Research Groups and R&D Platforms: Basic research
Research Group:
Melanocortin and endocannabinoid systems as novel therapeutic targets in atherosclerosis
Petteri Rinne
pperin[at]utu.fi
Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku
Basic research, Biomedicine, Cardiovascular diseases, Disease models, Drug delivery, Drug target, Imaging, Immunology, Inflammation, Medicinal chemistry, Metabolic diseases, Pharmacology, Physiology, Receptor, Signaling, Target discovery, Ultrasound imaging
Research Group:
Cell fate – from molecular understanding to control
Cecilia Sahlgren
cecilia.sahlgren[at]abo.fi, cecilia.sahlgren[at]bioscience.fi
Turku Bioscience Centre and
Faculty of Science and Engineering,
Åbo Aakdemi University
Atomic-force microscopy, Basic research, Biochemistry, Biomarker, Biotechnology, Breast cancer, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases, Data mining, Developmental disorders, Diagnostics, Disease models, Drug delivery, Drug target, Imaging, Imaging software, In Vivo Diagnostics, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular modelling, Personalized medicine, PET, Proteomics, Receptor, Signaling, Super-resolution imaging, Target discovery
Research Group:
Molecular imaging of atherosclerosis and heart failure
Antti Saraste
antti.saraste[at]utu.fi
Heart Center and PET Center,
University of Turku
Basic research, Biomarker, Cardiovascular diseases, Clinical Medicine, Diabetes, Disease models, Imaging, In Vivo Diagnostics, Inflammation, PET, Target discovery, Ultrasound imaging
Research Group:
Alpha2-Adrenoceptors as targets for drug development
Mika Scheinin
mschein[at]utu.fi
University of Turku, Turku University Hospital and CRST Oy
Clinical Research Services Turku
Ageing-related diseases, Allergy, Antibodies, Assay development, Asthma, Autoimmune diseases, Basic research, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Biopharmaceuticals, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases, Clinical Medicine, Diabetes, Diagnostics, Disease models, Drug delivery, Drug target, Endocrinology, Imaging, In Vitro Diagnostics, In Vivo Diagnostics, Inflammation, Medicinal chemistry, Metabolic diseases, Metal disorders, Molecular diagnostics, Musculoskeletal disorders, Natural products, Neurological disorders, Obesity, Organic compounds, Personalized medicine, PET, Pharmacology, Receptor, Screening, Signaling, Skin diseases, Target discovery
Research Group:
Molecular determinants of picornaviral disease
Petri Susi
pesusi[at]utu.fi
Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku
Asthma, Basic research, Bioinformatics, Biomarker, Biotechnology, Cancer, Electron microscopy, Epidemiology, Genomics, Imaging, Imaging software, In Vitro Diagnostics, Infection, Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular modelling, Next-generation sequencing, Point of care, Target discovery, Virology
Research Group:
Keratins as modulators of epithelial stress responses and regeneration
Diana Toivola
dtoivola[at]abo.fi
Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Engineering,
Åbo Akademi University
Antibodies, Autoimmune diseases, Basic research, Biochemistry, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Cancer, Colorectal cancer, Data mining, Diabetes, Disease models, Drug delivery, Electron microscopy, Endocrinology, Formulation, Imaging, Imaging software, Immunology, In Vivo Diagnostics, Inflammation, Metabolic diseases, Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Nanoparticles, Obesity, Pathology, PET, Physiology, Proteomics, Receptor, Screening, Signaling, Super-resolution imaging, Target discovery, Ultrasound imaging
