Elina Laanto

Elina Laanto

Assistant Professor
Unit
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Department / Division
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
Room number
Email
elina.laanto@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358504339850
Postal address
Survontie 9

Research interests

I am interested in the impact and diversity of bacterial viruses in our biosphere. Continuously growing evidence suggests that phages play a major role for example in the global biogeochemical nutrient cycles. However, due to the unfathomable abundance of phages, our understanding of their true impact is limited. Currently, my research focuses on the unexplored biology of huge phages (phages with large virions and genomes, also known as megaphages) from boreal fresh waters. 

Publications

Publication
2024

Environmental Microbiology
Mäkelä, Kati
Laanto, Elina
Sundberg, Lotta‐Riina
Publication
2024

Acta Crystallographica Section D : Structural Biology
Henderikx, Rene J. M.
Mann, Daniel
Domanska, Aušra
Dong, Jing
Shahzad, Saba
Lak, Behnam
Filopoulou, Aikaterini
Ludig, Damian
Grininger, Martin
Momoh, Jeffrey
Laanto, Elina
Oksanen, Hanna M.
Bisikalo, Kyrylo
Williams, Pamela A.
Butcher, Sarah J.
Peters, Peter J.
Beulen, Bart W. A. M. M.
Publication
2023

Bacteriophages : Methods and Protocols
Laanto, Elina
Publication
2023

Viruses
Laanto, Elina
Oksanen, Hanna M.
Publication
2022

Nature Communications
Kejzar, Nejc
Laanto, Elina
Rissanen, Ilona
Abrishami, Vahid
Selvaraj, Muniyandi
Moineau, Sylvain
Ravantti, Janne
Sundberg, Lotta-Riina
Huiskonen, Juha T.
Publication
2022

Environmental Microbiology
Runtuvuori‐Salmela, A.
Kunttu, H. M. T.
Laanto, E.
Almeida, G. M. F.
Mäkelä, K.
Middelboe, M.
Sundberg, L‐R.
Publication
2022

Molecular Ecology
Bruneaux, Matthieu
Ashrafi, Roghaieh
Kronholm, Ilkka
Laanto, Elina
Örmälä‐Odegrip, Anni‐Maria
Galarza, Juan A.
Chen, Zihan
Kubendran, Sumathi Mruthyunjay
Ketola, Tarmo
Publication
2021

Open Biology
Mäntynen, Sari
Laanto, Elina
Oksanen, Hanna M.
Poranen, Minna M.
Díaz-Muñoz, Samuel L.
Publication
2020

Antibiotics
Laanto, Elina
Mäkelä, Kati
Hoikkala, Ville
Ravantti, Janne J.
Sundberg, Lotta-Riina
Publication
2020

Journal of General Virology
Mäntynen, Sari
Laanto, Elina
Sundberg, Lotta-Riina
Poranen, Minna M.
Oksanen, Hanna M.
ICTV Report Consortium

Research groups

Research group

Phage Biology Group

We study phage biology using mainly freshwater phage-host systems as models.