Varpu Pärssinen

EU funding to investigate collaborative behaviour of sperm Postdoctoral researcher Varpu Pärssinen has received over €200,000 from the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. She is investigating why the sperm of some animal species form larger conjugates...

I'm glad to announce that I'm starting in a new MSCA-funded postdoc next April! I will study why the sperm of some animals form large conjugates inside the female reproductive tract. The work will be done together with Jussi Lehtonen from JYU! www.jyu.fi/en/news/eu-f...

The first paper of my current postdoc is out in RSOS! We tested the distinction between natural and sexual selection in an Australian bushcricket known for mating competition among females royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...