Key Academic Merits

• Ad hoc referee in international scientific journals
• Supervisor of B.Sc. thesis
• Pedagogical training and competence:
• University pedagogy 1, 10 credits, University of Turku, Faculty of Medicine 2014–2015
• University pedagogy 2, 15 credits, University of Turku, Faculty of Education 2017–2018
• Winner of Elias Tillandz Price 2006

Major Funding

Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation

Selected Publications

Rantakari P*, Auvinen K*, Jäppinen N, Kapraali M, Valtonen J, Karikoski M, Gerke H, Iftakhar-E-Khuda I, Keuschnigg J, Umemoto E, Tohya K, Miyasaka M, Elima K, Jalkanen S, Salmi M. The endothelial protein PLVAP in lymphatics controls the entry of lymphocytes and antigens into lymph nodes. Nat Immunol. 2015 Apr;16(4):386-96.

Karikoski M, Marttila-Ichihara F, Elima K, Rantakari P, Hollmén M, Kelkka T, Gerke H, Huovinen V, Irjala H, Holmdahl R, Salmi M, Jalkanen S. Clever-1/Stabilin-1 Controls Cancer Growth and Metastasis. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 Dec 15;20(24):6452-64.

Ålgars A*, Karikoski M*, Yegutkin GG*, Stoitzner P, Niemelä J, Salmi M, Jalkanen S. Different role of CD73 in leukocyte trafficking via blood and lymph vessels. Blood. 2011 Apr 21;117(16):4387-93.

Karikoski M, Irjala H, Maksimow M, Miiluniemi M, Granfors K, Hernesniemi S, Elima K, Moldenhauer G, Schledzewski K, Kzhyshkowska J, Goerdt S, Salmi M, Jalkanen S. Clever-1/Stabilin-1 regulates lymphocyte migration within lymphatics and leukocyte entrance to sites of inflammation. Eur J Immunol. 2009 Dec;39(12):3477-87.

Nieminen M*, Henttinen T*, Merinen M, Marttila-Ichihara F, Eriksson JE, Jalkanen S. Vimentin function in lymphocyte adhesion and transcellular migration. Nat Cell Biol. 2006 Feb;8(2):156-162.

*Equal contribution