Life in Finland
The Heart Beats on the Left

September 15, 2017 • 1 min read • Finland

The Heart Beats on the Left

The heart points to the left and most people's heart is about one-third right, two-thirds left.
About the agility of large organizations

June 15, 2017 • 4 min read • Finland

About the agility of large organizations

A decade for the switchI don't remember exactly, but the idea to deploy a decent content management system for the entire web presence of the University of Helsinki is probably 10 years old.
Barriers to Electronic Lab Notebook adoption

June 8, 2017 • 4 min read • Finland

Barriers to Electronic Lab Notebook adoption

Our lab has been interested in electronic lanb notebooks (ELNs) for a while.
Gemstone hunting in Finnish Carelia

May 31, 2017 • 1 min read • Finland

Gemstone hunting in Finnish Carelia

Last Sunday, we participated in the spring excursion of the Finnish Gemstone Hobbyists’ Society (Suomen Jalokiviharrastajain Yhdistys) to a spectrolite quarry near Ylämaa in Finnish Carelia.
Forever Young

April 30, 2017 • 3 min read • Finland

Forever Young

I was asked by the Novo Nordisk Foundation to say a few words about the applicant's perspective in the grant call.
Finland still safest country for travellers

April 18, 2017 • 1 min read • Finland

Finland still safest country for travellers

In the 2017 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index, Finnland scored in the global comparison rank 33 (11 places lower than two years ago).
Overrun by the Big Wheel?

March 24, 2017 • 5 min read • Finland

Overrun by the Big Wheel?

Despite focus on internationalization English information about education reform incomplete and lateThe Big Wheel reform is rolling over me and I don't notice it.
No interest (in retrospection and introspection)?

February 17, 2017 • 3 min read • Finland

No interest (in retrospection and introspection)?

There was much talk about last year's "changes" at the university.
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Biochemistry/Molecular biology researcher and teacher