Research Groups and R&D Platforms: Biomedicine

Research Group:
Neuroendocrine mechanisms in pathogenesis and therapeutics of cardiometabolic diseases
Eriika Savontaus
eriika.savontaus[at]utu.fi
Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku
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
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
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:
Herpesviruses as friends and enemies
Veijo Hukkanen
veijo.hukkanen[at]utu.fi
Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku
Autoimmune diseases, Basic research, Biomedicine, Cancer, Disease models, Imaging, In Vitro Diagnostics, Infection, Inflammation, Next-generation sequencing, Nucleic acids, Virology

Research Group:
Targeting Myo10 filopodia to block cancer cell metastasis
Johanna Ivaska
johanna.ivaska[at]utu.fi
Department of Life Technologies,
University of Turku
Basic research, Biochemistry, Biomedicine, Cancer, Disease models, Drug target, Electron microscopy, High throughput imaging, Imaging, Imaging software, Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Receptor, Signaling, Super-resolution imaging, Target discovery

Research Group:
SORL1-dependent regulation of receptor trafficking in human carcinomas
Johanna Ivaska
johanna.ivaska[at]utu.fi
Department of Life Technologies,
University of Turku
Basic research, Biochemistry, Biomedicine, Cancer, Disease models, Drug target, Electron microscopy, High throughput imaging, Imaging, Imaging software, Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Receptor, Signaling, Super-resolution imaging, Target discovery