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29.4.2022
New funding to Ben from the Finnish Cultural Foundation
Finnish Cultural Foundation grants funding for Dr. Benjamin Fuchs to study the effects of herbicide residues in soil on plant-insect...
29.4.2022
Seminar day at Paimio Sanatorium
The helandersaikkonenlab met for a seminar day at Paimio Sanatorium, which is one of the arcitectural master pieces of Alvar...
15.3.2022
Grand Opening of the Bumblebee Lab
Today we celebrated the start of exciting studies on bumblebee learning behaviour and whether it is affected by glyphosate-based herbicides!...
14.3.2022
Video shoot for Suni`s recent paper in JoVe
We published the methodology to quantify the potential impact of glyphosate-based herbicides on microbial compositions in non-target organisms in the...
3.3.2022
New article: Dark septate endophytes: mutualism from by-products?
Ruotsalainen A. L., Kauppinen M., Wäli P. R., Saikkonen K., Helander M. & Tuomi J. 2022. Dark septate endophytes: by-product...
3.3.2022
Press release about Ben`s recent paper in Frontiers in Plant Science
A new study finds that glyphosate residues in soil affect phytohormones in aboveground plant parts. Academy of Finland funded postdoctoral...
2.3.2022
Press release about Miika`s recent paper in Frontiers in Microbiology
A common plant disease was found to defend its host against pests Scientists from University of Turku observed that ergot,...
22.6.2021
New project funded by Academy of Finland
The project focuses on the role of microbes and photoperiodic responses in adaptive radiation of plants in the Polar Regions...
27.4.2021
Strong gene flow explains lack of mating system variation in perennial herb in a fragmented landscape
Strong gene flow explains lack of mating system variation in the perennial herb, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, in a fragmented landscape Muola,...