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HELSINKI UNIVERSITY BULLETIN21.12.2011                                                          

 
     
 
 
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VIIKKI CAMPUS AGRONOMY

A little fuller stomach

Deusdedith Mbanzibwa developed a test to detect a virus that affects the cassava, a staple food of the world’s poor. When the test was being deployed in Tanzania, there actually turned out to be two viruses to contend with.  - Read more > 

 

CITY CENTRE CAMPUS BIOETHICS
If science defeats death
 
Christmas is a good time to stop and think about the finiteness of human life, and not only from a religious perspective. For a professor of bioethics, the thought of eternal life is intriguing. - Read more >
 
 
VIIKKI & CITY CENTRE VETERINARY MEDICINE AND EGYPTOLOGY
Horses for pharaohs and students
 
Michael Hewetson and Yukiko Sasada are crazy about horses. He heals sick horses, and she dreams of finding mummified ones. - Read more >
 
 
COLUMN JUSSI KULONPALO
Designing the City
 
“Anti-design” and spontaneous street level happenings as well as toasting with champagne glasses will flourish in Helsinki next year. At least this is what Jussi Kulonpalo — researcher in Urban Studies — is hoping for. The spaces of mayors and activist may well intersect.
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 Helsinki @ ease

Coffee and Karelian pasties
Cafés are at once stages and auditoria – places where you can be seen and see others, says Professor of Food Culture Johanna Mäkelä. The most important aspect of the experience, however, is the delicacies. - Read more >
 
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 “Let your mind fly!”
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