PnP Group Members
Group leader
Craig Primmer
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Academy professor. Key aspects of Craig's research program include promotion of multi-disciplinary science and will to combine scientific excellence and practical applications. Craig is also the Director of the Center of Evolutionary Applications (http://www.sci.utu.fi/biologia/en/CEA.html ).
e-mail: craig.primmer_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 5571
Researchers
Erica Leder
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Academy researcher. Functional genomics of non-mammalian vertebrates
e-mail: erica.leder_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 5791
Post Docs
Matthieu Bruneaux
e-mail: matthieu.bruneaux_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 7084
Susan Johnston
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Genetic basis of ecologically important traits in wild Atlantic salmon (with Prof. Craig Primmer).
Genetics of local adapation in the ninespine stickleback (with Dr. Anti Vasemägi).
e-mail: susjoh_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 7084
Paula Lehtonen
e-mail: pauleh_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 7085
Spiros Papakostas
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The genetic basis of salinity tolerance in whitefish (Coregonus) spp.
e-mail: spipap_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 7089
Anti Vasemägi
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Detection of functionally important molecular variation in the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) genome
e-mail: antvas_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 7086
PhD students
Megha Dash
e-mail: megdas_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 5757
Siim Kahar
Integration of ecological, experimental and genetic perspectives to investigate fitness related traits for conservation in salmonid fishes.
Supervised by Anti Vasemägi and Juha-Pekka Vähä, University of Turku, and by Jaakko Erkinaro, RKTL.
e-mail: siikah_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 5757
Veronika Laine
The molecular genetic basis of behaviour - Ninespine stickleback as a model species.
e-mail: nvlain_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 5808
Heidi Viitaniemi
The molecular mechanisms of sex specific physiology and behavior in sticklebacks.
Supervised by Erica Leder, University of Turku.
e-mail: hmviit_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 5808
Ksenia Zueva
Evolutionary immunogenetics: host-parasite interactions in Atlantic salmon
email: ksezue_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 5808
MSc students
Walter Kosgei
e-mail: wkkosg_at_utu.fi
Supervised by Erica Leder, University of Turku.
Tarja Pajari
e-mail: tlpaja_at_utu.fi
Supervised by Craig Primmer
Technical Staff
Ville Aukee
TEGlab manager (see also http://www.sci.utu.fi/biologia/TEGlab.html )
e-mail: vilauk_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 7083
mobile: +358 40 159 5016
Shihab Hasan
Research assistant, bioinformatics
e-mail: mshasa_at_utu.fi
Meri Lindqvist
Project manager, Center of Evolutionary Applications. See http://www.sci.utu.fi/biologia/en/CEA.html
e-mail: meri.lindqvist_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 5548
Sanna Pausio
Laboratoy assistant
e-mail: samsimo_at_utu.fi
Katja Salminen
Laboratory master, Center of Evolutionary Applications
e-mail: katja.salminen_at_utu.fi
Marjatta Sihvonen
Science Communications Officer
e-mail: marjatta.sihvonen_at_utu.fi
phone: +358 2 333 7084
mobile: +358 40 4804891
Former Group Members
Laura Buggiotti (finished in 2007)
PhD thesis title: Avian evolutionary genomics. Studies of Fidecula flycatchers.
Mikko Koskinen (finished in 2002)
PhD thesis title: Genetic studies of population history and contemporary microevolution in grayling (Thymallus: Salmonidae).
Heikki Ryynänen (finished in 2006)
PhD thesis title: Applications of gene sequence polymorphisms in evolutionary genetic studies of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and other teleost fish species.
Kalle Rytkönen (finished in 2010)
PhD thesis title: Molecular Evolution of Metazoan Hypoxia-Inducible Factors
Akarapong Swatdipong (finished in 2009)
PhD thesis title: Conservation Genetics of Exploited Finnish Salmonid Fishes
Anni Tonteri (finished in 2008)
PhD thesis title: Phylogeography and population genetics of north European Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L)
Juha-Pekka Vähä (finished in 2007)
PhD thesis title: Conservation genetics of Teno River Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Genetic structure in space and time, and the effects of escaped farmed salmon
