Research output per year
Research output per year
PL 21 (Haartmaninkatu 3)
00014
Finland
Finland
Research activity per year
Research: Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders within the EU and cause considerable disability due to high prevalence (14 %), early onset and chronic nature. The major questions in anxiety disorders are which molecular events lead to and maintain pathological anxiety, and how this pathology can be normalized. We employ a multidisciplinary approach to understand the genetic and neurobiological basis of normal and pathological anxiety. Anxiety is an evolutionarily conserved response to a threatening situation and therefore mouse models can be used to study some aspects of anxiety. We are identifying gene regulatory networks, comprising of mRNAs and miRNAs that are dysregulated in various mouse models of anxiety-like behavior. We then investigate the molecular mechanisms that link these networks to the regulation of anxiety-like behavior using genetic and pharmacological tools, combined with behavioral analysis. Importantly, we further study the homologous human genes as candidate genes for human anxiety disorders. Understanding of the molecular mechanisms that regulate anxiety are likely to lead to the development of better targeted therapies for anxiety disorders.
Teaching: I am the Chair of Doctoral Program Brain & Mind since 2016. I am involved in teaching genetics, genomics, and behavioral neuroscience. I organize a B.Sc./M.Sc. level course Behavioral Genetics yearly during period 3, a Ph.D. level seminar series Big Questions in Neuroscience and Current Limits of Knowledge, and I co-organize the yearly Finnish Symposium on Biological Psychiatry.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Hovatta, Iiris (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prizes and awards
Hovatta, Iiris (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prizes and awards
Hovatta, Iiris (Recipient), 10 Aug 2011
Prize: Prizes and awards
Zuzanna Misiewicz (Supervisor) & Iiris Maaria Hovatta (Supervisor)
Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
Zuzanna Misiewicz (Member of organizing committee), Iiris Maaria Hovatta (Member of organizing committee) & Tiina Maria Paunio (Member of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Iiris Hovatta (Opponent)
Activity: Examination types › Opponent of doctoral dissertation
Iiris Hovatta (Board member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in public Finnish or international organization
Iiris Hovatta (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
04/11/2009
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
01/11/2008
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media