Seniorforskare

Hannes Lohi, PhD, professor, gruppledare
Marjo Hytönen, PhD, docent, administrativ gruppledare

Gästande forskare

Maria Kaukonen, DVM, PhD, University Researcher
Cesar Araujo, PhD

Doktorander

Tiina Heinonen
Salla Mikkola
Inka Pettinen
Sara Mikkonen
Noora Salokorpi
Sruthi Hundi
Aada Ståhl
Saila Holopainen

Studerande

Heidi Peltonen, BSc
Taru Kettunen, BSc

Övrig personal

Sini Karjalainen, Laboratory Assistant
Santeri Suokas, Laboratory Assistant

PCYT2 deficiency in Saarlooswolfdogs with progressive retinal, central, and peripheral neurodegeneration.
Christen M, Oevermann A, Rupp S, Vaz FM, Wever EJM, Braus BK, Jagannathan V, Kehl A, Hytönen MK, Lohi H, Leeb T. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2024.

Multiocular defect in the Old English Sheepdog: A canine form of Stickler syndrome type II associated with a missense variant in the collagen-type gene COL11A1.
Stanbury K, Stavinohova R, Pettitt L, Dixon C, Schofield EC, Mclaughlin B, Pettinen I, Lohi H, Ricketts SL, Oliver JA, Mellersh CS. PLoS One. 2023.

Pet and owner personality and mental wellbeing associate with attachment to cats and dogs.
Ståhl A, Salonen M, Hakanen E, Mikkola S, Sulkama S, Lahti J, Lohi H. iScience. 2023.

Identification of novel genetic risk factors of dilated cardiomyopathy: from canine to human.
Niskanen JE, Ohlsson Å, Ljungvall I, Drögemüller M, Ernst RF, Dooijes D, van Deutekom HWM, van Tintelen JP, Snijders Blok CJB, van Vugt M, van Setten J, Asselbergs FW, Petrič AD, Salonen M, Hundi S, Hörtenhuber M; DoGA consortium; Kere J, Pyle WG, Donner J, Postma AV, Leeb T, Andersson G, Hytönen MK, Häggström J, Wiberg M, Friederich J, Eberhard J, Harakalova M, van Steenbeek FG, Wess G, Lohi H. Genome Medicine. 2023.

Genome sequencing of 2000 canids by the Dog10K consortium advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture.
Meadows JRS, Kidd JM, Wang GD, Parker HG, Schall PZ, Bianchi M, Christmas MJ, Bougiouri K, Buckley RM, Hitte C, Nguyen AK, Wang C, Jagannathan V, Niskanen JE, Frantz LAF, Arumilli M, Hundi S, Lindblad-Toh K, Ginja C, Agustina KK, André C, Boyko AR, Davis BW, Drögemüller M, Feng XY, Gkagkavouzis K, Iliopoulos G, Harris AC, Hytönen MK, Kalthoff DC, Liu YH, Lymberakis P, Poulakakis N, Pires AE, Racimo F, Ramos-Almodovar F, Savolainen P, Venetsani S, Tammen I, Triantafyllidis A, vonHoldt B, Wayne RK, Larson G, Nicholas FW, Lohi H, Leeb T, Zhang YP, Ostrander EA. Genome Biology. 2023.

A frameshift deletion in F8 associated with hemophilia A in Labrador Retriever dogs.
Hytönen MK, Viitanen S, Hundi S, Donner J, Lohi H, Kaukonen M. Animal Genetics. 2023.

Multiple Origins and Genomic Basis of Complex Traits in Sighthounds.
Li WL, Liu YH, Li JX, Ding MT, Adeola AC, Isakova J, Aldashev AA, Peng MS, Huang X, Xie G, Chen X, Yang WK, Zhou WW, Ghanatsaman ZA, Olaogun SC, Sanke OJ, Dawuda PM, Hytönen MK, Lohi H, Esmailizadeh A, Poyarkov AD, Savolainen P, Wang GD, Zhang YP. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2023. 

A loss-of-function variant in canine GLRA1 associates with a neurological disorder resembling human hyperekplexia.
Heinonen T, Flegel T, Müller H, Kehl A, Hundi S, Matiasek K, Fischer A, Donner J, Forman OP, Lohi H, Hytönen MK. Human Genetics. 2023.

Breed, age, and social environment are associated with personality traits in dogs.
Salonen M, Mikkola S, Niskanen JE, Hakanen E, Sulkama S, Puurunen J, Lohi H. iScience. 2023.

Distinct healthy and atopic canine gut microbiota is influenced by diet and antibiotics.
Sinkko H, Lehtimäki J, Lohi H, Ruokolainen L, Hielm-Björkman A. Royal Society Open Science. 2023. 

Jane och Aatos Erkkos stiftelse
Sigrid Jusélius Stiftelse
Agria Foundation
University of Helsinki DVM Doctoral Program
Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten
Kinship Co
Leonberger Health Foundation International
Folkhälsans forskningscentrum
Helsingfors universitet
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