2026 Markku Saloheimo: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	57	13802	12699	97	92	156	12162

Overview

Markku Saloheimo is affiliated with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Their research primarily focuses on areas bridging biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering.

The scientist's work spans several fields of study, including:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Engineering

Within these fields, their subfields of study involve:

Molecular Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Infectious Diseases
Biomaterials

Their main research topics cover a variety of subjects:

Biofuel production and bioconversion
Fungal and yeast genetics research
Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases

Markku Saloheimo has contributed to publications in several venues, including:

Biotechnology for Biofuels
Vaccine
Journal of Applied Glycoscience

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Saloheimo include:

Modification of transcriptional factor ACE3 enhances protein production in Trichoderma reesei in the absence of cellulase gene inducer, 2020, Biotechnology for Biofuels
A recombinant SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain expressed in an engineered fungal strain of Thermothelomyces heterothallica induces a functional immune response in mice, 2022, Vaccine
Role of Tryptophan 38 in Loading Substrate Chain into the Active-site Tunnel of Cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma reesei, 2021, Journal of Applied Glycoscience

The scientist has frequently collaborated with a range of co-authors, including:

Yun Luo
Mari Valkonen
Raymond E. Jackson
Jonathan Palmer
Aditya Bhalla

Best Publications

Genome sequencing and analysis of the biomass-degrading fungus Trichoderma reesei (syn. Hypocrea jecorina).

Diego Martinez;Diego Martinez;Randy M Berka;Bernard Henrissat;Markku Saloheimo

1383
Citations
Swollenin, a Trichoderma reesei protein with sequence similarity to the plant expansins, exhibits disruption activity on cellulosic materials

Markku Saloheimo;Marja Paloheimo;Satu Hakola;Jaakko Pere

558
Citations
Crystal Structure of a Laccase from Melanocarpus Albomyces with an Intact Trinuclear Copper Site

Nina Hakulinen;Laura-Leena Kiiskinen;Kristiina Kruus;Markku Saloheimo

511
Citations
EGIII, a new endoglucanase from Trichoderma reesei: the characterization of both gene and enzyme

M. Saloheimo;P. Lehtovaara;M. Penttilä;T.T. Teeri

476
Citations
Protein folding and conformational stress in microbial cells producing recombinant proteins: a host comparative overview

Brigitte Gasser;Markku Saloheimo;Ursula Rinas;Martin Dragosits

376
Citations
cDNA Cloning of a Trichoderma reesei Cellulase and Demonstration of Endoglucanase Activity by Expression in Yeast

Markku Saloheimo;Tiina Nakari‐SetäLä;Maija Tenkanen;Merja Penttilä

295
Citations
Screening of candidate regulators for cellulase and hemicellulase production in Trichoderma reesei and identification of a factor essential for cellulase production

Mari Häkkinen;Mari J Valkonen;Ann Westerholm-Parvinen;Nina Aro

247
Citations
Expression of Melanocarpus albomyces laccase in Trichoderma reesei and characterization of the purified enzyme

Laura-Leena Kiiskinen;Kristiina Kruus;Michael Bailey;Erkko Ylösmäki

243
Citations
Enzymatic Properties and Intracellular Localization of the Novel Trichoderma reesei β-Glucosidase BGLII (Cel1A)

Markku Saloheimo;Juha Kuja-Panula;Erkko Ylösmäki;Michael Ward

228
Citations
Expression of two Trichoderma reesei endoglucanases in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Penttilä Me;André L;Saloheimo M;Lehtovaara P

227
Citations
Development of a low-cost cellulase production process using Trichoderma reesei for Brazilian biorefineries

Simo Ellilä;Lucas Fonseca;Cristiane Uchima;Junio Cota

212
Citations
The effects of drugs inhibiting protein secretion in the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei. Evidence for down-regulation of genes that encode secreted proteins in the stressed cells.

Tiina M. Pakula;Marjukka Laxell;Anne Huuskonen;Jaana Uusitalo

210
Citations
Effects of inactivation and constitutive expression of the unfolded- protein response pathway on protein production in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Mari Valkonen;Merja Penttilä;Markku Saloheimo

209
Citations
Genetic modification of carbon catabolite repression in Trichoderma reesei for improved protein production.

Tiina Nakari-Setälä;Marja Paloheimo;Jarno Kallio;Jari Vehmaanperä

207
Citations
Expression in Trichoderma reesei and characterisation of a thermostable family 3 β-glucosidase from the moderately thermophilic fungus Talaromyces emersonii

Patrick Murray;Nina Aro;Catherine Collins;Alice Grassick

206
Citations
Eukaryotic protein production in designed storage organelles

Margarita Torrent;Blanca Llompart;Sabine Lasserre-Ramassamy;Immaculada Llop-Tous

202
Citations
Re-annotation of the CAZy genes of Trichoderma reesei and transcription in the presence of lignocellulosic substrates.

Mari Häkkinen;Mikko Arvas;Merja Oja;Nina Aro

196
Citations
Laccase from the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor : cDNA cloning of lcc1 and expression in Pichia pastoris

Leif J. Jönsson;Markku Saloheimo;Merja Penttilä

195
Citations
Isolation and structural analysis of the laccase gene from the lignin degrading fungus Phlebia radiata

Markku Saloheimo;Marja-Leena Niku-Paavola;Jonathan K. C. Knowles

190
Citations
Corrigendum: Genome sequencing and analysis of the biomass-degrading fungus Trichoderma reesei (syn. Hypocrea jecorina)

Diego Martinez;Randy M Berka;Bernard Henrissat;Markku Saloheimo

14
Citations