Lari Pyöriä’s PhD Defense

On March 14, 2025, Lari Pyöriä, our dedicated doctoral researcher, successfully defended his thesis with Professor Louis Kroes from Leiden University as the Opponent. He demonstrated his strong expertise through a thoughtful and engaging discussion.

The thesis is based on 4 original articles:

  1. Pyöriä et al, Extinct type of human parvovirus B19 persists in tonsillar B cells. Nature Communications, 8, 14930. 
  2. Pyöriä et al., HERQ-9 Is a New Multiplex PCR for Differentiation and Quantification of All Nine Human Herpesviruses. mSphere, 5(3), e00265-20.
  3. Pyöriä et al, Unmasking the tissue-resident eukaryotic DNA virome in humans. Nucleic Acids Research, 51(7), 3223–3239.
  4. Pyöriä et al., Intra-host genomic diversity and integration landscape of human tissue-resident DNA virome. Nucleic Acids Research, 52(21), 13073-13093