Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
My group is studying cambium development using Arabidopsis thaliana root as a model. More information in the lab web site:
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/plant-growth-dynamics
I am teaching plant developmental biology, plant physiology and molecular genetics both at Bachelor's and Master's levels.
Fields of Science
- 11831 Plant biology
- Plant developmental genetics
- 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology
- Plant developmental genetics
- 1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology
- Plant developmental biology
- 1183 Plant biology, microbiology, virology
- Plant developmental genetics
Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral programme in multidisciplinary research in renewable natural resources
- Doctoral Programme in Molecular and Cellular Systems of Life
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A receptor kinase complex refines cambium activity in Arabidopsis
He, Q., Alhowty, H., Paudel, P., Zhang, X., Wei, W., Sipilä, T., Pohl, E., Mähönen, A. P., Paavilainen, V. O., Wightman, R., Qin, Y. & Etchells, J. P., 22 Jun 2026, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 123, 26, 10 p., e2532481123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Plant hormone and peptide signaling converge in the genetic network regulating cambium activation in Arabidopsis roots
Blomster, T., Siligato, R., Mäkilä, R., Fatz, W., Lyu, M., De Luis Balaguer, M. A., Ye, L., Gildea, I., Safronov, O., Somervuo, P., Ruzicka, K., Salojärvi, J., Sozzani, R., Kucukoglu Topcu, M. & Mähönen, A. P., Jun 2026, In: Plant Cell. 38, 6, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Recruitment of bifunctional regulator thermospermine to methylated ribosomes directs xylem fate
Ko, D., Ruonala, R., Faille, A., Hellmann, E., Help, H., Liu, H., Nielsen, R., Haakonsson, A., De Diego, N., Paatero, A., Shcherbii, M. V., Stefanowicz, K., Cavar Zeljkovic, S., Drud Lundager Rasmussen, T., Novak, O., Bodi, Z., Eswaran, G., Wybouw, B., Bourdon, M. & Urbez, C. & 32 others, , 12 Feb 2026, In: Science. 391, 6786, p. 694-699 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Arabidopsis research in 2030: Translating the computable plant
Brady, S., Auge, G., Ayalew, M., Balasubramanian, S., Hamann, T., Inze, D., Saito, K., Brychkova, G., Berardini, T. Z., Friesner, J., Ho, C.-H., Hauser, M.-T., Kobayashi, M., Lepiniec, L., Mähönen, A. P., Mutwil, M., May, S., Parry, G., Rigas, S. & Stepanova, A. N. & 2 others, , 3 Mar 2025, In: Plant Journal. 121, 5, 10 p., e70047.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Auxin transport positions stem cells in the vascular cambium during normal development and regeneration
Zhang, X., Wang, X., Smetana, O., Mäkelä, M., Mäkilä, R., Scarpella, E., Zhang, J. & Mähönen, A. P., 18 Nov 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 46, 12 p., e2511087122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Switching stem cell fate to manipulate wood formation in trees
Mähönen, A. P. (Project manager)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/01/2026 → 31/12/2031
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Professor
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Adjusting wood tissue patterning in tree
Mähönen, A. P. (Project manager), Herpola, M. M. (Participant) & Wybouw, B. (Participant)
01/01/2026 → 31/12/2028
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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Future forests: underpinnings of genetic diversity towards adaptation for changing climate
Kujala, S. (Participant), Honkavaara, E. (Principal Investigator), Mähönen, A. P. (Principal Investigator), Pyhäjärvi, T. S. (Principal Investigator) & Salojärvi, J. (Principal Investigator)
01/05/2025 → 01/05/2029
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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Future forests: underpinnings of genetic
Helariutta, Y. (Project manager), Mähönen, A. P. (Project manager), Pyhäjärvi, T. S. (Project manager), Salojärvi, J. (Project manager), Authier, E. (Participant), Carrió-Seguí, À. (Participant), Köykkä, S. I. (Participant), Muranen, S. J. (Participant) & Provazník, D. (Participant)
01/05/2025 → 30/04/2029
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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Carbon Tree: CO2 assimilation capacity o
Mähönen, A. P. (Project manager), Berg, L. S. (Participant) & Wybouw, B. (Participant)
01/03/2025 → 28/02/2029
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Prizes
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Elected as a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Mähönen, A. P. (Recipient), 2025
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) Early Career Award
Mähönen, A. P. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards
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The best thesis award, awarded by Viikki Research Group Organization in Molecular Biosciences
Mähönen, A. P. (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prizes and awards
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The Finnish academy of science award 2006 for outstanding doctoral dissertation (Tiedeakatemian väitöskirjapalkinto)
Mähönen, A. P. (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prizes and awards
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The Helsinki University Biomedical Thesis Award. Awarded by Helsinki Biomedical Graduate school
Mähönen, A. P. (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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2nd International Conference on Plant Meristem Biology
Mähönen, A. P. (Speaker)
8 Jun 2018 → 11 Jun 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Cold Spring Harbor Asia (CSH Asia) Conference on Plant Cell and Development Biology
Mähönen, A. P. (Invited speaker)
22 May 2017 → …Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Invited speaker in the FASEB meeting on Mechanisms in Plant Development
Mähönen, A. P. (Invited speaker)
Aug 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Invited speaker in the Plant Vascular Biology Conference, Shenzhen, China
Mähönen, A. P. (Invited speaker)
Sept 2016Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Invited speaker at the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR), South Korea
Mähönen, A. P. (Invited speaker)
Jun 2016Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Novel tool to inducibly knockout genes at cellular resolution in plants
29/06/2020
2 items of Media coverage
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Trees can sense their own weight says new study
Rastas, P., Koivula, H. & Mähönen, A. P.
31/01/2020
1 item of Media coverage
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Trees might be “aware” of their size
Rastas, P., Koivula, H. & Mähönen, A. P.
30/01/2020
2 items of Media coverage
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Second HiLIFE tenure track call attracts top-level researchers to Finland
Totah, N., Mähönen, A. P. & Saastamoinen, M.
04/06/2019
1 item of Media coverage
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XYLEM : How Trees and Turnips Grow Fatter
14/01/2019
1 item of Media coverage
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