Liisa Myllykangas

Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology
Supervisor for doctoral programme, Doctoral Programme in Biomedicine
Supervisor for doctoral programme, Doctoral Programme in Clinical Research
HUSLAB

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2237-5466

Phone+358504482805, +358294126415
Emailliisa.myllykangas@helsinki.fi

PL 21 (Haartmaninkatu 3)
00014
Finland

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Curriculum vitae

RESEARCH

Aims:

1) To study the whole spectrum of common neurodegenerative diseases and associated genetics in the population-based and neuropathologically assessed Vantaa 85+ Study

2) To characterize familial forms of neurodegenerative disorders both genetically and neuropathologically

POSITION TITLE

Clinical instructor, Department of Pathology, Medicum, University of Helsinki

Adjunct professor in Applied Neuropathology, University of Helsinki

DEGREES

M.D. University of Helsinki, 2000

Ph.D. University of Helsinki, Department of Pathology, 2002

Specialist in Pathology, University of Helsinki 2013

Specialist in Neuropathology, University of Helsinki 2017

RESEARCH TRAINING

Pre-doctoral training:

1996-2002 Graduate student, Neuropathology laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki

1998 Special Project Associate, Neurogenetics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL, USA

Post-doctoral training:

2002-04 Research Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

2004- 2008 Researcher and Group leader, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

MAJOR FUNDING SOURCES

Academy of Finland 2016-2020

Helsinki University Hospital Competetive Fund 2020-2021

Fields of Science

3111 Biomedicine
Neuropathology
Genetics

International and National Collaboration Publications and projects within past five years.

Publications

68 Article
2 Review Article
1 Chapter
1 Meeting Abstract
2 More
- 1 Letter
- 1 Doctoral Thesis

Analysis of neurodegenerative disease-causing genes in dementia with Lewy bodies

Orme, T., Hernandez, D., Ross, O. A., Kun-Rodrigues, C., Darwent, L., Shepherd, C. E., Parkkinen, L., Ansorge, O., Clark, L., Honig, L. S., Marder, K., Lemstra, A., Rogaeva, E., St. George-Hyslop, P., Londos, E., Zetterberg, H., Morgan, K., Troakes, C., Al-Sarraj, S., Lashley, T. & 32 others, Holton, J., Compta, Y., Van Deerlin, V., Trojanowski, J. Q., Serrano, G. E., Beach, T. G., Lesage, S., Galasko, D., Masliah, E., Santana, I., Pastor, P., Tienari, P. J., Myllykangas, L., Oinas, M., Revesz, T., Lees, A., Boeve, B. F., Petersen, R. C., Ferman, T. J., Escott-Price, V., Graff-Radford, N., Cairns, N. J., Morris, J. C., Pickering-Brown, S., Mann, D., Halliday, G., Stone, D. J., Dickson, D. W., Hardy, J., Singleton, A., Guerreiro, R. & Bras, J., 29 Jan 2020, In : Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 8, 1, 11 p., 5.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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Chorea-acanthocytosis associated with two novel heterozygous mutations in the VPS13A gene

Verkkoniemi-Ahola, A., Kuuluvainen, L., Kivirikko, S., Myllykangas, L. & Pöyhönen, M., 15 Jan 2020, In : Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 408, 2 p., 116555.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Scientific

Neuropathologic features of four autopsied COVID-19 patients

Kantonen, J., Mahzabin, S., Mäyränpää, M., Tynninen, O., Paetau, A., Andersson, N., Sajantila, A., Vapalahti, O., Carpen, O., Kekäläinen, E., Kantele, A. & Myllykangas, L., 28 Aug 2020, In : Brain Pathology. 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Putative risk alleles for LATE-NC with hippocampal sclerosis in population-representative autopsy cohorts

EClipSE Collaboration, Hokkanen, S. R. K., Kero, M., Kaivola, K., Hunter, S., Keage, H. A. D., Kiviharju, A., Raunio, A., Tienari, P. J., Paetau, A., Matthews, F. E., Fleming, J., Graff, C., Polvikoski, T. M., Myllykangas, L. & Brayne, C., Mar 2020, In : Brain Pathology. 30, 2, p. 364-372 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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A comprehensive screening of copy number variability in dementia with Lewy bodies

Kun-Rodrigues, C., Orme, T., Carmona, S., Hernandez, D. G., Ross, O. A., Eicher, J. D., Shepherd, C., Parkkinen, L., Darwent, L., Heckman, M. G., Scholz, S. W., Troncoso, J. C., Pletnikova, O., Dawson, T., Rosenthal, L., Ansorge, O., Clarimonm, J., Lleo, A., Morenas-Rodriguez, E., Clark, L. & 48 others, Honig, L. S., Marder, K., Lemstra, A., Rogaeva, E., St George-Hyslop, P., Londos, E., Zetterberg, H., Barber, I., Braae, A., Brown, K., Morgan, K., Troakes, C., Al-Sarraj, S., Lashley, T., Holton, J., Compta, Y., Van Deerlin, V., Serrano, G. E., Beach, T. G., Lesage, S., Galasko, D., Masliah, E., Santana, I., Pastor, P., Diez-Fairen, M., Aguilar, M., Tienari, P. J., Myllykangas, L., Oinas, M., Revesz, T., Lees, A., Boeve, B. F., Petersen, R. C., Ferman, T. J., Escott-Price, V., Graff-Radford, N., Cairns, N. J., Morris, J. C., Pickering-Brown, S., Mann, D., Halliday, G. M., Hardy, J., Trojanowski, J. Q., Dickson, D. W., Singleton, A., Stone, D. J., Guerreiro, R. & Bras, J., Mar 2019, In : Neurobiology of Aging. 75, 10 p., ARTN 223.e1.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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