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

4 of 4

Passive Integrated Transponders (PIT) on a small migratory passerine bird: absence of deleterious short and long-term effects (2014)
- Ornis Fennica
Chaminda Pradeep Ratnayake, Chiara Morosinotto, Suvi Ruuskanen, Alexandre Villers, Robert L Thomson
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Long-lasting effects of yolk androgens on phenotype in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) (2013)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Ruuskanen S, Lehikoinen E, Nikinmaa M, Siitari H, Waser W, Laaksonen T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Predation risk affects the levels of maternal immune factors in avian eggs (2013)
- Journal of Avian Biology
Morosinotto C, Ruuskanen S, Thomson RL, Siitari H, Korpimaki E, Laaksonen T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sex-specific effects of yolk androgens on begging behavior and digestion in pied flycatchers (2013)
- Journal of Avian Biology
Ruuskanen S, Laaksonen T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Variation in eggshell traits between geographically distant populations of pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca (2013)
- Journal of Avian Biology
Morales J, Ruuskanen S, Laaksonen T, Eeva T, Mateo R, Belskii E, Ivankina EV, Jarvinen A, Kerimov A, Korpimaki E, Krams I, Mand R, Morosinotto C, Orell M, Qvarnstrom A, Siitari H, Slater FM, Tilgar V, Visser ME, Winkel W, Zang H, Moreno J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Long-term effects of yolk androgens on phenotype and parental feeding behavior in a wild passerine (2012)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Ruuskanen S, Doligez B, Gustafsson L, Laaksonen T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Long-term fitness consequences of high yolk androgen levels: sons pay the costs (2012)
- Functional Ecology
Ruuskanen S, Doligez B, Pitala N, Gustafsson L, Laaksonen T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The proteomics of feather development in pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) with different plumage coloration (2012)
- Molecular Ecology
Leskinen PK, Laaksonen T, Ruuskanen S, Primmer CR, Leder EH
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Digit ratios have poor indicator value in a wild bird population (2011)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Ruuskanen S, Helle S, Ahola M, Adamczyck F, Mostl E, Laaksonen T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Geographical trends in the yolk carotenoid composition of the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) (2011)
- Oecologia
Eeva T, Ruuskanen S, Salminen JP, Belskii E, Järvinen A, Kerimov A, Korpimäki E, Krams I, Moreno J, Morosinotto C, Mand R, Orell M, Qvarnstrom A, Siitari H, Slater FM, Tilgar V, Visser ME, Winkel W, Zang H, Laaksonen T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Geographical Variation in Egg Mass and Egg Content in a Passerine Bird (2011)
- PLoS ONE
Ruuskanen S, Siitari H, Eeva T, Belskii E, Jarvinen A, Kerimov A, Krams I, Moreno J, Morosinotto C, Mand R, Mostl E, Orell M, Qvarnstrom A, Salminen JP, Slater F, Tilgar V, Visser ME, Winkel W, Zang H, Laaksonen T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Number of eyespots and their intimidating effect on naive predators in the peacock butterfly (2011)
- Behavioral Ecology
Merilaita S, Vallin A, Kodandaramaiah U, Dimitrova M, Ruuskanen S, Laaksonen T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Number of eyespots and their intimidating effect on naïve predators in the peacock butterfly (2011)
- Behavioral Ecology
Merilaita S., Vallin A., Kodandaramaiah U., Dimitrova M., Ruuskanen S., Laaksonen T.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Yolk hormones have sex-specific long-term effects on behavior in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) (2010)
- Hormones and Behavior
Ruuskanen S, Laaksonen T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)