Laura Jaakola
Job description
Professor in Plant Biology
Apurbha Saha,
Laura Jaakola,
Axel Mithöfer,
Clabe Wekesa
:
Site-specific differences in the bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) phyllosphere microbiome across temperate and Arctic locations
Zuzana Vaneková,
Martina Redl,
Lorenz Fischer,
Karin Ortmayr,
Laura Jaakola,
Judith M. Rollinger
:
The Bog Bilberry Enigma: A Phytochemical and Ethnopharmacological Analysis of Vaccinium uliginosum L. Fruits in Regard to Their Alleged Toxicity
Laura Jaakola,
Katja Karppinen,
N. Nguyen,
S. Jokipii-Lukkari
:
Recent progress in understanding the regulation of fruit ripening in bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
Katja Karppinen,
Lauri Raami,
Hilary Edema,
Muhammad Furqan Ashraf,
Heikki M. Salo,
Richard V. Espley
et al.:
Three bilberry bHLHs of subgroup IIIf play divergent roles in fruit anthocyanin and flavonoid biosynthesis
Priyanka Trivedi,
Gang-Shuai Liu,
Linards Klavins,
Raktim Bhattacharya,
Soile Jokipii-Lukkari,
Adinpunya Mitra
et al.:
Scratching the surface: The diversity and roles of triterpenoids in plant cuticular waxes
Vahe Atoyan,
Thomas Georges A Bawin,
Laura Jaakola,
Anna Avetisyan
:
Dimension reduction and entropy-based hyperspectral image visualization using hue, saturation, and brightness
Joel Abbey,
David Percival,
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Samuel K. Asiedu
:
Efficacy, persistence and residue levels of fungicides for Botrytis control in wild blueberry
Nga Nguyen,
Ulrich Bergmann,
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Hely Häggman,
Soile Jokipii-Lukkari,
Katalin Toth
:
Bilberry metabolomic and proteomic profiling during fruit ripening reveals key dynamics affecting fruit quality
Hilary Edema,
Muhammad Furqan Ashraf,
Amos Samkumar,
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Katja Hannele Karppinen
:
Characterization of cellulases from softening fruit for enzymatic depolymerization of cellulose
Mathias Amundsen,
Anne Linn Hykkerud,
Niina Kelanne,
Sanni Tuominen,
Gesine Schmidt,
Oskar Laaksonen
et al.:
Composition of Sugars, Organic Acids, Phenolic Compounds, and Volatile Organic Compounds in Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) at Five Ripening Stages
Richard V. Espley,
Laura Jaakola
:
The role of environmental stress in fruit pigmentation
Joel Abbey,
Sherin Jose,
David Percival,
Laura Jaakola,
Samuel K. Asiedu
:
Modulation of defense genes and phenolic compounds in wild blueberry in response to Botrytis cinerea under field conditions
Corine Alexis Faehn,
Michael Reichelt,
Axel Mithöfer,
Timo Hytönen,
Jørgen Alexander Barosen Mølmann,
Laura Elina Jaakola
:
Acclimation of circadian rhythms in woodland strawberries (Fragaria vesca L.) to Arctic and mid-latitude photoperiods
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Amos Samkumar Rajan Premkumar,
Katja Hannele Karppinen,
Inger Martinussen
:
Bluer than blue: regulation of delphinidin branch anthocyanins in Vaccinium berries
Stef Bokhorst,
Jarle W. Bjerke,
Gareth K. Phoenix,
Laura Jaakola,
Hanne Mæhre,
Hans Tømmervik
:
Sub-arctic mosses and lichens show idiosyncratic responses to combinations of winter heatwaves, freezing and nitrogen deposition
Amos Samkumar Rajan Premkumar,
Katja Hannele Karppinen,
Inger Martinussen,
Richard V. Espley,
Laura Elina Jaakola
:
Light quality from supplemental light-emitting diodes modulates biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in ripening bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) fruit
Inger Martinussen,
Mathias Amundsen,
Aksel Granhus,
Antje Gonera,
Marius Hauglin,
Anne Linn Hykkerud
et al.:
Norwegian wild berries – increased predictability and value creation – the “WildBerries” project
Mathias Amundsen,
Laura Jaakola,
Kjersti Aaby,
Inger Martinussen,
N. Kelanne,
S. Tuominen
et al.:
Effect of ripening temperature on the chemical composition of lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) of northern and southern origin
Mathias Amundsen,
Kjersti Aaby,
Laura Jaakola,
Gesine Schmidt,
Inger Martinussen,
Anne Linn Hykkerud
:
Effects of geographic origin on anthocyanin profile of wild Norwegian lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.)
Joel Abbey,
S Jose,
D Percival,
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Samuel K. Asiedu
:
Molecular responses of wild blueberry phenotypes to Botrytis cinerea infection
Laura Elina Jaakola
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Phenolic compounds in Vaccinium spp.: diversity, biosynthesis, and molecular regulation
Amos Samkumar,
Katja Karppinen,
Tony K. McGhie,
Richard V. Espley,
Inger Martinussen,
Laura Jaakola
:
Flavonoid biosynthesis is differentially altered in detached and attached ripening bilberries in response to spectral light quality
Anna Avetisyan,
Tatevik Aloyan,
Amalya Iskandaryan,
Margarita Harutyunyan,
Laura Jaakola,
Andreas Melikyan
:
Distribution of biodiversity of wild beet species (Genus Beta L.) in Armenia under ongoing climate change conditions
Marius Dobbe Klemetsen,
Otso Turunen,
Wojchiec Leoniuk,
Thomas Georges A Bawin,
Esa Tyystjärvi,
Laura Jaakola
et al.:
Using Synechocystis sp. For nutrient recycling and organic fertilizer production: Advancing greener greenhouses.
20. November 2025 ARKIV
Laura Jaakola
:
Regulation of the biogenesis of phenolic compounds in Vaccinium berries
08. July 2025 ARKIV
Laura Jaakola,
Katja Karppinen,
Anne Linn Hykkerud,
Inger Martinussen
:
Climatic and geographical factors affecting the performance and quality of wild Vaccinium berries.
07. October 2025 ARKIV
Katja Karppinen,
Declan J. Lafferty,
Hilary Edema,
Tony McGhie,
Nick W. Albert,
Richard W. Espley
et al.:
Overexpression of bilberry VmMYBA1 transcription factor leads to high accumulation of delphinidin-type anthocyanins in tobacco cells
2025 ARKIV
Katja Karppinen,
Hilary Edema,
Muhammad Furqan Ashraf,
Laura Jaakola
:
Softening bilberry fruit as source of hydrolytic enzymes for depolymerization of plant biomass
07. October 2025 ARKIV
Thomas Georges A Bawin,
Marte Marie Fossum Ranvik,
Marius Dobbe Klemetsen,
Sigridur Dalmannsdottir,
Eglė Norkevičienė,
Rita Armonienė
et al.:
Phenotyping forage crops: growth and quality in a changing climate
23. September 2025 ARKIV
Vahe Atoyan,
Simon Mikalsen,
Thomas Georges A Bawin,
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Anna Avetisyan
:
Hyperspectral imaging in plant research: a case study on Vaccinium species identification and biodiversity using laboratory-trained machine learning models
2024 ARKIV
Laura Elina Jaakola
:
Effect of light and temperature on quality of Vaccinium berries
2024 ARKIV
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Katja Hannele Karppinen,
Nga Nguyen,
Soile Jokipii-Lukkari
:
Recent progress in understanding the regulation of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) fruit ripening
2024 ARKIV
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Katja Hannele Karppinen,
Amos Samkumar,
Inger Martinussen
:
Differential regulation of anthocyanin pathway branches in bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
2024 ARKIV
Laura Elina Jaakola
:
Wild berry research at the Climate laboratory Tromsø
2024 ARKIV
Anna Avetisyan,
Ivan Gabrielyan,
Tigran Ghrejyan,
Mark Kalashian,
Marine Movsesyan,
Mane Tadevosyan
et al.:
Bilberry pollinators in the (sub)alpine zone of Armenia
2024 ARKIV
Thomas Georges A Bawin,
Grzegorz Konert,
Corine Alexis Faehn,
Markku Juhani Keinänen,
Kirsten Krause,
Inger Martinussen
et al.:
Capacity development for phenotyping Arctic plant biomass
2024 ARKIV
Katja Hannele Karppinen,
Muhammad Furqan Ashraf,
Hilary Edema,
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Amos Samkumar Rajan Premkumar
:
Characterization of pectinases from softening fruit for overcoming plant cell wall recalcitrance
2024 ARKIV
Muhammad Furqan Ashraf,
Amos Samkumar Rajan Premkumar,
Teemu Teeri,
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Katja Hannele Karppinen
:
Characterization of pectate lyases from ripening bilberry fruit
2024 ARKIV
Thomas Georges A Bawin,
Marte Marie Fossum Ranvik,
Sigridur Dalmannsdottir,
Egle Norkeviciene,
Rita Armonienė,
Erik Alexandersson
et al.:
UPSCALE: Forage phenotyping
2024 ARKIV
Thomas Georges A Bawin,
Marius Dobbe Klemetsen,
Marte Marie Fossum Ranvik,
Marcus Andersen,
Wojciech Leoniuck,
Sergey Khorobrykh
et al.:
Greener Greenhouses: enhancing indoor plant production for sustainable urban agriculture in Nordic regions
2024 ARKIV
Thomas Georges A Bawin,
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Katja Hannele Karppinen
:
PlantEye F600: multispectral 3D laser scanner for plant phenotyping
2024 ARKIV
Thomas Georges A Bawin,
Marte Marie Fossum Ranvik,
Sigridur Dalmannsdottir,
Egle Norkeviciene,
Rita Armonienė,
Erik Alexandersson
et al.:
Growth and spectral response of northern and southern forage cultivars under variable temperature regimes
2024 ARKIV
Inger Martinussen,
Laura Elina Jaakola
:
Past, present and future. A journey through Norwegian wild berry traditions, innovations and
research
2024 ARKIV
Mathias Amundsen,
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Kjersti Aaby,
Gesine Schmidt,
Inger Martinussen,
Anne Linn Hykkerud
:
Investigating the influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the phytochemical variation of lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) in Norway
UiT Norges arktiske universitet 20. October 2023 ARKIV
Laura Elina Jaakola
:
Nordic wild berries – factors affecting the composition and the quality
2023 ARKIV
Erik Alexandersson,
Sylvain Poque,
Rita Armoniene,
Thomas Roitsch,
Lars Eklund,
Laura Elina Jaakola
et al.:
Plant phenotyping and remote sensing for a sustainable and competitive Nordic agriculture.Fast Track to Vision 2030.
NordForsk 2023 ARKIV
Anna Avetisyan,
Alla Vardanyan,
Tatevik Aloyan,
Amalya Iskandaryan,
Marine Movsesyan,
Shushanik Shalunts
et al.:
Berries in Armenia and their potential as functional foods
2023 ARKIV
Amalya Iskandaryan,
Anna Avetisyan,
Laura Elina Jaakola
:
Grapes as a raw material for functional food
2023 ARKIV
Laura Elina Jaakola,
Anna Avetisyan
:
Health beneficial compounds in bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.)
2023 ARKIV
Katja Hannele Karppinen,
Hilary Edema,
Muhammad Furqan Ashraf,
Laura Elina Jaakola
:
Characterization of endo-1,4-glucanases from softening fruit for enzymatic depolymerization of cellulose
2023 ARKIV
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Research interests
Wild berries, plant secondary metabolites, flavonoids, regulation of biosynthesis, environmental effects
Teaching
BIO-3018/8018 Environmental Molecular Genetics
BIO-2016 Plant physiology
