Evaluation Report Publications of the Academy of Finland 1/11

Research quality
The research of the unit is of a high quality, indicated by a large number of well-cited 
publications in journals with high impact. The two main topics (nucleic acids and 
PET radiochemistry) are here by far the strongest in Finland and offer various 
possibilities for collaborations with biological, physical and medical research groups. 
Due to the very recent establishment of the natural product chemistry group, its 
international visibility is so far less pronounced. The future research strategy of the 
nucleic acid group is not very clear and has to be substantiated, especially in view of 
the imminent replacement of the professorship.