Overview
Research group description
We are studying future dimensions of high-throughput sequencing technologies. Our current projects focus on environmental microbiology and cancer monitoring. This is a wide scope, but the methodology - DNA technology - connects. Processes are measured using chromatographic techniques, using stable isotope (15N and 13C) and radioisotope markers. Molecular methods include genetic profiling, next-generation sequencing (NGS), mass spectrometry, stable isotope probing, and new techniques to combine NGS and microarray techniques. During past years our team has been funded by Academy of Finland, Business Finland and EU programs, and the team has included varying numbers of researchers (post-docs, PhD students and other researchers), laboratory manager Elina Virtanen and some MSc students. The department of Biological and Environmental Sciences offers excellent instrumentation: NGS facility, three stable isotope mass spectrometers, Agena DNA Maldi-TOF and great imaging and clean room facilities in the Nanoscience Center. In addition, two Ion Torrent PGMs and one Ion S5 support our studies.
