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The Sakari Alhopuro Foundation promotes and supports medical research, biodiversity, entrepreneurship as well as cultural and social well-being in Finland.
Medical Science
The Foundation specifically supports young doctors, so that they might have the opportunity to conduct research already during their studies and immediately after graduating.
Nature
More research data is needed about the impacts of climate change on our planet’s future. The Foundation seeks to advance an understanding of the biodiversity of nature as a means of promoting a more sustainable use of our natural surroundings.
What's new
Warm congratulations to the grant recipients!
The Board of the Sakari Alhopuro Foundation has decided to grant a total of 915,000 euro in funding towards the work of 20 doctoral researchers and the University of Helsinki's coronavirus vaccine research.
Sakari Alhopuro:
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS FOUND IN HELPING OTHERS
‘What is the purpose of life? As a doctor, I have often considered that the purpose of life is found in helping others’, states Sakari Alhopuro, founder of the Foundation.
Blogs
Get to know the work of researchers by reading our blogs!
Racehorses plagued by poxvirus – how to prevent future outbreaks?
A few years ago, around hundreds of Finnish horses contracted a rapidly spreading skin infection, pastern dermatitis. It was revealed that the outbreak was caused by a novel poxvirus that is suspected to have brought about symptoms also in the people looking after the horses. Studying the virus helps us to recognise future outbreaks in time and minimise their impacts.It’s getting hot in here – how does phytoplankton adapt to rising temperatures?
Phytoplankton plays a key role in marine ecosystems while also producing half of the Earth’s oxygen. Climate change is a challenge to the phytoplankton floating in the water. A group of scientists is investigating the ability of phytoplankton to adapt to rising water temperatures across Europe.Metastatic cancer can be treated with drugs in the future
Metastatic cancer is in many cases incurable, and the treatment of advanced cancer remains an unresolved problem for the field of medicine. The development of effective treatments requires profound understanding of the ways metastases are formed in different tissues.Articles
‘My path to research began on the island of Seili’
In the summer of 2011, biology student Katja Mäkinen could not have imagined that her first internship in the field, at the Archipelago Research Institute of the University of Turku, would alter her dreams of becoming a teacher. However, that’s exactly what happened, and that field work on Seili sparked her interest in research work and led her to a career as a researcher.Fighting the coronavirus with nasal sprays
According to researchers at the University of Helsinki, coronavirus infections can best be prevented by means of a nasally administered vaccine. In addition to the vaccine, the researchers are also developing a nasal spray to serve as a ‘biological mask’. These are two separate preparations, which are based on different technologies and used differently. The nasal spray may complement the protection provided by vaccines and be particularly suitable for individuals responding poorly to vaccines.The first ever Sakari Alhopuro Prize awarded to Professor Kalervo Väänänen and archipelago nature photographer Jaakko Ruola
The Sakari Alhopuro Foundation’s Board has selected Professor Kalervo Väänänen and nature photographer Jaakko Ruola as the recipients of the Sakari Alhopuro Prize. The prize is awarded in recognition for their influential contribution to the protection of the Archipelago Sea. Now awarded for the first time, the prize sum amounts to 50,000 euro to be shared by the prize winners.Saving the Archipelago Sea calls for legislative actions, the stick and the carrots
The Archipelago Sea is one of the most spectacular natural environs in Finland – but for how long? Eutrophication caused by phosphorus and the resulting algal blooms in the sea pose a serious threat to the natural and recreational values of the unique marine environment and the various forms of livelihood in the archipelago. Immediate, binding and efficient actions are needed to reverse the current development.Professor Pentti Huovinen received the A. I. Virtanen Prize
Named after the only Finnish Nobel laureate in science, the A .I. Virtanen Prize has been awarded to Professor Pentti Huovinen in recognition of his internationally significant research in the field of bacteriology.Contact information
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Professor of Bacteriology
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Research
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