Accademia Nationale dei Lincei has granted the international Antonio Feltrinelli Prize to Academy Professor Kari Alitalo. The prize, 250.000 euros, was awarded in acknowledgment of Alitalo’s pioneering work on cancer research.

Prof. Philippe Sansonetti, one of Europe’s leading microbiologists, will give a lecture on 25 June 2019 at 3pm at the House of the Estates (Säätytalo) in Helsinki. The event is open to the public but pre-registration is required. Welcome!

Application processes for the Eino Jutikkala Fund and for the Emil Öhmann Foundation have been closed 31 May 2019.

 EASAC Policy Report 37 "Decarbonisation of Transport: options and challenges" has been released and is now downloadable.

Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae Mathematica vol. 44:1 has been published and is now online.

At the March meeting of the Young Academy Finland (YAF) Club presentations were given by PhD Ulla Kaasalainen, PhD Veronika Laippala and D.Sc. Jenni Raitoharju. How to study biology, french or signal processing? All of the presentations are in English. Videos can now be seen online!