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Research output per year
PL 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8)
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Finland
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Research activity per year
Current Position
2019 – 2022 Academy of Finland Postdoc Fellow. The Mechanistic and Transcriptomic Signature of Gliomas. With prof. Pirjo Laakkonen. Translational Cancer Medicine Research Program. Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
Previous Experience
2015 – 2019 Postdoctoral researcher. Research of novel molecular and cellular targets for glioblastoma and brain metastasis treatment. With prof. Pirjo Laakkonen. Research Programs Unit, Translational Cancer Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
2013 – 2014 University lecturer & research assistant. Part time University lecturer for undergrad and Master students (201 hrs per annum), and Research assistant, Inserm U982 DC2N lab.
Faculty of Sciences, University of Rouen, France
2010 – 2015 Ph.D. student. Role of the urotensin II receptor in brain tumor progression with Professor Pierrick Gandolfo and Dr. Hélène Castel. Faculty of Science, University of Rouen, France
Fellowships and Funding
2019 – 2022 Academy of Finland Postdoc fellowship for investigating the transcriptomic and mechanistic signature of invasive gliomas, University of Helsinki, Finland (EUR 290,000)
2019 Personal grant for postdoctoral research from K. Albin Johansson stiftelse, Finland.
2017 Faculty of Medicine travel grant to attend the Primary and Secondary Brain Tumor Conference (Madrid, Spain). University of Helsinki, Finland.
2013 – 2014 University lecturer and research assistant grant to complete a Ph.D. University of Rouen, France (EUR 24,000)
2010 – 2013 Normandy Region selected Thesis Grant Seine-Maritime, France (EUR 72,000)
Education and Degrees
2010 – 2015 Doctor of Philosophy, (Ph.D. University of Rouen), Dissertation title: Implication of the urotensinergic system in neo-angiogenesis and invasion mechanisms of high-grade glioma
Faculty of Science, University of Rouen, France
Supervisors: Professor Pierrick Gandolfo & Dr. Hélène Castel
2008 – 2010 Master of Science, Cellular and Molecular Neurosciences - Neuroendocrinology, Faculty of Science, University of Rouen, France
2004 – 2008 Bachelor of Science, Life sciences – Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Rouen, France
Students Supervision
Currently Co-supervising Ph.D. student (P. Filppu, M.Sc.), at Translational Cancer Medicine Program, University of Helsinki, Finland
2017 – 2019 Local co-supervisor of the Ph.D. student A. Martins (M.Sc. from Exiris, Italy), as a part of her secondment in the Marie Curie program. Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki, Finland
2015 – 2019 Supervising PhD student (A. Ayo & J. Tanjore Ramanathan, M.Sc.), M.Sc. theses (M. Chevallot), and Undergraduate students (M. Hellén, K. Sarkkinen & A. Yilmazlar) at Tumor Progression and Metastasis Lab, Translational Cancer Medicine Program, University of Helsinki, Finland
2011 – 2014 Supervised M.Sc. theses (B. Poret & G. Lambert), Undergrad project students (A. Corla, D. Mussel) at the Inserm U982 DC2N, University of Rouen, France
Teaching Experience
Currently Lecturer and co-organizer of the TMED-103 Cancer from Biology to Research TRANSMED Master Program. University of Helsinki, Finland
2013 – 2014 University Lecturer at the Faculty of Sciences including lectures (53h), practical courses (68h) and workshops (80h) on animal physiology, cell biology, histology and neurosciences for undergraduates and biostatistics for Master students. Rouen, France
Organization of Scientific Meetings
2019 Co-organizer, 5th Finnish Brain Tumor Research Association symposium (Helsinki, Finland, 60 participants).
2016 Co-organizer, 2nd Finnish Brain Tumor Research Association symposium (Helsinki, Finland, 80 participants).
2012 Co-organizer, 15th Scientific Meeting of the Normandy Doctoral School (Rouen, France, 200 participants)
Communication
11/2019 5th meeting of the Finnish Brain Tumor Research association Helsinki, Finland Best talk award.
06/2019 EMBO Molecular Medicine selected cover Vol. 11 Issue 6. https://www.embopress.org/toc/17574684/2019/11/6
05/2019 Video methods published in JoVE. https://www.jove.com/video/59384/predicting-vivo-payloads-delivery-using-blood-brain-tumor-barrier
05/2012 IRIB scientific meeting, Rouen, France. Best talk award.
08/2012 Presentation at the 19th International Symposium on Regulatory Peptides, Copenhagen, Denmark. DOI:10.1016
Selected collaborations
2019 – Cell Death and Lysosomes Group, Lund University (Sweden)
Dr. S. Aits. Collaboration for the high throughput screening and AI-driven meta-analysis of novel molecules targeting the tumor cell lysosome.
2017 – Helsinki University Hospital/Translational Cancer Medicine Research Program (Finland)
Dr. H. Seppänen. Preclinical therapeutic assessment of a lysosomal damaging agent for invasive pancreatic cancer treatment.
Dr. S. Karaman. Development of microfluidic devices, intravitaltools and in silico analytics solutions for the follow-up of diseases such as obesity-driven inflammation and tumor invasion. Published in: DOI 10.3791/59384
Dr. M. Barok. Preclinical evaluation of novel antibody-drug conjugates targeting HER2+ chemoresistant breast cancer. Published in: DOI 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-19-0207
2018 – Turku Bioscience Centre (Finland)
Prof. J. Westermarck. Evaluation of the Blood-Brain-Barrier penetrance of novel PP2A activators for glioblastoma therapy. Published in: DOI 10.1093/braincomms/fcaa002
2015 – 2020 Helsinki University Hospital (HUS, Finland)
Prof. E. Hölttä & Dr. J. Eriksson. In vivo characterization of the role of CTRHC1 in melanoma tumorigenesis (Published in: DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.7604 ). In vivo characterization of P4HA1 implication in melanoma progression (Molecular Oncology, in press).
2013 Laboratory of Informatics, Information and Systems Treatment (Becquerel Centre, France)
Prof. P. Vera & Dr. P. Bohn (EA4108). Validation of a radiolabelled probe for tumor hypoxia. Published in: DOI 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.05.015
2012 Cellular and Histological Cytopathology services (Rouen Hospital, France)
Prof. A. Laquerrière. Immunostaining techniques and analysis of paraffin-embedded patient tumor tissue. Published in: DOI 10.1038/onc.2014.433
Doctoral Studies, Doctor of Philosophy, INSERM
1 Sep 2010 → 1 Aug 2014
Award Date: 22 Jan 2015
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
06/03/2023 → 05/03/2024
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Mäkelä, T., Adhikari, S., Aldahdooh, J. M. F., Ariotta, V., Atarsaikhan, G., Bao, J., Bhalke, M. S., Chernenko, A., Dashi, G., Eloranta, K., Grönholm, M., Heistman, V., Henriksson, M. E. J., Ikonen, N., Jansouz, S., Junquera Mencía, A., Karhemo, P., Kekkonen, J., Kolikova, Y., Kuosmanen, A., Kuusela, S., Kücükel, H., Langohr, L., Le Joncour, V., Leivonen, S., Liljeström, M., Luck, T. J., Lähdeniemi, I. A. K., Maljanen, K. J., Marchi, G., Miihkinen, M. S., Nagaraj, A., Niemeyer, F., Niemiec, I., Palin, K., Pietiäinen, V., Pirttikoski, A. A., Quintero, I. B., Rajalaakso, M. T., Rodosthenous, R., Saad, J., Sanjaya, P., Seppälä, T. T., Seref Vujaklija, C., Shah, S., Sorri, S. P., Suni, V., Suutala, A., Suvela, M., Udayani, J. E., Vähärautio, A., Vänttinen, I. M., Västrik, I. & Väänänen, J.
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2022 → 31/12/2026
Project: Academy of Finland: Finnish Flagship Programme
Castrén, E., Le Joncour, V. & Virenque, A.
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2026
Project: Academy of Finland: Academy Project
Pirjo Laakkonen (Member of organizing committee), Vadim Le Joncour (Member of organizing committee) & Pauliina Filppu (Member of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Vadim Le Joncour (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Vadim Le Joncour (Member of organizing committee), Pirjo Maarit Laakkonen (Member of organizing committee), Pauliina Irmeli Filppu (Attendee), Jayendrakishore Tanjore Ramanathan (Attendee), Abiodun Olanrewaju Ayo (Attendee), Seppo Ylä-Hertttuala (Speaker: Keynote) & Jukka Westermarck (Member of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Vadim Le Joncour (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
07/06/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Harri Sihto, Heikki Joensuu, Pirjo Laakkonen & Vadim Le Joncour
10/05/2019 → 13/05/2019
8 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Pirjo Laakkonen & Vadim Le Joncour
13/05/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Harri Sihto, Heikki Joensuu, Pirjo Laakkonen & Vadim Le Joncour
13/05/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media