Human microbiome Research (HUMI)

The human microbiome has been under intense investigation during the past decade and the results implicate its important role in health and a wide range of diseases.

This research has mostly been based on associations between microbiota and health. The Human Microbiome (HUMI) research program is addressing translational aspects and is focusing on causal links between microbiota alterations and the increased risk or development of disease, mechanisms of host-microbe interactions, and microbiota-targeted therapeutics and diagnostics.  This is realized by 7 Principal Investigators and their teams that collaborate with 9 clinical groups, constituting altogether around 100 researchers and supporting staff.

Program director

Anne Salonen

Microbes Inside
Haartman Institute - room BK430
Haartmaninkatu 3
P.O. Box 21
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
anne.salonen@helsinki.fi 

  • Perttu Arkkila 
  • Tamim Khawaja 
  • Tinja Lääveri 
  • Kaija-Leena Kolho 
  • Mikael Kuitunen 
  • Pekka Nieminen 
  • Annamari Ranki 
  • Filip Scheperjans
Seminars

Friday 16.5.2025

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Friday 25.4.2025

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Friday 14.3.2025

TBA

 

Friday 14.2.2025

Hanna Tiainen (Kiljunen group): “In vitro study on phage-antibiotic combination treatment against single- and dual-specious biofilm of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

 

Friday 17.1.2025

Ching Jian (Salonen group): “Impact of international travel on the gut microbiota: findings from a single-destination study”

 

 

 

Seminars are held on Fridays at 2-3 pm. in the Seminar room 5-6 (BM1) and via Zoom. If you want to join remotely please ask the link from coordinator: tuomas.heini@helsinki.fi

Dissertations

Aki Ronkainen "Bifidobacterium strains from donors of fecal microbiota transplantation - Colonization patterns and therapeutic prospects"

Time: 24.1.2025 at 12

Venue: Seth Wichmann auditorium, Naistenklinikka, Haartmaninkatu 2

Mabrouka Almusrati "Natural predators of Yersinia - Characterization and genomic analysis of bacteriophages that infect Yersinia"

Time: 12.12.2024 at 12

Venue: Haartman Institute, Lecture Hall 2, Haartmaninkatu 3

 

Kuunsäde Mäenpää "The effect of a chemical allergen and engineered nanomaterials on mouse skin microbiota and transcriptome"

Time: 22.11.2024 at 12

Venue: Athena, Hall 302, Siltavuorenpenger 3A

 

Shahan Syed "Interplay between S. pneumoniae virulence factors and host immune responses: implications on vascular health"

Time: 13.11.2024 at 12

Venue: Haartman Institute, Lecture Hall 1, Haartmaninkatu 3

 

Anna Hartikainen "Colonization and Changes in Potential Functionality of the Bacterial Population in Fecal Microbiota Transplantation" 

Time: 4.10.2024 at 12

Venue: Seth Wichmann auditorium, Naistenklinikka, Haartmaninkatu 2

 

Zan Pang "Local Aldosterone Synthesis in Mouse Intestine"

Time: 27.9.2024 at 12

Venue: Lecture Hall 2, Biomedicum Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8.

 

Roosa Jokela "The little things in life - Early gut microbiota and resistome development in relation to delivery mode and early life exposures" 

Time: 27.9.2024 at 12

Venue: Lecture room PIII, Porthania, Yliopistonkatu 3

 

Dollwin Matharu "Factors shaping infant gut microbiota: Early life exposures, human milk oligosaccharides and prophages"

Time: 5.7.2024 at 12

Venue: Seth Wichmann auditorium, Naistenklinikka, Haartmaninkatu 2

Latest publications