Kivelä's research group consists of undergraduate and graduate students, post-doc, and a PI. Each group member is expected to play an important and equal role in the lab with the aim to be a highly dynamic, motivated, and collaborative group.
People
Endothelial and stem cells regulating tissue function
Principal Investigator, Research Fellow of the Finnish Academy of Sciences
- BSc in Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 1997
- MSc in Exercise physiology, University of Jyväskylä, 2001
- PhD, University of Jyväskylä, 2008
- Post doctoral research fellow, Prof. Kari Alitalo's group, University of Helsinki, 2008-2013
- Senior research fellow, Wihuri Research Institute, Helsinki, 2013-2016
Genetics of heart diseases
Clinical Researcher
- MSc (Econ.) - Turku School of Economics, Finland
- MD - Linköping University, Sweden
- PhD - Pediatrics, Turku University, Finland
- Postdoctoral research fellow, Prof. Euan Ashley Lab, Stanford University CA, 2015-2017
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Kivelä Lab, University of Helsinki, 2017-
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Research Interests: Genetics of congenital heart disease, Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) defects, Patient-derived iPS cells in disease modeling, Maternal glucose metabolism and congenital heart defects.
Postdoctoral researcher
- Postdoctoral research fellow, Kivelä Lab, University of Helsinki, 2020-
- Postdoctoral scholar, Prof. Creed Stary lab, Stanford University CA, 2017-2019
- PhD - University of Oulu, Experimental Heart Surgery, Finland
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MD – University of Oulu, Finland
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Research Interests: Ischemia-reperfusion injury, cell to cell communication between brain and heart, cellular bioenergetics.
Endothelium as a secretory organ
PhD student
- M.Sc - University of Helsinki, Finland
- M.Res – University of Glasgow, UK
- B.Tech – Sathyabama University, India
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Interests: Angiogenesis and Cardiac hypertrophy, Endothelium, Angiocrine and Paracrine factors, secretome, heart failure.
Prox1 transcription factor in skeletal muscle
PhD Student
- M.Sc. (Biotechnology), Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
- B.Sc. (Biology), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
- Research Interests: Satellite cells, Prox1 transcription factor, Skeletal muscle regeneration, Rhabdomyosarcoma.
PhD Student
- MSc in Exercise physiology, University of Jyväskylä
- Research interests: Skeletal muscle, vasculature, endothelial cells, muscle hypertrophy, angiogenesis, metabolic health, muscle wasting
aino.poikonen(at)helsinki.fi
PhD Student
- Medical student in the University of Helsinki
Research assistant
- MSc – Genetics and Molecular biosciences, University of Helsinki, 2021
- BSc - Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, 2018
Student
- Medical student in the University of Helsinki
MSc student
- BSc in molecular biosciences, University of Helsinki
Master student
- Master Student in Translational Medicine
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B.Sc. (Molecular bioscience), University of Helsinki
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Research interests: metabolic health, skeletal muscle, vasculature, endothelial cells, angiogenesis, Oroboros
kialiina.tonttila(at)helsinki.fi
Erasmus student
- Bachelor student in Biomedical sciences at the University of Barcelona
Laboratory coordinator
- MSc - University of Helsinki
- MLT (Medical Laboratory Technologist)
TUHAT, ilse.paetau(at)helsinki.fi
Kirsi Mattinen, Lab manager
Tatjana Punger, MSc student
Laura Antola, MSc (Tech.)/medical student
Manon Gruchet, Erasmus student
Elviira Hyvönen, medical student
Maxime Laird, Erasmus student
Charlotte Gouret, Erasmus student