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RAINER LEHTONEN

PhD, Docent in Genetics

Curriculum vitae

Laboratory  

Systems Biology of Drug Resistance in Cancer (Hautaniemi Lab)

Research program in Systems Oncology

Faculty of Medicine

University of Helsinki

Postal address: PL 63, 00014 University of Helsinki

Street address: Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki  

Mobile +358 504018035 (preferred)

Lab +358 504486327 Lab2 0294125407

[email protected]

Lab: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/systems-biology-of-drug-resistance-in-cancer

Tuhat: http://tuhat.halvi.helsinki.fi/portal/en/person/rjlehton

HERCULES: http://www.project-hercules.eu/

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Suomenlinna C7

00190 Helsinki

Date and place of birth

21 April 1959, Längelmäki, Finland

Nationality Finnish

DEGREES IS SCIENCE

8/2006

PhD degree in Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Finland. PhD-thesis: "The Role of FH (fumarase) in tumorigenesis”, Yliopistopaino 2006

9/2005

MSc degree in Genetics, Faculty of Biosciences, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland. MSc-thesis: “ Fumarase Mutations In Nonsyndromic Uterine Leiomyomas”, University of Helsinki 2005. In addition to genetics the MSc degree includes studies in animal physiology and morphology and ecology.

OTHER EDUCATION                                             

12/2008

University Pedagogy I, University of Helsinki. Finland.  5 Cr

6/1999

Radiation Safety Work Management Diploma, Laboratory of Radiochemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland

12/1997

Team Leadership Training in Hotel and Restaurant Business, Arctia Oy (PLC), Helsinki, Finland.

12/1996

Quality Management In Hotel and Restaurant Business, Arctia Oy (PLC), Arctia Hotel Partners Oy (PLC), organized by Haaga Institute (currently Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences), Helsinki, Finland. 1650 hours studies including financial leadership, sale & marketing and personal management completed during 1.1.1996-31.12.1996.

1/1991

Hotel and Restaurant Manager Training, Kantaravintolat Oy (PLC), Helsinki, Finland. Studies including financial leadership, sale & marketing and personal management completed during 5.2.1990-30.1.1991.

8/1989

Education for Middle Management Personnel in Hotel and Restaurant Business, Haaga Institute (currently Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences), Helsinki, Finland. 420 hours studies including financial leadership, sale & marketing, personal management and science of law completed during 8.2.1988-10.3.1989.

CURRENT POSITION

4/2013-      

Senior Researcher, Systems Biology of Drug Resistance in Cancer

Post-Doctoral fellow, Tumor Genomics Group (group leader: Lauri A Aaltonen, Professor of Tumor Genomics, University of Helsinki and Research Professor of the Academy of Finland), Genome Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Department of Medical Genetics/ Biomedicum/ University of Helsinki.    

9/2007-8/2008

Doctoral Research fellow, Foundation of the Finnish Cancer Institute. Project: “Implementation of phenotype-genotype databases and bioinformatics      tools for registry-based identification of novel cancer susceptibility genes”.

5/2000-5/2006

PhD student, Tumor Genomics Group (group leader: Lauri A Aaltonen,  Research Professor of the Academy of Finland), Center of Excellence in Disease Genetics/ Academy of Finland, Molecular and Cancer Biology Research Program, Department of Medical Genetics/ Biomedicum/ University of Helsinki.

OTHER POSITIONS

8/1998-8/1999

Product Manager (entertainment services), Soivios Oy (PLC), Espoo, Finland

 5/1995-8/1998

Project Manager (restaurant and hotel business development), Arctia Oy, Scandic Hotels Oy (PLC), Helsinki, Finland

1/1989-4/1995

Restaurant Manager, Arctia Oy (PLC), Helsinki, Finland

5/1985-1/1989

Restaurant Manager, Hämäläisten Ravintola Oy (PLC)

9/1981-4/1985

Waiter/ cashier/ bartender, Hämäläisten Ravintola Oy (PLC)

SUPERVISIONS

MSc and Doctoral thesis

2010-2016

MSc thesis: Wong Swee Chong, “Computational pipe-line for design and analysis of Sequenom genotyping assays”. Co-supervised with Sirkka-Liisa Varvio.

Doctoral thesis: Quantitative and population genetics of the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia)

9/2010

Eevi Kaasinen, “Gene Identification of Recessively Inherited Right Isomerism”, grade: laudatur, co-supervised with Dr. Kristiina Aittomäki

5/2008

Sirkku Karinen, “Computational Identification of Compound Heterozygotes using Haplotypes”, co-supervised with DTech Sampsa Hautaniemi and Dr. Hannu Toivanen 

2005-2009

Representative of the Tumor Genomics Group in the Nordic Network of Excellence in Disease Genetics Consortium

1/2006-12/2007

Member of the Privacy Protection Board of the University of Helsinki