Tero Soukka
Biotechnology tejoso@utu.fi +358 29 450 4589 +358 50 476 5571 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku Office: D6021 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1144-6724 |
Areas of expertise
In vitro diagnostics; immunoassays and immunoassay technologies; molecular diagnostics; photon upconversion; lanthanide luminescence; time-resolved fluorescence; nanoparticle-antibody bioconjugates.
In vitro diagnostics; immunoassays and immunoassay technologies; molecular diagnostics; photon upconversion; lanthanide luminescence; time-resolved fluorescence; nanoparticle-antibody bioconjugates.
Research community or research topic
Biotechnology - in vitro diagnostics (IVD) assay technologies.
Biotechnology - in vitro diagnostics (IVD) assay technologies.
Research
Research group on bioaffinity assay and reporter technologies, focusing on immunoassay platforms and photon upconversion luminescence in ultrasensitive immunoassays.
Teaching
Lecturing courses on Instrumentation in biotechnology and In vitro diagnostics systems.
Publications 
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- High-performance closed-tube PCR based on switchable luminescence probes (2012)
- Analytica Chimica Acta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Homogenous M13 bacteriophage quantification assay using switchable lanthanide fluorescence probes (2012)
- Biotechniques
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ligand Enabling Visible Wavelength Excitation of Europium(III) for Fluoroimmunoassays in Aqueous Micellar Solutions (2012)
- Analytical Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Maleimide activation of photon upconverting nanoparticles for bioconjugation (2012)
- Nanotechnology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Performance of fluorescent europium(III) nanoparticles and colloidal gold reporters in lateral flow bioaffinity assay (2012)
- Analytical Biochemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Quantitative Multianalyte Microarray Immunoassay Utilizing Upconverting Phosphor Technology (2012)
- Analytical Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - ADVANCED REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY CONCEPT USING SWITCHABLE LUMINESCENT REPORTER SYSTEM (2011)
- Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
(Other publication) - A highly sensitive and specific time resolved fluorometric bridge assay for antibodies to HIV-1 and -2 (2011)
- Journal of Virological Methods
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Antibody-free lanthanide-based fluorescent probe for determination of protein tyrosine kinase and phosphatase activities (2011)
- Microchimica Acta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - BIOFUNCTIONALIZED NANOSIZED UPCONVERTING PHOSPHORS FOR BIOANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS (2011)
- Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
(Other publication)
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