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Biography
I did my PhD at the Institute of Biotechnology and University of Helsinki, Finland, combining developmental neurobiology and glycobiology to study mechanisms of syndecan-3 mediated neurite outgrowth using mammalian models. As an EMBO Long-Term Fellow and subsequently as a Wellcome Trust Advanced Training Fellow at the University of Birmingham, I translated my cell biology and biochemistry background into the use of the nematode C. elegans as a genetic model organism. As an MRC New Investigator at the University of Liverpool, my research interest into glycosylated membrane proteins expanded from heparan sulphate proteoglycans to fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and Klotho signalling in development and metabolic physiology. In December 2012 I was appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Glycosylation as a regulator of development
- Metabolic physiology and disease
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Heparitin Sulfate
Medicine & Life Sciences
Caenorhabditis elegans
Medicine & Life Sciences
Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors
Medicine & Life Sciences
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans
Medicine & Life Sciences
Glypicans
Medicine & Life Sciences
Cell Movement
Medicine & Life Sciences
Syndecans
Medicine & Life Sciences
Sulfotransferases
Medicine & Life Sciences
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Projects 2015 2017
- 1 Finished
C. elegans model to unravel the role of Klotho in ion metabolism and aging
1/01/15 → 31/12/17
Project: Research › Research Council - Other
Research Output 2003 2017
KLB, encoding β‐Klotho, is mutated in patients with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Xu, C., Messina, A., Somm, E., Miraoui, H., Kinnunen, T., Acierno, J., Niederländer, N. J., Bouilly, J., Dwyer, A. A., Sidis, Y., Cassatella, D., Sykiotis, G. P., Quinton, R., De Geyter, C., Dirlewanger, M., Schwitzgebel, V., Cole, T. R., Toogood, A. A., Kirk, J. M., Plummer, L. & 6 others, 1 Aug 2017, In : EMBO Molecular Medicine. 9, 10, p. 1379-1397 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1
Hypogonadism
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
Mutation
Neurons
Fibroblast growth factors as tissue repair and regeneration therapeutics
Nunes, Q. M., Li, Y., Sun, C., Kinnunen, T. K. & Fernig, D. G., 12 Jan 2016, In : PeerJ. 31 p., e1535.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
fibroblast growth factors
Fibroblast Growth Factors
tissue repair
Regeneration
Repair
Combinatorial roles of heparan sulfate proteoglycans and heparan sulfates in Caenorhabditis elegans neural development
Kinnunen, T. K., 23 Jul 2014, In : PLoS One. 9, 7, e102919.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans
Heparitin Sulfate
neurodevelopment
proteoglycans
Caenorhabditis elegans
The Cooperation of FGF receptor and Klotho is involved in Excretory Canal Development and Regulation of Metabolic Homeostasis in Caenorhabditis elegans
Polanska, U. M., Edwards, E., Fernig, D. G. & Kinnunen, T. K., 18 Feb 2011, In : Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286, 7, p. 5657-5666 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors
Caenorhabditis elegans
Canals
Homeostasis
Aging of materials
Extracellular Interactome of the FGF Receptor-Ligand System: Complexities and the Relative Simplicity of the Worm
Polanska, U. M., Fernig, D. G. & Kinnunen, T., Feb 2009, In : Developmental Dynamics. 238, 2, p. 277-293 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors
Ligands
Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans
Growth Factor Receptors
Activities 2001 2019
Exploring the role of cell signalling co-factor, Klotho, in longevity and healthy lifespan
Tarja Kinnunen (Speaker)5 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
PhD viva at the School of Biological Sciences University of East Anglia
Tarja Kinnunen (Examiner)4 Sep 2019
Activity: Examination types › PhD Examination
Royal Society of Biology (External organisation)
Tarja Kinnunen (Member)2019 → …
Activity: Membership types › Membership of a Society or Institute
Scientific Reports (Journal)
Tarja Kinnunen (Reviewer)2019 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review
FGF/HSPG Signalling in C. elegans
Tarja Kinnunen (Speaker)29 Mar 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk