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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- On the mechanism of persistent up-conversion luminescence in the ZrO2:Yb3+,Er3+ nanomaterials (2014)
- Optical Materials
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Photon Upconversion in a Molecular Lanthanide Complex in Anhydrous Solution at Room Temperature (2014)
- ACS Photonics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Photon upconversion sensitized nanoprobes for sensing and imaging of pH (2014)
- Nanoscale
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Rapid homogeneous immunoassay for cardiac troponin I using switchable lanthanide luminescence (2014)
- Biosensors and Bioelectronics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Spacer length, label moiety interchange and probe pair orientation in a homogeneous solid-phase hybridization assay utilizing lanthanide chelate complementation (2014)
- Analytical Methods
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Versatile synthesis strategy for coating upconverting nanoparticles with polymer shells through localized photopolymerization by using the particles as internal light sources (2014)
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Versatile Synthetic Strategy for Coating Upconverting Nanoparticles with Polymer Shells through Localized Photopolymerization by Using the Particles as Internal Light Sources (2014)
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Aptamer-directed lanthanide chelate self-assembly for rapid thrombin detection (2013)
- Analyst
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Enhancement of blue upconversion luminescence in hexagonal NaYF4:Yb,Tm by using K and Sc ions (2013)
- Journal of Nanoparticle Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Genetically Encoded Protease Substrate Based on Lanthanide-Binding Peptide for Time-Gated Fluorescence Detection (2013)
- Analytical Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Genotyping of clinically relevant human adenoviruses by array-in-well hybridization assay (2013)
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - High gradient magnetic separation of upconverting lanthanide nanophosphors based on their intrinsic paramagnetism (2013)
- Journal of Nanoparticle Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Homogeneous duplex polymerase chain reaction assay using switchable lanthanide fluorescence probes (2013)
- Analytical Biochemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Measurement of acoustic and anatomic changes in oral and maxillofacial surgery patients (2013)
- arXiv.org
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Quantitative detection of well-based DNA array using switchable lanthanide luminescence (2013)
- Analytica Chimica Acta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Rare Earth Distribution in NaRF4: Effect on Up-Conversion Intensity (2013)
- Powder Diffraction
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Upconverting Phosphor Labels for Bioanalytical Assays (2013)
- Bioanalytical Reviews
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Escherichia coli-expressed near full length HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein is a highly sensitive and specific diagnostic antigen (2012)
- BMC Infectious Diseases
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fluorescence-quenching-based homogeneous caspase-3 activity assay using photon upconversion (2012)
- Analytica Chimica Acta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - High-performance closed-tube PCR based on switchable luminescence probes (2012)
- Analytica Chimica Acta
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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