Research Focus
Using molecular biology, super-resolution microscopy and smart imaging techniques, I want to dissect the complex behavior of the tiny intruders that live inside our cells, mitochondria, and how this affects their genetics, health and longevity of the cell and the organism as a whole.
Key Publications
Overactive mitochondrial DNA replication disrupts perinatal cardiac maturation
Landoni‡ et al. (2024) Nature Communications.
‡ co-corresponding author
Mitochondrial Structure, Dynamics, and Physiology: Light Microscopy to Disentangle the Network
Landoni et al. (2024) Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol.
Hämäläinen, Landoni et al. (2019) Nature Metabolism.
IMPDH2: a new gene associated with dominant juvenile-onset dystonia-tremor disorder
Kuukasjärvi*, Landoni* et al. (2021) Eur. J. Hum. Genet.
* co-first authors
Nikkanen, Landoni et al. (2018) EMBO Mol. Med.
Science Communication
Pintó Colaborar
Dato Encerrado Podcast
Guest in the popular science podcast Dato Encerrado (Spanish-speaking), talking about mitochondria, their evolution and how they impact everything we know, we think we know, and we have no idea.
Experience & Training
Postdoctoral Researcher
Laboratory of Experimental Biophysics
EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
Jul 2022 - Present
Lausanne, Switzerland
Research Facilitator - Physiology Course
Marine Biological Laboratory
Jun 2024 - Jul 2024
Woods Hole MA, USA
Lecturer | Mentor
International | Iberoamerican Biology Olympiads
Lecturer in Cell Biology & Molecular Biology - SBO 2023-2024 Biel, Switzerland
Mentor/Coordinator - OIAB 2017 Azores, Portugal
Mentor/Coordinator - OIAB 2013 Rio Cuarto, Argentina
Doctoral Researcher
Mitochondrial Medicine Lab, Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Programme, University of Helsinki
Jan 2019 - Jul 2022
Helsinki, Finland
Editor in Chief
LUMA Education Centre Finland - MyScience Magazine
Jan 2015 - Jan 2017
Helsinki, Finland
Intercultural education trainer | volunteer
AFS Intercultural Programs
Rio Cuarto, Argentina & Helsinki, Finland
Undergraduate Researcher
Molecular Neurology Department, University of Helsinki
Jan 2014 - Jan 2019
Helsinki, Finland
Education
2022 | Ph.D. in Integrative Life Sciences | Faculty of Medicine
2019 | M.Sc. in Translational Medicine | Faculty of Medicine
2017 | B.Sc. in Chemistry | Faculty of Science
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland