Courses I teach

First published January 26, 2024 • Last modified on October 10, 2026 • 3 min read • 613 words

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A more or less up-to-date list of the courses I teach

IN RED - as (one of the) responsible teacher(s); * - as course developer

Current wet lab teaching
*DPDR-305 (1 ECTS) Purification of Recombinant Proteins and Protein Drugs by FPLC Introduction Methods Protein tags PROV-004 (5 ECTS) Introduction to cell and molecular biology methods Alternative assignment: Expression, purification and functional testing of Phusion polymerase Practical: PCR Work PROV-410* (4 ECTS)** Recombinant DNA technology in therapeutic protein engineering - laboratory work

Current wet lab teaching

DPDR-305* (1 ECTS) Purification of Recombinant Proteins and Protein Drugs by FPLC
PROV-004 (5 ECTS) Introduction to cell and molecular biology methods
- Alternative assignment: Expression, purification and functional testing of Phusion polymerase
- Practical: PCR Work
PROV-410* (4 ECTS) Recombinant DNA technology in therapeutic protein engineering - laboratory work

Current courses
FARM-310 (5 ECTS) Biopharmaceuticals, basic course Luento #3: Terapeuttiset proteiinit I: Insuliinit ja insuliinianalogit Lecture #3: Therapeutic proteins I: Insulin ja insulin analogs Luento #4: Terapeuttiset proteiinit II: Erytropoietiini, interferonit, & G-CSF Lecture #4: Therapeutic proteins II: Erythropoietin, interferons, & G-CSF Luennot #5+#6: Terapeuttiset proteiinit III: Vasta-aineet ja fuusioproteiinit Lectures #5+#6: Therapeutic proteins III: Antibodies and fusion proteins PROV-004 (5 ECTS) Introduction to cell and molecular biology methods Lecture #1: Alternative Assignment: Protein Production & Purification Lecture #2: Protein Purification Methods Lecture #3: Protein Purification Tags Lecture #4: PCR lecture *PROV-409 (1 ECTS) Recombinant DNA technology in therapeutic protein engineering - lecture & exercise course Session #1: Introduction to Recombinant DNA Technology: Restriction Enzymes, PCR, Plasmids, Transformation Session #2: Multifragment assembly (“Gibson” and similar), Golden Gate, mutagenesis methods, CRISPR/Cas systems Session #3: Databases, sequences, software, bioinformatics for your cloning Session #4: Vectors and systems for protein expression Session #5: How to make transgenic organisms and recombinant viruses PROV-216 (5 ECTS) Molecular Pharmacology VEGFs and VEGF receptors PROV-204 (5 ECTS) Biological Drugs II Antibodies, antibody fusions and antibody conjugates as drugs TMED-929* (1-2 ECTS) Drug discovery & development with a focus on biologics Introductory lecture Protein drugs group work kick-off Vaccines, vaccine development & biological warfare: The smallpox vaccine Challenges in formulation, production and quality control Evidence-based medicine, science-based medicine, and complementary and alternative medicine PROV-303 (5 ECTS) Advanced Biopharmaceutics Session #6: Biological barriers: The blood brain barrier Session #8: Recombinant DNA Technology (aka “cloning”) is the starting point for nearly every biological drug …and much more Session #9: Transgenic animals: For drug production, generating human antibodies and making animal models of human diseases Session #10: Protein Drugs: Engineering and Case Studies GMB-401 (5-10 ECTS) Integrative health biosciences Clinical Trials MPHARM-002A/PROV-105A (11 ECTS) Drug development and preclinical evaluation Discovery, Development and Optimization of Protein Drugs MPHARM-002B/PROV-105B (11 ECTS) Pharmaceutical product development and rational use of medicines Biophamaceuticals - Challenges in formulation, production and quality control MPHARM-009 (5 ECTS) Introduction to research methods in drug discovery and development – theory Plans for the future… Protein production and purification Stable cell line generation FARM-314 (5 ECTS)** Medicinal preparations I Basic Issues in the Formulation of Biophamaceuticals

Current courses

FARM-310 (5 ECTS) Biopharmaceuticals, basic course
- Luento #3: Terapeuttiset proteiinit I: Insuliinit ja insuliinianalogit Lecture #3: Therapeutic proteins I: Insulin ja insulin analogs
- Luento #4: Terapeuttiset proteiinit II: Erytropoietiini, interferonit, & G-CSF Lecture #4: Therapeutic proteins II: Erythropoietin, interferons, & G-CSF
- Luennot #5+#6: Terapeuttiset proteiinit III: Vasta-aineet ja fuusioproteiinit Lectures #5+#6: Therapeutic proteins III: Antibodies and fusion proteins
PROV-004 (5 ECTS) Introduction to cell and molecular biology methods
- Lecture #1: Alternative Assignment: Protein Production & Purification
- Lecture #2: Protein Purification Methods
- Lecture #3: Protein Purification Tags
- Lecture #4: PCR lecture
PROV-409* (1 ECTS) Recombinant DNA technology in therapeutic protein engineering - lecture & exercise course
- Session #1: Introduction to Recombinant DNA Technology: Restriction Enzymes, PCR, Plasmids, Transformation
- Session #2: Multifragment assembly (“Gibson” and similar), Golden Gate, mutagenesis methods, CRISPR/Cas systems
- Session #3: Databases, sequences, software, bioinformatics for your cloning
- Session #4: Vectors and systems for protein expression
- Session #5: How to make transgenic organisms and recombinant viruses
PROV-216 (5 ECTS) Molecular Pharmacology
- VEGFs and VEGF receptors
PROV-204 (5 ECTS) Biological Drugs II
- Antibodies, antibody fusions and antibody conjugates as drugs
TMED-929* (1-2 ECTS) Drug discovery & development with a focus on biologics
PROV-303 (5 ECTS) Advanced Biopharmaceutics
GMB-401 (5-10 ECTS) Integrative health biosciences
- Clinical Trials
MPHARM-002A/PROV-105A (11 ECTS) Drug development and preclinical evaluation
- Discovery, Development and Optimization of Protein Drugs
MPHARM-002B/PROV-105B (11 ECTS) Pharmaceutical product development and rational use of medicines
- Biophamaceuticals - Challenges in formulation, production and quality control
MPHARM-009 (5 ECTS) Introduction to research methods in drug discovery and development – theory
FARM-314 (5 ECTS) Medicinal preparations I
- Basic Issues in the Formulation of Biophamaceuticals

Teaching Videos
2025 Biologiset Lääkkeet (in Finnish) (Unitube) Biologiset lääkkeet: Intro ja historia Linkki Biologiset lääkkeet: Tuotanto, stabiilius, säilytys ja käsittely Linkki Biologiset lääkkeet - Biosimilaarit, biobetterit ja lainsäädäntö Linkki Esimerkkejä biologisista lääkkeistä Biologiset lääkkeet - Metaboliset sairaudet Linkki Biologiset lääkkeet - Syövän hoitoon tarkoitetut vasta-aineet Linkki Biologiset lääkkeet - Vasta-ainekonjugaatit Linkki Biologiset lääkkeet - Bispesifiset vasta-aineet Linkki Biologiset lääkkeet - Vasta-aineet Alzheimerin taudin hoitoon Linkki Biologiset lääkkeet - Tulevaisuus Linkki

Teaching Videos

2025 Biologiset Lääkkeet (in Finnish) (Unitube)
1. Biologiset lääkkeet: Intro ja historia Linkki
2. Biologiset lääkkeet: Tuotanto, stabiilius, säilytys ja käsittely Linkki
3. Biologiset lääkkeet - Biosimilaarit, biobetterit ja lainsäädäntö Linkki
Esimerkkejä biologisista lääkkeistä
1. Biologiset lääkkeet - Metaboliset sairaudet Linkki
2. Biologiset lääkkeet - Syövän hoitoon tarkoitetut vasta-aineet Linkki
3. Biologiset lääkkeet - Vasta-ainekonjugaatit Linkki
4. Biologiset lääkkeet - Bispesifiset vasta-aineet Linkki
5. Biologiset lääkkeet - Vasta-aineet Alzheimerin taudin hoitoon Linkki
1. Biologiset lääkkeet - Tulevaisuus Linkki

Previous wetlab teaching
2014 - 2019 DPBM-135 Purification and Characterization of Recombinant Proteins (organized yearly until Covid-19) 2015 2017 2015 - 2017 DPBM Cloning Club (wetlab part) 2014 DPBM Practical Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering (wetlab part) 2010 HBGS Tags in protein expression, detection and purification

Previous courses
2018-2022 DPBM-119 Protein Interaction Biochemistry 2022 Cell-based assays for protein interaction detection & quantification 2017 DBPM CancerBio Summer School A short history of antiangiogenic tumor treatment 2014 DPBM Practical Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering (lecture part) 2011 Lymphatic Research lecture series (six lectures) Lecture #1: Introduction to Lymphatic Research

Previous courses

2018-2022 DPBM-119 Protein Interaction Biochemistry
- 2022 Cell-based assays for protein interaction detection & quantification
2017 DBPM CancerBio Summer School
- A short history of antiangiogenic tumor treatment
2014 DPBM Practical Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering (lecture part)
2011 Lymphatic Research lecture series (six lectures)
- Lecture #1: Introduction to Lymphatic Research

Workshops
2015 - 2017 DPBM Cloning Club (workshop part)

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