Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
Genetics, Bioinformatics, PhD, University of Cambridge
1 Jan 2001 → 31 Dec 2003
Award Date: 15 Jul 2004
Genetics, Bioinformatics, PhD, EBI, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), EMBL
1 Oct 2000 → 31 Dec 2003
Award Date: 15 Jul 2004
Genetics, Biology, BSc, MSc, University of Helsinki
1 Sep 1993 → 31 May 1998
Award Date: 31 May 1998
External positions
Cambridge Cardiovascular Research Centres Manager, University of Cambridge
1 Mar 2014 → 15 Sep 2019Senior Staff Scientist and Scientific Manager, Wellcome Sanger Inst, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Virus Genom
1 Mar 2007 → 28 Feb 2014Computational Biologist, Wellcome Sanger Inst, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Virus Genom
1 May 2006 → 28 Feb 2007Postdoctoral research associate, Karolinska Inst, Karolinska Institutet, Dept Biosdences & Nutr
1 Jan 2004 → 30 Apr 2006Fields of Science
- 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology
- 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics
- 3111 Biomedicine
- 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Insights into malaria susceptibility using genome-wide data on 17,000 individuals from Africa, Asia and Oceania
Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Net, Band, G., Le, Q. S., Clarke, G. M., Kivinen, K. & Spencer, C. C. A., 16 Dec 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 19 p., 5732.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Characterisation of the opposing effects of G6PD deficiency on cerebral malaria and severe malarial anaemia
MalariaGEn Consortium, Clarke, G. M., Rockett, K., Kivinen, K. & Phu, N. H., 9 Jan 2017, In: eLife. 6, 30 p., 15085.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Resistance to malaria through structural variation of red blood cell invasion receptors
Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Netwo, Leffler, E. M., Band, G., Busby, G. B. J., Kivinen, K. & Kwiatkowski, D. P., 16 Jun 2017, In: Science. 356, 6343, 12 p., 6393.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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A novel locus of resistance to severe malaria in a region of ancient balancing selection
Malaria Genomic Epidemiology, 8 Oct 2015, In: Nature. 526, 7572, p. 253-+ 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The African Genome Variation Project shapes medical genetics in Africa
Gurdasani, D., Carstensen, T., Tekola-Ayele, F., Pagani, L., Tachmazidou, I., Hatzikotoulas, K., Karthikeyan, S., Iles, L., Pollard, M. O., Choudhury, A., Ritchie, G. S., Xue, Y., Asimit, J., Nsubuga, R. N., Young, E. H., Pomilla, C., Kivinen, K., Rockett, K., Kamali, A., Doumatey, A. P. & 22 others, , 15 Jan 2015, In: Nature. 517, 7534, p. 327-U397 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Activities
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EU-LIFE community meeting
Katja Johanna Kivinen (Attendee)
9 Nov 2020 → 10 Nov 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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FinnGen Annual meeting
Katja Johanna Kivinen (Attendee)
9 Sep 2020 → 10 Sep 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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NACG meeting
Katja Johanna Kivinen (Attendee)
23 Nov 2020 → 27 Nov 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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HiLIFE SAB visit
Katja Johanna Kivinen (Attendee)
24 Mar 2020 → 25 Mar 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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EU-LIFE strategy meeting
Katja Johanna Kivinen (Attendee)
3 Jun 2020 → 4 Jun 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Equipment
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Supporting translational drug and diagnostic development from academia to clinics
Andreas Scherer (Other)
Institute for Molecular Medicine FinlandFacility/equipment: Equipment