Present group:
From left to right: Mysore Tejesvi, Janne Koskimäki, Anna Maria Pirttilä, Anna-Kaisa Anttila, Johanna Metsometsä, Jaanika Edesi, Pavlo Ardanov and Abdul Shakoor.
Dr. Mysore Tejesvi
PhD in 2007: "Molecular diversity of endophytic Pestalotiopsis species from medicinal plants and screening for bio-actives".
Tejesvi is looking for new antibiotics (antimicrobial peptides and metabolites) using metagenomics and transcriptomics technique from fungal endophytes of northern medicinal plants in a Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship.
email: mysore.tejesvi-at-oulu.fi
M.Sc. Janne Koskimäki
M.Sc. in Genetics (2006, University of Oulu, "Flavonoid biosynthesis and expression of pathogenesis-related genes in the defence reactions of lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) against fungal pathogen Exobasidium splendidum")
Ph.D. student in Plant physiology at the University of Oulu since December 2006, "Interaction between Methylobacterium endophytes and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)"
The aim of the study is to characterize the interactions between these two species at molecular level.
email: janne.koskimaki_at_oulu.fi
M.Sc. Pavlo Ardanov
M.Sc. in Biotechnology (2007, National Taras Shevchenko University, Kyiv, Ukraine, "The role of endophytic bacteria in development of induced systemic resistance in plants")
Doctoral student in Plant physiology at the University of Oulu since 2007, "Priming capacities of endophytic Methylobacteria".
Pavlos homepage
M.Sc. Johanna Metsometsä
Johanna graduated in June 2008 from University of Oulu. Title of her Pro Gradu thesis was "The effects of nutrient optimization on Norway Spruce (Picea abies) wood chemistry"
She started her doctoral studies in 2008 and is studying the interactions between Scots Pine, endophytic methylobacteria and ectomycorrhizal fungi.
M.Sc. Jaanika Edesi
M.Sc. (2008) University of Oulu "Interaction between PtCOMT-modified Betula pendula and Paxillus involutus in microcosm"
PhD student in plant physiology at University of Oulu since autumn 2009. Title of PhD work is "Biotechnological tools for production of disease-free and disease-resistant seed potato material"
e-mail: jedesi(at)oulu.fi
M.Sc. Anna-Kaisa Anttila
Anna-Kaisa graduated in 2008 from University of Oulu, "Insect herbivory induced stress gene responses in hybrid aspen (Populus tremula x tremuloides) and its genetically modified line".
Doctoral student in Plant physiology since summer 2009.
email: annakaisa.anttila__at__gmail.com
M.Sc. Abdul Shakoor
M.Sc. (2007) in Biology Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
M.Phil (2009) in Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, "Biological activities of three Species of family Mimosaceae".
Doctoral Student in Plant physiology at University of Oulu since 2010, "Antimicrobial interactions between endophytes of Scots pine".
email: abdul_shakoor954__at__yahoo.com
Student Toni Salo
Chemistry (collaboration with Sampo Mattila):
M.Sc. Juho Hokkanen
M.Sc. Marena Kajula
B.Sc. Sari Ek
B.Sc. Heidi Hautajärvi
Past members:
Dr. Pere Picart Faiget (2009-2010)
M.Sc. Terttu Kämäräinen-Karppinen (2007-2009)
M.Sc. Olga Podolich (2006)
B.Sc. Elina Hankala (2008-2010)
B.Sc. Catherine Fallecker (2008-2009)
B.Sc. Katharina Palmer (2006-2007)
Collaboration:
Prof. Hely Häggman, Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Finland
Prof. Anja Hohtola, Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Finland
Dr. Sampo Mattila, Department of Chemistry, University of Oulu, Finland
Symbiosis network at the department of Biology, University of Oulu; Doc. Annamari Markkola, Dr. Annu Ruotsalainen, Dr. Piippa Wäli, Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Finland
Dr. Ari Tolonen, CEO Jouko Uusitalo, Novamass Ltd., Oulu, Finland
Doc. Tytti Sarjala, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Parkano, Finland
Elina Virtanen, Senior Researcher, Agrifood Research Finland, Ruukki, Finland
Dr. Veli-Matti Rokka, Agrifood Research Finland, Jokioinen, Finland
Dr. Bruce Campbell, Head of the Plant Mycotoxin Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center of USDA-ARS, Albany, CA, USA
Dr. Angela Sessitsch and Silvia Fluch, Austrian Research Centre Seibersdorf, Seibersdorf, Austria
Dr. Natalia Kozyrovska, Institute of Molecular Biology&Genetics of NASU, Acad. Zabolotnoho, Kyiv, Ukraine
Prof. Hans-Georg Sahl, IMMIP, University of Bonn, Germany
Dr. Hans-Henrik Kristensen, Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark
Prof. Alessandro Tossi, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Dr. Frank Keppler, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Prof. Carolin Frank, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, USA
