Antti E. Seppo

Antti E. Seppo is a part-time Research Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy/Immunology. His work focuses on food allergy mechanisms and immune system development in children.

• Education
  • PhD in Biotechnology, University of Helsinki (1996)
• Research Focus
  • Short-term: Predisposing factors for food allergies in children, predictive indicators of allergic reaction severity using genomic and transcriptomic techniques
  • Long-term: Fundamental mechanisms of the developing human immune system and allergic disease prevention
  • Methodology: Genomic analysis, biomarker screening, biocomputing integration into cell-based assays
• Article Trends
  • Recent work explores gut microbiome interactions, human milk immunology, and biocomputing in allergy diagnostics
  • Historical research includes glycan synthesis, Drosophila glycosylation, and prenatal diagnosis technologies