Projects per year
Organization profile
Organisation Profile
The newly established Emerging Infections Research Unit at University of Helsinki is led by Associate Professor Tarja Sironen. Our research focuses on emerging infectious diseases in human and animals.
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Profiles
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Kirsi Aaltonen
- Department of Virology - Doctoral Researcher
- Veterinary Biosciences - Phd student
- Veterinary Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Viral Zoonosis Research Unit
- Emerging Infections Research Group
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, Doctoral student, UH
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Hussein Abas Thamer Alburkat, Doctroal student
- Emerging Infections Research Group
- Department of Virology - Doctoral Researcher
- Helsinki One Health (HOH)
- Doctoral Programme in Microbiology and Biotechnology
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, Doctoral student
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Ravi Kant
- Department of Virology - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Viral Zoonosis Research Unit
- Emerging Infections Research Group
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: U2 Teaching and research staff, Teaching and research personnel
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Tarja Sironen, Associate Professor
- Department of Virology - Associate professor
- Helsinki One Health (HOH)
- Viral Zoonosis Research Unit
- Emerging Infections Research Group
- Doctoral Programme in Microbiology and Biotechnology - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in Food Chain and Health - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, UH, Teaching and research personnel
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Jenni Maaret Elina Virtanen
- Department of Virology - Doctoral Researcher
- Viral Zoonosis Research Unit
- Emerging Infections Research Group
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, Doctoral student, UH
Projects
- 1 Finished
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ClusTRace, a bioinformatic pipeline for analyzing clusters in virus phylogenies
Pljusnin, I., Truong, P., Sironen, T., Vapalahti, O., Smura, T. & Kant, R., 12 Dec 2021, (Submitted) In: bioRxiv.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Common laboratory mice are susceptible to infection with the SARS-CoV2 beta variant
Kant, R., Kareinen, L., Smura, T., Freitag, T. L., Jha, S. K., Alitalo, K., Meri, S., Sironen, T., Saksela, K., Strandin, T., Kipar, A. & Vapalahti, O., 11 Nov 2021, In: Viruses-Basel. 13, 11, 11 p., 2263.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparative Genomics of 42 Arcanobacterium phocae Strains
Aaltonen, K. J., Kant, R., Nikolaisen, N. K., Lindegaard, M., Raunio-Saarnisto, M., Paulin, L., Vapalahti, O. & Sironen, T., 18 Jun 2021, In: Antibiotics. 10, 6, 12 p., 740.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Copper-Silver Nanohybrids: SARS-CoV-2 Inhibitory Surfaces
Abdelrehiem, D. A. M., Kareinen, L., Kivistö, I., Aaltonen, K., Virtanen, J. M. E., Ge, Y. & Sironen, T., 13 Jul 2021, In: Nanomaterials. 11, 7, 13 p., 1820.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Could Nanotheranostics be the Answer to the Coronavirus Crisis?
Abdelrehiem, D. A. M., Assad, M. A., Sironen, T. & Elbahri, M., 24 Mar 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Global Challenges. 13 p., 2000112.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Activities
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Genomic and Structural Characterization of Dobrava-Belgrade orthohantavirus isolate from Kirklareli Province, Turkey
Mert Erdin (Speaker), Ceylan Polat (Speaker), Teemu Smura (Speaker), Sercan Irmak (Speaker), Ortac Cetintas (Speaker), Muhsin Cogal (Speaker), Mustafa Sozen (Speaker), Ferhat Matur (Speaker), Tarja Sironen (Speaker) & Ibrahim Mehmet Ali Oktem (Speaker)
16 Jun 2021 → 18 Jun 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Miksi loiset ja muut ihmisen seuralaiset ovat yhä merkittäviä?
Tuomas Aivelo (Speaker), Tarja Anita Sironen (Speaker) & Jenni Maria Sofia Lehtimäki (Speaker)
31 Jan 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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11th International Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria
Ravi Kant (Poster Presentation)
31 Aug 2014 → 4 Sep 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Tutkimusohjelmayksikkö (External organisation)
Tarja Sironen (Member)
1 Jan 2010 → 12 Dec 2012Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
Press / Media
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Supercomputer Puhti vs. the Coronavirus: Review of CSC COVID-19 Fast Track Outcome
Ravi Kant & Teemu Smura
10/05/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Sequencing adapted from research use to monitoring the coronavirus pandemic
Olli Vapalahti, Teemu Smura, Ravi Kant & Tarja Sironen
27/01/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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University of Helsinki researchers developed a sequence analysis pipeline for virus discovery
Ilja Pljusnin, Ravi Kant, Teemu Smura, Tarja Sironen & Olli Vapalahti
03/12/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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COVID-19 seminars
Ravi Kant, Tarja Sironen & Olli Vapalahti
07/09/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Funding for the research of antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis
Tarja Sironen, Ravi Kant & Fathiah Zakham
18/06/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media