{"id":316,"date":"2022-03-12T09:46:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T09:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evbo.org\/?page_id=316"},"modified":"2025-05-22T12:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:38:35","slug":"dr-johanna-p-laakkonen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/evbo.org\/index.php\/dr-johanna-p-laakkonen\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Johanna P. Laakkonen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Council Officer \u2013 Social Media and <strong>Young Investigator<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Groups<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/evbo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/laakkonen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317\" style=\"width:393px;height:393px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evbo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/laakkonen.jpg 500w, https:\/\/evbo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/laakkonen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evbo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/laakkonen-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Affiliation<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.I. Virtanen Institute of Molecular Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Eastern Finland, Finland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Biosketch<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adjunct Professor of Molecular Medicine and Academy Research Fellow at University of Eastern Finland, Group Leader of Vascular Biology Research Group and Head of Adenovirus Vector Production in National Virus Vector Laboratories in Biocenter Kuopio, Finland. She was trained as PhD in Molecular Biology (University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, Finland), and worked as a senior researcher in Prof. Seppo Yl\u00e4-Herttuala group (University of Eastern Finland, Finland) and as a post-doc researcher in Prof. Stefan Kochanek group (University Hospital of Ulm, Germany), focusing in vectorology, gene therapy, growth factors and endothelium biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Mission statement<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Laakkonen group &nbsp;studies:&nbsp;1) causal effects and mechanisms of vascular lesions and aortic aneurysms, particularly cellular crosstalk and flow-induced tissue re-modelling; 2) Growth factors and Hippo signaling pathway in vascular diseases; and 3) targeted therapeutics to modulate vascular growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Publications<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=23485716800\">https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=23485716800<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Internet<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Web:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/group\/vascular-biology-laakkonen\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/group\/vascular-biology-laakkonen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/service\/national-virus-vector-laboratory\">https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/service\/national-virus-vector-laboratory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter: @GroupLaakkonen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Council Officer \u2013 Social Media and Young Investigator Groups Affiliation A.I. 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