PhD
Jari Nuutila, University Teacher and
independent infection researcher (Current, Department of Biochemistry,
University of Turku).

Research
topics: Host-Microbe Interactions. Applications of leukocyte
cell surface receptor expression and serum soluble markers in distinguishing
between febrile bacterial and viral infections.
http://www.utu.fi/fi/yksikot/sci/yksikot/biokemia/tutkimus/bk/immunochemistry/Sivut/home.aspx

Academic
career: MSc
in Biochemistry (Calcium dependence of phagocytosis and respiratory burst
activity measured by flow cytometer and luminometer, 1994), PhD in Biochemistry (Interrelations
between receptor expression, respiratory burst, and phagocytosis, 2004), Adjunct professor/Docent in
Biochemistry (2009, University of Turku) and Immunology (2013, University of
Helsinki)

Publications: 30 scientific publications (27 original and 3 review articles) 

The primary goal of this multidisciplinary
basic
research on innate immunology is to study the expression patterns of several leukocyte
cell surface markers and serum soluble markers in infectious/inflammatory
diseases and in healthy controls in order to understand how the mechanisms of
cellular and humoral innate immunity are regulated.

The novelty of this study compared with the
previous studies is that: (A) For the first time ever, such a large panel of
potential bacterial infection markers will be quantified simultaneously, and
(B) The quantitative analysis of these markers will be determined in authentic in vivo circumstances (in patients with
bacterial or viral infections, and in healthy controls).

 The second
goal of this study is to transform above-mentioned
basic research findings into clinical diagnostic applications. The
ultimate goal is to find out whether it is possible to produce a novel fast method(s) for
distinguishing between bacterial and viral infections in less than 30
minutes.

Immunology - Theory (42 hours of lectures), Bachelor of Science studies, 4 ECTS

Immunology - Practice (immunological laboratory methods), Bachelor of Science studies, 2 ECTS

Methods in Immunology, Master of Science studies, 2 ECTS

Immonology, Laboratory Exercises, Master of Science studies, 2 ECTS