Biography:Johanna Ivaska

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Short description: Finnish cancer researcher
Johanna Ivaska
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Turku, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Parent(s)Ari Ivaska
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Turku
Academic work
DisciplineMolecular cell biology
Sub-disciplineCancer research
InstitutionsUniversity of Turku
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Websitewww.ivaskalab.com

Mari Johanna Ivaska (born 1972) is a cancer researcher and molecular cell biology academy professor in University of Turku, Finland.[1]

Early life and education

Johanna Ivaska was born 1972 in Turku, Finland.[2] Her father is emeritus analytical chemistry professor Ari Ivaska.[3] She did her master's studies in University of Turku. Her PhD on collagen-binding integrins in University of Turku was give an honorary mention for an excellent PhD thesis by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku in 2001.[4] After receiving a PhD she moved to London, UK for a postdoctoral work on investigating how integrins and protein kinases work together in cancer migration at Cancer Research UK with professor Peter J. Parker.[1]

Academic career and research

Ivaska established her lab in 2003 at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.[1] Currently Ivaska Lab is situated in Turku Centre for Biotechnology.[5] Ivaska's research concentrates on cell surface receptors called integrins and how these affect to cancer cell migration, invasion, tumour-stroma crosstalk and other processes that promote cancer progression. Research aims to find novel regulators for integrin activity, understanding the integrin traffic, and link between integrin activity regulation and mechanosensing. The group also does research on cellular machinery that facilitates cancer cell migration. In this, filopodia are important. Ivaska's group has discovered unconventional myosin that regulates filopodia formation, possibly providing a potential cancer therapeutic.[1][5]

Awards and honours

  • The Ivaska group's publication[6] in Nature Cell Biology won the Medix prize for the best national publication in medicine in 2017[7] and Elias Tillandz prize for best publication in Turku in 2017[8]
  • A.I. Virtanen prize, 2017[9]
  • Anders Jahre young investigator prize, 2011[4]
  • FEBS Anniversary prize in recognition of important achievement in the field of biochemistry, 2010[4]
  • L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science award Finland, 2008[4]
  • Medix prize for the best scientific publication in Finland, 2008,[10] 2012[4][11][12][13]
  • The Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) honouree[14]
  • European Molecular Biology Organisation Young investigator 2006[15]
  • Sigrid Juselius Young Investigator Prize, 2005[4]

Major grants

  • European Research Council grants including an ERC Starting grant in 2008, ERC Consolidator grant in 2014 and Proof-of-concept grants in 2015 and 2018[16]
  • Roosa nauha (Pink ribbon) grants in 2013[17] and 2016[18]

Affiliations

Personal life

She is married to immunology professor Marko Salmi and they have twin girls (born 2005).[2] Her hobbies include marathon running that she also does for charity, boating and outdoor life in the Archipelago Sea.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Powell, Kendall (16 March 2015). "Johanna Ivaska: Finding opposing forces in integrins". Journal of Cell Biology 208 (6): 652–653. doi:10.1083/jcb.2086pi. PMID 25778914. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Kaksosten äitinä on ihanaa" (in fi). 2018-11-13. https://www.maininkilehti.fi/media/tiedostot/lehdet/kesa_14.pdf. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Maratonharrastaja Johanna Ivaska on huipputason rintasyöpätutkija ja äiti – "Suomessa on mahdollisuus saada sekä ura että perhe"" (in fi-FI). Ilta-Sanomat. 2018-05-19. https://www.is.fi/hyvaolo/art-2000005685480.html. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Prof. Johanna Ivaska - AcademiaNet" (in en). http://www.academia-net.org/profil/prof-johanna-ivaska/1135140. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ivaska Lab website" (in en-GB). http://www.ivaskalab.com/home.html. 
  6. ↑ Lilja, Johanna; Zacharchenko, Thomas; Georgiadou, Maria; Jacquemet, Guillaume; Franceschi, Nicola De; Peuhu, Emilia; Hamidi, Hellyeh; Pouwels, Jeroen et al. (April 2017). "SHANK proteins limit integrin activation by directly interacting with Rap1 and R-Ras". Nature Cell Biology 19 (4): 292–305. doi:10.1038/ncb3487. PMID 28263956. 
  7. ↑ "Medix prize awarded for cancer research at the University of Turku". https://minervafoundation.fi/grants.html. 
  8. ↑ "Elias Tillandz Prize 2017 Awarded to Two Research Groups in BioCity Symposium" (in en-us). http://www.utu.fi/en/news/news/Pages/Elias-Tillandz-Prize-2017-Awarded-to-Two-Research-Groups-in-BioCity-Symposium.aspx. 
  9. ↑ "A.I. Virtanen Prize award ceremony". http://www.biobio.org/Biobio_news.html. 
  10. ↑ Pellinen, Teijo; Tuomi, Saara; Arjonen, Antti; Wolf, Maija; Edgren, Henrik; Meyer, Hannelore; Grosse, Robert; Kitzing, Thomas et al. (September 2008). "Integrin Trafficking Regulated by Rab21 Is Necessary for Cytokinesis". Developmental Cell 15 (3): 371–385. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2008.08.001. PMID 18804435. 
  11. ↑ Rantala, Juha K.; Pouwels, Jeroen; Pellinen, Teijo; Veltel, Stefan; Laasola, Petra; Mattila, Elina; Potter, Christopher S.; Duffy, Ted et al. (November 2011). "SHARPIN is an endogenous inhibitor of β1-integrin activation". Nature Cell Biology 13 (11): 1315–1324. doi:10.1038/ncb2340. PMID 21947080. 
  12. ↑ "Medix-palkinto professori Johanna Ivaskan tutkimusryhmälle - UTUonline - Turun yliopiston verkkolehti" (in fi). http://www.utu.fi/fi/Ajankohtaista/Uutiset/arkisto/medix-palkinto.html. 
  13. ↑ Grönvall, Ursula. "Medix-palkinto Johanna Ivaskan tutkimusryhmälle" (in fi-FI). Mediuutiset. https://www.mediuutiset.fi/uutiset/medix-palkinto-johanna-ivaskan-tutkimusryhmalle/875b8f68-5f00-308c-bfe3-47934a9a7539. 
  14. ↑ "Mari Johanna Ivaska selected as a 2007 TOYP Honoree". https://jci.cc/zh/news/1740. 
  15. ↑ "Europe's best young group leaders win EMBO support" (in en-gb). EMBO. http://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/2006/europe-s-best-young-group-leaders-win-embo-support. 
  16. ↑ "ERC FUNDED PROJECTS" (in en). ERC: European Research Council. https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/erc-funded-projects/results?search_api_views_fulltext=johanna+ivaska. 
  17. ↑ "Myönnetyt apurahat 2013 - Syöpäjärjestöt" (in fi-FI). Syöpäjärjestöt. https://www.syopajarjestot.fi/apurahat/syopasaation-apurahat/myonnetyt-apurahat-2013/. 
  18. ↑ "Syvemmälle, vihje kerrallaan - Roosanauha" (in fi-FI). Roosanauha. 2017-09-29. https://roosanauha.syopasaatio.fi/tarinat/syvemmalle-vihje-kerrallaan. 
  19. ↑ Short, B. (23 November 2015). "New editorial board members". Journal of Cell Biology 211 (4): 723–727. doi:10.1083/jcb.201511023. 
  20. ↑ "Editorial Board: Cell Reports" (in en). https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/editorial-board. 
  21. ↑ "Editors and Board | Journal of Cell Science" (in en). http://jcs.biologists.org/content/edboard. 
  22. ↑ Instrumentariumin, tiedesäätiö. "Instrumentariumin tiedesäätiö - Board" (in en). http://www.instrufoundation.fi/en.php?k=120327. 
  23. ↑ "Find people in the EMBO Communities" (in en). https://people.embo.org/profile/johanna-ivaska. 

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