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Johanna becomes a member of Academia Europaea!

Friday, June 02, 2023 News
Johanna has been appointed a member of the Academia Europaea scientific community. The European Academy of Sciences covers all disciplines and invites distinguished scientists to become members based on peer review.

Worldwide Cancer Research funding!

Monday, May 29, 2023 News
We are very excited to receive funding from WWCR to study how the normal breast tissue microenvironment prevents tumour formation through IGFBP2 secretion (2023-2025).

We have a new Postdoc and PhD student! Welcome both!

Friday, June 10, 2022 News
Omkar joined us in May from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India to do his doctoral studies. Michal joined us in June from the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, as a postdoctoral researcher.

Recent News

Successful establishment of a new Center of Excellence from Academy of Finland !

Monday, October 18, 2021 News
Ivaska Lab looking forward to exciting 8 years with the BarrierForce Center of Excellence. The CoE, directed by Johanna Ivaska, was selected as one of 11 new Aacdemy of Finland Centers of Excellence (2022-2029).To find out more please visit the dedicated website !

Successful funding of ERKKO grant application !

Monday, October 11, 2021 News
Excited to receive a 990 000 eur grant to study Cancer metastasis – new biological paradigms as drug targets from Jane and Aatod Erkko -foundation for 2022-2025

Hanna is joining the lab !

Monday, October 04, 2021 News
We are delighted to have Hanna Parkkola in the lab! She is back to her roots in cell culture after momentarily venturing into the wild world of protein chemistry. Welcome back!