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.
Mol Genet Metab. 2024 Jan 21;141(3):108149.

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 Dec 28;18(12):e0295851.

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 Nov 9;26(12):108423.

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 Med. 2023 Sep 18;15(1):73.

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 Biol. 2023 Aug 15;24(1):187. 

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.
Anim Genet. 2023 Oct;54(5):606-612.

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.
Mol Biol Evol. 2023 Aug 3;40(8):msad158. 

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.
Hum Genet. 2023 Aug;142(8):1221-1230.

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 Apr 19;26(5):106691.

Distinct healthy and atopic canine gut microbiota is influenced by diet and antibiotics.
Sinkko H, Lehtimäki J, Lohi H, Ruokolainen L, Hielm-Björkman A.
R Soc Open Sci. 2023 Apr 26;10(4):221104.

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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