Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
In our Environmental Epigenetics Laboratory, we aim to understand how our phenotypes are formed by our genome, early life environment and stochastic events. Our focus is on the epigenome and its role as a mediator of environmental influences. By revealing the molecular mechanisms of environmental-induced epigenetic alterations as well as their consequences on gene regulation and embryonic development, we will clarify the etiology of complex phenotypes in health and disorder.
We are particularly interested in the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure, fertility treatments (Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART), and decreased fertility on developmental programming.
More about our research: http://environmental-epigenetics.helsinki.fi/en/index.html
External positions
Programme manager, Academy of Finland, Health programmes
Oct 2017 → Dec 2018
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Prof Emma Whitelaw's Epigenetics Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
Jul 2007 → Jan 2010
Master's thesis, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier , Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
Aug 1998 → May 1999
Fields of Science
- 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology
- epigenetics
- environmental epigenetics
- developmental programming
- prenatal alcohol exposure
- FASD
- fertility treatments
- ART
- fertility
- placental organoids
- 1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
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Alkoholi muuttaa alkion ensimmäisten solujen geenien toimintaa
Kaminen-Ahola, N., 25 Nov 2025, In: Neonataalihoitaja. 2025, 2, p. 20-21 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
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Effects of alcohol on the transcriptome, methylome, and metabolome of in vitro gastrulating human embryonic cells
Wallén, E., Rämö, K. K., Vehviläinen, P. J. J., Sokka, J. J., Lehtonen, M., Otonkoski, T., Trokovic, R., Auvinen, P. S., Kärkkäinen, O. & Kaminen-Ahola, N., Jun 2025, In: DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms. 18, 6, 17 p., dmm052150.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Istukan kokoinen ikkuna hedelmällisyyteen ja hedelmöityshoitoihin
Kaminen-Ahola, N., 10 Apr 2025, In: Kätilölehti. 130, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
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Candidate genes for ART- and subfertility-associated phenotypes
Kaminen-Ahola, N., 19 Dec 2024, Springer Nature.Research output: Other contribution
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Genome-wide DNA methylation and gene expression in human placentas derived from assisted reproductive technology
Auvinen, P., Vehviläinen, J., Rämö, K., Laukkanen, I., Marjonen-Lindblad, H., Wallén, E., Söderström-Anttila, V., Kahila, H., Hyden-Granskog, C., Tuuri, T., Tiitinen, A. & Kaminen-Ahola, N., 19 Dec 2024, In: Communications Medicine. 4, 1, 15 p., 267.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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Effekter av alkoholexponering på embryon
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Project manager)
Medicinska Understödsföreningen Liv och Hälsa rf
01/05/2025 → 30/04/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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Epigenetics of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (epiART)
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Project manager)
01/01/2013 → …
Project: Research project
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Epigenetics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (epiFASD)
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Project manager)
01/01/2012 → …
Project: Research project
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Mouse model of early prenatal alcohol exposure
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Project manager)
02/07/2007 → …
Project: Research project
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Epigenetic memory of early life exposure
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Project manager), Rämö, K. K. (Participant) & Tolvanen, E. M. (Participant)
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2025
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Prizes
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Doctoral thesis "Susceptibility genes and neurodevelopmental mechanisms in dyslexia", approved with distinction
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Recipient), 27 Apr 2007
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Early Career Investigator Funding, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Recipient), 1 Nov 2018
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Substance abuse publication of the year award winner
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Recipient), Marjonen, H. (Recipient) & Kahila, H. (Recipient), 19 Apr 2018
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Activities
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Genomic Imprinting – from Biology to Disease
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Attendee)
10 Mar 2025 → 12 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Epigenomics of Common Diseases
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Attendee)
12 Mar 2025 → 15 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Pre-examiner of PhD thesis
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Supervisor)
Feb 2024Activity: Examination types › Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
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Doctoral student supervision
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Supervisor)
Jan 2024 → …Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
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Invited lecturer: Mäkelänrinne high school
Kaminen-Ahola, N. (Speaker)
5 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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Interview for Live Science: IVF may raise risk of certain disorders in babies — and epigenetic 'signatures' in the placenta could explain why
14/01/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Interview for Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish): Hedelmöityshoidoilla syntyneillä lapsilla on enemmän terveysriskejä, Koeputkihedelmöitys ei suomalaistutkimuksen mukaan haittaa lapsen kasvua ja kehitystä
19/12/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Interview for 360º tiede ja teknologia (in Finnish): Ilmastonmuutos uhkaa tulevien sukupolvien mielenterveyttä - Tutkija: "Häiriöiden ja sairauksien riski kasvaa"
12/02/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Interview for Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish): Isän lapsuuskokemukset tai äidin alkoholinkäyttö voivat muokata sitä, miten lapsen elimistö toimii
13/09/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Interview for Tiede (science) magazine (in Finnish): Miten alkoholi vaikuttaa lapseen raskauden alussa?
02/03/2023
1 item of Media coverage
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