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Research at the Institute of Biomedicine

Research at the Institute of Biomedicine is divided into three functional units: 1) Infection and Immunity, 2) Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology and 3) Cancer research. Research at our Institute includes both biomedical basic research and translational research, and the unit division expresses our research priorities.

We encourage creative interdisciplinary combination of research topics via collaboration of the individual research groups and the three units. In addition, we collaborate locally with clinical researchers, with other institutes of our university and with the Åbo Akademi University. We are also widely networked with numerous national and international universities and public and private research institutes.

Research Units

Infection and Immunity (director Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér)
Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology (director Noora Kotaja)
Cancer Research (director Maria Sundvall)

Research services

Core Facilities of the Institute of Biomedicine

Recent publications

Marine n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid intake in pregnancy and risk of early life infections in three Nordic cohorts: a HEDIMED consortium study (2026)

Journal of Nutrition
Rantala, Aino K.; Hakola, Leena; Brustad, Nicklas; Tapia, German; Hård af Segerstad, Elin M.; Lehtonen, Jussi; Thorsen, Jonathan; Åkerlund, Mari; Parr, Christine L.; Magnus, Maria C.; Lund-Blix, Nicolai A.; Stokholm, Jakob; Knip, Mikael; Toppari, Jorma; Størdal, Ketil; Veijola, Riitta; Hyöty, Heikki; Virtanen, Suvi M.; Bønnelykke, Klaus; Stene, Lars C.; the HEDIMED Investigator Group
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Participation in a 20‐Year Randomized Dietary Trial and University Enrollment (2026)

Health science reports
Viinikainen, Jutta; Heineck, Guido; Böckerman, Petri; Pahkala, Katja; Jula, Antti; Kari, Jaana T.; Lagström, Hanna; Niinikoski, Harri; Pehkonen, Jaakko; Rovio, Suvi P.; Rönnemaa, Tapani; Salo, Pia; Viikari, Jorma; Raitakari, Olli
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Dynamic and Ongoing De Novo L1 Retrotransposition Contributes to Genome Plasticity and Intrapatient Heterogeneity in Ovarian Cancer (2026)

Cancer Research
Pradhan, Barun; Oikkonen, Jaana; Zhang, Kaiyang; Botto, Juan Manuel.; Eriksson, Minna R.; Sundaresan, Srividhya; Genç, Fatih; Pisanic, Thomas R.; Marin Falco, Matias; Li, Yilin; Pikkusaari, Sanna; Lavikka, Kari; Micoli, Giulia; Marchi, Giovanni; Muranen, Taru A.; Huhtinen, Kaisa; Vähärautio, Anna; Badge, Richard; Burns, Kathleen H.; Hietanen, Sakari; Hynninen, Johanna; Faulkner, Geoffrey J.; Hautaniemi, Sampsa; Kauppi, Liisa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Recent doctoral dissertations

Keywords
Institute of Biomedicine