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

jussi.posti@utu.fi

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Ville Vuorinen, MD, PhD

Docent, Faculty of Medicine
MD, PhD, Adj. Prof. of Neurosurgery

ville.vuorinen@utu.fi

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Maria Gardberg, MD, PhD

Docent, Institute of Biomedicine
MD, PhD, Adj. Prof. of Neurosurgery

magard@utu.fi

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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

  1. 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.
  2. 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