According to ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects in 2025, ecology is the most successful discipline at the University of Helsinki. Research in the field of ecology at the University ...

A new global study finds that the visual beauty of birds – their colours and shapes – predicts which wild species are traded by people. By analysing data for over 9000 bird species, researchers ...

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The renewed Single Cell and Spatial Omics Course provides an introduction to scRNA-seq and spatial omics principles and data analysis, covered by both lectures and hands-on sessions. Image credits: ...

A recent study has shown that annual songbird populations are shaped more by adult overwintering survival and less by the number of fledglings they produced in the previous summer. A study from the ...

There are changes to library opening hours and services on Independence Day 6 December and during the holiday season from 11 December to 6 January. Library locations are closed on Saturday, 6 December ...

Viikki Wood and Forest Innovation Hub hosts together with Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) the Nature and Forest Pitching Competition in Y Science 2025! Bringing forth the value of ...

For Stephini Andersin, half Malay and half Sinhalese, now living in Finland, multifaceted identity has always been a part of her life. Andersin’s lived experience has helped shape her academic ...

The Steering Group started and got organised on the 11th September 2025, and the new Director will start at the beginning of 2026. We are also glad to inform you that Professor has been appointed by ...

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