Biological and Clinical Characteristics in Brain Tumours
Group Leaders
Jussi Posti, MD, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurotraumatology, Head of Department
Neurocenter, Turku University Hospital; Division of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Turku
Ville Vuorinen, MD, PhD
Docent, Faculty of Medicine
MD, PhD, Adj. Prof. of Neurosurgery
Maria Gardberg, MD, PhD
Docent, Institute of Biomedicine
MD, PhD, Adj. Prof. of Neurosurgery
Joonas Haapasalo, MD, PhD
Docent, University of Tempere
MD, PhD, Adj. Prof. of Neurosurgery
Aims
Turku Brain Tumour research is focused on clinical presentation and operative treatment of gliomas. Molecular genetic changes and cellular mechanisms of actin protein regulation in glioma cells are also studied. National and international (BLOD study)collaboration with other research groups is active.
Group Members
Senior Researchers:
- Dan Laukka MD, PhD
Doctoral Students:
- Lotta Niinikoski, MD
- Mikko Visuri, MD
Collaborators & Partners
- Asgeir Jakola, prof Göteborgs Universitet, BOLD study
Main Funding
- VRE rahoitus
Selected Publications
- JP Posti, M Bori, T Kauko, M Sankinen, J Nordberg, M Rahi, J Frantzén, V Vuorinen, JOT Sipilä. Acta Neurol Scand. 2015 Feb;131(2):88-93. Presenting symptoms of glioma in adults.
- Heuser VD, Kiviniemi A, Lehtinen L, Munthe S, Kristensen BW, Posti JP, Sipilä JOT, Vuorinen V, Carpén O, Gardberg M.BMC Cancer. 2020 Jul 29;20(1) Multiple formin proteins participate in glioblastoma migration