MET celebrates with an open lecture series and a new history book
In November, the faculty will celebrate its 50th anniversary. The Faculty, which was first called the Faculty of Medicine, was founded in 1972.
During the anniversary week, a three-part open lecture series is organised in the Arvo building. The lectures – which are held on Monday 14 Nov., Tuesday 15 Nov. and Wednesday 16 Nov – deal with stem cell therapies in the treatment of heart conditions, the increasingly prevalent celiac disease, and personalised medicine in the treatment of cancer.
The actual day of the celebrations is Thursday 17 November. During the festivities, the faculty’s new history book that covers the period of 2003–2022 will be published.
Biomaterials, immunology, and cancers are researched
In 2021, the faculty had almost 1,800 students and some 65 full professors.
The faculty is conducting research on biomaterials, biomeasurements and -imaging, immunology, cancers, clinical medicine, tissue engineering, bioinformatics, modelling, and cellular and molecular biology.
More than 100 research groups, 1,100 publications annually
The faculty has more than 100 active research groups, and the faculty’s researchers annually publish some 1,100 scientific papers.
The faculty is home to two Academy of Finland-funded Centres of Excellence: body-on-a-chip research and tumour genetics research. The faculty’s ARCHIMEDES project is developing a new paradigm in toxicology with a Consolidator Grant awarded by the European Research Council.
Photograph: Jonne Renvall
