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A Fond Farewell to Our Interns and Research Assistant

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Despite the some­what mediocre weath­er we’ve expe­ri­enced this June, today brought a wel­come burst of sun­shine, allow­ing us to cel­e­brate in style. We gath­ered (in Teuras­ta­mo) to bid farewell to our remark­able team mem­bers: Jonathan Ray, Kert­tu Pänkäläi­nen, and Nooa Myl­lykos­ki, whose intern­ships and research assist­ant­ship have come to a close....

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Oral Presentation at SSIB 32nd Annual Meeting

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We are delight­ed to announce that our Doc­tor­al Researcher, Arsene Kanyamib­wa, has been accept­ed for an oral pre­sen­ta­tion at the pres­ti­gious Soci­ety for the Study of Inges­tive Behav­ior (SSIB) 32nd Annu­al Meet­ing. The event will take place from July 28 to August 1, 2025, at the Math­e­mat­i­cal Insti­tute in Oxford,...

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Department retreat 2025

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The Depart­ment of Psy­chol­o­gy set off for a one-day retreat to the sun­ny des­ti­na­tion of Tvär­minne. True to tra­di­tion, the day was packed with pro­duc­tive ses­sions focused on improv­ing depart­men­tal process­es, along­side sci­en­tif­ic talks and poster pre­sen­ta­tions. This year, par­tic­i­pants had the chance to learn about the life and work...

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New OBRAIN Lab Research on Ultra-processed Foods and Brain Structure!

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We are thrilled to announce that OBRAIN LAB has pub­lished a pio­neer­ing research paper exam­in­ing the effects of ultra-processed foods on brain struc­ture. This study, now avail­able in npj Meta­bol­ic Health and Dis­ease, pro­vides crit­i­cal insights into how dietary habits may influ­ence brain health. The paper, titled “Ultra-processed food con­sump­tion...

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Welcoming Our New Member, Anna !

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We are thrilled to announce that Anna Krasiko­va has joined the OBRAIN lab as a mas­ter’s the­sis stu­dent. Anna will be work­ing under the super­vi­sion of Manon on the LUMINA Project, uti­liz­ing data that will be col­lect­ed in the fol­low­ing months to devel­op her the­sis. We eager­ly antic­i­pate the insights...

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Introducing FinnFoodPics — A Database of Finnish Snack Foods for Investigating Modern Eating Behaviors

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We are excit­ed to announce the pub­li­ca­tion of our lat­est research paper, “Finn­Food­Pics: A Data­base of Finnish Snack Foods for Inves­ti­gat­ing Mod­ern Eat­ing Behav­iors,” now avail­able in the jour­nal Food Qual­i­ty and Pref­er­ences. This open-access data­base is designed to sup­port local researchers in study­ing con­tem­po­rary eat­ing habits with a focus...

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Obesity Week 2024

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The 2024 edi­tion of  Obe­si­ty Week took place in San Anto­nio, Texas (USA) on the 3rd- 6th Novem­ber, and our doc­tor­al Researcher, Arsene KANYAMIBWA, was there to present a poster on the final ver­sion of the image data­base Finn­Food­Pics! He learned about the lat­est updates on Glucagon-like peptide‑1 ago­nists research,...

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More Grant news !!!

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We are delight­ed to announce that Arsene Kanyamib­wa has been award­ed a pres­ti­gious grant from the Jen­ny and Antti Wihuri Foun­da­tion for the year 2024 (Start­ing Novem­ber 15th for 12 months). This grant is part of our ongo­ing com­mit­ment to sup­port­ing research, art, and soci­etal activ­i­ties, with over €15 mil­lion...

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