Funding from Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation to Vihinen-Ranta group for virus research
Vihinen-Ranta group from the Department of Biological and Environmental Science has received a grant from Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation for their project entitled “The Impact of cellular structures on nuclear egress of herpesvirus capsids”. The amount of the grant for years 2023–2025 is 726 000 €.
Published
3.5.2022
The intranuclear assembly of progeny nucleocapsids and their subsequent nuclear egress are critical steps in the life cycle of most DNA viruses. Despite the fact that herpesviruses are a significant cause of various human diseases, and increasingly used in oncolytic virus therapy, their interactions and dynamics within the host cell nucleus remain poorly understood.
The research of Vihinen-Ranta group seeks to advance the knowledge of viral nuclear dynamics and interactions by employing a new interdisciplinary approach combining biology and biophysics with state-of-the-art techniques of imaging and advanced image analyses.
