I boat boat tickets to Åbo. It arrives close to the central part of the city. Boat tickets at least two times cheaper than plane tickets nowadays. Night boat arrives early in the morning (07.00). One has enough time to reach the University and prepare teaching. Everything related to my visit was perfectly arranged by the host University.
I had discussion with Profs. John Eriksson and Pekka
Hänninen
and members of their research groups about recent research results and developments in the field of endocytosis.
As a member of the PhD evaluation committee I also participated in the
evaluation committee meeting for Mrs. Claire Hyder, who is a PhD student in
Prof. John Eriksson´s laboratory.
Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland and Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholmm Sweden have a long history of scientific interactions. Both Departments are linked by joint grants and projects. It is natural that a special attention is paid on education of students and postdocs involved in joint experiments. In addition, exchange of specialists allows an update on recent developments in techniques and experimental results of mutual interest. Åbo Akademi is a Swedish speaking University. All students and stuff members speak Swedish and English. Visum is not required.