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 services
Recent publications
Ghrelin inhibits the proliferative activity of immature Leydig cells in vivo and regulates stem cell factor messenger ribonucleic acid expression in rat testis (2004)
Endocrinology
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak involving several hospitals (2004)
Journal of Hospital Infection
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Re S. S. Virtanen et al., Alendronate Inhibits Invasion of PC-3 Prostate Cancer Cells by Affecting the Mevalonate Pathway. Cancer Res 2002;62:2708-14. Re K. Sawada et al., Alendronate Inhibits Lysophosphatidic Acid-Induced Migration of Human Ovarian Cancer Cells by Attenuating the Activation of Rho. Cancer Res 2002;62:6015-20 [1] (multiple letters) (2004)
Cancer Research
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Survivin expression in rat testis is upregulated by stem-cell factor (2004)
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Finland (2004)
Journal of Hospital Infection
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Recent doctoral dissertations
Ghrelin inhibits the proliferative activity of immature Leydig cells in vivo and regulates stem cell factor messenger ribonucleic acid expression in rat testis (2004)
Endocrinology
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak involving several hospitals (2004)
Journal of Hospital Infection
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Re S. S. Virtanen et al., Alendronate Inhibits Invasion of PC-3 Prostate Cancer Cells by Affecting the Mevalonate Pathway. Cancer Res 2002;62:2708-14. Re K. Sawada et al., Alendronate Inhibits Lysophosphatidic Acid-Induced Migration of Human Ovarian Cancer Cells by Attenuating the Activation of Rho. Cancer Res 2002;62:6015-20 [1] (multiple letters) (2004)
Cancer Research
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Survivin expression in rat testis is upregulated by stem-cell factor (2004)
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Finland (2004)
Journal of Hospital Infection
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))