Key Academic Merits

• Supervisor of two doctoral, one master and one bachelor student
• Member of three Doctoral Thesis supervising committees
• Board member in the following committees at the University of Turku
  • E-learning committee of the Medical Faculty
  • Steering group of the Biomedical research track
  • Steering group of IT services at the Medical Faculty (TIKU)
  • Steering group of Institute of Biomedicine
• Ad hoc referee in international scientific journals

Major Funding

Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, Erasmus +: Strategic Partnership and Knowledge Alliance

Selected Publications

Aguilar-Pimentel JA, Gerlini R, Yi-Li C, Calzada-Wack J, Wimmer M, Schmidt-Weber CB, Adler T, Busch D, Fuchs H, Gailus-Durner V, Ollert M, Hrabê de Angelis M, Ohlsson C, Poutanen M, Teperino R, Strauss L. Increased estrogen to androgen ratio enhances immunoglobulin levels and impairs B cell function in male mice. Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 27;10(1):18334.

Heikelä H, Ruohonen S, Adam M, Viitanen R, Liljenbäck H, Eskola O, Gabriel M, Mairinoja L, Velagapudi V, Roivainen A, Zhang FP, Strauss L and Poutanen M. Hydroxysteroid (17β) dehydrogenase 12 is essential for the metabolic homeostatis in adult mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Sep 1;319(3):E494-E508.

Sipilä P, Junnila A, Hakkarainen J, Huhtaniemi R, Mairinoja L, Zhang FP, Strauss L, Ohlsson C, Kotaja N, Huhtaniemi I, Poutanen M. The lack of HSD17B3 in male mice results in disturbed Leydig cell maturation and endocrine imbalance akin to humans with HSD17B3 deficiency. FASEB J. 2020 May;34(5):6111-6128.

Adam M, Heikelä H, Sobolewski C, Portius D, Mäki-Jouppila J, Mehmood A, Adhikari P, Esposito I, Elo LL, Zhang FP, Ruohonen ST, Strauss L, Foti M, Poutanen M. Hydroxysteroid (17β) dehydrogenase 13 deficiency triggers hepatic steatosis and inflammation in mice. FASEB J. 2018 Jun;32(6):3434-3447. Epub 2018 Jan 31.

Vehmas A, Adam M, Laajala T, Kastenmüller G, Prehn C, Rozman J, Fuchs H, Hrabě de Angelis M, Gailus-Durner V, Elo L, Aittokallio T, Adamski J, Corthals G, Poutanen M, Strauss L. Liver lipid metabolism is altered by increased circulating estrogen to androgen ratio in male mouse. J Proteomics. 2016 Feb 5;133:66-75. Epub 2015 Dec 9.

Recent Publications