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

6 of 10

Cheravirus and Sadwavirus: two unassigned genera of plant positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses formerly considered atypical members of the genus Nepovirus (family Comoviridae) (vol 152, pg 1767, 2007) (2009) Le Gall O, Sanfacon H, Ikegami M, Iwanami T, Jones T, Karasev A, Lehto K, Wellink J, Wetzel T, Yoshikawa N
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Protein-mediated Selective Enclosure of Early Replicators Inside of Membranous Vesicles: First Step Towards Cell Membranes (2009)
- Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres
Laitera T, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Biological feedbacks as cause and demise of Neoproterozoic icehouse: implications for multicellular evolution (2008)
- International Journal of Astrobiology
Janhunen P, Kaartokallio H, Oksanen I, Lehto K, Lehto H
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effects of viral silencing suppressors on tobacco ringspot virus infection in two Nicotiana species (2008)
- Journal of General Virology
Siddiqui SA, Sarmiento C, Kiisma M, Koivumaki S, Lemmetty A, Truve E, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Membranes and the origin of cellular life (2008)
- International Journal of Astrobiology
Laitera T, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Phenotypes and functional effects caused by various viral RNA silencing suppressors in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana and N-tabacum (2008)
- Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Siddiqui SA, Sarmiento C, Truve E, Lehto H, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Translation mechanisms involving long-distance base pairing interactions between the 5 ' and 3 ' non-translated regions and internal ribosomal entry are conserved for both genomic RNAs of Blackcurrant reversion nepovirus (2008) Karetnikov A, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Biological Feedbacks as Cause and Demise of Neoproterozoic Icehouse: Astrobiological Prospects for Faster Evolution and Importance of Cold Conditions (2007)
- PLoS ONE
Janhunen P, Kaartokallio H, Oksanen I, Lehto K, Lehto H
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Cheravirus and Sadwavirus: two unassigned genera of plant positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses formerly considered atypical members of the genus Nepovirus (family Comoviridae) (2007) Le Gall O, Sanfacon H, Ikegami M, Iwanami T, Jones T, Karasev A, Lehto K, Wellink J, Wetzel T, Yoshikawa N
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The RNA2 5 ' leader of Blackcurrant reversion virus mediates efficient in vivo translation through an internal ribosomal entry site mechanism (2007)
- Journal of General Virology
Karetnikov A, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)