Oxana
Denisova
Areas of expertise
Biography
Education and degrees completed
2014 PhD in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.
2007 MSc in Biology (Molecular Biology) (Hons.), Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Current position
09/2022 – to date Senior Postdoc, Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku & Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
Previous work experience
01/2015 – 07/2022 Postdoctoral Researcher, Novel targeted therapy for human malignant glioblastoma with Professor Jukka Westermarck, Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku & Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
06/2011 – 05/2014 PhD Researcher, Influenza virus-host interactions and their modulation by small molecules with Docent Denis Kainov, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
10/2008 – 06/2011 Junior Researcher, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Pushchino, Russia
09/2007 – 10/2008 Junior Researcher, Institute of Protein Research, Pushchino, Russia
09/2005 – 05/2007 Visiting Master student, Development of genomic approach for high-throughput analysis of CCWGG methylation with Professor Nicholas I. Matvienko, Molecular Biology Education Centre, Institute of Protein Research, Pushchino, Russia
Career breaks
05/2020 – 08/2021 Maternity leave
05/2016 – 08/2017 Maternity leave
Research
I am a PhD-trained scientist with over 15 years of research experience in molecular biology, cell signaling, and anticancer therapy development. My current research focuses on brain cancer vulnerabilities, with a particular focus on glioblastoma and pediatric medulloblastoma. I have extensive expertise in preclinical in vivo models.