Finnish-Swedish consortia

• A paradox of a microbe and man - what makes Staphylococcus aureus a pathogen?
  Matti Karp, University of Turku
  Staffan Arvidson, Karolinska Institutet
  
  
• Bacterial-epithelial cross-talk and the establishment of the mucosal immune system
  Willian Agace, University of Lund
  Sirpa Jalkanen, University of Turku
  Mikael Skurnik,University of Helsinki
  Catharina Svanborg, University of Lund
  Mary-Jo Wick, University of Göteborg
  
  
  
• Genetic susceptibility to streptococcal infections
  Juha Kere, University of Helsinki/Karolinska Institutet
  Lennart Hammarström, Karolinska Institutet
  Jaana Syrjänen, University of Tampere
  Jaana Vuopio-Varkila, National Public Health Institute
  
  
• Microbial ecology of man in health and disease: Emergence, spread and persistence of antibiotic resistance in the normal microflora (ESPAR)
  Charlotta Edlund, Karolinska Institutet
  Pentti Huovinen, National Public Health Institute
  
  
• Reactivation and immune evasion of Borrelia infection
  Sven Bergström, University of Umeå
  Matti Viljanen, University of Turku
  

Finnish consortia

• Host-microbe interaction in acute and persistent Chlamydia pneumoniae infection
  Mirja Puolakkainen, University of Helsinki
  Riitta Lahesmaa, University of Turku
  Jenni Vuola, National Public Health Institute
  
  
• Microbial factors and host responses discriminating commensals from pathogens
  Ilkka Julkunen, National Public Health Institute
  Timo Korhonen, University of Helsinki
  

Finnish individual projects

• Cyanobacteria and adjacent microbes: causes of acute human intoxications and indicators of water quality
  Liisa Lepistö, Finnish Environment Institute
  
  
• DNA microarrays for studying interactions of probiotic, pathogenic and normal gut microbiota bacteria with human intestinal epithelial cells
  Airi Palva, University of Helsinki
  
  
• Host-microbe crosstalk in infancy: creating a balance between the internal and external environments
  Erika Isolauri, University of Turku
  
  
• Infectious origins of the human genome. Human endogenous retroviruses in health and disease
  Samuel Kaski, Helsinki University of Technology
  
  
• Microbes and allergy: From population observations to animal models and prevention products
  Tari Haahtela, Helsinki University Hospital
  
  
• Microbial pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease
  Pekka Saikku, University of Oulu
  
  
• Microbial resistance to innate immunity
  Seppo Meri, University of Helsinki
  
  
• Pathogenesis of reactive arthritis: Research of abnormal host-microbe interaction
  Kaisa Granfors, National Public Health Institute

  Abstracts of all MICMAN project plans: Jan 30, 2003