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

7 of 10

Endophytic fungus decreases plant virus infections in meadow ryegrass (Lolium pratense) (2006)
- Biology Letters
Lehtonen PT, Helander M, Siddiqui SA, Lehto K, Saikkonen K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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
Kanervo E, Lehto K, Stahle K, Lehto H, Maenpaa P
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Relicts and models of the RNA world (2005)
- International Journal of AstrobiologyActa Horticulturae
Lehto K, Karetnikov A
(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 efficiencyElämä ja maailmankaikkeus (2004)
Karetnikov A, Keranen M, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Identification of different Cecidophyopsis mites on Ribes in Finland (2004)
- Luonnon Tutkija
Kirsi Lehto, Harry Lehto, Timo Vuorisalo
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
(2004)
- Acta Horticulturae
Lemmetty A, Tikkanen M, Tuovinen T, Lehto K
(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 InteractionsMolecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Lehto K, Tikkanen M, Hiriart JB, Paakkarinen V, Aro EM
(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)
Hiriart JB, Aro EM, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)