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Research groups
The groups on the following pages are only a selection of groups working in the different biocenters, arranged according to the main field of study. For complete information on each biocenter, please choose Member institutes from the menu and visit the webpages of the biocenters.
Bioinformatics & systems biology
Microbiology, including virology
Structural biology & biophysics
Bioinformatics & systems biology
Corthals Garry (Turku): Quantitative phosphoproteome-wide analysis of cellular systems and patient tissues, http://proteomics.btk.fi/
Sampsa Hautaniemi (Helsinki/BCH 2011-)
Holm Liisa (Helsinki/BI)
Holm lab
Juffer André (Oulu): Computer simulation of biological processes
Juffer lab
Knuuti Juhani (Turku): Molecular imaging
http://www.pet.fi/
Lahesmaa Riitta (Turku): Molecular and systems immunology and stem cell biology
Lahesmaa lab
Niemi Jarmo, Metsä-Ketelä Mikko, Mäntsälä Pekka (Turku): Antibiotic biosynthetic enzymes (ABE)
http://www.sci.utu.fi/projects/biokemia/abe/
http://www.sci.utu.fi/biokemia/en/research/biochemistry/abe_description.html
Petre Ion (Turku): The computational biomodeling laboratory
http://combio.abo.fi/
Vihinen Mauno (Tampere): Bioinformatics
Vihinen lab
Vuorela Pia (Turku): Natural product drug discovery and chemical biology
Vuorela lab
Wong Garry(Kuopio): Transcriptomics and bioinformatics tools
Wong lab
Cell and molecular biology
Abankwa Daniel (Turku): Mechanisms and biosensors of GTPases
Eriksson John (Turku): Cytoskeletal and survival signaling
Eriksson lab
Eskelinen Eeva-Liisa (Helsinki/BCH 2011-)
Eskelinen Sinikka (Oulu): Regulation of the actin-based cytoskeleton in epithelial cells during polarization and malignant transformation
Eskelinen Sinikka lab
Finne Jukka (Turku): Carbohydrate receptors and ligands
Finne lab
Frilander Mikko (Helsinki/BI): Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotic systems
Frilander lab
Heino Jyrki ( Turku): Structure and function of the collagen receptor integrins
Heino lab
Hietakangas Ville (Helsinki/BI): Signaling in growth and metabolism
Hietakangas lab
Hiltunen Kalervo (Oulu): Peroxisomes and mitochondria in lipid metabolism of cells
Hiltunen lab
Huovila Ari (Tampere): Cell interactions
Huovila lab
Ikonen Elina (Helsinki/BCH): The cell biology of cholesterol: mechanisms of intracellular cholesterol transport and human disease
Ikonen lab
Ivaska Johanna (Turku): Cell adhesion and cancer
Ivaska Johanna lab
Ivaska Kaisa (Turku): Skeletal biology consortium (ent. Bone biology research consortium)
Ivaska Kaisa lab
Jacobs Howy (Tampere): Mitochondrial gene expression and disease group
Jacobs lab
Jänne Olli (Helsinki/BCH): Androgen receptor signalling
Jänne lab
Jäntti Jussi (Helsinki/BI): Cell polarity regulation in differentiation and development
Jäntti lab
Jokitalo Eija (Helsinki/BI): Morphological determinants of the endoplasmic reticulum
Jokitalo lab
Kaarniranta Kai (Kuopio): Age-related macular degeneration pathogenesis
(www-pages under construction)
Kaguni Laurie (Tampere and Michifan State University): Finnish Distinguished Professor
Replication and expression of the mitochondrial DNA genome
Kaguni lab
Koskinen Päivi (Turku): Signalling pathways regulated by oncogenic Pim kinases
Koskinen lab
Kulomaa Markku (Tampere): Development of engineered proteins for bio- and nanotechnology
Kulomaa lab
Kuznetsov Sergey (Helsinki/FIMM): Molecular mechanisms of cancer progression
Kuznetsov lab
Lahesmaa Riitta (Turku): Molecular immunology, stem cell biology and systems biology of cell differentiation
Lammi Mikko (Kuopio): Cartilage and bone research
Lammi lab
Lappalainen Pekka (Helsinki/BI): Regulation of actin and plasma membrane dynamics in mammalian cells
Mäkelä Tomi (Helsinki/BI): Cancer-relevant kinases
Mäkelä lab
Manninen Aki (Oulu): The regulatory roles of integrins and extracellular matrix in epithelial cell polarity
Timo Otonkoski (Helsinki/BCH 2011-)
Palvimo Jorma (Kuopio): Stereoid Receptor and Transcription Group
Palvimo lab
Parkkila Seppo (Tampere): Carbonic anhydrases
Parkkila lab
Pesu Marko (Tampere): Immunoregulation
Pesu lab
Silvennoinen Olli (Tampere): Cytokine signaling and transcriptional regulation
Silvennoinen lab
Sistonen Lea (Turku): The heat shock response
Sistonen lab
Spelbrink Hans (Tampere): Mitochondrial DNA maintenance and disease
Spelbrink lab
Taipale Jussi (Helsinki): Growth control and cancer
Taipale lab
Tammi Markku (Kuopio): Hyaluronan in cellular differentiatiation, inflammation and cancer
Tammi lab
Vartiainen Maria (Helsinki): Actin as an organizer of gene expression
Vartiainen lab
Verschuren Emmy (Helsinki/FIMM): Dissecting cellular and biochemical properties of candidate tumor suppressors and oncogenes, aiming to build the molecular constituents of novel cancer networks
Virtanen Tuomas (Kuopio):
Virtanen lab
Developmental biology
Jernvall Jukka (Helsinki/BI): Evolution and development
Kotaja Noora (Tampere): Gene expression in male germ cells,
Kotaja lab
Partanen Juha (Helsinki/BCH): Regulation of neuronal development in the embryonic brain
Partanen lab
Pirvola Ulla (Helsinki/BI): The inner ear – from development to therapeutic applications
Pirvola lab
Shimmi Osamu (Helsinki/BI): Analysis of TGF-beta type signaling in Drosophila development
Shimmi lab
Thesleff Irma (Helsinki): Regulation of ectrodermal organ development
Thesleff lab
Toppari Jorma (Turku): Male reproductive health, developmental disorders and spermatogenesis
Toppari lab
Vainio Seppo (Oulu): Genetic control of organogenesis
Vainio lab
Genetics & genomics
Aaltonen Lauri A. (Helsinki/BCH): Tumor genomics
Auvinen Petri (Helsinki/BI): DNA sequencing and genomics laboratory
Hanski Ilkka (Helsinki/BCH): Integrated molecular, genomics, and population biological studies of natural populations
Hanski lab
Helariutta Yrjö (Helsinki/BI): Genetic control of wood development
Helariutta lab
Järvelä Irma (Helsinki/BCH 2011-)
Kallioniemi Anne (Tampere): Genomics of breast and pancreatic cancer
Anne Kallioniemi lab
Lehesjoki Anna-Elina (Helsinki/BCH): Mechanisms of neurologic disease: from gene mutation to pathogenesis
Lehesjoki lab
Lohi Hannes (Helsinki/BCH): Canine disease genomics
Lohi lab
Männikkö Minna (Oulu): Genetic factors in common musculoskeletal, eye and ear disorders
Männikkö lab
Nyström Minna (Helsinki/BCH): Functional characterization of genetic and epigenetic changes associated with risk of colorectal cancer
Nyström lab
Palmgren Juni (Helsinki/FIMM FiDiPro):
Complex diseases: Early detection and prevention
Palotie Aarno (Helsinki/FIMM): Genetics of complex traits
Aarno Palotie lab
Primmer Craig (Turku): Ecological and evolutionary genomics (aka PnP)
Ripatti Samuli (Helsinki/FIMM)
Saarela Janna (Helsinki/FIMM): Genetics of complex neuropsychiatric diseases using cutting edge genetic technologies
Schleutker Johanna (Tampere): Genetic cancer predisposition, prostate cancer genetics
Schleutker lab
Elisabeth Widén (Helsinki/FIMM): Molecular mechanisms regulating pubertal timing and growth
Widén lab
Winqvist Robert (Oulu): Novel genes and patterns of polygenic factors in heritable predisposition to breast cancer
Winqvist lab
Microbiology, including virology
Ahola Tero (Helsinki/BI): RNA virus replication and its inhibition
Bamford Dennis (Helsinki/BCH): Understanding virus evolution through structure
Bamford lab
Hänninen Arno (Turku): Microbiology and immunopathogenesis group
Hänninen lab (pdf)
Hultmark Dan (Tampere and Umeå University): Finnish Distinguished Professor
The immune response in Drosophila
Kainov Denis (Helsinki/FIMM): Influenza A viruses
Kainov lab
Rämet Mika (Tampere): Drosophila and zebrafish models of immune response
Rämet lab
Saksela Kalle (Helsinki/BCH): Protein interactions in cellular signaling and virus-host cell interplay
Saksela lab
Molecular medicine
Alhonen Leena (Kuopio): Genetically modified animal models with altered polyamine homeostasis as disease models
Alitalo Kari (Helsinki/BCH): Genes, mechanisms and inhibition of tumor metastasis
Alitalo lab
Corthals Garry (Turku): Proteome based patient monitoring via the development of a framework for annotation of molecular information by spatial location and molecular composition within tissues http://proteomics.btk.fi/
Elenius Klaus (Turku)
Härkönen Pirkko (Turku): Growth regulation of hormonal cancer
Härkönen lab
Hemminki Akseli (Helsinki/BCH): Oncolytic adenoviruses
Hemminki lab
Isola Jorma (Tampere): Cancer biology
Isola lab
Jalkanen Sirpa (Turku): Mechanisms of cell trafficking in harmful inflammations and cancer spread
Jalkanen lab
Kallioniemi Olli (Helsinki/FIMM): Molecular mechanisms of breast and prostate cancer
Genome-scale cancer biology and personalized cancer medicine
Kähäri Veli-Matti (Turku): Matrix metalloproteinases
Kähäri lab
Kere Juha (Helsinki/BCH): Genetic research on complex diseases
Kere lab
Keski-Oja Jorma (Helsinki(BCH): Extracellular regulation of cell invasion: Targeting and activation of TGF-beta by LTBPs, and regulation of membrane-type -1 metalloproteinase function
Knowles Jonathan K. C. (Helsinki/FIMM FiDiPro)
Translational research and personalized medicine
Kosma Veli-Matti (Kuopio): Molecular mechanisms in cancer
(www-pages under construction)
Laiho Marikki (Helsinki/BCH): p53 and checkpoint control in cancer
Laiho lab
Lundin Johan (Helsinki/FIMM)
Clinical informatics and image-based diagnostics
Myllyharju Johanna (Oulu): Key enzymes in the synthesis of collagens and the response of cells to Hypoxia
Närvänen Ale (Kuopio): Biomolecule group
Närvänen lab
Peltomäki Päivi (Helsinki/BCH): Epigenetic mechanisms of cancer susceptibility
Peltomäki lab
Pihlajaniemi Taina (Oulu): Roles of the type XIII collagen family and endostatin-containing collagens in the extracellular matrix and cell-matrix interactions
Pihlajaniemi lab
Poso Antti (Kuopio): Drug design and synthesis using computer aided virtual screening methods and the newest synthetic techniques
Poso lab (new www-pages under construction)
Poutanen Matti (Turku): Identification of novel drug targets and their mechanisms of action in steroid hormone target tissues
Poutanen lab & Turku Center for Disease Modeling
Saavalainen Päivi (Helsinki/BCH): Genetics and immunopathogenesis of celiac disease
Savolainen Markku, Herzig Karl-Heinz, and Järvelin Marjo-Riitta (Oulu): Molecular determinants of the metabolic syndrome
Savolainen, Herzig & Järvelin lab
Soininen Raija (Oulu): Analysis of gene functions in vivo by generation and characterization of genetically modified mice
Visakorpi Tapio (Tampere): Molecular mechanisms of prostate cancer
Visakorpi lab
Wartiovaara Anu (Suomalainen Anu in publications) (Helsinki): Mitochondrial role in disease and aging
Wartiovaara lab
Vähäkangas Kirsi (Kuopio): Chemical carcinogens - kinetics and effects
Wennerberg Krister (Helsinki/FIMM): Group Wennerberg uses chemical biology and drug discovery approaches to gain new understanding of mitotic, signaling and metabolic events in cancers
Wennerberg lab
Westermarck Jukka (Turku): Cancer cell signaling
Westermarck lab
Ylä-Herttuala Seppo (Kuopio): New gene and recombinant protein-based approaches for treatment of cardiovascular diseases and malignant glioma
Ylä-Herttuala lab
Neurobiolog
Coffey Eleanor (Turku): Protein kinase regulation of brain development and disease
Courtney Michael (Kuopio): Visualisation and elucidation of signalling pathways in neurodegeneration
Courtney lab
Gröhn Olli (Kuopio): Biomedical NMR research group: Experimental MRI of neurodegenerative diseases
Biomedical NMR lab
Hiltunen Mikko (Kuopio): Molecular and functional genetics
Holopainen Irma (Turku): Neurotransmitter receptors in nerve cell damage and neuroprotection
Holopainen lab
Kaila Kai (Helsinki/BCH): Anion-regulatory proteins and GABAergic transmission in neuronal development, plasticity and disease
Koistinaho Jari (Kuopio): Immunopharmacology
Koistinaho lab
Laitinen Jarmo T (Kuopio): G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs)
Laitinen lab
Pitkänen Asla (Kuopio): Epilepsy Research Laboratory, molecular basis of epileptogenesis
Pitkänen lab
Rauvala Heikki (Helsinki/BCH): Cell surface and extracellular matrix molecules in neuronal development,
plasticity and disorders
Rauvala lab
Rivera Claudio (Helsinki): Role of ion transporters in neurotransmission
Rivera lab
Saarma Mart (Helsinki): Biology and therapeutic potential of neurotrophic factors
Saarma lab
Soininen Hilkka (Kuopio): Biomarkers and genetics of Alzheimer’s disease
Soininen lab
Tanila Heikki (Kuopio): Neurobiology of memory
Tanila lab
Plant biology
Aro Eva-Mari (Turku): Photosynthetic membranes: biogenesis, regulation and applications in energy production
Kangasjärvi Jaakko (Helsinki/BCH): Plant stress
Kangasjärvi lab
Palva Tapio (Helsinki/BCH): Plant signalling
Rintamäki Eevi (Turku): Systems biology of plant chloroplast redox compounds
Rintamäki lab
Savolainen Outi & Mikko Sillanpää (Oulu): Genetical and Statistical Evolutionary Genomics: Analysis of Adaptive Phenotypic Variation
Schulman Alan (Helsinki/BI): MTT/BI Plant Genomics Laboratory
Teeri Teemu (Helsinki/BCH): Flower development and secondary metabolism.
Teeri lab
Structural biology & biophysic
Annila Arto (Helsinki): Physical foundations of evolutionary theory
Annila lab
Butcher Sarah (Helsinki): Macromolecular structure and assembly
Butcher lab
Goldman Adrian (Helsinki): Macromolecular structures group
Heikinheimo Pirkko (Helsinki): Protein transport and glycosylation
Heikinheimo lab
Hytönen Vesa (Tampere): Protein dynamics
Hytönen lab
Iwai Hideo (Helsinki): NMR studies of intact proteins by new labeling technologies
Iwai lab
Jaakola Veli-Pekka (Oulu): Structural studies on G protein-coupled receptors: Dynamics, activation and signaling
Jaakola lab
Varjosalo lab (Helsinki)
Varjosalo lab
Papageorgiou Tassos (Turku): X-ray crystallographic studies of proteins
Papageorgiou lab
Permi Perttu (Helsinki): Finnish Biological NMR Center
Raunio Hannu (Kuopio): In vitro and in silico studies of drug safety
Raunio lab
Rouvinen Juha (BCK/Joensuu): Protein crystallography and high-resolution mass spectrometry
Rouvinen lab
Vallittu Pekka (Turku): FRC Research Group
www.biomaterials.utu.fi
Verkhovsky Michael I. (Helsinki): Molecular biophysics of biological energy transduction
Verkhovsky lab
Wierenga Rikkert K. (Oulu): Structural enzymology: A quantitative approach
Wierenga lab
Wikström Mårten (Helsinki): Molecular mechanisms of primary energy transduction in biology and medicine
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