Anneli Ritala

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Profile profile for Anneli Ritala

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Job title: 

Principal Scientist

Eurocaroten role: 

Management Committee

First name: 

Anneli

Last name: 

Ritala-Nurmi

Short research description: 

I am a Principal Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. I´m a long-term (since 1995) VTT staff member having my background in Pharmacy: MSc in 1991, PhD (Pharm.) in 1996 and Docent (Adjunct Professor) in Pharmaceutical biology in 2009 - all at University of Helsinki. My main research topic at Plant Biotechnology team is currently plant molecular farming including both recombinant proteins and secondary metabolites. Recently we have initiated a project for valorization of park and garden waste into valuable compounds. I´m a member of the advisory board on Biotechnology in Finland and belong to the editorial board of Finnish scientific pharmaceutical journal. I have passion for project management and since 2011, I have been an IPMA certified (C level) Project Manager.

Personal webpage: 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anneli_Ritala

Techniques routinely used: 

plant cell cultivation techniques, transformation of plants and plant cell cultures, transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana

Instrumentation/Facilities: 

plant cell culture facilities, molecular biology tools, bioreactors from 150ml to 1200l, extraction and purification facilities, analytical facilities

Country: 

Suomi

City: 

Helsinki

Institution: 

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

Department: 

Plant Biotechnology and Metabolomics

Institution website: 

http://www.vttresearch.com/

Address: 

VTT, P.O.Box 1000, Tietotie 2, FI-02044-VTT, Espoo, Finland

Zip Code: 

02044

Phone: 

+358400838631

Matrix: 

Waste

Sidestreams

Plants

Plant Cell Cultures

Gender: 

Female

WG option 1: 

WG4

WG option 2: 

WG2

Scientific approach: 

Applied

Areas: 

Agro-food

Health

Industrial Biotechnology

Nutrition

Production

Other keywords: 

Applications

Biosynthesis

Engineering

Functional Foods

Industry

Metabolomics

Processing

Safety

STMS hosting: 

Yes

Meetings hosting: 

Yes