The best poster will be selected based on votes cast by conference attendees during the poster session. The Best Poster Awardee will present her/his work on Friday in the Session V. Please be prepared with a few power point slides for the award presentation and bring a digital version of the poster with you.
Department of Virology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Intra-host genomic diversity and integration landscape of human tissue-resident DNA virome
Diogo Pratas1,2,3, Mari Toppinen1,4, Klaus Hedman1, Antti Sajantila 4,5, Maria F. Perdomo1
2 Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, University of Aveiro, Portugal 3 Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro, University of Aveiro, Portugal 4 Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland 5 Forensic Medicine Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Helsinki One Health
Helsinki One Health (HOH) - Resilient and Just Systems project RESET
Annamari Heikinheimo, Topi Tanskanen, Olli Peltoniemi
Helsinki One Health
Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
COVID-19 vaccination induced T cell and memory B cell responses
Milja Belik, Arttu Reinholm, Jemna Heroum, Antti Hurme, Alex Barkoff, Qiushui He, Lauri Ivaska, Paula A. Tähtinen, Johanna Lempainen, Pinja Jalkanen Ilkka Julkunen, Laura Kakkola
Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Infectious Diseases, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Department of Internal Medicine, Lapland Central Hospital, Rovaniemi, Finland; Clinical Microbiology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
Inactivation of murine norovirus (MNV) in culture media during industrial smoking of food products.
Maunula Leena
Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku
Neutralizing and binding antibodies six months after fourth COVID-19 vaccination in healthcare workers with or without breakthrough infection
Sari Maljanen, Pinja Jalkanen, Eda Altan, Sisko Tauriainen, Milja Belik, Marika Skön, Anu Haveri, Pamela Österlund, Alina Iakubovskaia, Arja Pasternack, Rauno A. Naves, Olli Ritvos, Simo Miettinen, Hanni K. Häkkinen, Lauri Ivaska, Paula A. Tähtinen, Johanna Lempainen, Anu Kantele, Laura Kakkola, Ilkka Julkunen, Pekka Kolehmainen
Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland Department of Physiology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Department of Infectious Diseases, Meilahti Vaccination Research Center, MeVac, Helsinki, University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland InFlames Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland Clinical Microbiology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Molecular and Integrative Bioscience Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
Application of bacteriophage phi6 polymerase complex for double-stranded RNA production
Miguel A. Lendinez and Minna M. Poranen
Molecular and Integrative Bioscience Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Endonuclease digestion of the viral DNA as a diagnostic approach to separate acute from persistent infection of human bocavirus 1 respiratory tract infection
1) Maria Söderlund-Venermo, 2) Cristiana Nascimento-Carvalho2, 3)Tobias Allander, 4) Tuomas Jartti,
1) Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 2) Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil 3) Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden 4) Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku
University of Jyväskylä
CRISPR-harboring megaphages isolated from boreal freshwater environment
Kati Mäkelä(1), Elina Laanto(1), Janne Ravantti(2) & Lotta-Riina Sundberg(1)
(1)Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Nanoscience center, Faculty of Mathemathics and Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland (2)Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
RNA polymerase interacts with the assembly cofactor to regulate RNA binding of dsRNA virus phi6
Serban L. Ilca, Katri Eskelin, Juha T. Huiskonen, Minna M. Poranen
Division of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom; Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Finland
Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Antiviral HSV UL29 gene-targeted siRNA swarms for treatment of herpes simplex virus infection in vitro and in vivo
Kiira Kalke 1,2, Liisa Lund 1, Marie Nyman 1, Fanny Frejborg 1, Tuomas Lasanen 1, Jelena Gnjatovic 1, Julius Orpana 1, Salla Alaollitervo 1, Alesia Levanova 3, Henrik Paavilainen 1, Minna Poranen 3
1 Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, 2 Drug Research Doctoral Programme (DRDP), University of Turku, Turku, Finland 3 Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
Freshwater phage-host collection suggests giant phages to be abundant in boreal lakes and rivers
Sebastian Kokko1, Guy Schoehn2, Hanna M. Oksanen1
1 Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;
2 Univerisity Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IBS, F-38000, Grenoble, France
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Medicum, Department of Virology, Finland
Reptarenaviruses Compete in Persistent- and Superinfections with Closely Related Viruses
Leonora Szirovicza1, Willem Sander1, Anja Kipar2,3, Udo Hetzel2,3, Jussi Hepojoki1,2,*
1University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Medicum, Department of Virology, Finland 2University of Zürich, Vetsuisse Faculty, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Zürich, Switzerland 3University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Finland
Department of Virology, University of Helsinki
Genomic markers to identify virus-host associations in Coronaviridae
Teemu Smura, Eili Huhtamo, Olli Vapalahti, Santiago Garcia-Vallvé, Pere Puigbò
University of Helsinki, University of Rovira i Virgili, University of Turku, Eurecat - Technology Centre of Catalonia
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
Cryo-EM Structure of Mayaro virus in Complex with the Mxra8 Receptor Reveals the Mechanism for Receptor Recognition
Juha Huiskonen
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520 Turku, Finland
Oncolytic HSV-vector expressing the HAS2 gene of naked mole rat shows an enhanced oncolytic effect
Kiira Kalke1, Julius Orpana1, Liisa Lund1, Fanny Frejborg1,2, Henrik Paavilainen1, Hannu Järveläinen1,3 and Veijo Hukkanen1
1 Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520 Turku, Finland; 2 Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Satakunta Hospital District, Satasairaala Central Hospital, Sairaalantie 3, 28500 Pori, Finland
Virology and Vaccine Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University
Hexavalent coronavirus vaccine elicits both humoral and cellular immune responses in mice
Saana Soppela (1), Alina Iakubovskaia (2), Arja Pasternack (2), Vili Lampinen (1,3), Olli Ritvos (2) & Minna Hankaniemi (1)
(1)Virology and Vaccine Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, (2) Department of Physiology, University of Helsinki, (3) Protein Dynamics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University
1 Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland
HSV-1 infection induces changes in the mechanical properties of the nucleus
Tervonen A 1, Leclerc S 1, Tieu K 2, Lyonnais S 3, Gupta A 1, Muriaux D 3, Mattola S 1, Aho V 1, Conway DE 2, Ihalainen TO 3, Vihinen-Ranta M 1
2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA; 3 Infectious Disease Research Institute, IRIM, CNRS–Université Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier Cedex, France; 4 BioMediTech, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki
Persistence of norovirus in berry smoothies
Anwar Ahmed and Leena Maunula
Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki
Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Human Coronavirus 229E and Its Interplay with the Innate Interferon System in Human Cells
Jemna Heroum, Anna Jartti, Laura Kakkola, Ilkka Julkunen
Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Virology, Finland
Detection of antiviral antibodies in urine – noninvasive alternative for serodiagnostics
Lea Hedman1,2, Juuso Rusanen1, Jussi Hepojoki1,3, Pipsa Kulovesi2, Timo Kouri4, Kari Pulkki2,4, Anu Kantele5,6, Klaus Hedman1,2
1. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Virology, Finland 2. Helsinki University Hospital, Diagnostics Centre, Finland 3. University of Zürich, Vetsuisse faculty, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Switzerland 4. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, Finland 5. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Finland 6. Helsinki University Hospital, Meilahti Vaccine Research Center, Finland
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine.
Travelers as sentinels for global phylogeny of Dengue virus
Phuoc Truong1, Essi M. Korhonen1,2, Maija Suvanto1,2, Ruut Uusitalo1,2,3, Anu Kantele4, 5, Henna Mäkelä6, Olli Vapalahti1,2,7, Teemu Smura1, Eili Huhtamo1,2
1. Department of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 2. Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 3. Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 4. Human Microbiome Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 5. Meilahti Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Research Center, MeiVac, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland 6. Infectious Disease Control and Vaccinations Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland 7. Department of Virology and Immunology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, HUSLAB, Finland
Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
Proteolytic maturation of human picobirnavirus
Minna M. Poranen
Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland; Biocomplex core facility, Instruct-HiLIFE, FINStruct, Instruct-ERIC Center Finland
Ruokavirasto
Outbreak of influenza A H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b on Finnish fur farms July-December 2023
Lauri Kareinen1, Niina Tammiranta1, Ari Kauppinen1, Bianca Zecchin2, Isabella Monne2, Riikka Kaarto3, Veera Karkamo 1, Tuija Kantala1, Ilona Laamanen1, Tiina Nokireki1, Laura London1, Tanja Lähteinen1, Hanna Lounela1, Niina Ikonen4, Laura Kalin-Mänttäri4, Anna Katz4, Carita Savolainen-Kopra4, Erika Lindh4, Tarja Sironen5, Essi Korhonen5, Kirsi Aaltonen5, Alice Fusaro2, Tuija Gadd1
1 Finnish Food Authority, Mustialankatu 3, FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland
2 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Viale dell’Università 10, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
3 Finnish Food Authority, Keskuskatu 23, FI-60100 Seinäjoki, Finland
4 Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Department of Health Security, P.O. Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland 5University of Helsinki, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Agnes Sjöbergin katu 2, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
Separation of blood-derived vesicles from viruses by a new anion exchange chromatography method
Heikki Saari1, Hanna M. Oksanen2, Saara Laitinen1, Minna M. Poranen2
1 Finnish Red Cross Blood Service
2 Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki,
Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland ; Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Finland ; Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
Microclimatic and ecological drivers of tick abundance and TBEV hotspots in the southern coast of Finland
Essi M. Korhonen, Juha Aalto, Lauri Kirjalainen, Otso Huitu, Heikki Henttonen, Teemu Smura, Olli Vapalahti
Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland ; Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Finland ; Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Finland ; Weather and Climate Change Impact Research Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland ; Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland ;Virology and Immunology, HUSLAB, Helsinki University Hospital
Tampere University
Plasmid-based production of noro, rota, and enterovirus-like particles in insect cells
Stina Gröhn, Nina Lehmler, Minne Jartti, Vesa P. Hytönen, Maren Schubert, Minna M. Hankaniemi
Tampere University, Technische Universität Braunschweig
University of Helsinki
Cutavirus prevalence in malignant and non-malignant tissues
Sally K. Chesnut, Ushanandini Mohanraj, Olga Bugaeva, Liisa Väkevä, Julia Scarisbrick, Mahmoud Kamel, Ahmed Sayed Abdel-Moneim, Annamari Ranki, Alexander Salava, Maria Söderlund-Venermo
University of Helsinki, Finland (Sally K. Chesnut, Ushanandini Mohanraj, Maria Söderlund-Venermo), Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (Olga Bugaeva, Liisa Väkevä, Annamari Ranki, Alexander Salava), Centre for Rare Diseases, University Hospital of Birmingham, UK (Julia Scarisbrick), Cairo University, Egypt (Mahmoud Kamel), Taif University, Saudi Arabia & Beni-Suef University, Egypt (Ahmed Sayed Abdel-Moneim)
Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos (THL)
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in Finland - Genetic Diversity and Infectivity in human cells
Veera Avelin, Erika Lindh, Laura Kakkola, Niina Tammiranta, Tiina Nokireki, Tuija Gadd, Tarja Sironen, Pamela Österlund
Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos (THL), University of Helsinki, Ruokavirasto
Expert Microbiology Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku
Novel siRNA Therapeutics Targeting COVID-19
Larissa Laine, Minna M. Poranen, Ilkka Julkunen, Pamela Österlund
Expert Microbiology Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
Expert Microbiology Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
The cross-species role of coronavirus nucleocapsid protein in innate immune evasion and its effect on viral replication
Mert Erdin, Pekka Kolehmainen, Ilkka Julkunen, Laura Kakkola, Tarja Sironen, Pamela Österlund
1Expert Microbiology Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland 2Department of Virology, Medicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 3Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Virology & Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki One Health (HOH)
Experiences using long-read, field-deployable MinION NGS sequencer.
Teemu Smura, Tarja Sironen, Olli Vapalahti
Tampere University
Immune response towards Coxsackie B virus-like particle vaccine in a murine model
Martin González-Rodríguez1, Virginia Stone2, Laura Kummola1, Iiris Mustonen1, Vili Lampinen1, Niila Jouppila1, Olli Laitinen1, Malin Flodström-Tullberg2, Ilkka Junttila1, and Minna Hankaniemi1
1=Tampere University, 2=Karolinska Institutet
Helsinki University Hospital
Differentiation of neurotropic JC polyomavirus in neurological patients using NGS
Anni Honkimaa1, Pia Laine2, Sara Passerini3, Ugo Moens4, Valeria Pietropaolo3, Mika Saarela5, Leena Maunula6, Laura Mannonen1, Olli Tynninen7, Hannu Haapasalo8, Tuomas Rauramaa9, Petri Auvinen2, Hanna Liimatainen1
1Department of Virology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki; 2Institute of Biotechnology, DNA Sequencing and Genomics Laboratory, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 3Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; 4Institute of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway; 5Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 6Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 7Department of Pathology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 8Department of Pathology, FIMLAB Laboratories Ltd and Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; 9Department of Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland and 12. Unit of Pathology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
University of Helsinki, Faculties of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Characterization of two orbiviruses isolated from Finnish Ochlerotatus communis mosquitoes
Phuoc Truong Nguyen (1), Hanna Vauhkonen (1), Viktor Olander (1), Ruut Uusitalo (1,2,3), C. Lorna Culverwell (1,4), Essi Korhonen (1,2), Jussi Hepojoki (1,6), Teemu Smura (1), Olli Vapalahti (1,2,5), Eili Huhtamo (1,2)
1. Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 2. Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, 3. Department of Geosciences and Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 4. The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, 5. Virology and Immunology, Diagnostic Center, HUSLAB, Helsinki University Hospital , 6. University of Zurich, Vetsuisse Faculty, Switzerland
University of Helsinki
Challenges of studying airborne transmission of viruses
Kirsi Aaltonen, Rasmus Malmgren, Lotta Oksanen, Enni Sanmark, Vinaya Venkat, Antti-Pekka Hyvärinen, Svetlana Sofieva, Jani Hakala, Sampo Saari, Nina Atanasova, Tarja Sironen
University of Helsinki (KA, RM, LO, ES, VV, SoS, NA, TS), Helsinki University Hospital (LO, ES), Finnish Meteorological Institute (A-P.H, SoS, NA), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (JH), Tampere University of Applied Sciences (SaS)
University of Jyväskylä
Studies on Antiviral Efficacy and Mechanisms of Lignin from Birch and Straw
Maiju Pöysti, Lotta-Riina Sundberg, Varpu Marjomäki
University of Jyväskylä, Spinnova
University of Jyväskylä
Broad-spectrum antiviral activity of TA and TA-functionalized cellulose fibers
Aleksei Emelianov, Dhanik Reshamwala, Mira Laajala, Jaana Liimatainen, Tuula Jyske, Varpu Marjomäki
Natural Resources Institute Finland
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Helsinki University
Viral diversity in polar sea ice
Tatiana Demina 1,2*, Eeva Eronen-Rasimus 3, Hanna M. Oksanen 4, Hermanni Kaartokallio 3, Jenni Hultman 1,5
*Shared first authorship; 1 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 2 Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 3 Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Helsinki, Finland; 4 MIBS research program, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 5 Natural Resources Institute (LUKE), Helsinki, Finland
University of Helsinki
Exploring the saliva virome to uncover the prevalence of respiratory viruses in the population
Department of Virology, University of Helsinki; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki
Drug repositioning platform for deciphering the druggable SARS-CoV-2 interactome
S. Kuivanen, S. Potdar, A. Hassinen, S. Huuskonen, I. Pöhner, T.J. Luck, L. Turunen, M. Feodoroff, L.Szirovicza, K. Savijoki, J. Saarela, P. Tammela, L. Paavolainen, A. Poso, M. Varjosalo, O. Kallioniemi, V. Pietiäinen, O. Vapalahti
University of Cambridge
"Non-homology-based identification of novel viruses in metagenomic \""dark matter\"""
Katherine Brown
Biomolecular Purification Core facility, Instruct-HiLIFE, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences.
Purification and analysis of virus-sized particles at the Biocomplex unit in Viikki
Sari Korhonen, Tanja Westerholm, Hanna Oksanen, Minna Poranen
1 Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. 2 Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. 3 InFLAMES Research Flagship, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Heat Shock Factor 2 sustains the lytic cycle of both oncogenic human gamma-herpesviruses.
Silvia Gramolelli
1 Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. 2 Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. 3 InFLAMES Research Flagship, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Translational Immunology Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Stable levels of antibodies against unrelated toxoid vaccines after COVID-19
1 Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Molecular epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in Finland, November 2021 to June 2023: a molecular epidemiology study
Jiahui Zhu1, Satus Kurkela2, Hanna Jarva2, Raisa Loginov2, Maija Lappalainen2, Carita Savolainen-Kopra3, Niina Ikonen3, Erika Lindh3, Mert Erdin1, Hanna Vauhkonen1, Simo Miettinen4, Tarja Sironen1,4, Olli Vapalahti1,4 ,Teemu Smura1, Ravi Kant1,4
2University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; 3Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; 4Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;
University of Jyväskylä
Parvovirus infection regulates organization of nucleolar proteins and chromatin.
Satu Hakanen1, Moona Huttunen1*, Salla Mattola1*, Simon Leclerc1, Vesa Aho1, Denis Lafontaine2, Colin R Parrish3, Maija Vihinen-Ranta1
1 Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland 2 Université libre de Bruxelles, Biopark campus, Gosselies, Belgium 3 Baker Institute for Animal Health, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cornell, Ithaca, USA
Department of Virology, Medicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Phylogenetic and evolutionary inference for wide host range and ancestral reconstruction of TULV
Teemu Smura, Kursat Kenan Kalkan, Ortac Cetintas, Muhsin Cogal, Sercan Irmak, Ferhat Matur, Ceylan Polat, Tarja Sironen, Mustafa Sozen, Ibrahim Mehmet Ali Oktem
Teemu Smura and Tarja Sironen: Department of Virology, Medicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Kenan Kursat Kalkan, Ortac Cetintas, Muhsin Cogal, and Mustafa Sozen: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey; Sercan Irmak: Science and Technology Application and Research Center, Balikesir University, Balikesir, Turkey; Ferhat Matur: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey; Ceylan Polat: Virology Unit, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Ibrahim Mehmet Ali Oktem: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Developing Phage Therapeutics to Target Cystic Fibrosis Lung Pathobiome
Ville-Petri Friman & Tommi Vatanen
Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki
Effects of phages and mobile genetic elements in the infant gut microbiomes
Tommi Vatanen, Ville Friman
Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
Archaeal Host Cell Recognition and Viral Binding of HFTV1 to Its Haloferax Host
Sabine Schwarzer1, Daniel Zhang2,3, Mathew McLarren2,3, Michail N. Isupov4, Thomas Hackl5, Hanna M. Oksanen6, Bertram Daum2,3, Tessa E.F. Quax1
1 Biology of Archaea and Viruses, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
2 Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, UK.
3 Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Exeter, UK.
4 Henry Wellcome Building for Biocatalysis, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, UK.
5 Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
6 Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland.
University of Helsinki
Parechovirus polymerase structure and function
University of Helsinki
Tick borne encephalitis virus structure and function
ArcDia International Ltd, Turku, Finland
A dual antigen-antibody test from a nasopharyngeal sample is a new tool for the clinical evaluation of SARS-CoV-2.
M. Juusela2, Antikainen, P1, Koskinen, J.M.1, Koskinen J.O.1
1 ArcDia International Ltd, Turku, Finland
2 AAVA Pikkujätti - Espoo (Finland)
University of Eastern Finland
SARS-CoV-2 infection and the effects on cholesterol in epithelial cells
Tomas Strandin, Nihay Laham Karam, Seppo Ylä-Herttuala
TS - University of Helsinki, NLK and SYH - University of Eastern Finland
Department of Virology, University of Helsinki
Engineering of sherpabody-based inhibitors against emerging sarbecoviruses
Anna R. Mäkelä, Hasan Uğurlu, Riku Fagerlund and Kalle Saksela
Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital