Research Groups and R&D Platforms: Biomarker

Research Group:
New methods and biomarkers for IBD
Harri Siitari
harri.siitari[at]utu.fi
Laboratory of Medical physics,
University of Turku
Biomarkers and decision support tools for personalized diagnostics and care
Assay development, Autoimmune diseases, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Data mining, Diagnostics, In Vitro Diagnostics, Inflammation, Molecular diagnostics, Neurological disorders, NMR, Personalized medicine

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

Research Group:
Molecular epidemiology, carriage and antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial pathogens
Jaana Vuopio
jaana.vuopio[at]utu.fi
Institute of Biomedicine,
University of Turku
Antibacterial, Antibodies, Bacteriology, Basic research, Bioinformatics, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Clinical Medicine, Data mining, Diagnostics, Epidemiology, Genetics, Genomics, Immunology, In Vitro Diagnostics, In Vivo Diagnostics, Infection, Inflammation, Molecular diagnostics, Next-generation sequencing, Nucleic acids, Personalized medicine, Point of care, Receptor

Research Group:
PET imaging of neuropathological changes in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease
Merja Haaparanta-Solin
mehaaso[at]utu.fi
Turku PET Centre, Preclinical Imaging,
University of Turku
Ageing-related diseases, Antibodies, Autoimmune diseases, Basic research, Biochemistry, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes, Disease models, Drug target, Imaging, In Vitro Diagnostics, In Vivo Diagnostics, Inflammation, Metabolic diseases, Nanoparticles, Neurological disorders, Organic compounds, PET, Pharmacology, Preclinical development, Receptor, Target discovery

Research Group:
Imaging Alzheimer’s disease beta-amyloid pathology in transgenic mouse models using positron emission tomography
Francisco López-Picón
fralop[at]utu.fi
Turku PET Centre, Preclinical Imaging,
University of Turku
Ageing-related diseases, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Medicine, Disease models, Drug delivery, Drug target, Epigenomics, Imaging, Imaging software, In Vitro Diagnostics, In Vivo Diagnostics, Inflammation, Molecular Biology, Molecular diagnostics, Neurological disorders, Pathology, PET, Pharmacology, Physiology, Preclinical development, Proteomics, Target discovery

Research Group:
Heat Shock Response Goes Beyond Cell Stress
Lea Sistonen
lea.sistonen[at]abo.fi
Department of Biosciences
Åbo Akademi University
Ageing-related diseases, Basic research, Biomarker, Biomedicine, Breast cancer, Cancer, Data mining, Disease models, Epigenomics, Genomics, Imaging, Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Neurological disorders, Prostate cancer, Proteomics, Signaling, Target discovery