Duties
Group Manager. Coordination and maintenance of the operations of the marine research laboratory and the laboratory on the research vessel Aranda.
Subject area
Education and academic titles
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Master of Science, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Research and expertise
I work as the Group Manager of the Marine Analytics Group within the Research Infrastructure Unit, and as the Coordinator of Syke’s Marine Research Laboratory and the laboratories aboard the research vessel Aranda.
Monitoring the state of the Baltic Sea is one of Syke’s statutory responsibilities, and my team carries out much of this work in practice. Our responsibilities include sampling during Aranda’s regular monitoring cruises and conducting a wide range of analyses both onboard and at the Marine Research Laboratory in Viikki. We analyze, among other things, nutrients, oxygen and hydrogen sulfide concentrations, salinity, pH, and alkalinity, as well as parameters related to the carbon cycle, and microplastic concentrations in seawater. In addition, we support researchers in various experimental studies.
My role is to lead and develop the team’s activities, oversee the maintenance and development of the laboratories on Aranda and in Viikki, and coordinate work carried out in these facilities. I also serve as Facilities Coordinator for Syke’s premises in the EE building in Viikki, Helsinki.
I am a microbiologist by training, specializing in marine microbial ecology. Prior to my current role, I worked for several years as an entrepreneur and also completed a secondary-level qualification in business and commerce.
Scientific articles
Demina, T.A., Luhtanen, A-M., Roux, S. and Oksanen, H.M. (2022): Virus-host interactions and genetic diversity of Antarctic Sea ice bacteriophages. mBio e00651-22.
Eronen-Rasimus, E., Hultman, J., Hai, T., Pessi, I.S., Collins, E., Wright, S., Laine, P., Viitamäki, S., Lyra, C., Thomas, D.N., Golyshin, P.N., Luhtanen, A-M., Kuosa, H. and Kaartokallio, H. (2021): Sea-ice bacteria Halomonas sp. strain 363 and Paracoccus sp. strain 392 produce multiple types of poly-3-hydroxyalkaonoic acid (PHA) storage polymers at low temperatures. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 87: e00929-21.
Kaikkonen, L., Enberg, S., Blomster, L.J., Luhtanen, A-M., Autio, R. and Rintala, J-M. (2020): Autumn to spring microbial community in the northern Baltic Sea: temporal variability in bacterial, viral, and nanoflagellate abundance during the cold-water season. Polar Biology 43: 1193-1206.
Luhtanen, A-M., Eronen-Rasimus, E., Oksanen, H.M., Tison, J-L., Delille, B., Dieckmann, G.S., Rintala, J-M. and Bamford, D.H. (2018): The first known virus isolates from Antarctic Sea ice have complex infection patterns. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 94: fiy028
Tison, J-L., Schwegmann, S., Dieckmann, G.S., Rintala, J-M., Meyer, H., Moreau, S., Vancoppenolle, M., Nomura, D., Engberg, S., Blomster, L.J., Hendricks, S., Uhlig, C., Luhtanen, A-M., De Jong, J., Janssens, J., Carnat, G., Zhou, J. and Delille, B. (2017): Biogeochemical impact of show cover and cyclonic intrusions on the winter Weddell sea ice pack. Journal of geophysical Research: Oceans 122: 9548–9571.
Eronen-Rasimus, E., Luhtanen, A-M., Rintala, J-M., Delille, B., Dieckmann, G., Karkman, A. and Tison, J-L. (2017): An active bacterial community linked to high chl-a concentrations in Antarctic winter-pack ice and evidence for the development of an anaerobic sea-ice bacterial community. The ISME Journal 11: 2345–2355.
Sencilo, A., Luhtanen, A.-M., Saarijärvi, M., Bamford, D. and Roine, E. (2015): Cold-active bacteriophages from the Baltic Sea ice have diverse genomes and virus-host interactions. Environmental Microbiology 17: 3628–3641.
Zhou, J., Delille, B., Kaartokallio, H., Kattner, G., Kuosa, H., Tison, J-L., Autio, R., Dieckmann, G.S., Evers, K-U., Jørgensen, L., Kennedy, H., Kotovitch, M., Luhtanen, A-M., Stedmon, C.A. and Thomas, D.N. (2014): Physical and bacterial controls on inorganic nutrients and dissolved organic carbon during a sea ice growth and decay experiment. Marine Chemistry 166: 59¬–69.
Luhtanen, A.-M., Eronen-Rasimus, E., Kaartokallio, H., Rintala, J.-M., Autio, R. and Roine, E. (2014): Isolation and characterization of phage-host systems from the Baltic Sea ice. Extremophiles 18: 121–130.
Zhou, J., Delille, B., Kaartokallio, H., Kattner, G., Kuosa, H., Tison, J.-L., Autio, R., Dieckmann, G. S., Evers, K.-U., Jørgensen, L., Kennedy, H., Kotovitch, M., Luhtanen, A.-M., Stedmon, C. A. and Thomas, D. N. (2014): Physical and bacterial controls on inorganic nutrients and dissolved organic carbon during a sea ice growth and decay experiment. Marine Chemistry 166: 59–69.