Research keywords
- DNA nanotechnology: We use programmable nucleic acid nanostructures for diverse biotechnological applications.
- DNA origami: We primarily use the DNA origami technique to design and build custom nanoshapes.
- Self-assembly: We take advantage of self-assembly to create nucleic acid nanoshapes, liposomes and hybrid structures.
- Biomaterials: We use viruses, enzymes, nucleic acids, lipids, synthetic polymers, light-sensitive proteins, and metal nanoparticles together with DNA origami to develop novel hybrid nanostructures and materials.
- Dynamic structures: We design DNA origami with dynamic properties.
- Drug delivery: We study the DNA origami with different therapeutic functions and the stability of these structures.
- Nanolithography: We use various top-down lithography techniques and combine them with the aforementioned bottom-up methods.
Main collaborators
- Eduardo Anaya-Plaza: Aalto U, Finland
- Matteo Castronovo: U Leeds, UK
- Damion Corrigan: U Strathclyde, UK
- James Dixon: U Nottingham, UK
- Guido Grundmeier: U Paderborn, Germany
- Tommi Hakala: U Eastern Finland, Finland
- Amelie Heuer-Jungemann: TU Dortmund, Germany
- Janne Ihalainen: U Jyväskylä, Finland
- Heini Ijäs: LMU Munich, Germany
- Olli Ikkala: Aalto U, Finland
- Robert Johnson: U College Dublin, Ireland
- Adrian Keller: U Paderborn, Germany
- Mauri Kostiainen: Aalto U, Finland
- Anton Kuzyk: Aalto U, Finland
- Timo Laaksonen: U Helsinki, Finland
- Tatu Lajunen: U Eastern Finland, Finland
- Tim Liedl: LMU Munich, Germany
- Nonappa: Tampere U, Finland
- Sven Oras: U Tartu, Estonia
- Gregor Posnjak: LMU Munich, Germany
- Hélder Santos: U Groningen, the Netherlands
- Boxuan Shen: Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Jussi Toppari: U Jyväskylä, Finland
- Veronika Zadin: U Tartu, Estonia
