Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Principle Inversitgator and Research Group Leader, Plant-Fungal Interactions Group, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Program, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, January 2010-present
Research Group Leader, Viikki Plant Science Cenre, University of Helsinki, 2015-present
Team Leader and Member, Academy of Fonland National Center of Excellence in the Molecular Biology of Primary Producers, 2014-2019
Academy Fellow, Academy of Finland, September 2011 to August 2016
Professional Associations:
The American Society of Plant Biologists
The Scandinavian Society for Plant Physiology
The American Phytopathological Society
International Society for Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions
European Plant Science Organization
Viikki Research Groups in Biosciences
Curriculum vitae
Professional Service:
SPPS Education Committee Member, Sept 2010 - present
Editorial Board Member, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. Feb 2009 - Present
Paper peer reviews: A total of 92 manuscripts for:
PNAS (2), The Plant Cell (1), The PlantJournal (7), Plant Physiology (6), New Phytologist (4), Scientific Reports (4), Molecular Ecology (2), Current Biology (1), Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions (4), Annals of Botany (1), Plant, Cell and Environment (4), Plant Cell, Physiology (1), Journal of Experimental Botany (14), Molecular Plant Pathology (1), BMC Microbiology (1), Physiologia Plantarum (4), Journal of Basic Microbiology (1), International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (1), Journal of Plant Physiology (1), Forest Pathology (1), Plant Cell Reports (1), Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (29), Mass Spec Reviews (1), European Journal of Plant Pathology (1), Planta (2) and Plant Signalling and Behavior (1), Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (1), Journal of Plant Pathology (1).
Grants reviewed for:
The USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, National Research Initiative, Competitive Research Program (1) The Latvian Science Council (1), The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft (DFG) (2). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (1)
Education/Academic qualification
Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, Docent, University of Helsinki
Award Date: 12 Jan 2012
Plant Environmental Biology, MSc, University of Eastern Finland (UEF)
Award Date: 24 Jan 2002
Plant Genetics, PhD, Dissertation title: “Hormonal Regulation of Radical-Induced Programmed Cell Death in Ozone Sensitive Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana.” , University of Helsinki
General Biology, BSc, University of Michigan
Fields of Science
- 1183 Plant biology, microbiology, virology
- Arabidosis
- plant pathogen interactions
- fungal pathogens
- pathogenic yeasts
- microbiome
- phylloplane
- yeasts
- Dioszegia
- Protomyces
- plant immunity
- Botrytis
- grey mold
- ROS
- ROS signaling
- toxins
- forest pathogens
- Taphrina
- 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology
- Arabidopsis genetics
- genomics
- fungal pathogenesis
- effector proteins
- comparative genomics
- yeast genomics
- fungal genomics
- 1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Witches’ broom disease of birch
Christita, M., Auzane, A. & Overmyer, K., 2023, Forest Microbiology: Tree Diseases and Pests. Asiegbu, F. & Kovachuk, A. (eds.). Academic Press, Vol. 3. p. 121-136Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the diploid blueberry Vaccinium darrowii provides insights into its subtropical adaptation and cuticle synthesis
Cui, F., Ye, X., Li, X., Yang, Y., Hu, Z., Overmyer, K., Brosche, M., Yu, H. & Salojärvi, J., 11 Jul 2022, In: Plant communications. 3, 4, 19 p., 100307.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Distinct Taphrina strains from the phyllosphere of birch exhibiting a range of witches' broom disease symptoms
Christita, M., Sipila, T. P., Auzane, A. & Overmyer, K., Aug 2022, In: Environmental Microbiology. 24, 8, p. 3549-3564 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Ectopic expression of BOTRYTIS SUSCEPTIBLE1 reveals its function as a positive regulator of wound-induced cell death and plant susceptibility to Botrytis
Cui, F., Li, X., Wu, W., Luo, W., Wu, Y., Brosche, M. & Overmyer, K., Oct 2022, In: Plant Cell. 34, 10, p. 4105-4116 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The immunity priming effect of the Arabidopsis phyllosphere resident yeast Protomyces arabidopsidicola strain C29
Wang, K., Auzane, A. & Overmyer, K., 2 Sept 2022, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 13, 15 p., 956018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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ViPS: Viikki Plant Science Centre
Elomaa, P., Aphalo, P., Asiegbu, F., Bäck, J., Berninger, F., Brosche, M., Fagerstedt, K., Hänninen, H., Heinonsalo, J., Helariutta, Y., Himanen, K., Hölttä, T., Hytönen, T., Hyvönen, J., Kangasjärvi, J., Kärkönen, A., Korpelainen, H., Laine, A., Mähönen, A. P., Mäkelä, A., Mäkinen, K., Ojala, A., Overmyer, K., Palonen, P., Palva, E. T., Pihlatie, M., Pirhonen, M., Porcar-Castell, A., Pumpanen, J., Rikkinen, J., Robson, T. M., Salojärvi, J., Schulman, A., Stoddard, F., Teeri, T., Valkonen, J., Vesala, T., Wrzaczek, M. & Sims-Huopaniemi, K.
01/01/2015 → …
Project: Other project
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Vad är rollen för cellspecifik signalering i reglering av växters försvar och celldöd?
Brosche, M., Baral, B., Ilievska, M., Overmyer, K. & Riihelä, S. E.
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2024
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
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Tiuran maatal. tutk. säät./Agate Auzane
August Johannes ja Aino Tiuran maatalouden tutkimussäätiö sr
02/05/2022 → 31/12/2023
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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KLYY/Agate Auzane
26/04/2022 → 31/12/2023
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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Viikki Molecular Plant Sciences (VMPS)
Aalto, M., Ahlfors, R., Ainasoja, M. M., Aswathanarayana Reddy, R., Balasubramanian, U., Besseau, S., Blokhina, O., Blomster, T., Brader, G., Broberg, E., Broholm, S., Brosche, M., Campilho, A., Carlsbecker, A., Chenyi, G. G., Davidsson, P., Decourteix, M., Deng, X., Duhazé, C., Kaurilind, E., Ehonen, S., Elomaa, P., Fagerstedt, K., Gauthier, A., He, Q., Helariutta, Y., Helenius, E., Hytönen, T., Idänheimo, N., Jaspers, P., Juntheikki-Palovaara, I., Kangasjärvi, J., Kariola, T., Keceli, A., Kärkönen, A., Kollist, H., Koskela, E., Kujanpää, A., Kukkola, E., Kulichikhin, K., Kurokura, T., Laitinen, R. A. E., Lampio, A., Lehesranta, S. J., Li, J., Li, C., Li, J., Lim, K., Lindgren, O., Mähönen, A. P., Malm, J. U., Marjamaa, K., Minami, A., Mouhu, K., Ng, Y. P., Niemi, O., Nieminen, K., Overmyer, K., Paasela, T., Palva, E. T., Pennanen, V., Piisilä, M., Pöllänen, E. K., Raiskila, S., Rinne, P., Ruokolainen, S., Ruonala, R., Sjöblom, S., Salojärvi, J., Sims-Huopaniemi, K., Takahashi Schmidt, J., Teeri, T., Thitamadee, S., Tähtiharju, S., Törmäkangas, K., Vaahtera, L., Vahala, J., Vahisalu, T., Vainonen, J., van der Schoot, C., Warinowski, T., Welling, A., Virolainen-Arne, E., Wrzaczek, M., Zeng, J. & Zhubing, H.
22/02/2011 → 22/02/2011
Project: Research Evaluation 2011
Activities
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PhD thesis supervision
Kirk Overmyer (Supervisor)
1 Jan 2019 → …Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
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MSc thesis
Kirk Overmyer (Supervisor)
Apr 2018 → Dec 2018Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
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Engineered Plant Immunity: Mini-symposium part 1
Karen Sims-Huopaniemi (Member of organizing committee), Frederick Obioma Asiegbu (Scientific Committee Member), Kirk Loren Overmyer (Scientific Committee Chair) & Kristiina Maria Mäkinen (Scientific Committee Chair)
13 Mar 2018 → 14 Mar 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Tonatiu Campos Garcia
Kirk Overmyer (Host)
1 Jul 2018 → 31 Dec 2018Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH
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The 29th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research
Kirk Overmyer (Member of organizing committee)
25 Jun 2018 → 29 Jun 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars