Soile Roste, the new Aalto EIT Services financial specialist
Meet Soile Roste, the new Aalto EIT Services financial specialist, and learn more about the crucial importance of financial controllers in European projects.
Virulence inhibitors
Bacterial pathogens utilize a variety of tools to establish successful infections. These include a plethora of toxins, the formation of thick slimy biofilms, endotoxic lipopolysaccharides in the bacterial outer membrane, elastases that break down host connective tissue and flagellar motility, collectively referred to as bacterial virulence factors. The widespread use of, and dependence on, antibiotics to attempt to treat bacterial infections has inadvertently resulted in a strong rise in global encounters of drug resistance. Added to this, antibiotic-mediated killing of bacteria can also result in a massive sudden release of virulence factors, resulting in clinical deterioration of the patient. This has sparked interest in treatments that prioritize the targeting of bacterial virulence factors over bacterial killing.
We have discovered a group of therapeutics that interacts with two virulence factors simultaneously through a completely novel and not previously described Dual mechanism of Action. Both the mechanisms effectively target the bacterial virulence arsenal and collectively the dual functionality leads to a significantly reduced inflammation caused by pathogens in human epithelial cells. The treatment is highly effective against the clinically relevant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii strains, including extensively antibiotic resistant clinical isolates.
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Watch Collaboration in and with the Global South
Prof. Caterina Soldano leads a conversation with Prof. Isabella Concina, Dr. Sumita Sharma and Dr. Karin Frölich on the challenges and opportunities of collaboration and cooperation in and with the Global South.
Watch Coded Bias panel discussion – Aalto University 25 March 2021 with director Shalini Kantayya
Prof. Nitin Sawhney leads a conversation with filmmaker Shalini Kantayya, to highlight the themes and issues emerging from the film, along with AI ethics experts Meredith Broussard, Amber Sinha, Jenni Hakkarainen and Sid Rao
University Preview
In University Preview we assess together the assumptions related to our operating environment in relation to new trends.
University Dialogue
The university dialogue focuses on setting targets for the coming year and longer-term activities, implementation of the plans and resourcing.
Processing of indoor environment anomaly
Indoor environment anomalies are processed the following way.
There are a limited number of digital goods for common use → Ecosystem growth should be accelerated through initial investments and functional interfaces
There are not enough digital goods necessary for the development of new solutions and growth on mobility platforms.
Data are unavailable or unsuitable for use cases → Common standards should be created, and customer needs should be made transparent
In the mobility sector, the data required for the development of platforms and concrete use cases are not yet shared sufficiently, or based on a common agreement.
Scalable platform solutions are not created in the mobility sector → Common rules and preconditions should be created for scalable solutions
The business objectives and incentives of operators in the mobility sector (public funding and market-based incentives) are difficult to reconcile when building platform-based mobility service solutions.
How should the platform economy be promoted in the mobility sector?
Can Finland take its place in the global growth market of smart mobility? The platform economy offers mobility sector companies a significant new opportunity for growth, internationalisation and finding solutions to the societal and environmental challenges of mobility. In this policy brief we present three recommendations related to innovation policy that support the development and growth of the platform economy in the mobility sector.
ViCCA students' exhibition (Un)seen: In the Dazzle of Infrastructure at Galleria Aarni
The exhibition (Un)seen: In the Dazzle of Infrastructure starts from an analysis of infrastructure with a focus beyond its more tangible manifestations. Infrastructure shapes not only our physical landscape, but our habits, culture, and temporality. It is at its most effective when it blends seamlessly into our surroundings and evades our consciousness. The exhibition’s approach to infrastructure is built around the solar, each project drawing different connections to infrastructural byproducts and our connection to the sun. (Un)seen: In the Dazzle of Infrastructure is a collective curatorial project and exhibition realized by ViCCA students. It features works both by course participants and artists selected through an open call.
From idea to innovation and commercialisation
Aalto supports researchers in becoming successful entrepreneurs in many different fields.
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