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About one-third of patients with schizophrenia do not respond to conventional medications, leaving them with one effective treatment option: clozapine. Clozapine's most serious side effect, a life-threatening drop in white blood cell…

In order to raise awareness of good supervision practices, the University of Helsinki Doctoral School wanted to highlight particularly deserving doctoral supervisors. A new Excellence in Doctoral Supervision Award has been established for…

The agreement was signed during Rector Sari Lindblom’s visit to South Korea in September. Intensifying collaboration with Korean universities is a key part of the University of Helsinki’s new global program, which aims to foster…

You cannot study the sea without getting wet, says Research Coordinator Joanna Norkko of the University of Helsinki’s Tvärminne Zoological Station. To be sure, samplers lowered from research vessels can collect samples from seas and…

The results of the latest University of Helsinki career monitoring survey are very promising: most respondents are satisfied with the education and training they have received in terms of their careers. The proportion of satisfied students…

The University of Helsinki and the financial service provider OP Financial Group have signed a partnership agreement for the period 2024–2029. The goal of this intensifying cooperation is to boost the financial skills of young people…

A research group at the Finnish Museum of Natural History is investigating the adaptive potential of plant species amid a warming climate. Their recent study investigates the Siberian primrose, a plant species that occurs on the coasts of…

“It is known that highly biodiverse diatom communities are very efficient in producing oxygen” says Professor Janne Soininen from University of Helsinki. “Islands have long been considered natural laboratories as they comprise a unique…

"The Hera mission will provide valuable information for the next development stages of both planetary defence and asteroid mining," says Antti Näsilä, Principal Scientist at VTT. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Aalto University…

RevEye technology utilises the eye's own mechanism Otusophta’s RevEye technology is based on seven years of fundamental research that examined the structure and mechanisms of the lipid layer covering the tear film, as well as the…