Ulvi Gursoy
DDS, PhD in Periodontology, Spec. in Periodontology
ulvi.gursoy@utu.fi +358 29 450 4476 +358 50 514 8132 Lemminkäisenkatu 2 Turku ORCID-tunniste: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1225-5751 |
Asiantuntijuusalueet
Periodontology; Oral immunology; Oral biofilms
Periodontology; Oral immunology; Oral biofilms
Biografia
Received his DDS from Gazi University, Turkey in 1998 and accomplished his PhD in periodontology in Cumhuriyet University, Turkey in 2004. Started his post-doctoral training in University of Helsinki, Finland and National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland in 2005. In 2009, appointed as university teacher at the Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Finland. Received his associate professorship at the same university in 2010 and his lecturer position in 2012, and promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2018. Serving as the past-president of Scandinavian Society of Periodontology (http://www.scsp.info) and the secretary general of the Scandinavian Division (NOF) of the International Association for Dental Research (http://www.iadr-nof.com/).
Tutkimus
Main research interests are oral biofilm-host cell interactions and analyses of salivary components in diagnosis of periodontitis. Currently supervising five PhD students and has over 120 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
For whole list of publications, please see:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gursoy+uk
Opetus
2013 - 2020, Board member (and Director 2017-2020), Institute of dentistry university teachers' organization, University of Turku
2012 – present, Course instructor of the Basics of periodontology and inhibition of gingival inflammation (DENT0153) course, University of Turku
2012 – present, Course instructor of the Deepening periodontal knowledge (DENT0411) course, University of Turku
2012 – 2019, Member of the planning and working group, ”Multiprofessional elective course - Brain”, TUTKE, University of Turku
2014 - 2019, Board member, Personal Tutoring Program, Medical Education Research and Development Centre (TUTKE), University of Turku
Julkaisut 
5/8
- Effects of Xylitol and Sucrose Mint Products on Streptococcus mutans Colonization in a Dental Simulator Model (2017)
- Current Microbiology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Mannose-binding lectin gene polymorphism in relation to periodontal infection (2017)
- Journal of Periodontal Research
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Personalized medicine beyond genomics: alternative futures in big data-proteomics, environtome and the social proteome (2017)
- Journal of Neural Transmission
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Salivary cytokine levels in early gingival inflammation (2017)
- Journal of Oral Microbiology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Alveolar bone loss in relation to toll-like receptor 4 and 9 genotypes and Porphyromonas gingivalis carriage. (2016)
- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Analyses of Gingival Adhesion Molecules in Periodontitis: Theoretical In Silico, Comparative In Vivo, and Explanatory In Vitro Models (2016)
- Journal of Periodontology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Analysis of matrix metalloproteinases, especially MMP-8, in gingival creviclular fluid, mouthrinse and saliva for monitoring periodontal diseases (2016)
- Periodontology 2000
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä) - Associations Between Salivary Bone Metabolism Markers and Periodontal Breakdown (2016)
- Journal of Periodontology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - A Systems Biology Approach to Reveal Putative Host-Derived Biomarkers of Periodontitis by Network Topology Characterization of MMP-REDOX/NO and Apoptosis Integrated Pathways (2016)
- Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Biobanks in Oral Health: Promises and Implications of Post-Neoliberal Science and Innovation. (2016)
- OMICS
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä) - Biofilms as "Connectors" for Oral and Systems Medicine: A New Opportunity for Biomarkers, Molecular Targets, and Bacterial Eradication. (2016)
- OMICS
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä) - Construction and characterization of a multilayered gingival keratinocyte culture model: the TURK-U model. (2016)
- Cytotechnology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Crohnin tauti ja parodontiitti: Beta-defensiini-2 yhdistävänä tekijänä? (2016)
- BestPractice Onkologia ja hematologia
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Editorial: Use of Saliva in Diagnosis of Periodontitis: Cumulative Use of Bacterial and Host-Derived Biomarkers (2016)
- Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
(B1 Vertaisarvioimaton kirjoitus tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Human neutrophil peptide-1 affects matrix metalloproteinase-2, -8 and -9 secretions of oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines in vitro (2016)
- Archives of Oral Biology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Introduction to Special Issue: Ready to Link Oral Health to Systems Medicine and Next Generation Biomarkers? (2016)
- OMICS
(B1 Vertaisarvioimaton kirjoitus tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Morphological and functional adaptations of Fusobacterium nucleatum exposed to human neutrophil Peptide-1 (2016)
- Anaerobe
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Salivary antimicrobial defensins in pregnancy (2016)
- Journal of Clinical Periodontology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Salivary Concentrations of Interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-17A, and IL-23 Vary in Relation to Periodontal Status (2016)
- Journal of Periodontology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - An Appeal to the Global Health Community for a Tripartite Innovation: An "Essential Diagnostics List," "Health in All Policies," and "See-Through 21(st) Century Science and Ethics" (2015)
- OMICS
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
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