JAAKKO POHJOISMäKI

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RESEARCH GROUPS - UEF

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  CROSSHARES consortium - hare research
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  Mitochondrial biology

PROJECTS - UEF

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  Asiloidea of Finland -book project

Publications

• Goffart, S; Tikkanen, P; Michell, C; Wilson, T; Pohjoismäki, JLO. 2021. The Type and Source of Reactive Oxygen Species Influences the Outcome of Oxidative Stress in Cultured Cells Cells 10 5: 1075. 2021
• Pohjoismäki, Jaakko; Bergström, Christer. 2021. Review of the Nordic Gymnocheta Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) with report of two species new to Europe Zookeys 1053: 145-184. 2021
• Lehikoinen, Aleksi; Pohjola, Pekka; Valkama, Jari; Mutanen, Marko; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko LO. 2021. Promiscuous specialists: Host specificity patterns among generalist louse flies PLoS ONE 16 5: e0247698. 2021
• Pohjoismäki, Jaakko. 2021. Unexpected discovery of Sarcophaga (Helicophagella) inopinata (Rohdendorf) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from Finland Dipterists Digest 28 1: 118-120. 2021
• Pohjoismäki, Jaakko LO; Michell, Craig; Levänen, Riikka; Smith, Steve. 2021. Hybridization with mountain hares increases the functional allelic repertoire in brown hares Scientific reports 11 1: 15771. 2021
• Lampi, Sara; Donner, Jonas; Anderson, Heidi; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko. 2020. Variation in breeding practices and geographic isolation drive subpopulation differentiation, contributing to the loss of genetic diversity within dog breed lineages Canine Medicine and Genetics 7: 5. 2020
• Lee, Kyung Min; Zeegers, Theo; Mutanen, Marko; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko. 2020. The thin red line between species - genomic differentiation of Gymnosoma Meigen, a taxonomically challenging genus of parasitoid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) Systematic entomology 2021; 46 1: 96-110. 2020
• Whitmore, Daniel; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko. 2020. Sphenometopa claripennis (Villeneuve) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) new to Greece, from the island of Crete Dipterists Digest 27 1: 119-120. 2020
• Levänen, Riikka; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko LO; Kunnasranta, Mervi. 2019. Home ranges of semi-urban brown hares (Lepus europaeus) and mountain hares (Lepus timidus) at northern latitudes Annales zoologici Fennici 56: 107-120. 2019
• Pohjoismäki, Jaakko; Haarto, Antti. 2019. First records of Helina pulchella (Ringdahl) (Diptera, Muscidae) from Finland and notes on the biology of the species Dipterists Digest 26: 111-115. 2019
• Rodríguez, Antonio; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko LO; Kouki, Jari. 2019. Diversity of forest management promotes parasitoid functional diversity in boreal forests Biological conservation 238: 108205. 2019
• Torregrosa-Muñumer, R; Hangas, A; Goffart, S; Blei, D; Zsurka, G; Griffith, J; Kunz ,WS; Pohjoismäki, JLO. 2019. Replication fork rescue in mammalian mitochondria Scientific reports 9 1: 8785. 2019
• Goffart, S; Hangas, A; Pohjoismäki, JLO. 2019. Twist and Turn - Topoisomerase Functions in Mitochondrial DNA Maintenance International journal of molecular sciences 20 8: 2041. 2019
• Pohjoismäki, Jaakko LO; Forslund, Josefin ME; Goffart, Steffi; Torregrosa-Muñumer, Ruben; Wanrooij, Sjoerd. 2018. Known Unknowns of Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA Maintenance BIOESSAYS 40 9: 1800102. 2018
• Pohjoismäki, Jaakko LO; Lampi, Sara; Donner, Jonas; Anderson, Heidi. 2018. Origins and wanderings of the Finnish hunting spitzes PLoS ONE 13 6: e0199992. 2018
• Levänen, R; Kunnasranta, M; Pohjoismäki, J. 2018. Mitochondrial DNA introgression at the northern edge of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) range. ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI 55: 15-24. 2018
• Peralta, Susana; Goffart, Steffi; Williams, Sion L; Diaz, Francisca; Garcia, Sofia; Nissanka, Nadee; Area-Gomez, Estela; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko; Moraes, Carlos T. 2018. ATAD3 controls mitochondrial cristae structure, influencing mtDNA replication and cholesterol levels in muscle JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE 131: jcs217075. 2018
• Levänen, R; Thulin, CG; Spong, G; Pohjoismäki, JLO. 2018. Widespread introgression of mountain hare genes into Fennoscandian brown hare populations. PLOS ONE 13 1: e0191790. 2018
• Herbers, Elena; Kekäläinen, Nina J; Hangas, Anu; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko L; Goffart, Steffi. 2018. Tissue specific differences in mitochondrial DNA maintenance and expression Mitochondrion 2019; 44: 85-92. 2018
• Hangas, Anu; Aasumets, Koit; Kekäläinen, Nina J; Paloheinä, Mika; Pohjoismäki, Jaakko L; Gerhold, Joachim M; Goffart, Steffi. 2018. Ciprofloxacin impairs mitochondrial DNA replication initiation through inhibition of Topoisomerase 2 NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH 46 18: 9625-9636. 2018
• Inclán DJ, O'Hara JE, Stireman JO, Shima H, Pohjoismäki J, Lo Giudice G, Cerretti P. 2017. The monophyly of the Glaurocarini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Tachininae) with the description of a new species of Semisuturia from Australia. Insect Systematics & Evolution 2018; 49 1: 1-22. 2017
• Kumpulainen M, Anderson H, Svevar T, Kangasvuo I, Donner J, Pohjoismäki J. 2017. Founder representation and effective population size in old versus young breeds-genetic diversity of Finnish and Nordic Spitz. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS 134 5: 422-433. 2017
• Pohjoismäki Jaakko L, Goffart Steffi. 2017. The role of mitochondria in cardiac development and protection. FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE 106: 345-354. 2017
• Torregrosa-Muñumera Rubén, Forslund Josefin ME, Goffarta Steffi, Pfeiffer Annika, Stojkovic Gorazd, Carvalho Gustavo, Al-Furoukh Natalie, Blanco Luis, Wanrooij Sjoerd, Pohjoismäki Jaakko LO. 2017. PrimPol is required for replication reinitiation after mtDNA damage. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 114 43: 11398-11403. 2017
• Pohjoismäki JL, Kahanpää J, Mutanen M. 2016. DNA barcodes for the northern European tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae). PLOS ONE 11 11: e0164933. 2016
• Wirta H, Várkonyi G, Rasmussen C, Kaartinen R, Schmidt NM, Hebert PD, Barták M, Blagoev G, Disney H, Ertl S, Gjelstrup P, Gwiazdowicz DJ, Huldén L, Ilmonen J, Jakovlev J, Jaschhof M, Kahanpää J, Kankaanpää T, Krogh PH, Labbee R et al. 2015. Establishing a community-wide DNA barcode library as a new tool for arctic research. Molecular Ecology Resources [epub ahead of print 2015 Nov 25]: -. 2015
• Torregrosa-Muñumer Ruben, Goffart Steffi, Haikonen Juha A, Pohjoismäki Jaakko LO. 2015. Low doses of ultraviolet radiation and oxidative damage induce dramatic accumulation of mitochondrial DNA replication intermediates, fork regression, and replication initiation shift. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL (BETHESDA MD) 26 23: 4197-4208. 2015
• Pohjoismäki Jaakko, Haarto Antti. 2015. Linnaemya bergstroemi n. sp. (Diptera: Tachinidae) - a new parasitoid fly from the Finnish Lapland. Zootaxa 4059 3: 581-597. 2015
• Pohjoismäki Jaakko, Kahanpää Jere. 2014. Checklist of the superfamilies Oestroidea and Hippoboscoidea of Finland (Insecta, Diptera). ZooKeys 441: 383-408. 2014
• Pohjoismäki JL, Krüger M, Al-Furoukh N, Lagerstedt A, Karhunen PJ, Braun T. 2013. Postnatal cardiomyocyte growth and mitochondrial reorganization cause multiple changes in the proteome of human cardiomyocytes. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 9 6: 1210-9.. 2013
• Pohjoismäki JL, Williams SL, Boettger T, Goffart S, Kim J, Suomalainen A, Moraes CT, Braun T. 2013. Overexpression of Twinkle-helicase protects cardiomyocytes from genotoxic stress caused by reactive oxygen species. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [Epub ahead of print]: x-x. 2013
• Pohjoismäki JL, Boettger T, Liu Z, Goffart S, Szibor M, Braun T. 2012. Oxidative stress during mitochondrial biogenesis compromises mtDNA integrity in growing hearts and induces a global DNA repair response. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH 40 14: 6595-607. 2012
• Taylor J, Rintisch C, Stefanovic S, Pohjoismäki J L O, Blanpain C, Gerhardt H, Adams R H. 2012. Cardiovascular Research Funding: European Molecular Biology Organization Awards.. CIRCULATION 125: F79-F83. 2012
• Pohjoismäki, J.L.O.. 2011. Correspondence regarding the article ¿Impaired Mitochondrial Biogenesis Precedes Heart Failure in Right Ventricular Hypertrophy in Congenital Heart Disease¿ CIRCULATION. HEART FAILURE 5: e15. 2011
• Pohjoismäki JL. 2011. Preliminary comparison of tachinid species assemblages in three different open habitats in south-central Finland.. Tachinid Times 24: 3-7. 2011
• Pohjoismäki JL, Goffart S. 2011. Of circles, forks and humanity: Topological organisation and replication of mammalian mitochondrial DNA.. BIOESSAYS 33 4: 290-9. 2011
• Pohjoismäki JL, Goffart S, Spelbrink JN.. 2011. Replication stalling by catalytically impaired Twinkle induces mitochondrial DNA rearrangements in cultured cells.. Mitochondrion 11 4: 630-4. 2011
• Hyvärinen, A.K., Pohjoismäki, J.L.O., Holt, I.J. & Jacobs, H.T.. 2011. Overexpression of MTERFD1 or MTERFD3 impairs the completion of mitochondrial DNA replication. Molecular Biology Reports 38 2: 1321-8. 2011
• Holmes, J.B., Pohjoismäki, J.L.O., Yang, M.-Y., et al.. 2010. Analysis of extensive RNA/DNA hybrids in the replicating mammalian mitochondrial genome. Mitochondrion 10 2: 225. 2010
• Pohjoismäki JL, Goffart S, Taylor RW, Turnbull DM, Suomalainen A, Jacobs HT, Karhunen PJ.. 2010. Developmental and pathological changes in the human cardiac muscle mitochondrial DNA organization, replication and copy number. PLOS ONE [ONLINE] 5 5: e10426. 2010
• Pohjoismäki JL, Holmes JB, Wood SR, Yang MY, Yasukawa T, Reyes A, Bailey LJ, Cluett TJ, Goffart S, Willcox S, Rigby RE, Jackson AP, Spelbrink JN, Griffith JD, Crouch RJ, Jacobs HT, Holt IJ.. 2010. Mammalian mitochondrial DNA replication intermediates are essentially duplex but contain extensive tracts of RNA/DNA hybrid. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 397 5: 1144-55. 2010
• Pohjoismäki, J.L.O., Karhunen, P.J., Goebeler, S., Saukko, P. & Sääksjärvi, I.E.. 2010. Indoors forensic entomology: colonization of human remains in closed environments by specific species of sarcosaprophagous flies. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL 199 1: 38-42. 2010
• Sääksjärvi, I.E., Pohjoismäki, J.L.O., Mäkinen, H., Palo, J.U., Saukko, P., Kahanpää, J., Karhunen, P.J., Kaartinen, R. & Sajantila A.. 2009. Hyönteiset oikeuslääkärin apuna SUOMEN LÄÄKÄRILEHTI 64 3: 169-174. 2009
• Pohjoismäki JL, Goffart S, Tyynismaa H, Willcox S, Ide T, Kang D, Suomalainen A, Karhunen PJ, Griffith JD, Holt IJ, Jacobs HT. 2009. Human heart mitochondrial DNA is organized in complex catenated networks containing abundant four-way junctions and replication forks. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 284 32: 21446-57. 2009
• Hyvärinen, A.K., Pohjoismäki, J.L.O.*., Reyes, A., Wanrooij, S., Yasukawa, T., Karhunen, P.J., Spelbrink, J.N., Holt, I.J. & Jacobs, H.T.. 2007. The mitochondrial transcription termination factor mTERF modulates replication pausing in human mitochondrial DNA. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH 35 19: 6458-74. 2007
• Wanrooij S, Goffart S, Pohjoismäki JL, Yasukawa T, Spelbrink JN.. 2007. Expression of catalytic mutants of the mtDNA helicase Twinkle and polymerase POLG causes distinct replication stalling phenotypes. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH 35 10: 3238-51. 2007
• Pohjoismäki JL, Wanrooij S, Hyvärinen AK, Goffart S, Holt IJ, Spelbrink JN, Jacobs HT. 2006. Alterations to the expression level of mitochondrial transcription factor A, TFAM, modify the mode of mitochondrial DNA replication in cultured human cells.. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH 34 20: 5815-28. 2006