- Zaviyalov Andrey - Adenosine Deaminases
- Abankwa Daniel - GTPases Mechanisms
- Coffey Eleanor - Kinase Function in Brain
- Corthals Garry - Translational Proteomics
- Denessiouk Konstantin - Structural Bioinformatics
- Eriksson John - Cytoskeletal and survival signaling
- - Death Receptor Signaling
- - Intermediate Filaments and Signaling
- - Technology Transfer
- - Eriksson Lab
- Hawkins David - Epigenomics
- Ivaska Johanna - Cell Adhesion and Cancer
- Jaakkola Panu - Hypoxia Group
- Kallio Marko - Mitosis and Drug Discovery
- Lahesmaa Riitta - Molecular Immunology
- Papageorgiou Tassos - Protein Crystallography
- Sahlgren Cecilia - Cell Fate
- Savontaus Mikko - Gene Therapy
- Sistonen Lea - Heat Shock Response
- Westermarck Jukka - Cancer Cell Signaling
Turku Centre for Biotechnology
Turun Biotekniikan Keskus Åbo BioteknikcentrumCytoskeletal and survival signaling
Group Leader
John Eriksson
Professor
Department of Biosciences
Åbo Akademi University
john.eriksson[at]abo.fi john.eriksson[at]btk.fi
Contact Information
Turku Centre for Biotechnology
P.O. Box 123, BioCity
(Street addr. Tykistökatu 6 B)
FIN-20521 Turku, Finland
+358-2-333-8036 or +358-2-215-3313 (John Eriksson)
+358-2-333-8603 (Departmental office)
+358-2-333-8096 or -8097 (laboratories)
+358-2-333-8621 or +358-2-215-4054 (student offices)
+358-2-333-8000 (Fax Attn. John Eriksson)
The 24th Sigrid Juselius Symposium
Research Area and Interests
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) modulate the activity of most eukaryotic proteins and are responsible for producing highly complex proteomes from relatively simple genomes. We use a selection of signaling networks that represent the core of our expertise to identify PTM targets and interactions when a cell is embarking upon fate-determining responses, such as activating defense and survival mechanisms or triggering death machineries. Our main models are apoptotic, stress-mediated, and cytoskeletal signaling and we are also interested in their interrelationship. By exploring the interactions between these completely different signaling modalities, we hope to advance our understanding how critical intracellular signals are processed and integrated.
Projects
Signal transduction in receptor-mediated apoptosis
Intermediate filaments as signaling determinants
Group Members
John Eriksson
Tomoko Asaoka
Fang "Rose" Cheng
Saima Ferraris
Josef Gullmets
Claire Hyder
Kimmo Isoniemi
Rajendran Senthil Kumar
Julia Lindqvist
Ponnuswamy Mohanasundaram
Beata Paziewska
Preethy Paul
Praseet Poduval
Joanna Pylvänäinen
John Russell
Helena Saarento
Elin Torvaldson
Funding
The Academy of Finland, Tekes, European Union, Sigrid Juselius Foundation, Åbo Akademi University Foundation, Finnish Cancer Foundations