Research Groups and R&D Platforms: Biomedicine

Research Group:
Innate and adaptive immunity in viral infections
Ilkka Julkunen
ilkka.julkunen[at]utu.fi
Institute of Biomedicine
University of Turku
Antibodies, Assay development, Autoimmune diseases, Basic research, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Diagnostics, Imaging, Imaging software, Immunology, In Vitro Diagnostics, Infection, Inflammation, Medicinal chemistry, Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular diagnostics, Molecular modelling, Neurological disorders, Pattern recognition, Proteomics, Receptor, Signaling, Virology

Research Group:
Medicinal Chemistry
Olli Pentikäinen
olli.pentikainen[at]utu.fi
Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku
Autoimmune diseases, Basic research, Bioinformatics, Biomedicine, Cancer, Hit to lead, Inflammation, Inherited diseases, Lead optimization, Medicinal chemistry, Molecular modelling, Organic compounds, Pharmacology, Physico-chemical properties, Receptor, Screening, Signaling, Structural Biology, Synthetic chemistry

Research Group:
Systems Molecular Engineering
Jianwei Li
jianwei.li[at]utu.fi
Department of Chemistry,
University of Turku
Atomic-force microscopy, Basic research, Biochemistry, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Biomolecular chemistry, Biotechnology, Cancer, Chemical Physics, Combinatorial chemistry, Drug delivery, Drug target, Electron microscopy, Fluorescence spectroscopy, FTIR or RAMAN spectroscopy, Hit to lead, Imaging, Infection, Inflammation, Lead optimization, Medicinal chemistry, Microstructure analysis, Molecular modelling, Nanoparticles, Natural Compounds, Next-generation sequencing, NMR, Nucleic acids, Organic Chemistry, Organic compounds, Particle size analysis, Physico-chemical properties, Powder X-ray diffraction, Preclinical development, Proteomics, Screening, Structural Biology, Synthetic Biology, Synthetic chemistry, Thermal analysis, X-ray crystallography

Research Group:
Molecular mechanisms of diseases
Ulla Pentikäinen
ulla.pentikainen[at]utu.fi
Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku
Basic research, Bioinformatics, Biomedicine, Biomolecular chemistry, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases, Developmental disorders, Medicinal chemistry, Molecular modelling, NMR, Structural Biology, Target discovery, X-ray crystallography

Research Group:
Alzheimers’s disease associated with metabolic diseases / Rare diseases
Ullamari Pesonen
ullamari.pesonen[at]utu.fi
Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku
Basic research, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Disease models, Drug target, Inherited diseases, Metabolic diseases, Neurological disorders, Personalized medicine, Pharmacology, Target discovery

Research Group:
Novel multitargeting therapies for neurodegenerative diseases
Timo Myöhänen
timo.myohanen[at]utu.fi
Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku
PREP in Neurodegenerative Disorders (Helsinki-group page)
Ageing-related diseases, Assay development, Basic research, Biomedicine, Diagnostics, Disease models, Drug target, Imaging software, In Vitro Diagnostics, In Vivo Diagnostics, MALS or SEC-MALS, Medicinal chemistry, Molecular Biology, Molecular modelling, Neurological disorders, PET, Pharmacology, Signaling, Target discovery