PhD, docent Marjaana Suorsa - UTU Research Portal

Marjaana Suorsa
PhD, docent

- Docent,
Department of Life Technologies (Faculty of Technology)

msuorsa@utu.fi

+358 29 450 2269

+358 50 358 5023

Vesilinnantie 5

Turku

: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3821-0607

plant biology; molecular biology, photosynthesis; proteomics

I have studied photosyntesis, more specifically the dynamics of the proteins and protein complexes in thylakoid membrane. My PhD thesis focused on the assembly of the Photosytem II protein complex in higher plants. After the PhD degree, I have studied regulation of electron transfer routes and cyclic electron transfer as well as several auxiliary proteins and chaperones, such as the DNAJ proteins, which are involved in regulation of photosynthesis. I have also expertise on the acclimation of the photosynthetic machinery to the fluctuating light conditions. Methodologically, I have specialized in analyzing the dynamics of the thylakoid membrane protein complexes by using native gel electrophoresis.

Teaching experience

I have worked as a university teacher for 2009-2010, and again in 2014-2015. My teaching experience includes teaching in plant anatomy, plant biochemistry, biochemistry of photosynthesis, proteomics, plant cell and tissue culture methods, plants and environment, basics of biochemistry, basics of cell biology and scientific writing. Additionally, I have supervised several MSc thesis and three PhD thesis.

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Light acclimation involves dynamic re-organization of the pigment-protein megacomplexes in non-appressed thylakoid domains (2015)
- Plant Journal
Suorsa M, Rantala M, Mamedov F, Lespinasse M, Trotta A, Grieco M, Vuorio E, Tikkanen M, Jarvi S, Aro EM
Light-harvesting II antenna trimers connect energetically the entire photosynthetic machinery - including both photosystems II and I (2015)
- BBA - Bioenergetics
Grieco M, Suorsa M, Jajoo A, Tikkanen M, Aro EM
Photoprotection of photosystems in fluctuating light intensities (2015)
- Journal of Experimental Botany
Allahverdiyeva Y, Suorsa M, Tikkanen M, Aro EM
Photosystem II repair in plant chloroplasts--Regulation, assisting proteins and shared components with photosystem II biogenesis. (2015)
- BBA - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta
Järvi S, Suorsa M, Aro EM
Plants Actively Avoid State Transitions upon Changes in Light Intensity: Role of Light-Harvesting Complex II Protein Dephosphorylation in High Light (2015)
- Plant Physiology
Mekala NR, Suorsa M, Rantala M, Aro EM, Tikkanen M
Dark-adapted spinach thylakoid protein heterogeneity offers insights into the photosystem II repair cycle (2014)
- BBA - Bioenergetics
Marjaana Suorsa, Marjaana Rantala, Ravi Danielsson, Sari Järvi, Virpi Paakkarinen, Wolfgang P. Schröder, Stenbjörn Styring, Fikret Mamedov, Eva-Mari Aro
Light-dependent reversible phosphorylation of the minor photosystem II antenna Lhcb6 (CP24) occurs in lycophytes (2014)
- Plant Journal
Lorenzo Ferroni, Martina Angeleri, Laura Pantaleoni, Cristina Pagliano, Paolo Longoni, Francesco Marsano, Eva-Mari Aro, Marjaana Suorsa, Costanza Baldisserotto, Martina Giovanardi, Rino Cella, Simonetta Pancaldi
The Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b Binding Proteins Lhcb1 and Lhcb2 Play Complementary Roles during State Transitions in Arabidopsis (2014)
- Plant Cell
Malgorzata Pietrzykowska, Marjaana Suorsa, Dmitry A. Semchonok, Mikko Tikkanen, Egbert J. Boekema, Eva-Mari Aro, Stefan Jansson
Arabidopsis plants lacking PsbQ and PsbR subunits of the oxygen-evolving complex show altered PSII super-complex organization and short-term adaptive mechanisms (2013)
- Plant Journal
Allahverdiyeva Y, Suorsa M, Rossi F, Pavesi A, Kater MM, Antonacci A, Tadini L, Pribil M, Schneider A, Wanner G, Leister D, Aro EM, Barbato R, Pesaresi P
PGR5 ensures photosynthetic control to safeguard photosystem I under fluctuating light conditions (2013)
- Plant Signaling and Behavior
Marjaana Suorsa, Michele Grieco, Sari Järvi, Peter J Gollan, Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi, Mikko Tikkanen, Eva-Mari Aro
Phylogenetic viewpoints on regulation of light harvesting and electron transport in eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms (2013)
- Planta
Grouneva I, Gollan PJ, Kangasjarvi S, Suorsa M, Tikkanen M, Aro EM
Very rapid phosphorylation kinetics suggest a unique role for Lhcb2 during state transitions in Arabidopsis (2013)
- Plant Journal
Claudia Leoni, Malgorzata Pietrzykowska, Anett Z Kiss, Marjaana Suorsa, Luigi R Ceci, Eva-Mari Aro, Stefan Jansson
Post-genomic insight into thylakoid membrane lateral heterogeneity and redox balance (2012)
- FEBS Letters
Tikkanen M, Suorsa M, Gollan PJ, Aro EM
PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION5 Is Essential for Proper Acclimation of Arabidopsis Photosystem I to Naturally and Artificially Fluctuating Light Conditions (2012)
- Plant Cell
Suorsa M, Jarvi S, Grieco M, Nurmi M, Pietrzykowska M, Rantala M, Kangasjarvi S, Paakkarinen V, Tikkanen M, Jansson S, Aro EM
Regulation of the photosynthetic apparatus under fluctuating growth light (2012)
- Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences
Tikkanen M, Grieco M, Nurmi M, Rantala M, Suorsa M, Aro EM
STN7 operates in retrograde signaling through controlling redox balance in the electron transfer chain (2012)
- Frontiers in Plant Science
M Tikkanen, PJ Gollan, M Suorsa, S Kangasjärvi, EM Aro
A chloroplast-targeted DnaJ protein AtJ8 is negatively regulated by light and has rapid turnover in darkness (2011)
- Journal of Plant Physiology
Chen KM, Piippo M, Holmstrom M, Nurmi M, Pakula E, Suorsa M, Aro EM
Analysis of thylakoid protein complexes by two-dimensional electrophoretic systems (2011) Chloroplast Research in Arabidopsis, Volume II: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology Sari Sirpiö, Marjaana Suorsa, Eva-Mari Aro
Optimized native gel systems for separation of thylakoid protein complexes: novel super- and mega-complexes (2011)
- Biochemical Journal
Jarvi S, Suorsa M, Paakkarinen V, Aro EM
Small chloroplast-targeted DnaJ proteins are involved in optimization of photosynthetic reactions in Arabidopsis thaliana (2010)
- BMC Plant Biology
Chen KM, Holmstrom M, Raksajit W, Suorsa M, Piippo M, Aro EM