PhD, adjunct professor Suvi Ruuskanen - UTU Research Portal

Suvi Ruuskanen
PhD, adjunct professor

- Docent,
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Department of Biology)

skruus@utu.fi

Vesilinnantie 5

Turku

Office: 042

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5582-9455

Ruuskanen Group pages

Areas of expertise

Evolutionary ecology; physiological ecology; ecotoxicology and environmental ecology; behavioral ecology;epigenetics; avian ecology

Biography

2015-2020 Academy of Finland research fellow, Univ Turku

2012-2015 Academy of Finland postdoc researcher, Netherlands Institute of ecology/University of Groningen, NL

2010-2012 Post-doctoral researcher, Univ Turku

2007-2010 PhD, Univ Turku

Research

My research fields are at the intersection of evolutionary ecology, ecophysiology and behavioral and environmental ecology. I am broadly interested in the proximate physiological mechanisms underlying variation in phenotypic, behavioral and fitness traits and their plasticity. I want to understand how physiologically-regulated traits enable organismal adaptation to changing environmental conditions and play a part in species interactions, potentially even affecting population processes. I am also interested in how interactions with microbes (gut microbiome) relate to phenotypic variation in wild populations. I further want to understand more broadly how various early-life environmental conditions affects offspring development and fitness with a specific interest in non-genetic inheritance, such as maternal effects and epigenetics

Current group members:

Post-docs: Bin-Yan Hsu (UTU), Antoine Stier (UTU)

PhD students: Tom Sarraude (UTU/University of Gronigen), Nina Cossin-Sevrin (UTU)

MSc students: Lotta Holmen (UTU), Mark Verschuuren (NIOO, NL), Lyydia Leino (UTU)

BSc students: Mikaela Hukkanen (UTU)

Visiting: Coline Marciau

Interns:

Research group pages: https://sites.utu.fi/ruuskanengroup/

Teaching

Ecology, evolutionary biology, physiology:

2018-2019-2020

Vertebrate ecology research (BIOL2204)

Seminars in Biology (BIOL5200)

Ecotoxicology (FYGE2060)

Presenting and Publishing Data (BIOL5201)

Publications

3 of 4

(2019)
- Environmental Pollution
Ruuskanen Suvi, Espín Silvia, Sanchéz-Virosta Pablo, Sarraude Tom, Hsu Bi-Yan, Pajunen Piia, Costa Rute A., Eens Marcel, Hargitai Rita, Török János, Eeva Tapio
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2019)
- Journal of Avian BiologyEnvironmental Pollution
Hsu BY, Doligez B, Gustafsson L, Ruuskanen S
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2018)
- Journal of Chromatography BHormones and Behavior
Suvi Ruuskanen, Bin-Yan Hsu, Arttu Heinonen, Minna Vainio, Veerle M. Darras, Tom Sarraude, Anne Rokka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2018)
- Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
Morosinotto C, Rainio M, Ruuskanen S, Korpimaki E
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2018)
- Functional EcologyEthology
Ruuskanen S, Groothuis TGG, Baugh AT, Schaper SV, de Vries B, van Oers K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2018)
- Physiological and Biochemical ZoologyJournal of Avian BiologyComparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology
Suvi Ruuskanen, Bin-Yan Hsu
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
(2017)
- Integrative and Comparative BiologyHeredityGeneral and Comparative Endocrinology
Ruuskanen S, Groothuis TGG, Darras VM, Gienapp P, Schaper SV, Visser ME
(Other publication)
(2017)
- Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologyJournal of Avian BiologyEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research
Ruuskanen S, Morosinotto C, Thomson RL, Ratnayake CP, Korpimaki E
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Spatio-temporal variation in the body condition of female pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in a polluted environment (2017)
- Urban Ecosystems
Rainio MJ, Ruuskanen S, Eeva T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effects of dietary lead exposure on vitamin levels in great tit nestlings - An experimental manipulation (2016)
Ruiz S, Espin S, Rainio M, Ruuskanen S, Salminen JP, Lilley TM, Eeva T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effects of experimentally manipulated yolk thyroid hormone levels on offspring development in a wild bird species (2016)
Ruuskanen S, Darras VM, Visser ME, Groothuis TGG
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2016)
Ruuskanen S, Darras VM, de Vries B, Visser ME, Groothuis TGG
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2016)
Ruuskanen S, Gienapp P, Groothuis TGG, Schaper SV, Darras VM, Pereira C, de Vries B, Visser ME
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2016)
Morosinotto C, Thomson RL, Ruuskanen S, Korpimäki E, Lehikoinen E, Möstl E, Laaksonen T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Temperature-induced variation in yolk androgen and thyroid hormone levels in avian eggs (2016)
- General and Comparative Endocrinology
Ruuskanen S, Groothuis TGG, Schaper SV, Darras VM, de Vries B, Visser ME
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Yolk steroids in great tit Parus major eggs: variation and covariation between hormones and with environmental and parental factors (2016)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Lessells CM, Ruuskanen S, Schwabl H
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Do insectivorous birds use volatile organic compounds from plants as olfactory foraging cues? Three experimental tests (2015)
Koski T-M, Laaksonen T, Mäntylä E, Ruuskanen S, Li T, Girón-Calva PS, Huttunen L, Blande JD, Holopainen JK, Klemola T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effects of early-life lead exposure on oxidative status and phagocytosis activity in great tits (Parus major) (2015)
Rainio M., Eeva T., Lilley T., Stauffer J., Ruuskanen S.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Hormonally-mediated maternal effects in birds: Lessons from the flycatcher model system (2015)
Suvi Ruuskanen
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
No delayed behavioral and phenotypic responses to experimental early-life lead exposure in great tits (Parus major) (2015)
Ruuskanen Suvi, Eeva Tapio, Kotitalo Päivi, Stauffer Janina, Rainio Miia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)