.social
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rantakarigroup.bsky.social @rantakarigroup.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We had a pleasure to have students visiting from Ivanov's lab @lp2mlab.bsky.social @univcotedazur.bsky.social in Turku @turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi. What a week! Full of experiments and scientific discussions.
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 08/03/2026
“My wish is that this will provide a positive message to the young girls who would like to follow the path of science and to show them that women in science can also have an impact through their research.” Emmanuelle Charpentier, Nobel Prize winner and since this year ERC Scientific Council member.
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EFIS_Immunology @efis-immunology.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
🌍 On #InternationalWomensDay, EFIS celebrates the women advancing science and immunology🔬. Their work drives discovery, innovation, and better health worldwide. We remain committed to supporting diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities in science. #WomenInScience #WomenInImmunology
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Nature @nature.com · 08/03/2026
On International Women’s Day, we celebrate technology pioneers and recognize the mentorship that is necessary to inspire the current generation and those of the future. go.nature.com/4umbgcz
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Celebrate women in research and the networks that sustain them
On International Women’s Day, we celebrate technology pioneers and recognize the mentorship that is necessary to inspire the current generation and those of the future.
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Vera Mikkilä @veramikkila.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Loistava vieraskynä, kiitos Kaarlo Hildén! Kirjoituksen pointti pätee korkeakoulutuksen lisäksi sellaisenaan myös myös tieteeseen: Tieteen tavoitteen rajaaminen pelkkään kilpailukykyyn sivuuttaa inhimilliset haasteet ja sivistykselliset päämäärät – vaikka juuri niiden varaan kaikki muu rakentuu.
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Vieraskynä | Korkeakoulujen vision pitäisi korostaa sivistystä kilpailukyvyn perustana
Voitaisiinko korkeakoulutukselle asettaa yhtä kunnianhimoiset sivistykselliset tavoitteet kuin peruskoululle?
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Dan Tyrrell @danis1337.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Estropausal gut microbiota transplant improves measures of ovarian function in adult mice Really cool stuff from @bbparis1984.bsky.social lab doi.org/10.1038/s435...
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Estropausal gut microbiota transplant improves measures of ovarian function in adult mice - Nature Aging
To investigate the link between the gut microbiome and ovarian health, here the authors transplant gut microbiota from estropausal female mice to young adult female mice. Microbial transplantation imp...
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
when it's your turn to give lab meeting and you don't have new results to show
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Nature @nature.com · 21/02/2026
Are brains 'male' or 'female'? Study tracks sex differences from age 8 to 100 go.nature.com/4kHd4rY
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Brain differences between sexes get more pronounced from puberty
Nature - Study could help reveal why some mental health disorders vary between men and women — but it's not clear whether the differences are due to sex or gender.
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InFLAMES Research Flagship @inflames-flagship.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Exciting times! Over 80 international researchers applied to the IMMUFELLOW postdoctoral research programme for immunology-related postdoctoral positions. The applications are currently under review by independent experts. #immunology @salmilab.bsky.social @utu.fi @aboakademi.bsky.social
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Over 80 applications were received for the IMMUFELLOW program - InFLAMES Research Flagship
Over 80 international researchers applied for the IMMUFELLOW postdoctoral research programme. The first 11 positions were available at the University of Turku or Åbo Akademi University for immunology-...
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Turun yliopisto - University of Turku @utu.fi · 19/02/2026
Professor Laura Elo at University of Turku is awarded the Leif C. Groop Award for outstanding research on type 1 diabetes. She believes we need to look at both proteins and genes to understand the disease. "It’s like being a detective", she says. Congratulations Laura👏💐! #ScienceSky #ImmunoSky
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Laura Elo is awarded the Leif C. Groop Award for outstanding research on type 1 diabetes
Laura Elo at University of Turku is awarded the Leif C. Groop Award for outstanding research on type 1 diabetes.
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Turun yliopisto - University of Turku @utu.fi · 19/02/2026
Turun yliopiston professorille Laura Elolle on myönnetty Leif C. Groop -palkinto ansiokkaasta tyypin 1 diabeteksen tutkimuksesta. Elo toivoo, että hänen ryhmänsä työ vaikuttaa siihen, että tulevaisuudessa tyypin 1 diabeteksen kulkua voidaan hidastaa ja ehkä jopa ehkäistä tauti. Onnea palkinnosta💐!
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Professori Laura Elolle Leif C. Groop -palkinto ansiokkaasta tyypin 1 diabeteksen tutkimuksesta
Turun yliopiston professori Laura Elolle on myönnetty Leif C.
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Vera Mikkilä @veramikkila.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Suomessa on surkean vähän naisia luonnontieteen ja tekniikan aloilla. Tämä näkyy myös tieteessä. Me Akatemiassa edellytämme, että hakija kuvaa hakemuksessaan, miten hankkeessa edistetään tasa-arvoa. Miten esim. rekrytoinneissa ja tutkimusryhmän rooleissa pyritään purkamaan sukupuolittuneisuutta?
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Tasa-arvo | Asiantuntija: Miehiä suosiva kulttuuri vähentää yhä naisten hakeutumista luonnontieteisiin
Esimerkiksi Tanskassa ja Virossa noin puolet luonnontieteen ja tekniikan aloilla työskentelevistä on naisia. Suomi laahaa alle kolmanneksen osuudellaan EU-maiden viimeisenä.
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rantakarigroup.bsky.social @rantakarigroup.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Glad to see the increased interest in sex differences among immunologist. See you in the meeting. @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi @univcotedazur.bsky.social
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Immune Sex Differences @sexdiffimmunity.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Our second annual meeting - please save the date and distribute
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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Researchers grow specialised nerve cells that degenerate in ALS/motor neuron disease and are damaged in spinal cord injury in this 'fundamental' study. buff.ly/FqxZhvh
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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Turku Bioscience Genome Editing Core is organizing a workshop on generating knock-out and knock-in modification using CRISPR/Cas9 technology with in vitro ribonucleoprotein complex delivery. Read more & apply here: bioscience.fi/events/crisp... #geneediting #crispr #cas9
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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Our group leader, Matej Oresic, participated yesterday in a panel discussion organized by Sugar Science. The topic of the discussion was what the earliest detection of type 1 diabetes might look like. You can watch the discussion on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlMf...
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Panel: What would the earliest detection of Type 1 Diabetes look like?
YouTube video by The Sugar Science
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rantakarigroup.bsky.social @rantakarigroup.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
My office view at @lp2mlab.bsky.social for a moment. Exited to work with talented people and cant wait to see what a amazing projects we can do together @turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi @univcotedazur.bsky.social @sigridjuselius.bsky.social
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rantakarigroup.bsky.social @rantakarigroup.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
We are glad to see that the research on women's health issues have finally come to spotlight around the world @inflames-flagship.bsky.social
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Amazing opportunity, two 5-year Research Professor positions opened at the Finnish Cancer Institute www.syopainstituutti.com/researcher-p...
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Vera Mikkilä @veramikkila.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Naiset ovat edelleen tutkimuksessa aliedustettuina myös sairauksissa, joihin he sairastuvat miehiä useammin. Kun naisia ei tutkita, naisten kohdalla myös preventio ontuu? Kiitos tärkeästä nostosta, @inflames-flagship.bsky.social! Tätäkin toimintaa tukee Suomen Akatemia.
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Vera Mikkilä @veramikkila.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Akatemia edellyttää, että hakemuksessa kuvataan tutkimusasetelman tasa-arvo- ja yhdenvertaisuusnäkökulmat. Joskus meiltä kysytään, että mitä ihmettä se tarkoittaa. Esimerkiksi juuri tätä. Jos tutkittavina on vain miehiä, on syytä esittää sille hyvä perustelu ja kertoa, miten aikoo tuloksia tulkita.
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Maija Tervola @maijatervola.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
”Hoitoon pääsyssä naiset jäävät takamatkalla, sillä useissa sairauksissa naisten diagnoosi ja hoito käynnistyvät keskimäärin vuosia myöhemmin kuin miesten. Tällä on merkittäviä vaikutuksia myös kansantalouteen työkyvyn, tuottavuuden ja terveydenhuollon kustannusten kautta.” 😑
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Nainen ei ole koskaan sama, ja on siksi biotietieteille hankala tutkimuskohde
Kaikki ihmiset eivät tunnetusti ole miehiä, mutta lääketieteellistä ja lääketutkimusta on tehty pitkälti heillä. Tulosten on oletettu pätevän myös naisiin, vaikka näin ei välttämättä ole.
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Ivaska Lab @ivaskalab.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Postdocs wanted - Please spread the word! We are looking for one bioinformatician and 1-2 cell biologists with different expertise! See the job ad below for more information and links to the job descriptions!
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bioRxiv Immunology @biorxiv-immuno.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Embryonic lympho-epithelial cell interactions play an essential role in the establishment of adult T cell tolerance www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
A new interesting opening at our Microscopy Core Facility. There is still time to apply!
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Mikael Niku @mikaelniku.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Tuu meille töihin! Jos vain viihdyt dissektiosalilla vähän ronskimmissa kamppeissa kuin nuo kuvituskuvan hahmot. Halutessasi pääset myös tekemään tutkimusta mun kanssa (mutta ei ole pakko :)). jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Eläinlääketieteellisen anatomian yliopistonlehtori
Eläinlääketieteellisen anatomian yliopistonlehtori
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 We have an opening at our Microscopy Core Facility in Turku 🇫🇮. If you love imaging 🔬 and helping scientists succeed, we want you! 👇 abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index... #Microscopy #ScienceJobs #CoreFacility #Imaging @turkubioscience.bsky.social
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Laboratory Engineer (Senior), in Advanced Imaging, 1.5.2026-31.12.2028
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rantakarigroup.bsky.social @rantakarigroup.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Now is time to relax. Happy Xmas to all, see you next year.
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Research group of Professor Marko Salmi @salmilab.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We are hiring two postdoctoral researchers to study the Initiation and Modulation of Immune Responses! Check out at 👉 ats.talentadore.com/apply/kaksi-...
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Two Postdoctoral Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine to Study the Initiation and Modulation of Immune Responses
The immunology research group “Leukocyte Traffic and the Immune Response”, led by Professor Marko Salmi, invites applications for two fixed-term postdoctoral researcher positions at the [Faculty of Me...
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Turun yliopisto - University of Turku @utu.fi · 21/11/2025
📢Are you a postdoctoral researcher with an excellent track record in #immunology and/or related field? We are hiring, but hurry, call closes 27 November! Apply and join us in Finland! Read more 👉 bit.ly/4r83ktP #ImmunoSky #MedSky #LifeScience
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InFLAMES Research Flagship @inflames-flagship.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
📢Are you a postdoctoral researcher with an excellent track record in #immunology and/or related field? We are hiring, but hurry, call closes 27 November! Apply and join us in Finland! Read more 👉 bit.ly/4r83ktP #ImmunoSky #MedSky #LifeScience
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Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) @fimm-uh.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Congratulations to Tero Aittokallio on securing funding from the Research Council of Finland through its 2025 Proof of Concept call for his project "Patient-tailored, effective and safe combinatorial therapies"! 🔗 www.aka.fi/en/about-the... @hilife-helsinki.bsky.social @nordicembl.bsky.social
“Graphic announcement from FIMM congratulating Tero Aittokallio on receiving Research Council of Finland funding for a new Proof of Concept project titled ‘Patient-tailored, effective and safe combinatorial therapies’. The design features a bouquet of wildflowers in a vase framed by a white starburst shape on a teal background with the text ‘Warm congratulations to Tero Aittokallio!’.”
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Nature @nature.com · 07/11/2025
Scientists have created the most detailed maps yet of how our brains differentiate from stem cells during embryonic development and early life go.nature.com/4qIpjr3
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First ever atlas of brain development shows how stem cells turn into neurons
A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for neuroscientists.
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rantakarigroup.bsky.social @rantakarigroup.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Exciting to be in @lp2mlab.bsky.social making plans for the future visits and experiments related on macrophages together with Ivanov lab. @univcotedazur.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @turkubioscience.bsky.social
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InFLAMES Research Flagship @inflames-flagship.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Working at a life science company requires top-knotch expertise, but also passion for what you do. The BioBridge Career Fair is in full swing! #academy&industry @utu.fi @aboakademi.bsky.social
Yleiskuva väkijoukosta.Keskustelua messuosastolla.
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InFLAMES Research Flagship @inflames-flagship.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
We have a exciting day ahead of us, the BioBridge Career Fair is about to begin. And we have a full house! Welcome all! #academy&industry @utu.fi @aboakademi.bsky.social
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Elo Lab @elolab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Great TBC #ScienceDay yesterday! Loved hearing about the center’s research, sharing a bit about our own project, and catching up with everyone during the breaks. Good vibes & good science! ✨🎃 @turkubioscience.bsky.social @utu.fi
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Nature @nature.com · 26/10/2025
Pregnancy and breastfeeding induces the accumulation of specialized immune cells that reduce the chances of breast cancer developing go.nature.com/4hqHcGk
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Breastfeeding boosts immune cells that protect against breast cancer
Nature - The protective, long-lived T cells can persist for decades after a woman gives birth.
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