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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

Changes in hemoglobin levels and cardiometabolic health in adults with metabolic syndrome – a secondary outcome analysis of a six-month randomized controlled trial (2026)

Annals of Medicine
Gassner, Jasmina; Norha, Jooa; Sjöros, Tanja; Garthwaite, Taru; Koivula, Tiia; Laine, Saara; Koivumäki, Mikko; Vähä-Ypyä, Henri; Kallio, Petri; Saarenhovi, Maria; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Sievänen, Harri; Houttu, Noora; Laitinen, Kirsi; Kalliokoski, Kari K.; Vasankari, Tommi; Koivunen, Peppi; Knuuti, Juhani; Heinonen, Ilkka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Next generation sequencing approaches for the detection and characterization of enteroviruses in clinical, public health, and research settings: Expert view of the European non-polio enterovirus network (ENPEN) (2026)

Journal of Clinical Virology
Benschop, Kimberley S. M.; Zwagemaker, Florian; Andersson-Li, Lili; Andrés, Cristina; Antón, Andrés; Berengua, Carla; Berginc, Natasa; Bessaud, Maël; Bisseux, Maxime; Bujaki, Erika; Canning, Benjamin; Christiansen, Claus Bohn; Couderé, Karen; Broberg, Eeva K.; Cassidy, Hayley; Castilletti, Concetta; Celma, Cristina; Cinek, Ondrej; Deézsi-Magyar, Nóra; Eis-Hübinger, Anna M.; Flipse, Jacky; Jiřincová, Helena; Gatej, Raluca; Georgieva, Irina; Giardina, Federica; González-Sánchez, Alejandra; Hack, Berkin; Helfferich, Jelte; Hutchings, Stephanie; Hietanen, Eero; Hönemann, Mario; Jevšnik Virant, Monika; Kalogera, Eleni; Klint Johannesen, Caroline; Kenicer, Juliet; Kleines, Michael; Lagarejos, Eduardo; Landaas, Elisabeth Toverud; Kandulu, Chikondi C.; Xavier López, Labrador F.; Lunar, Maja M.; Maier, Melanie; Majumdar, Manasi; Martin, Javier; McClure, C. Patrick; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Ošep, Anja; Øverbø, Joakim; Palminha, Paula; Papa, Anna; Pariani, Elena; Pellegrinelli, Laura; Pietsch, Corinna; Piralla, Antonio; Poljak, Mario; Pomari, Elena; Prats-Méndez, Ignasi; Rector, Annabel; Reuter, Gábor; Riess, Maximilian; Ruta, Simona; Schibler, Manuel; Nilsen, Hans-Johnny Schjelderup; Simmonds, Peter; Sourvinos, George; Szomor, Katalin; Susi, Petri; Tabain, Irena; Vallely, Pamela; von Eije, Karin J.; Weil, Merav; Wieczorek, Magdalena; Wollants, Elke; Wolthers, Katja C.; Zuckerman, Neta S.; Fischer, Thea K.; Harvala, Heli
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Recent doctoral dissertations

Keywords
Institute of Biomedicine