Organization profile

Organisation Profile

The Universities Act states (as of January 1, 2010):

”In the University of Helsinki functions the Finnish Museum of Natural History, which is responsible of the curation, augmentation, and presentation of the national natural history collections as well as of research and teaching based on these.”

Specific tasks of the FMNH are to:

1. conduct research in its focal fields;

2. function as a centre of expertise in stable isotope dating methods;

3. function as a specialist authority in its field to support the environmental administration ;

4. practice public outreach and popular-scientific publishing in the field of natural history;

5. offer its collections for use by research and tuition especially in zoology, geology, botany, and mycology within the University of Helsinki;

6. coordinate the research, monitoring, and collection work of the natural history collections and botanic gardens of Finland

www.luomus.fi

International and National Collaboration Publications and projects within past five years.

Profiles

Teuvo Ahti

teuvo.ahti@helsinki.fi

Finnish Museum of Natural History - Visiting scholar

Person: Visiting scholar

Sami Aikio

sami.aikio@helsinki.fi

Finnish Museum of Natural History - Visiting scholar

Person: Visiting scholar

Ali Amiryousefi

ali.amiryousefi@helsinki.fi

Embryophylo
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland - Postdoctoral Researcher

Person: UH, Teaching and research personnel

Roni Andersson

roni.andersson@helsinki.fi

Zoology - Conservator

Person: Other personnel, UH

Laura Arppe

Natural Sciences Unit - Curator
Doctoral Programme in Geosciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme

Person: UH, Teaching and research personnel

Research Units

Botany

Finnish Museum of Natural History

Organisational unit: Profit unit

Director and Unit of Biodiversity Informatics

Finnish Museum of Natural History

Organisational unit: Profit unit

Embryophylo

Botany, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS)

Organisational unit: Research Group

Natural Sciences Unit

Finnish Museum of Natural History

Organisational unit: Profit unit

Zoology

Finnish Museum of Natural History

Organisational unit: Profit unit

Equipment

NOW (New and Old Worlds) fossil mammal database

Mikael Fortelius (Manager) & Kari Lintulaakso (Operator)

Department of Geosciences and Geography

Facility/equipment: Equipment

The Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF)

Finnish Museum of Natural History

Facility/equipment: Equipment

The Finnish Museum of Natural History and its collections

Finnish Museum of Natural History

Facility/equipment: Equipment

The Laboratory of Chronology

Finnish Museum of Natural History

Facility/equipment: Equipment

Projects 1954 2040

6 Not started
75 Active
111 Finished

Synthesys+ Synthesis of systematic resources

Sihvonen, P.

01/02/2019 → 31/01/2023

Project: Research project

Naapuruussuhteen rakentaminen lepakoihin kansalaistieteen keinoin

Lilley, T., Lundberg, P., Tidenberg, E., Vainio, A. & Ojala, A.

01/01/2019 → 31/12/2021

Project: Research project

Sparks of speciation and race for reproduction? Evolution and conservation of lichens on dead wood

Launis, A.

01/10/2018 → 30/09/2019

Project: Research project

Opetuksen kehittämisprojekti: Eliöiden monimuotoisuus -kurssin digiloikka

Sihvonen, P. & Järvi, J.

01/06/2018 → …

Project: Other project

Pronssikauden hautojen luututkimus

Salo, K. H. & Lahtinen, M.

01/03/2018 → …

Project: Research project

Publications 1974 2019

A benchmark dataset of herbarium specimen images with label data

Dillen, M., Groom, Q., Chagnoux, S., Güntsch, A., Hardisty, A., Haston, E., Livermore, L., Runnel, V., Schulman, L., Willemse, L., Wu, Z. & Phillips, S., 8 Feb 2019, In : Biodiversity Data Journal. 7, 15 p., 31817.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

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A botanical view of the ‘Baltic amber forest’: new evidence from seed plants, lichens and fungi: Okiem botanika na las macierzysty bursztynu bałtyckiego: nowe dowody pochodzące z roślin nasiennych, porostów i grzybów

Schmidt, A., Sadowski, E-M., Kaasalainen, U. & Rikkinen, J. K., 22 Mar 2019, Baltic amber (succinite): an intriguing resin: Bursztyn bałtycki (sukcynit): intrygująca żywica. Ewa Wagner-Wysiecka, E. (ed.). Gdańsk: The Gdańsk International Fair Co. (MTG SA), Gdańsk SA, p. 5-9 5 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

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A Festetics rejtély: A Genetika Története és Festetics Imre Elfeledett Hagyatéka

Poczai, P., 2019, Yeloprint Kft. 159 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review

A major genetic turnover in the Finnish population since the Iron Age

Salmela, E., Majander, K., Lamnidis, T. C., Salo, K. H., Översti, S., Arppe, L., Belskiy, S., Etu-Sihvola, H., Laakso, V., Mikkola, E., Oinonen, M., Moilanen, U., Taavitsainen, J-P., Vuoristo, K., Wessman, A., Schiffels, S., Krause, J. & Onkamo, P., 3 Apr 2019.

Research output: Conference materials › Poster › Research › peer-review

A Migratory Divide Among Red-Necked Phalaropes in the Western Palearctic Reveals Contrasting Migration and Wintering Movement Strategies

van Bemmelen, R. S. A., Kolbeinsson, Y., Ramos, R., Gilg, O., Alves, J. A., Smith, M., Schekkerman, H., Lehikoinen, A., Petersen, I. K., Þórisson, B., Sokolov, A. A., Välimäki, K., van der Meer, T., Okill, J. D., Bolton, M., Moe, B., Hanssen, S. A., Bollache, L., Petersen, A., Thorstensen, S. & 3 othersGonzález-Solís, J., Klaassen, R. H. G. & Tulp, I., 4 Apr 2019, In : Frontiers in ecology and evolution . 7, 17 p., 86.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

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