Jukka Jernvall is an Academy professor at University of Helsinki. Paleontological field studies in Turkey directed his interest to mammalian dentition and to the interplay between developmental biology and ecology. His dissertation research focused on the developmental mechanisms generating mammalian molar tooth diversity and he received a Ph.D. in Zoology from University of Helsinki in … Read more
I apply computers to analyze and understand biological processes. My research interests are to recognize patterns in molecular levels which are responsible for variation in phenotypic level using machine learning methods. I completed my PhD from CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi. The new high throughput technologies have successfully sequenced a large number of proteins whose … Read more
My research addresses the current lack of understanding in the generation of animal diversity. As coding regions are very similar in different metazoan species, it is likely that the diversity of forms seen in metazoans is largely not encoded in the protein-coding sequence but in the more divergent regulatory regions that control the timing, location, … Read more
I am interested in understanding how organ shape and size is regulated by different cellular and molecular behaviors in embryonic development. I use tooth as a model system to study how gene regulatory networks combine different signaling molecules into a robust transcriptional profile during organogenesis. My research will provide information about what is the ‘core … Read more
I have been studying geology and palaeontology at the University of Helsinki. My Master thesis was about biomineralisation of enamel in pig molars and now I am studing enamel formation. In teeth, I am interested about biological processes that enable and limit evolution. My responsibilities in the group include designing and managing the group website, … Read more
I am a Master’s student with burgeoning expertise in the acquiral and analysis of 3-dimensional data in an evolutionary context. My work in the group has been focused investigating the surface complexity of specimens ranging from ursid molars to dairy cattle teats. My Master’s thesis will inspect trigonid-talonid complexity differences in carnivoran molars. Besides these … Read more
I joined the lab in 2016 to complete my Bachelor`s thesis and eventually graduated M.Sc. in 2018 with a project concerning X-ray microtomography imaging of gene expression. I am currently working towards PhD in University of Helsinki Doctoral School of Integrative Life Sciences. My research interests lie in the developmental dynamics of mineralizing tissues and … Read more
I have a background in Ecology and Evolution and a passion for wildlife. I joined the Jernvall lab in 2022 as a research assistant and began my PhD in 2023. My research focuses on dental morphology and molar size reduction in bears and humans. In human evolution, molar size has progressively reduced, particularly in wisdom … Read more