Turku Centre for Biotechnology

Turning the Instruments Toward Relations

Imagine turning Herschel's telescope and Leeuwenhoek's microscope away from the objects they make visible and towards the relations among them. What must an investigation observe, measure and compare to make a biological claim about those relations? This paper develops relational...

The Young and the Restless Left: Who Voted for Die Linke in the 2025 German Federal Election?

This article examines vote choice for Die Linke in the 2025 German federal election, an election in which the party staged a comeback after a period of decline in national, EP and regional elections. Drawing on post-election survey data from the German Longitudinal Election Study...

Eco-evolutionary dynamics and environmental detoxification jointly shape bacterial community response to antibiotic perturbation

Microbial communities frequently encounter recurrent antibiotic disturbance, yet how ecological, evolutionary, and environmental processes jointly shape community responses remains unresolved. Here, we use priming to describe the history-dependent effect whereby prior exposure al...

Machine learning-based prediction of morphophysiological, ionic, and biochemical responses of Lolium multiflorum to salinity stress

Salinity is a major constraint on the establishment and productivity of annual ryegrass ( Lolium multiflorum Lam.). This study evaluated the effects of NaCl stress on the germination, growth, mineral composition, and biochemical responses of four annual ryegrass cultivars (‘Grass...