A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences - News

The title of Academician of Science is the highest honour that can be bestowed on any individual scientist in Finland and can be held by no more than 16 distinguished Finnish scientists and scholars at a time.

Myelin, the insulating sheath around nerve fibres, is essential for fast, healthy signalling in the brain, and its patterns enormously vary across brain tissue regions.

Maryam Ghasemitarei, Atri Halder, Robert Leigh, Jenni Mölkänen and Hanna Ristolainen were appointed to three-year UEF Research Fellow positions.

The study helps to better understand cellular disease processes in different frontotemporal dementia patients.

The Vaajasalo Foundation has awarded five grants to researchers at the University of Eastern Finland for the years 2026–2027.

Advanced MRI methodology, mathematical modelling, and data-driven analysis were combined to characterise tissue microstructure non-invasively.

Gene therapy for epilepsy and cell states predicting the preservation of memory functions were some of the topics at the symposium celebrating 50 years of neuroscience research in Kuopio.

The project assesses the feasibility of developing inhibitors targeting NRF2, a transcription factor implicated in therapy resistance in multiple cancers. Modulation of NRF2 activity may also have broader therapeutic relevance.

The Research Council of Finland’s (RCF) Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment awarded the UEF 6.1 million euros for Academy Projects and 2.8 million euros for Academy Research Fellows.

The Research Council of Finland’s (RCF) Scientific Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering awarded the University of Eastern Finland 4 million euros for Academy Projects and 1.9 million euros for Academy Research Fellows.