Tero Soukka - UTU Research Portal

Tero Soukka

- Professor,
Biotechnology (Department of Life Technologies)

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.

Research community or research topic

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
Lehmusvuori A, Karhunen U, Tapio AH, Lamminmäki U, Soukka T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Homogenous M13 bacteriophage quantification assay using switchable lanthanide fluorescence probes (2012)
- Biotechniques
Lehmusvuori A, Manninen J, Huovinen T, Soukka T, Lamminmäki U
(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
Valta T, Puputti EM, Hyppanen I, Kankare J, Takalo H, Soukka T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Maleimide activation of photon upconverting nanoparticles for bioconjugation (2012)
- Nanotechnology
Liebherr RB, Soukka T, Wolfbeis OS, Gorris HH
(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
Juntunen E, Myyrylainen T, Salminen T, Soukka T, Pettersson K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Quantitative Multianalyte Microarray Immunoassay Utilizing Upconverting Phosphor Technology (2012)
- Analytical Chemistry
Pakkila H, Yliharsila M, Lahtinen S, Hattara L, Salminen N, Arppe R, Lastusaari M, Saviranta P, Soukka T
(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
Lehmusvuori A, Karhunen U, Soukka T
(Other publication)
A highly sensitive and specific time resolved fluorometric bridge assay for antibodies to HIV-1 and -2 (2011)
- Journal of Virological Methods
Talha SM, Salminen T, Swaminathan S, Soukka T, Pettersson K, Khanna N
(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
Appelblom H, Sipponen A, Valanne A, Soukka T, Lovgren T, Niemela P
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
BIOFUNCTIONALIZED NANOSIZED UPCONVERTING PHOSPHORS FOR BIOANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS (2011)
- Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Arppe R, Harju E, Valta T, Lahtinen S, Lastusaari M, Hölsä J, Soukka T
(Other publication)
Decrease in Luminescence Lifetime Indicating Nonradiative Energy Transfer from Upconverting Phosphors to Fluorescent Acceptors in Aqueous Suspensions (2011)
- Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Riuttamäki T, Hyppänen I, Kankare J, Soukka T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Distance and Temperature Dependency in Nonoverlapping and Conventional Förster Resonance Energy-Transfer (2011)
- Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Johanna Vuojola, Iko Hyppänen, Marika Nummela, Jouko Kankare, Tero Soukka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
LANTHANIDE CHELATE COMPLEMENTATION AND HYDROLYSIS ENHANCED LUMINESCENT CHELATE IN REAL-TIME PCR ASSAYS FOR PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN TRANSCRIPTS (2011)
- Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Alinezhad S, Vaananen RM, Lehmusvuori A, Karhunen U, Soukka T, Pettersson K
(Other publication)
LANTHANIDE CHELATE COMPLEMENTATION FOR HIGHLY SENSITIVE PROTEIN DETECTION (2011)
- Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Riuttamaki T, Kopra K, Blom S, Pakkila H, Takalo H, Soukka T
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
Oligonucleotide Array-in-Well Platform for Detection and Genotyping Human Adenoviruses by Utilizing Upconverting Phosphor Label Technology (2011)
- Analytical Chemistry
Ylihärsilä M, Valta T, Karp M, Hattara L, Harju E, Hölsä J, Saviranta P, Waris M, Soukka T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Polymorphism of NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ Up-Conversion Luminescence Materials (2011)
- Zeitschrift für Kristallographie Proceedings
EPDIC 12: Proceedings of the Twelfth European Powder Diffraction Conference E Harju, I Hyppänen, J Hölsä, J Kankare, M Lahtinen, M Lastusaari, L Pihlgren, T Soukka
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
QUANTITATIVE MULTIANALYTE IMMUNOASSAY USING UPCONVERTING PHOSPHORS AS LABELS (2011)
- Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Päkkilä H, Ylihärsilä M, Soukka T
(Other publication)
Simple and inexpensive immunoassay-based diagnostic tests (2011)
- Bioanalytical Reviews
Päkkilä H, Soukka T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Up-Conversion Luminescence of the NaRF4-NaR'F-4 (R: Y, Yb, Er) Core-Shell Nanomaterials (2011)
- Journal of Fluorescence
Hyppanen I, Holsa J, Kankare J, Lastusaari M, Pihlgren L, Soukka T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Rapid homogeneous PCR assay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in urine samples (2010)
- Journal of Microbiological Methods
Lehmusvuori A, Juntunen E, Tapio AH, Rantakokko-Jalava K, Soukka T, Lövgren T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)