PhD, Adjunct Professor Kirsi Lehto - UTU Research Portal

Kirsi Lehto
PhD, Adjunct Professor

- Docent,
Faculty of Science (University of Turku)
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Molecular Plant Biology (Department of Life Technologies)

klehto@utu.fi

+358 50 338 2824

Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4

Turku

CV-2018 - Kirsi Lehto.pdf

Areas of expertise

Astrobiology,
Origin of Life research,
RNA-silencing
Molecular biology

Teaching

Currently I am teaching different laboratory course exercises in the area of Molecular plant biology, molecular biology and cell biology, in topics ranging from plant tissue culture, measurement of enzymatic activities, and molecular cloning.

Every second year (next time in autumn semester 2019) I am teaching lecture courses in Astrobiology, Origin of life, and TimeTrek (covering the deep natural history of the world)

Publications

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A first assessment of the strength of cometary particles collected in-situ by the COSIMA instrument onboard ROSETTA (2016)
- Planetary and Space Science
Hornung K, Merouane S, Hilchenbach M, Langevin Y, Mellado EM, Della Corte V, Kissel J, Engrand C, Schulz R, Ryno J, Silen J, Group Author(s): COSIMA Team
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Close-up on Dust Particle Fragments (2016)
- Astrophysical Journal Letters
Hilchenbach M, Kissel J, Langevin Y, Briois C, von Hoerner H, Koch A, Schulz R, Silen J, Altwegg K, Colangeli L, Cottin H, Engrand C, Fischer H, Glasmachers A, Grun E, Haerendel G, Henkel H, Hofner H, Hornung K, Jessberger EK, Lehto H, Lehto K, Raulin F, Le Roy L, Ryno J, Steiger W, Stephan T, Thirkell L, Thomas R, Torkar K, Varmuza K, Wanczek KP, Altobelli N, Baklouti D, Bardyn A, Fray N, Kruger H, Ligier N, Lin Z, Martin P, Merouane S, Orthous-Daunay FR, Paquette J, Revillet C, Siljestrom S, Stenzel O, Zaprudin B
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Dust particle flux and size distribution in the coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko measured in situ by the COSIMA instrument on board Rosetta. (2016)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
Merouane Sihane, Zaprudin Boris, Stenzel Oliver, Langevin Yves, Altobelli Nicolas, Della Corte Vincenzo, Fischer Henning, Fulle Marco, Hornung Klaus, Silén Johan, Ligier Nicolas, Rotundi Alessandra, Ryno Jouni, Schulz Rita, Hilchenbach Martin, Kissel Jochenand and the COSIMA Team
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
High-molecular-weight organic matter in the particles of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (2016)
- Nature
Fray N, Bardyn A, Cottin H, Altwegg K, Baklouti D, Briois C, Colangeli L, Engrand C, Fischer H, Glasmachers A, Grun E, Haerendel G, Henkel H, Hofner H, Hornung K, Jessberger EK, Koch A, Kruger H, Langevin Y, Lehto H, Lehto K, Le Roy L, Merouane S, Modica P, Orthous-Daunay FR, Paquette J, Raulin F, Ryno J, Schulz R, Silen J, Siljestrom S, Steiger W, Stenzel O, Stephan T, Thirkell L, Thomas R, Torkar K, Varmuza K, Wanczek KP, Zaprudin B, Kissel J, Hilchenbach M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Pressurized Martian-like pure CO2 atmosphere supports strong growth of cyanobacteria, and causes significant changes in their metabolism (2016)
- Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres
Murukesan.G, Leino.H, Mäenpää.P, Ståhle.K, Raksajit.W, Lehto.H, Allahverdiyeva.Y, Lehto.K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Searching for calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions in cometary particles with Rosetta/COSIMA (2016)
- Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Paquette JA, Engrand C, Stenzel O, Hilchenbach M, Kissel J, the COSIMA Team
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sustainable life support on Mars - the potential roles of cyanobacteria (2016)
- International Journal of Astrobiology
Verseux C, Baque M, Lehto K, de Vera JPP, Rothschild LJ, Billi D
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Typology of dust particles collected by the COSIMA mass spectrometer in the inner coma of 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko (2016)
- Icarus
Langevin Y, Hilchenbach M, Ligier N, Merouane S, Hornung K, Engrand C, Schulz R, Kissel J, Ryno J, Eng P, Group Author(s): COSIMA Team
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Variations in cometary dust composition from Giotto to Rosetta, clues to their formation mechanisms (2016)
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cécile Engrand, Jean Duprat, Emmanuel Dartois, Karim Benzerara, Hugues Leroux, Donia Baklouti, Anaïs Bardyn, Christelle Briois, Hervé Cottin, Henning Fischer, Nicolas Fray, Marie Godard, Martin Hilchenbach, Yves Langevin, John Paquette, Jouni Rynö, Rita Schulz, Johan Silén, Oliver Stenzel, Laurent Thirkell, the Cosima team
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Analysis of COSIMA spectra: Bayesian approach (2015)
- Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
H. J. Lehto, B. Zaprudin, K. M. Lehto, T. Lönnberg, J. Silén, J. Rynö, H. Krüger, M. Hilchenbach, J. Kissel
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Coordinate changes in gene expression and triacylglycerol composition in the developing seeds of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) and turnip rape (Brassica rapa) (2014)
- Food Chemistry
Vuorinen A.L., Kalpio M., Linderborg K.L., Kortesniemi M., Lehto K., Niemi, J., Yang, B., Kallio H.P.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Elämän keitaita – Astrobiologia blogi (2014) Harry Lehto, Kirsi Lehto
(Other publication)
Multiple different defense mechanisms are activated in the young transgenic tobacco plants which express the full length genome of the Tobacco mosaic virus and are resistant against this virus (2014)
- PLoS ONE
Balaji Jada, Arto J Soitamo, Shahid Aslam Siddiqui, Gayatri Murukesan, Eva-Mari Aro, Tapio Salakoski, Kirsi Lehto
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Expression of genes encoding enzymes in the triacylglycerol biosynthesis pathway in developing oilseed rape (Brassica napus) and turnip rape (Brassica rapa) seeds (2013) EuroFoodChem XVII Anssi L. Vuorinen, Marika Kalpio, Maaria Kortesniemi, Kaisa Linderborg, Baoru Yang, Kirsi Lehto, Jarmo Niemi, Heikki P. Kallio
(Other publication)
Iron meteorite fragment characterized with Raman spectroscopy as extraterrestrial analog matter for Rosetta Cosima (2013)
- Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Hilchenbach M, Gniewosz B, Tarcea N, Lehto K, Lehto HJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Laboratory Secondary Ion Mass Spectra of Cometary Analog Material (2013) Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts Hilchenbach M, Briois C, Cottin H, Engrand C, Hornung K, Kissel J, Krüger H, Lehto HJ, Lehto K, Silen J, Thirkell L, Varmuza K
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication)
Organ-specific alterations in tobacco transcriptome caused by the PVX-derived P25 silencing suppressor transgene (2013)
- BMC Plant Biology
Jada B, Soitamo AJ, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Time Trek: a 13.7 km long nature trail leading through the history of the Universe and the Earth (2013)
- International Journal of Astrobiology
Lehto K, Lehto HJ, Brozinski A, Gardner E, Eklund O, Rajala K, Rasanen M, Saaksjarvi I, Vainio L, Vuorisalo T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Enhancement of hydrogen production by the filamentous non-heterocystous cyanobacterium Arthrospira sp PCC 8005 (2012)
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Raksajit W, Satchasataporn K, Lehto K, Maenpaa P, Incharoensakdi A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Expression of geminiviral AC2 RNA silencing suppressor changes sugar and jasmonate responsive gene expression in transgenic tobacco plants (2012)
- BMC Plant Biology
Soitamo AJ, Jada B, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)