Stress genomics

Stress tolerance is one of the key traits affecting organisms' survival, adaptation and distribution. However, we still lack understanding on how organisms cope with varying stressors at the molecular level and what key genomic mechanisms are involved in these responses. We are interested on the role of chromosomal inversions, transposable elements (TEs) and candidate gene expression in stress tolerance and their interaction at the genomic level.
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Research group type
Research group
Core fields of research
Basic natural phenomena and mathematical thinking
Research areas
Evolutionary research
Faculty
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Department
Department of Biological and Environmental Science

Research group description

Stress tolerance is one of the key traits affecting organisms' survival, adaptation and distribution. However, we still lack understanding on how organisms cope with varying stressors at the molecular level and what key genomic mechanisms are involved in these responses. We are interested on the role of chromosomal inversions, transposable elements (TEs) and candidate gene expression in stress tolerance and their interaction at the genomic level.  

Publications

Publication
2024

Genome Biology and Evolution
Poikela, Noora
Laetsch, Dominik R
Hoikkala, Ville
Lohse, Konrad
Kankare, Maaria
Publication
2024

Molecular Ecology
Hoedjes, Katja M.
Grath, Sonja
Posnien, Nico
Ritchie, Michael G.
Schlötterer, Christian
Abbott, Jessica K.
Almudi, Isabel
Coronadoâ€Zamora, Marta
Durmaz, Mitchell Esra
Flatt, Thomas
Fricke, Claudia
Glaserâ€Schmitt, Amanda
González, Josefa
Holman, Luke
Kankare, Maaria
Lenhart, Benedict
Orengo, Dorcas J.
Snook, Rhonda R.
Yılmaz, Vera M.
Yusuf Leeban
Publication
2024

PLoS Biology
Kim, Bernard Y.
Gellert, Hannah R.
Church, Samuel H.
Suvorov, Anton
Anderson, Sean S.
Barmina, Olga
Beskid, Sofia G.
Comeault, Aaron A.
Crown, K. Nicole
Diamond, Sarah E.
Dorus, Steve
Fujichika, Takako
Hemker, James A.
Hrcek, Jan
Kankare, Maaria
Katoh, Toru
Magnacca, Karl N.
Martin, Ryan A.
Matsunaga, Teruyuki
Medeiros, Matthew J.
Miller, Danny E.
Pitnick, Scott
Schiffer, Michele
Simoni, Sara
Steenwinkel, Tessa E.
Syed, Zeeshan A.
Takahashi, Aya
Wei, Kevin H-C.
Yokoyama, Tsuya
Eisen, Michael B.
Kopp, Artyom
Matute, Daniel
Obbard, Darren J.
O’Grady, Patrick M.
Price, Donald K.
Toda, Masanori J.
Werner, Thomas
Petrov, Dmitri A.
Publication
2024

Mobile DNA
Tahami, Mohadeseh S.
Vargas-Chavez, Carlos
Poikela, Noora
Coronado-Zamora, Marta
González, Josefa
Kankare, Maaria
Publication
2024

BMC Microbiology
Valerio, Federica
Martel, Cornelia
Stefanescu, Constanti
van Nouhuys, Saskya
Kankare, Maaria
Duplouy, Anne
Publication
2023

Molecular Ecology
Poikela, N.
Laetsch, D. R.
Kankare, M.
Hoikkala, A.
Lohse, K.

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Maaria Kankare

Maaria Kankare

Senior Researcher

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