Research Groups and R&D Platforms: Ageing-related diseases

Research Group:
Bone and energy metabolism

Kaisa Ivaska
kaisa.ivaska[at]utu.fi

Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku

Kaisa Ivaska

Ageing-related diseases, Assay development, Basic research, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Diabetes, In Vitro Diagnostics, Metabolic diseases, Molecular Cell Biology, Musculoskeletal disorders, Obesity

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Research Group:
Neuronal Signalling Pathways

Michael Courtney
miccou[at]utu.fi                    

Neuronal Signalling Laboratory
Turku Bioscience Centre,
University of Turku

Michael Courtney

Neuronal Signalling Pathways

Ageing-related diseases, Assay development, Basic research, Biochemistry, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Cancer, Data mining, Disease models, Drug delivery, Drug target, Fluorescence spectroscopy, High throughput imaging, Hit to lead, Imaging, Imaging software, In Vitro Diagnostics, Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular modelling, Natural Compounds, Natural products, Neurological disorders, Organic compounds, Pharmacology, Screening, Signaling, Synthetic Biology, Target discovery

Research Group:
Hormonal cancer growth and metastasis

Pirkko Härkönen
harkonen[at]utu.fi

Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku

Pirkko Härkönen

Ageing-related diseases, Basic research, Biomarker, Breast cancer, Cancer, Disease models, Drug target, Personalized medicine, Prostate cancer, Receptor, Signaling, Target discovery

Research Group:
The role of mesenchymal stem cells in fracture healing

Terhi Heino
terhi.j.heino[at]utu.fi

Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku

Terhi Heino

Ageing-related diseases, Basic research, Biomedicine, Diagnostics, Disease models, Endocrinology, Imaging, In Vitro Diagnostics, Molecular Cell Biology, Musculoskeletal disorders, Next-generation sequencing, Personalized medicine, Receptor, Signaling

Research Group:
Biomarkers for ovarian cancer

Kaisa Huhtinen
kaisa.huhtinen[at]utu.fi

Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku

Kaisa Huhtinen

Ageing-related diseases, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Cancer, Diagnostics, Genomics, In Vitro Diagnostics, Molecular Biology, Molecular diagnostics, Next-generation sequencing, Ovarian cancer, Pathology, Personalized medicine

Research Group:
Nuclear Lamins and Human Disease

Pekka Taimen
pepeta[at]utu.fi

Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku

Pekka Taimen

Ageing-related diseases, Antibodies, Basic research, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases, Clinical Medicine, Diagnostics, Disease models, Drug target, Electron microscopy, Genetics, Genomics, Imaging, Imaging software, Inherited diseases, Lung cancer, Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Musculoskeletal disorders, Next-generation sequencing, Pathology, Personalized medicine, Prostate cancer, Signaling, Super-resolution imaging, Target discovery