Research Groups and R&D Platforms: In Vivo Diagnostics
Research Group:
Luminescent and other optical materials and markers
Mika Lastusaari
mika.lastusaari[at]utu.fi
Inorganic Materials Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry,
University of Turku
Chemical Physics, Electron microscopy, Fluorescence spectroscopy, FTIR or RAMAN microscopy, In Vitro Diagnostics, In Vivo Diagnostics, NMR, Particle size analysis, Point of care, Polymorph analysis, Powder X-ray diffraction, Thermal analysis, X-ray crystallography
Research Group:
Genetically modified animal models for biomedical research
Fuping Zhang
fuping.zhang[at]utu.fi
Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku
Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Breast cancer, Clinical Medicine, Disease models, Endocrinology, Genetics, In Vitro Diagnostics, In Vivo Diagnostics, Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Obesity, Ovarian cancer, Physiology, Prostate cancer, Reproductive Medicine, Target discovery
Research Group:
Skin cancer and proteinase research group
Veli-Matti Kähäri
veli-matti.kahari[at]utu.fi
Department of Clinical Medicine,
University of Turku
Basic research, Biomarker, Clinical Medicine, Data mining, Diagnostics, Disease models, Drug target, In Vivo Diagnostics, Melanoma, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular diagnostics, Next-generation sequencing, Nucleic acids, Pathology, Personalized medicine, Receptor, Signaling, Skin diseases, Squamous cell carcinoma, Target discovery
Research Group:
Preclinical Imaging
Tove Grönroos
tovgro[at]utu.fi
Turku PET Centre,
University of Turku
Biomarker, Biomedicine, Breast cancer, Cancer, Clinical Medicine, Disease models, Drug target, Imaging, In Vivo Diagnostics, Inflammation, Metabolic diseases, Molecular Biology, PET, Physiology, Preclinical development, Prostate cancer, Squamous cell carcinoma
Research Group:
Molecular imaging and biobank research in cancer
Heikki Minn
heikki.minn[at]utu.fi
Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy/Turku PET Centre,
Turku University Hospital
Contact person: Tiina Jonkka tiina.jonkka[at]tyks.fi
Ageing-related diseases, Bioinformatics, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Breast cancer, Cancer, Clinical Medicine, Computer Science, Data mining, Disease models, Imaging, In Vivo Diagnostics, Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular diagnostics, Next-generation sequencing, NMR, PET, Physics, Prostate cancer, Receptor, Squamous cell carcinoma
R&D Platform:
MRI Research Center
Magnetic Resonance imaging research Center, Turku, Finland is a joint project of the Medical Imaging Center of South-West Finland, Turku University Hospital, and University of Turku. Our aim is to advance the area of magnetic resonance imaging with direct application in clinical medical imaging.
The main research areas are as follows:
Intrinsic issue contrast MR mechanisms
Acquisition methods and data modeling for diffusion weighted imaging
Machine learning and computer aided diagnosis
MRI clinical trials
Clinical development, Imaging, In Vivo Diagnostics
