Research Groups and R&D Platforms: Basic research

Research Group:
Intracellular signalling regulated by Pim kinases

Päivi Koskinen
paivi.koskinen[at]utu.fi

Department of Biology,
University of Turku

Päivi Koskinen

Intracellular signalling regulated by PIM kinases

Basic research, Biomedicine, Breast cancer, Cancer, Data mining, Disease models, Drug delivery, Drug target, Fluorescence spectroscopy, Imaging, Imaging software, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular modelling, Nanoparticles, Prostate cancer, Proteomics, Screening, Signaling, Squamous cell carcinoma, Target discovery, X-ray crystallography

Research Group:
Prenatal exposure of metformin and epigenetic regulation of metabolism

Markku Koulu
markku.koulu[at]utu.fi

Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku

Markku Koulu

Basic research, Bioinformatics, Biomedicine, Data mining, Diabetes, Disease models, Drug target, Endocrinology, Genomics, Metabolic diseases, Nutrition, Obesity, Pharmacology, Target discovery

Research Group:
Neuroendocrine mechanisms in pathogenesis and therapeutics of cardiometabolic diseases

Eriika Savontaus
eriika.savontaus[at]utu.fi

Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku

Eriika Savontaus

TCDM - Turku Center for Disease Modeling

Basic research, Biomedicine, Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes, Disease models, Drug target, Endocrinology, Metabolic diseases, Obesity, Pharmacology, Receptor, 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:
Herpesviruses as friends and enemies

Veijo Hukkanen
veijo.hukkanen[at]utu.fi

Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku

Veijo Hukkanen

Autoimmune diseases, Basic research, Biomedicine, Cancer, Disease models, Imaging, In Vitro Diagnostics, Infection, Inflammation, Next-generation sequencing, Nucleic acids, Virology

Research Group:
Sleep disorders and sleep disordered breathing

Tarja Saaresranta
tasaare[at]utu.fi

Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Sleep Research Centre,
University of Turku

Tarja Saaresranta

Basic research, Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology, Neurological disorders, Obesity, Physiology, Point of care