Emmi Kapiainen

PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biocenter Oulu Transgenic and Tissue Phenotyping Core Facility
Reproductive Biology, Tissue Biology

Biocenter Oulu

I am a researcher at the Biocenter Oulu Transgenic and Tissue Phenotyping Core Facility, working on developing preclinical molecular biology research models. I am also studying the uterine molecular mechanisms in collaboration with Assistant Professor Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen.

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Reproductive biology, vascular biology, tissue biology

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Bianca Sammer, Philomena Schmid, Haruhiko Miyata, Samina Kazi, Anna-Liisa Honkimaa, Petar Petrov, Emmi Kapiainen, Ilkka Miinalainen, Valerio Izzi, Masahito Ikawa, Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen. Ccer1 is a spermatid-specific gene required for spermatogenesis and male fertility. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 2024 68(4):251-262. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.240205rp.

Audrey Savolainen, Emmi Kapiainen, Veli-Pekka Ronkainen, Valerio Izzi, Martin M Matzuk, Diana Monsivais, Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen. 3DMOUSEneST: a volumetric label-free imaging method evaluating embryo-uterine interaction and decidualization efficacy. Development. 2024 151(16): dev202938.

Emmi Kapiainen, Harri Elamaa, Ilkka Miinalainen, Valerio Izzi, and Lauri Eklund; Cooperation of Angiopoietin-2 and Angiopoietin-4 in Schlemm's Canal Maintenance. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2022 63(11):1. doi: 10.1167/iovs.63.11.1.

Emilia A Korhonen, Aino Murtomäki#, Sawan Kumar Jha#, Andrey Anisimov, Anne Pink, Yan Zhang, Simon Stritt, Inam Liaqat, Lukas Stanczuk, Laura Alderfer, Zhiliang Sun, Emmi Kapiainen, Abhishek Singh, Ibrahim Sultan, Anni Lantta, Veli-Matti Leppänen, Lauri Eklund, Yulong He, Hellmut G Augustin, Kari Vaahtomeri, Pipsa Saharinen, Taija Mäkinen, and Kari Alitalo; Lymphangiogenesis requires Ang2/Tie/PI3K signaling for VEGFR3 cell-surface expression. J Clin Invest. 2022 132(15):e155478. doi: 10.1172/JCI155478.

Emmi Kapiainen#, Minna K Kihlström#, Riikka Pietilä, Mika Kaakinen, Veli-Pekka Ronkainen, Hongmin Tu, Anne Heikkinen, Raman Devarajan, Ilkka Miinalainen, Anna Laitakari, Mohammadhassan Ansarizadeh, Qin Zhang, Gong-Hong Wei, Lloyd Ruddock, Taina Pihlajaniemi, Harri Elamaa, and Lauri Eklund; The Amino-Terminal Oligomerization Domain of Angiopoietin-2 Affects Vascular Remodeling, Mammary Gland Tumor Growth, and Lung Metastasis in Mice. Cancer Res. 2021 81(1):129-143. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-19-1904. Epub 2020 Oct 9.

Harri Elamaa#, Minna Kihlström#, Emmi Kapiainen, Mika Kaakinen, Ilkka Miinalainen, Symantas Ragauskas, Marc Cerrada-Gimenez, Satu Mering, Marjut Nätynki, and Lauri Eklund; Angiopoietin-4-dependent venous maturation and fluid drainage in the peripheral retina. Elife. 2018 7:e37776. doi:10.7554/eLife.37776.

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Emmi.Kapiainen@oulu.fi

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Aapistie 5A, 90220 Oulu

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PL 5000, 90014 University of Oulu

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Medicine and health sciences Biomedicine molecular biology

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I. Uterine 3D morphology and extracellular matrix in establishment and maintenance of pregnancy, II. Search and study of novel genetic and contributing factors critical for male fertility

Emmi Kapiainen

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FibroHealth - Combatting Fibrosis in Chronic Diseases

I. Uterine 3D morphology and extracellular matrix in establishment and maintenance of pregnancy, II. Search and study of novel genetic and contributing factors critical for male fertility

Renata Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen: Reproductive and Molecular Biology

Transgenic and Tissue Phenotyping Core Facility

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