Breadcrumb Home About Tyks Tyks organization Units of excellence Centre of Excellence in Infections and Microbes Contact information of the Centre of Excellence in Infections and Microbes Contact information of the Centre of Excellence in Infections and Microbes Antti Hakanen Chief of department Chief physician Tyks Laboratories clinical microbiology Tanja Lehtinen Executive Secretary Tyks Laboratories At the moment, the special expertise of the Centre of Excellence is diagnostics and research related to microbes, antimicrobial resistance, healthcare-associated infections, upper respiratory tract infections, coronavirus diagnostics, tick-borne diseases, certain severe infectious diseases and immunodeficiencies related to rare diseases. Print this page