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t_coffee still fails on a standard Ubuntu 24.04 LTS install

September 18, 2025 • 2 min read • Technology

t_coffee still fails on a standard Ubuntu 24.04 LTS install

The bug in t_coffee, reported on https://github.com/cbcrg/tcoffee/issues/27#issuecomment-1355339411, is still an issue after many years.
Delivery still limits VEGF therapy

September 12, 2025 • 2 min read • VEGF-C

Delivery still limits VEGF therapy

Simply injecting a lab-made growth factor into the body isn’t enough to copy what the body does naturally.
Academic career

August 3, 2025 • 3 min read • Finland

Academic career

This month, I transitioned from Associate to Full Professor at my university.
An impossible overlap-extension PCR

June 21, 2025 • 2 min read • Technology

An impossible overlap-extension PCR

A PhD student of mine asked me about plasmid maps for several DNA constructs that I had created some 20 years ago.
Learning and Teaching Materials about Biological Drugs

June 8, 2025 • 3 min read • Teaching

Learning and Teaching Materials about Biological Drugs

Learning and Teaching Materials about Biological Drugs
A better Levodopa

May 31, 2025 • 2 min read • Finland

A better Levodopa

Saku Renunanen's manuscript about novel inhibitors of levodopa decarboxylases was published in the European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Restriction Enzyme Calculator

April 29, 2025 • 2 min read • Technology

Restriction Enzyme Calculator

Restriction Enzyme Calculator
VEGFC-loaded Lignin Nanoparticles

April 24, 2025 • 3 min read • Science

VEGFC-loaded Lignin Nanoparticles

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C (abbreviated either VEGFC or VEGF-C) has been used in several preclinical models in regenerative medicine.
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Biochemistry/Molecular biology researcher and teacher