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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

Staphylococcus aureus Augments Epithelial Skin Barrier Damage Through T Cell Activation in Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma (2026)

Allergy
Gluud, Maria; Pallesen, Emil M.; Zeng, Ziao; Namini, Martin R. J.; Vadivel, Chella Krishna; Gjerdrum, Lise Mette Rahbek; Yan, Lang; Ahmad, Sana; Lindahl, Lise M.; Bzorek, Michael; Kamstrup, Maria R.; Dey, Saptaswa; Ostrowski, Sisse Rye; Sorensen, Erik; Rantakari, Pia; Bonefeld, Charlotte Menne; Geisler, Carsten; Woetmann, Anders; Lahesmaa, Riitta; Iversen, Lars; Wolf, Peter; Litman, Thomas; Buus, Terkild B.; Odum, Niels
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

High-sensitivity, protein-independent detection of dsDNA sequences (2026)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Yan, Jiaqi; Bhadane, Rajendra; Xu, Wentao; Ran, Meixin; Ma, Xiaochao; Li, Yuanqiang; Jahnke, Kevin; Ma, Xiaodong; Salo-Ahen, Outi M. H.; Kostiainen, Mauri A.; Weitz, David A.; Zhang, Hongbo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Longitudinal micronutrient exposure reveals country-specific associations with risk of celiac disease in genetically susceptible children: the prospective TEDDY cohort (2026)

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Yang, Jimin; Mramba, Lazarus K.; Hård af Segerstad, Elin M.; Kurppa, Kalle; Uusitalo, Ulla; Aronsson, Carin Andrén; Rewers, Marian J.; McIndoe, Richard A.; Toppari, Jorma; Ziegler, Anette-G.; Hagopian, William A.; Akolkar, Beena; Krischer, Jeffrey P.; Norris, Jill M.; Virtanen, Suvi M.; Agardh, Daniel
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Recent doctoral dissertations

Keywords
Institute of Biomedicine