PhD Thesis of the Year Award 2024
The Turku Cancer Research Society invites all students recently defended a PhD thesis on the field of cancer to apply for the PhD thesis of the Year Award 2024! The purpose of the award is to highlight talented early career researchers and their research conducted in Turku. The award (500 €, funded by Jalkanen Foundation) will be presented in the Society´s Christmas Seminar event on Decembre 3, 2024 at Alhopuro lecture hall (Medisiina C).
The recipient of the award will be invited to give a short talk in the seminar. To apply, please follow the instructions below. The application deadline is November 1, 2024 and the applicant need to be a member of the TCRS.
Pilvi Riihilä, Chair of the TCRS, and Pertti Nurminen, Winner of the best Thesis of the Year 2024 Award. Award sponsored by Jalkanen Foundation
Chair of the TCRS. Pilvi Riihilä. Program of the seminar
Leo Lahti, professor, University of Turku, “Microbiomes & cancer”
Pertti Nurminen, PhD. University of Turku. Winner of the best Thesis of the Year 2024 Award. Thesis presentation.
Peeter Karihtala Research diretor, professor, HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center and University of Helsinki, “Cancer and microbiome – an oncological perspective.
