Tarja Sironen

Phone+358504471588, +358294157078
Emailtarja.sironenhelsinkifi

PL 21 (Haartmaninkatu 3)
00014
Finland

Research activity per year

Fields of Science

3111 Biomedicine
413 Veterinary science
11832 Microbiology and virology

Drivers Shaping Spillover of Aleutian Mink Disease Virus Introduced With American Mink Among Native Mustelids
Zalewski, A., Kolodziej-Sobocinska, M., Virtanen, J. M. E., Zalewska, H., Sironen, T., Zub, K., Nieoczym, M., Popiolek, M. & Wereszczuk, A., 2025, In: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2025, 1, 9 p., 3184679.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in Finland in 2021-2023-Genetic diversity of the viruses and infection kinetics in human dendritic cells
Altan, E., Avelin, V., Aaltonen, K., Korhonen, E., Laine, L., Lindh, E., Julkunen, I., Tammiranta, N., Nokireki, T., Gadd, T., Kakkola, L., Sironen, T. & Österlund, P., Jan 2025, In: Emerging microbes & infections. 14, 1, 13 p., 2447618.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
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Achieving inter- and transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: insights from a rodent-borne disease project in a polycrisis era
Arpin, I., Massart, C., Bourret, V., Castel, G., Colombo, V. C., Eccard, J., Firozpoor, J., Grzybek, M., Henttonen, H. A., Leirs, H., Mcmanus, A., Roche, B., Sironen, T., Sluydts, V., Stuart, P., Zintl, A. & Charbonnel, N., 18 Dec 2024, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 11, 9 p., 1235183.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
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Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny
Hunt, M., Hinrichs, A. S., Anderson, D., Karim, L., Dearlove, B. L., Knaggs, J., Constantinides, B., Fowler, P. W., Rodger, G., Street, T. L., Lumley, S. F., Webster, H., Sanderson, T., Ruis, C., Maio, N. D., Amenga-Etego, L. N., Amuzu, D. S., Avaro, M., Awandare, G. A. & Ayivor-Djanie, R. & 76 others, Bashton, M., Batty, E. M., Bediako, Y., Belder, D. D., Benedetti, E., Bergthaler, A., Boers, S. A., Campos, J., Carr, R. A. A., Cuba, F., Dattero, M. E., Dejnirattisai, W., Dilthey, A. T., Duedu, K. O., Endler, L., Engelmann, I., Francisco, N. M., Fuchs, J., Z., E. G., Groc, S., Gyamfi, J., Heemskerk, D., Houwaart, T., Hsiao, N.-Y., Huska, M., Hoelzer, M., Iranzadeh, A., Jarva, H., Jeewandara, C., Jolly, B., Joseph, R., Kant, R., Ki, K. K. K., Kurkela, S., Lappalainen, M., Lataretu, M., Liu, C., Malavige, G. N., Mashe, T., Mongkolsapaya, J., Montes, B., Molina-Mora, J. A., Morang'a, C. M., Mvula, B., Nagarajan, N., Nelson, A., Ngoi, J. M., Paixao, J. P. D., Panning, M., Poklepovich, T., Quashie, P. K., Ranasinghe, D., Russo, M., San, J. E., Sanderson, N. D., Scaria, V., Screaton, G., Sironen, T., Sisay, A., Smith, D., Smura, T., Supasa, P., Suphavilai, C., Swann, J., Tegally, H., Tegomoh, B., Vapalahti, O., Walker, A., Wilkinson, R., Williamson, C., Consortium, I. L. N., Oliveira, T. D., Peto, T. E., Crook, D., Corbett-Detig, R. & Iqbal, Z., 30 Apr 2024, In: bioRxiv.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
Bat humoral immunity and its role in viral pathogenesis, transmission, and zoonosis
Roffler, A. A., Maurer, D. P., Lunn, T. J., Sironen, T., Forbes, K. M. & Schmidt, A. G., 2024, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 15, 1269760.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review

Open Access
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1 Not started
4 Finished
11 Active

Opening Pandora’s Box: Assessing The Risks of Permafrost Thaw to Environment and Human Health
Väliranta, M. (Project manager), Korhola, A. (Project manager), Weckström, J. (Principal Investigator), Kontro, M. H. (Principal Investigator), Bianchi, F. (Principal Investigator), Passananti, M. (Co-Principal Investigator), Vapalahti, O. (Principal Investigator), Sironen, T. (Principal Investigator), Korhonen, E. M. (Co-Principal Investigator), Green, S. (Principal Investigator), Toivanen, R. (Principal Investigator), Kiss, E. A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Smura, T. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Pilkama, H. E. (Participant)
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2027
Project: Research project
TSR Tarja Sironen 8/24 - 7/26
Sironen, T. (Project manager), Aaltonen, K. (Participant), Virtanen, J. M. E. (Participant) & Zöldi, V. (Participant)
Työsuojelurahasto @003703057264@
01/08/2024 → 31/07/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
PAKO Valtioneuvoston kans Sironen 24-25
Sironen, T. (Project manager) & Oksanen, L.-M. A. H. (Participant)
Valtioneuvoston kanslia
01/03/2024 → 31/12/2025
Project: Other funder
EU PREPARE-TID Sironen T 1.1.24-31.12.27
Sironen, T. (Project manager) & Martikainen, J. K. (Participant)
European Commission
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2027
Project: EU Horizon Europe: Innovation actions (HORIZON-IA)
Restoring Ecosystem to Stop the Threat
Ecke, F. (Project manager), Sironen, T. (Project manager), Nikuri, P. A. (Participant) & Pulkkinen, E. (Participant)
European Commission
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2027
Project: EU Horizon Europe: Research and Innovation Actions (HORIZON-RIA)

7 Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
1 Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
1 Invited talk
1 Oral presentation

EPIDEMIOLOGIC SURVEY OF EMERGING VIRAL DISEASES IN BATS, RODENTS AND HUMANS AROUND TAITA HILLS, KENYA
Sironen, T. (Supervisor) & Korhonen, E. M. (Supervisor)
2024 → …
Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
Equine dermatitis outbreak associated with parapoxvirus in Finland
Hautala, K. (Speaker), Virtanen, J. M. E. (Speaker), Utriainen, M. M. (Speaker), Dutra, L. (Speaker), Eskola, E. K. (Speaker), Airas, N. (Speaker), Uusitalo, R. (Speaker), Ahvenainen, E. R. (Speaker), Smura, T. (Speaker), Sironen, T. (Speaker), Vapalahti, O. (Speaker), Kant, R. (Speaker), Virtala, A.-M. (Speaker) & Kinnunen, P. (Speaker)
3 Oct 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
The effect of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein mutations on transmissibility in Finland: A quantitative study
Kant, R. (Supervisor) & Sironen, T. (Supervisor)
Jan 2023 → …
Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
Schistosoma haematobium: pathogenicity, co-infection and carcinogenesis
Kant, R. (Supervisor), Sironen, T. (Supervisor) & Meri, S. (Supervisor)
Mar 2023 → …
Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
Diversity and pathogenic potential of paramyxoviruses
Sironen, T. (Supervisor) & Jääskeläinen, A. J. (Supervisor)
2023 → …
Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis

Ravihevosia piinanneen ihotulehdusepidemian aiheuttaja löytyi
Virtanen, J. M. E., Kant, R., Sironen, T. & Kinnunen, P.
08/01/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Innovative mobile suitcase laboratory aims to transform infectious disease detection
Kant, R. & Sironen, T.
01/09/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
The coronavirus epidemic of 2020 in Finland began with five virus lineages
Kant, R., Smura, T., Sironen, T., Truong, P. & Vapalahti, O.
14/06/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Sequencing adapted from research use to monitoring the coronavirus pandemic
Vapalahti, O., Smura, T., Kant, R. & Sironen, T.
27/01/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
University of Helsinki researchers developed a sequence analysis pipeline for virus discovery
Pljusnin, I., Kant, R., Smura, T., Sironen, T. & Vapalahti, O.
03/12/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media

Tarja Sironen, Associate Professor

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Drivers Shaping Spillover of Aleutian Mink Disease Virus Introduced With American Mink Among Native Mustelids

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in Finland in 2021-2023-Genetic diversity of the viruses and infection kinetics in human dendritic cells

Achieving inter- and transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: insights from a rodent-borne disease project in a polycrisis era

Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny

Bat humoral immunity and its role in viral pathogenesis, transmission, and zoonosis

Opening Pandora’s Box: Assessing The Risks of Permafrost Thaw to Environment and Human Health

TSR Tarja Sironen 8/24 - 7/26

PAKO Valtioneuvoston kans Sironen 24-25

EU PREPARE-TID Sironen T 1.1.24-31.12.27

Restoring Ecosystem to Stop the Threat

EPIDEMIOLOGIC SURVEY OF EMERGING VIRAL DISEASES IN BATS, RODENTS AND HUMANS AROUND TAITA HILLS, KENYA

Equine dermatitis outbreak associated with parapoxvirus in Finland

The effect of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein mutations on transmissibility in Finland: A quantitative study

Schistosoma haematobium: pathogenicity, co-infection and carcinogenesis

Diversity and pathogenic potential of paramyxoviruses

Ravihevosia piinanneen ihotulehdusepidemian aiheuttaja löytyi

Innovative mobile suitcase laboratory aims to transform infectious disease detection

The coronavirus epidemic of 2020 in Finland began with five virus lineages

Sequencing adapted from research use to monitoring the coronavirus pandemic

University of Helsinki researchers developed a sequence analysis pipeline for virus discovery

Tarja Sironen, Associate Professor

Personal profile

Fields of Science

International and National Collaboration

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