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Heavy metal exposure and estrous cyclicity in semi-captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
(2022-09-08)
Background: Pollutants cause significant harm to ecosystems and organisms and have become a major concern. While some toxic substances are natural, like heavy metals, and others are anthropogenic like PCBs and microplastics, ...
Community dynamics in spatially structured experimental bacterial communities
(2022-06-30)
This master's thesis consists of seven separate parts. The first section is an introduction, during which I introduce basic concepts, for example, by explaining what a metacommunity and metapopulation are, what are the ...
Optimization of microbial DNA extraction in 96-format from fecal samples for Next Generation Sequencing
(2022-05-19)
Gut microbiota composition is often determined by using Next Generation Sequencing methods. The demand for rapid, efficient, and reliable microbial profiling is continuously increasing, thus making the optimization of ...
The effect of macrophages on the hormone-releasing cells in mouse pituitary
(2022-05-12)
At the base of the brain is located the pituitary gland which secretes hormones to the bloodstream. Among other cells, the pituitary is resided by macrophages which take part in the immune system by phagocyting pathogens. ...
HOXB13-poistogeenisten eturauhassyöpäsolumallien luominen CRISPR-Cas9-menetelmällä
(2022-06-08)
Eturauhassyöpä on miesten yleisimpiin kuuluva syöpätyyppi. Sen kehittymiseen vaikuttavat muun muassa ikä ja etninen tausta. Myös perinnöllisyydellä on vaikutus syövän puhkeamiseen. Yksi tunnettu eturauhassyövälle altistava ...
Vuosien 2009–2020 välillä esiintyneiden influenssavirus A/H1N1pdm09 -kantojen vertailu
(2021-11-19)
Influenssa A -virukset (IAV) aiheuttavat pelkästään Euroopassa miljoonia sairastapauksia ja kymmeniä tuhansia kuolemia vuosittain. Toisinaan influenssaepidemat laajenevat maailmanlaajuisiksi pandemioiksi, jolloin leviävä ...
Intestinal stem cell regulation by the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway in D. melanogaster
(2021-12-28)
The intestinal stem cells (ISC) of the D. melanogaster midgut, which is the functional analogue to mammalian small intestine, are highly responsive to changes in nutrition. ISC employ the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway ...
Pituitary macrophages in homeostasis, development and disease
(2022-03-17)
Tissue-resident macrophages are the major contributors to tissue homeostasis, development and
function. Macrophages populate tissues already during embryonic development forming unique
pools in tissues. These distinct ...
Maksan sinusoidaalisten endoteelisolujen whole mount -värjäys ja immunofenotyypitys hiiren alkionkehityksen aikana
(2022-02-10)
Nykyaikaisen tiedon mukaan elimistön makrofagit ovat peräisin kolmesta eri lähteestä;
alkion ruskuaispussista ja maksasta sekä aikuisen luuytimestä. Kudoksissa alkioaikaiset
makrofagit muodostavat populaatioita ...
Prokaryote growth temperature prediction with machine learning
(2021-09-06)
Archaea and bacteria can be divided into four groups based on their growth temperature
adaptation: mesophiles, thermophiles, hyperthermophiles, and psychrophiles. The thermostability of proteins is a sum of multiple ...