Ilkka Kronholm

Ilkka Kronholm

Associate professor
Unit
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Department / Division
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
Room number
YA C416.1
Email
ilkka.kronholm@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358417491785
Postal address
Survontie 9
Fields of science
1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology

Biography

I am an associate professor in evolutonary biology. My group studies the properties of genetic and epigenetic variation and what are the consequences to evolutionary adaptation. We use the methods of population and quantitative genetics, experimental evolution with microbes, genomics, and bioinformatics.

Research interests

The activity of genes can be controlled by adding chemical groups to DNA and associated proteins. I study the significance of these epigenetic modifications as organisms adapt to environmental changes both in the short and long term.

Publications

Publication
2021

Crowdsourced analysis of fungal growth and branching on microfluidic platforms

PLoS ONE.
Hopke, Alex
Mela, Alex
Ellett, Felix
Carter-House, Derreck
Peña, Jesús F.
Stajich, Jason E.
Altamirano, Sophie
Lovett, Brian
Egan, Martin
Kale, Shiv
Kronholm, Ilkka
Guerette, Paul
Szewczyk, Edyta
McCluskey, Kevin
Breslauer, David
Shah, Hiral
Coad, Bryan R.
Momany, Michelle
Irimia, Daniel
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Research groups

Research group

Genetics, epigenetics, and evolution

We study the properties of genetic mutations and epigenetic changes, particularly how these properties affect evolutionary adaptation.