Key Academic Merits

• Supervisor of one post doctoral scientist, one doctoral, and one master student
• Member of three Doctoral Thesis supervising committees
• Member of EU-SABV Management Committee
• Board member in the following committees at the University of Turku
  • Committee on Learning Method and Environments at the Faculty of Medicine, chair
  • Steering group of the Biomedical research track
  • Steering group of IT services at the Faculty of Medicine (TIKU)
  • Steering group of Institute of Biomedicine
• Ad hoc referee in international scientific journals

Major Funding

European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), Nordplus

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

Selected Publications

Slabber CF, Lenkeit F, Grove K, Aebi A, Orsini V, Reyes A, Ludwig V, Crochemore C, , Bergling S, Wild S, Naumann U, Enos K, Abrams A, Zeller H, Bhol R, Wang L, Redmond E, Wetzel K, Capodieci P, Heikelä H, Martinez-Nieto G, Mairinoja L, Sipilä P, Strauss L, Baumgartner B, George E,  Heim MH, Terracciano LM, Bouwmeester A, Tchorz J, Poutanen M, Ruffner H, Bordoli M. The Hsd17b13^P260S patient variant knock-in male mouse model provides translational insignts into Hsd17B13 biology. Accepted for publication in eBiomedicine. 2026, Volume 131: 106429

Heikelä H, Mairinoja L, Ruohonen S, Rytkönen K, de Brot S, Laiho A, Koskinen S, Suomi T, Elo L, Strauss L, Poutanen M. Disruption of Hsd17b12 in mouse hepatocytes leads to defect in the lipid droplet expansion associated with microvesicular steatosis. FASEB J. 2024, Sep 15;38(17).

Strauss L, Junnila A, Wärri A, Manti M, Jiang Y, Löyttyniemi E, Stener-Victorin E, Lagerquist MK, Kukoricza K, Heinosalo T, Blom S, Poutanen M. Consistent and effective method to define the mouse estrous cycle stage by deep learning based model. J Endocrinol. 2024, May 6; 261(3):e230204.

Mairinoja L, Heikelä H, Blom S, Kumar D, Knuuttila A, Boyd S, Sjöblom N, Birkman E-M, Rinne P, Ruusuvuori P, Strauss L, Poutanen M.  Deep Learning-Based Image Analysis of Liver Steatosis in Mouse Models. Am J Pathol 2023, 193: 1072-1080

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.

Recent Publications