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Liisa Myllykangas

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

  • PL 21 (Haartmaninkatu 3)

    00014

    Finland

19992019
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Curriculum vitae

 

RESEARCH

The aim of my research is to 1) identify genetic risk factors for common neurodegenerative disorders in the population-based and neuropathologically characterized Vantaa 85+ Study,  and 2) to characterize familial forms of neurodegenerative disorders both genetically and neuropathologically.

 

POSITION TITLE

Clinical instructor, Department of Pathology, Haartman Institute, 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 2012-2015

Academy of Finland 2016-2020 

 

Fields of Science

  • 3111 Biomedicine
  • Neuropathology
  • Genetics

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

Publications 1999 2019

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

Causes of death of professional musicians in the classical genre

Kuusi, T., Haukka, J., Myllykangas, L. & Järvelä, I., Jun 2019, In : Medical Problems of Performing Artists. 34 , 2, p. 92-97 6 p.

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

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

Verkkoniemi-Ahola, A., Kuuluvainen, L., Kivirikko, S., Myllykangas, L. & Pöyhönen, M., 31 Oct 2019, In : Journal of the Neurological Sciences.

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

Heritability and genetic variance of dementia with Lewy bodies

Int Parkinson's Dis Genomics Cons, Guerreiro, R., Escott-Price, V., Tienari, P. J., Myllykangas, L. & Oinas, M., Jul 2019, In : Neurobiology of Disease. 127, p. 492-501 10 p.

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

Lewy-related pathology exhibits two anatomically and genetically distinct progression patterns: a population-based study of Finns aged 85+

Raunio, A., Kaivola, K., Tuimala, J., Kero, M., Oinas, M., Polvikoski, T., Paetau, A., Tienari, P. J. & Myllykangas, L., Nov 2019, In : Acta Neuropathologica. 138, 5, p. 771-782 12 p.

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

Open Access

Activities 2004 2019

Neurobiology of Aging (Journal)

Liisa Myllykangas (Reviewer)
2019 → …

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts

Neuroscience Bulletin (Journal)

Liisa Myllykangas (Reviewer)
2019 → …

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts

Pre-examiner of PhD thesis / Anu Pasanen

Liisa Myllykangas (Pre-examiner)
2018

Activity: Examination types › Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (Journal)

Liisa Myllykangas (Member of editorial board)
2017

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal

Supervisor of PhD thesis / Karri Kaivola

Liisa Myllykangas (Supervisor)
2017 → …

Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis