20.12.2024 Placental genes study explores how assisted reproduction affects children's development
28.11.2024 A PhD thesis from our laboratory has been publicly defended! MSc Pauliina Auvinen brilliantly defended her dissertation ”Early environmental effects on the placental epigenome and gene expression, and newborns’ phenotype: Focusing on prenatal exposure and Assisted Reproductive Technology". The opponent was Dr Mariona Bustamante from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health and the custos was Professor Päivi Peltomäki, University of Helsinki.
3.1.2023 Early prenatal alcohol exposure affects genes involved in embryonic development
12.-14.9.2022 We participated in the EUFASD conference in Arendal, Norway, with a poster and a talk about our new research "Developmental pluripotency associated factor 4 (DPPA4) is a candidate gene for alcohol-induced developmental disorders" (preprint in medRxiv)
30.3.2022 Environmental epigenetics in Tiedekulmapokkari TERVEEMPI MAAILMA - Kuinka vastaamme globaaleihin terveysuhkiin? Nina Kaminen-Ahola: Ympäristön vaikutus terveyteen – epigenomi ympäristön ja geenien välissä. 2022, Gaudeamus.
2.2020 We are at Tiedekulma! Helsinki Health Week, Tuesday 4.2. at 17 o'clock, Tunnista terveysriskit: Alkoholi ja alkuraskaus – voiko äiti vaurioittaa lastaan ennen kuin tietää olevansa raskaana? (in Finnish)
21.11.2019 Our study Marjonen et al. "Early Maternal Alcohol Consumption Alters Hippocampal DNA Methylation, Gene Expression and Volume in a Mouse Model" is top 10% most-cited PLOS ONE papers of 2015!
18.10.2018 First PhD thesis from our lab is out! MSc Heidi Marjonen succesfully defended her doctoral dissertation "Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the epigenome, gene expression and development". The opponent was Dr Miguel Constância from the University of Cambridge (UK) and the custos was Professor Päivi Peltomäki from the University of Helsinki.
18.6.2018 Novel information about the effects of in vitro fertilization on embryonic growth
19.4.2017 Our publication Marjonen et al. "rs10732516 polymorphism at the IGF2/H19 locus associates with a genotype-specific trend in placental DNA methylation and head circumference of prenatally alcohol-exposed newborns" was chosen as the “Substance abuse publication of the year” by The Finnish Society for Alcohol and Drug Research
5.10.2017 Our study Marjonen et al. "rs10732516 polymorphism at the IGF2/H19 locus associates with a genotype-specific trend in placental DNA methylation and head circumference of prenatally alcohol-exposed newborns" was chosen to "Best of 2017" list of ESHRE publications
5.10.2017 A candidate genetic factor for the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure has been found