Science
Ouriginal fails more often than not to detect plagiarism

May 23, 2024 • 7 min read • Technology

Ouriginal fails more often than not to detect plagiarism

Ouriginal, the plagiarism detection service formerly known as Urkund, has been in use at the University of Helsinki for a very long time.
Admission interview

May 9, 2024 • 3 min read • Finland

Admission interview

An increasing number of MSc study programs at our university are incorporating an interview into the admission procedure.
MPHARM milestone

April 26, 2024 • 1 min read • Finland

MPHARM milestone

Helsinki University's International Master’s Programme in Pharmaceutical Research, Development and Safety (MPHARM) is close to another milestone: Our first graduates are soon to submit their theses.
Mia Sivén, the world's first professor of sustainable pharmacy

April 5, 2024 • 1 min read • Finland

Mia Sivén, the world’s first professor of sustainable pharmacy

When we were asking our foreign students what made them join the University of Helsinki, several of them mentioned sustainability aspects.
Finished with Finnish?

March 30, 2024 • 5 min read • Finland

Finished with Finnish?

In her opinion piece in Helsingin Sanomat, Annikka Mutanen picked up on the predicted population decline in the numbers of Finnish people: At the end of this century, the number of people in Finland with Finnish roots will have fallen below 2 million.
Essential elements for life science

March 24, 2024 • 2 min read • Essential Elements

Essential elements for life science

Here is my version of a simplified periodic table for life scientists.
Overstretched IT support

February 23, 2024 • 4 min read • Technology

Overstretched IT support

More than a year ago, a few weeks after receiving my new work computer, it failed to reboot after a system update and got stuck early in the boot process.
Back to the monograph?

February 1, 2024 • 5 min read • Finland

Back to the monograph?

Finland had become internationally known for producing highly qualified PhD graduates in the STEM fields.
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Biochemistry/Molecular biology researcher and teacher