Academy of Finland Award to Matti Jalasvuori
(WorldNews Finland)

The Academy of Finland presents awards each year to two outstanding and distinguished researchers. The 2017 Award for Scientific Courage was presented to Academy Research Fellow Matti Jalasvuori from the University of Jyväskylä and the Award for Social Impact to Postdoctoral Researcher Ville Kivimäki from the University of Tampere. Jalasvuori has done groundbreaking research into the development of virotherapy to treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Kivimäki`s research deals with the social and cultural history of the second world war and post-war emotional history in the Finnish context. The Academy of Finland Award for Scientific Courage is...