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\nLeena Latonen
\nPh.D., Docent in Cancer Biology
\nResearch Director in Translational Biomedicine
\nVice Director, Institute of Biomedicine
\nSchool of Medicine
\nUniversity of Eastern Finland
\nOffice: Snellmania 3246\/2
\nPostal address: PO BOX 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
\nTel: +358-50-5767822
\nE-mail: leena.latonen@uef.fi
\nLinkedIn profile<\/a>
\n<\/strong>(not active in Twitter anymore)<\/p>\n

ORCID: 0000-0003-4502-2193<\/a><\/strong>
\nGoogle Scholar<\/a>
\nPubMed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Training and degrees:<\/em>
\nTitle of Docent (Adj.prof.) in Cancer biology, University of Tampere, Finland, 2016
\nSpecial training in Disease Model Pathology, University of Helsinki, 2014
\nPh.D. (major: Cancer biology), University of Helsinki, Finland, 2003
\nM.Sc. (major: Cell Biology), University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, Finland, 1998<\/p>\n

Previous positions:<\/em>
\nK.Albin Johansson Senior Cancer Researcher, Finnish Cancer Institute, 2020-2023
\nUniversity researcher, University of Eastern Finland, 2018-2023
\nVisiting Scholar, University of California San Diego, USA, 2018
\nSenior research fellow, University of Tampere, Finland, 2016-2018
\nPostdoctoral fellow, Inst. of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, 2009-2015
\nPostdoctoral research fellow, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2003-2009
\nVisiting scientist, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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