Receptor Program
Directors and contact address:
Professor Sirpa Jalkanen
MediCity Research Laboratory
Tykistökatu 6
FI-20520 Turku
Phone: +358-2-333 7001
Fax: +358-2-333 7000
E-mail: sirpa.jalkanen (at) utu.fi
Professor John Eriksson
Department of Cellbiology,
Åbo Akademi University
Tykistökatu 6, BioCity
20520 Turku
Phone: +358-2-2153313
E-mail: john.eriksson (at) abo.fi
Research program description
Research groups (22):
CYTOSKELETON, CELL SIGNALING AND DISEASE
Olli Carpén, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Turku
PROTEIN KINASE REGULATION OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE
Eleanor Coffey, PhD, Docent, Åbo Akademi University
ERbB RECEPTORS IN CANCER AND ANGIOGENESIS
Klaus Elenius, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Turku
SURVIVAL AND CYTOSKELETAL SIGNALING
John Eriksson, PhD, Professor, Åbo Akademi University
PATHOGENESIS OF REACTIVE ARTHRITIS
Kaisa Granfors, PhD, Docent, National Institute for Health and Welfare
THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF COLLAGEN RECEPTOR INTEGRINS
Jyrki Heino, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Turku
NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTORS IN NERVE CELL DAMAGE AND NEUROPROTECTION
Irma Holopainen, MD, PhD, Docent, University of Turku
NEW MEANS AGAINST LYME BORRELIOSIS
Jukka Hytönen, MD, PhD, University of Turku
INNATE AND GUT-ASSOCIATED IMMUNE SYSTEM IN TYPE 1 DIABETES
Arno Hänninen, MD, PhD, Docent, University of Turku
CELL ADHESION AND SIGNALLING
Johanna Ivaska, PhD, Professor, VTT Medical Biotechnology
CELLULAR OXYGEN SENSORS IN ISCHEMIC DISEASES AND CANCER
Panu Jaakkola, MD, PhD, Docent, University of Turku
CELL TRAFFICKING
Sirpa Jalkanen, MD, PhD, Professor, Marko Salmi, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Turku
PIM KINASES IN CELL SIGNALING
Päivi Koskinen, PhD, Docent, University of Turku
MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES
Veli-Matti Kähäri, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Turku
TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL B CELL AND PLASMA CELL DIFFERENTIATION
Olli Lassila, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Turku
STROMA AND GENOTOXIC STRESS IN CANCER
Mikko Laukkanen, MD, PhD, Docent, University of Turku
TARGETING NOTCH SIGNALING
Cecilia Sahlgren, PhD, Docent, Åbo Akademi University
MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY OF A2-ADRENOCEPTORS
Mika Scheinin, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Turku
TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF HEAT SHOCK GENE EXPRESSION
Lea Sistonen, PhD, Professor, Åbo Akademi University
SIGNALING AND CELLUAR/TISSUE COMMUNICATION
Diana M. Toivola, PhD, Docent, Åbo Akademi University
CELL PHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
Kid Törnquist, PhD, Professor, Åbo Akademi University
CANCER CELL SIGNALING
Jukka Westermarck, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Turku