Virus-nucleus interactions

Our research seeks to advance the knowledge of nuclear dynamics and interactions by employing a new interdisciplinary approach combining biology and biophysics with state-of-the-art techniques of imaging, advanced image analysis, and biophysical modeling.

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Table of contents

Research group type
Research group
Core fields of research
Basic natural phenomena and mathematical thinking
Research areas
Nanobiology
Nanoscience Center
Health and well-being (NSC)
Sustainable society
Faculty
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Department
Department of Biological and Environmental Science

Research group description

We wish to understand the mechanisms of nuclear import, intranuclear mobility and nuclear export of parvoviruses and herpesviruses in order to understand the biological processes of infection. Our findings will help to understand some critical factors in viral infection which up to now to a large extent have gone unrecognized.

Publications

Publication
2022

Nuclear entry and egress of parvoviruses

Molecular Microbiology.
Mattola, Salla
Aho, Vesa
Bustamante‐Jaramillo, Luisa F.
Pizzioli, Edoardo
Kann, Michael
Vihinen‐Ranta, Maija
Publication
2021

Functional roles of the membrane-associated AAV protein MAAP

Scientific Reports.
Galibert, Lionel
Hyvönen, Amira
Eriksson, Reetta A. E.
Mattola, Salla
Aho, Vesa
Salminen, Sami
Albers, Justin D.
Peltola, Sanna K.
Weman, Saija
Nieminen, Tiina
Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo
Lesch, Hanna P.
Vihinen-Ranta, Maija
Airenne, Kari J.

Research group

Group leaders

Maija Vihinen-Ranta

Maija Vihinen-Ranta

Research Director

Members

Vesa Aho

Postdoctoral Researcher

Alka Gupta

Senior Researcher
Moona Huttunen

Moona Huttunen

Senior Researcher

Salla Mattola

Academy Research Fellow

Visa Ruokolainen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Satu Hakanen

Doctoral Researcher

External members

Dr. Axel Ekman

Subcontractor in Horizon 2020 CoCID project