Kirsi Lehto
PhD, Adjunct Professor
klehto@utu.fi +358 50 338 2824 Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4 Turku |
Areas of expertise
Astrobiology,
Origin of Life research,
RNA-silencing
Molecular biology
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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- Role of the RNA2 3 ' non-translated region of Blackcurrant reversion nepovirus in translational regulation (2006) Karetnikov A, Keranen M, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Characterization of growth and photosynthesis of Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 cultures under reduced atmospheric pressures and enhanced CO2 levels (2005)
- International Journal of Astrobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Relicts and models of the RNA world (2005)
- International Journal of Astrobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 3 ' terminal sequences of Blackcurrant Reversion Virus (BRV) RNA2 are highly conserved in different virus isolates, and affect its translational efficiency (2004)
- Acta Horticulturae
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Elämä ja maailmankaikkeus (2004)
- Luonnon Tutkija
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Identification of different Cecidophyopsis mites on Ribes in Finland (2004)
- Acta Horticulturae
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The long 3 ' non-translated regions of Blackcurrant reversion virus RNAs are highly conserved between virus isolates representing different phenotypes and geographic origins (2004) Lehto K, Lemmetty A, Keranen M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Depletion of the photosystem II core complex in mature tobacco leaves infected by the Flavum strain of tobacco mosaic virus (2003)
- Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dynamics of the VIGS-Mediated chimeric silencing of the Nicotiana benthamiana ChIH gene and of the tobacco mosaic virus vector (2003)
- Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dual-colour imaging of membrane protein targeting directed by poa semilatent virus movement protein TGBp3 in plant and mammalian cells (2002)
- Journal of General Virology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Suppression of a key gene involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis by means of virus-inducing gene silencing (2002)
- Plant Molecular Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comparison of different isolates of Black currant reversion virus (2001)
- Acta Horticulturae
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Nucleotide sequence of black currant reversion associated nepovirus RNA1 (2001)
- Virus Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Optimising of the transformation methods of black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) and development of transgenic resistance against black currant reversion virus (2001)
- Acta Horticulturae
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - High level of resistance to potato virus Y by expressing P1 sequence in antisense orientation in transgenic potato (2000)
- Molecular Breeding
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Molecular characterization of a satellite RNA associated with blackcurrant reversion nepovirus (2000) Latvala-Kilby S, Lemmetty A, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Replication in the phloem is not necessary for efficient vascular transport of tobacco mosaic tobamovirus (vol 447, pg 121, 1999) (1999)
- FEBS Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Successful back-inoculation confirms the role of black currant reversion associated virus as the causal agent of reversion disease (1999)
- European Journal of Plant Pathology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The complete nucleotide sequence of RNA2 of blackcurrant reversion nepovirus (1999)
- Virus Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Characterization of the coat protein gene of mite-transmitted blackcurrant reversion associated nepovirus (1998)
- Virus Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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