Juan Cruz Landoni, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher in biophysics/biomedicine, chemist by training and mitochondria enthusiast, interested in all things science, health and outreach. Currently working in the Laboratory of Exprimental Biophysics at EPFL, dissecting mitochondrial behaviour and genetics with superresolution imaging techniques.
Work Experience
2022 - present
Postdoctoral Researcher
Laboratory of Experimental Biophysics (website)
EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
School of Basic Sciences - Institute of Physics
2019 - 2022
Doctoral Candidate
Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara lab (website)
Mitochondrial Medicine | University of Helsinki
Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Programme
2015 - 2016
MyScience online magazine | LUMA Education Centre Finland
Editor in Chief
2014 - 2019
Undergraduate Student
ASW lab | Research Programme for Molecular Neurology
University of Helsinki, Finland
Volunteer Work
2019 - Present 🇫🇮
STEMM Seminar Series Organiser
Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Programme
University of Helsinki
2011 - 2018 🇦🇷
Intercultural Education Mentor and Trainer
AFS Intercultural Programmes
Argentina & Uruguay
2013 & 2017 🇦🇷🇵🇹
Coordinator and
Mentor
Iberoamerican Biology Olympiad
Argentina &Â Portugal
2015 - 2017 🇫🇮
Board Member
Member of the Board, international representative and tutoring coordinator in Helsingin Yliopisto Kemistit ry (Chemistry Student Organisation at the University of Helsinki)
2014 🇫🇮
Mentor & Guide
Millennium Youth Camp
by LUMA Education Centre Finland, Technology Academy Finland & Aalto University
Education
2017 - 2019 🇫🇮
Master of Science in
Translational Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
University of Helsinki, Finland
2014 - 2017 🇫🇮
Bachelor of Science in
Chemistry
Faculty of Science
University of Helsinki, Finland
2010 - 2011 🇫🇷
Intercultural Exchange in France
Lycée Jeanne D'Arc
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Languages
English
Full Proficiency
Spanish
Native
French
Bilingual
Portuguese
Competent
Awards and Funding
Sohlberg Foundation Grant
2021 | 8 000 €
Grant for PhD project materials from Päivikki ja Sakari Sohlbergin säätiö
Maud Kuistila Foundation Grant
2020 | 5 000 €
Stipend for PhD projects
Kordelin Foundation Grant
2020 | 12 000 €
Granted for a research visit to Nunnari lab in UC Davis, California, United States.
Top 10 University of Helsinki Funds (PhD)
2019 | ~140 000 €
Doctoral project application chosen among the 10 best applications across all subjects by the University of Helsinki Funds in 2019 (4 years)
Funded PhD Position (Integ. Life Sciences)
2019 | ~140 000 €
4-year funded PhD position.
[declined due to acceptance of different position]
Orion Foundation Grant
2019 | 5 000 €
Stipend from Orion Research Foundation to support PhD projects.
Funded PhD Position (Biomedicine)
2019 | ~140 000 €
4-year funded PhD position.
[declined due to acceptance of different position]
Best Poster Award
2016 |Â 1 000 $
FASEB Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and One-Carbon Metabolism Conference, CO, USA.
Millennium Youth Camp
2013
Highly competitive scholarship from Technology Academy Finland, Education Centre Finland LUMA and Aalto University
Balseiro Scholarship
2012
Internship at the Balseiro Institute and Bariloche Atomic Center, prestigious research center in Physics and Nuclear Engineering.
Highlighted Conference Presentations
Oral presentation & poster
The Consequences of Increased mtDNA Replication: From
Premature Ageing to Neonatal Disease
🇺🇸 Keystone eSymposia - Metabolic Decisions in Development
and Disease
Virtual, USA (2021)
Poster Presentation
A unifying mechanism for mitochondrial and DNA-repair progerias:
Nuclear dsDNA breaks
🇩🇪 EMBO|EMBL Seeing is Believing: Imaging the Molecular Processes of Life
Heidelberg, Germany (2019)
Poster presentation
Complex regulatory locus drives POLG expression to
disease-related CNS regions
🇸🇪 EMBO Molecular Biology of Mitochondrial gene expression
Svartsjö, Sweden (2018)
Oral presentation & poster
A Genomic Non-Coding Complex Regulates Mitochondrial DNA Maintenance in CNS
🇮🇹 EMBO|FEBS Mitochondria in Life, Death and Disease
Bari, Italy (2017)
Invited attendance
🇳🇱 ENMC International Workshop on Treatment of mtDNA Maintenance Disorders
Amsterdam, Netherlands (2017)
Oral Presentation
New Insights into Creatine Transport and Metabolism
🇫🇮 Centre of Excellence in Mitochondria, Metabolism and Disease meeting
Tampere, Finland (2017)
Oral presentation & poster
Mitochondrial DNA replication disorders remodel one-carbon metabolism
🇺🇸 FASEB Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and One-Carbon Metabolism conference
Steamboat Springs (2016)