Pekka Postila
 University Lecturer; Associate Professor / Docent; Ph.D.

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• Female mice with HSD17B1 inactivation show mild hyperandrogenism without notable impact on reproductive function or bone  (2026)  
  • Endocrinology
   Junnila, Arttu; Petruk, Nataliia; Heikelä, Hanna; Postila, Pekka; Hakkarainen, Janne; Martinez-Nieto, Guillermo; Uceda-Rodriguez, Esperanza; Ruiz-Pino, Francisco; Tena-Sempere, Manuel; Ohlsson, Claes; Sipilä, Petra; Heino, Terhi J.; Määttä, Jorma; Poutanen, Matti
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Designing fluorescent estrogen mimetic 7-hydroxycoumarin probe substrates for human sulfotransferase enzymes  (2025)  
  • European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
   Juvonen, Risto O.; Postila, Pekka A.; Singh, Pankaj Kumar; Huuskonen, Juhani; Timonen, Juri; Fashe, Muluneh; Hussain, Rasikh; Aqip, Zaeema; Kärkkäinen, Olli; Raunio, Hannu; Pentikäinen, Olli T.
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Atomistic simulations reveal impacts of missense mutations on the structure and function of SynGAP1  (2024)  
  • Briefings in Bioinformatics
   Ali, Aliaa E.; Li, Li-Li; Courtney, Michael J.; Pentikäinen, Olli T.; Postila, Pekka A.
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Building shape-focused pharmacophore models for effective docking screening  (2024)  
  • Journal of cheminformatics
   Moyano-Gómez, Paola; Lehtonen, Jukka V.; Pentikäinen, Olli T.; Postila, Pekka A.
  
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Virtual Screening Strategy to Identify Retinoic Acid-Related Orphan Receptor γt Modulators  (2023)  
  • Molecules
   Jokinen Elmeri M, Niemeläinen Miika, Kurkinen Sami T, Lehtonen Jukka V, Lätti Sakari, Postila Pekka A, Pentikäinen Olli T, Niinivehmas Sanna P
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Examining the Effect of Charged Lipids on Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Dynamics Using Atomistic Simulations  (2022)  
  • Biomolecules
   Oliveira Alina A, Rog Tomas, da Silva Alberico BF, Amaro Rommie E, Johnson Mark S, Postila Pekka A
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Ligand-Enhanced Negative Images Optimized for Docking Rescoring  (2022)  
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
   Kurkinen Sami T, Lehtonen Jukka V, Pentikäinen Olli T, Postila Pekka A
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Optimization of Cavity-Based Negative Images to Boost Docking Enrichment in Virtual Screening  (2022)  
  • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
   Kurkinen Sami T., Lehtonen Jukka V., Pentikäinen Olli T., Postila Pekka A.
  (A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

  
  

• Negative Image-Based Rescoring: Using Cavity Information to Improve Docking Screening  (2021)  Protein-Ligand Interactions and Drug Design Pentikäinen Olli T., Postila Pekka A.
  (A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)

  
  

• Negative Image-Based Screening: Rigid Docking Using Cavity Information  (2021)  Protein-Ligand Interactions and Drug Design Postila Pekka A., Kurkinen Sami T., Pentikäinen Olli T.
  (A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)