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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- Improving the sensitivity of immunoassays by reducing non-specific binding of poly(acrylic acid) coated upconverting nanoparticles by adding free poly(acrylic acid) (2018)
- Microchimica Acta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - NIR induced modulation of the red emission from erbium ions for selective lanthanide imaging (2018)
- Methods and Applications in Fluorescence
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Photochemical Ligation to Ultrasensitive DNA Detection with Upconverting Nanoparticles (2018)
- Analytical Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Upconversion Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy of a Sandwich Immunoassay (2018)
- Chemistry - A European Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A 365 nm UV LED-excitable antenna ligand for switchable lanthanide luminescence (2017)
- Analyst
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A lateral flow immunoassay with upconverting nanoparticle-based detection for indirect measurement of interferon response by the level of MxA (2017)
- Journal of Medical Virology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Disintegration of Hexagonal NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ Upconverting Nanoparticles in Aqueous Media: The Role of Fluoride in Solubility Equilibrium (2017)
- Journal of Physical Chemistry C
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Environmental and Excitation Power Effects on the Ratiometric Upconversion Luminescence Based Temperature Sensing Using Nanocrystalline NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ (2017)
- ChemPhysChem
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Functional and quality of life outcomes after partial glossectomy: a multi-institutional longitudinal study of the head and neck research network (2017)
- Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Highly uniform up-converting nanoparticles: Why you should control your synthesis even more (2017)
- Journal of Luminescence
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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