Group Leader
SEPPO YLÄ-HERTTUALA
Professor, MD, PhD
Current Positions
- Academy Professor
- Professor of Molecular Medicine
- Director of the Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine
- Director of the Graduate School of Molecular Medicine
- Director of the Biocenter Kuopio
Contact Information
University of Eastern Finland
A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine
P.O.Box 1627
FI-70211 Kuopio
Finland
E-mail: Seppo.YlaHerttuala(at)uef.fi
Mobile phone +358 40 355 2075
Fax +358 17 163 751
Academic Degrees
- B.Med., University of Tampere 1978
- Licentiate of Medicine, University of Tampere 1982
- Ph.D. (Medicine), University of Tampere 1987
Major Positions and Appointments
- Research Associate, University of Tampere 1983 - 1985
- Research Assistant, Academy of Finland 1985 - 1988
- Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego, USA 1988-1991 (Dr. Daniel Steinberg and Dr. Joseph Witztum)
- Senior Lecturer in Medical Biochemistry, University of Tampere 1991 - 1995
- Junior Research Fellow, Academy of Finland 1991 - 1992
- Senior Research Fellow, Academy of Finland 1992 - 1995
- Professor (Molecular Medicine) A.I. Virtanen Institute 1995 -
- Research Professor of Academy of Finland 2005 - 2010
- Visiting Professor, Salk Institute, Laboratory of Genetics (Prof. Inder Verma), USA 2005-2006
- Director, Biocenter Kuopio 2008 -
Major Research Interests
- VEGF biology and therapeutic angiogenesis, pathogenesis and treatment of atherosclerosis, in-stent restenosis and vein graft disease restenosis, lentiviral and adenoviral technology, gene therapy.
