Annakaisa Haapasalo
Associate Professor
Department of Neurobiology
University of Eastern Finland
Finland
Biography
He is working as an associate professor in Molecular Neurodegeneration (tenure track), Department of Neurobiology, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, 2015 - present.
Research Interest
I am interested in understanding common and disease-specific molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration in neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Especially, we aim at identifying genes and molecular pathways involved in neurodegeneration in these disorders. I also am interested in the co-morbidities of neurodegenerative disorders and other diseases e.g. type 2 diabetes.
Publications
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Mikael Marttinen, Kaisa MA Kurkinen, Hilkka Soininen, Annakaisa Haapasalo, Mikko Hiltunen (2015) Synaptic dysfunction and septin protein family members in neurodegenerative diseases. Molecular Neurodegeneration 10: 16.
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Kaisa M. A. Kurkinen, Mikael Marttinen, Laura Turner, Teemu Natunen, Annakaisa Haapasalo, et al. (2016) SEPT8 modulates β-amyloidogenic processing of APP by affecting the sorting and accumulation of BACE1. Journal of Cell Science 129: 2224-2238.
