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LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. WĄSIK WORK

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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Finland 2017-2019
Postdoctoral Researcher, Helmholtz Zentrum, CPC, Germany 2016-2017
Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Germany 2015-2016
Post-graduate Researcher, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Finland 2008-2014
Research Assistant, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland 2007-2008
Apprentice, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland 2006
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Mattner FA, Zeng Z, Mayr CH, Ansari M, Wei X, Asgharpour S, Wasik AA , Kneidinger N, Stoleriu MG, Behr J, Polleux J, Yildirim AÖ, Burgstaller G, Mann M, Schiller HB. Phosphoproteomics of cellular mechanosensing reveals NFATC4 as a regulator of myofibroblast activity. BioRxiv. 2023. doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.13.528335.

Wasik AA and Tuuminen T. Salt therapy as a complementary method for the treatment of respiratory tract diseases, with a focus on mold-related illness. Altern Ther Health Med. 2021;27(S1):223-239.

Révész C, Wasik AA , Godó M, Tod P, Lehtonen S, Szénási G, Hamar P. Cold saline perfusion before ischemia-reperfusion is harmful to the kidney and is associated with the loss of ezrin, a cytoskeletal protein, in rats. Biomedicines. 2021;9(1):E30.

Wasik AA , Dash SN, Lehtonen S. Septins in kidney: A territory little explored. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, NJ). 2018,10.1002/cm.21477

Wasik AA , Lehtonen S. Glucose Transporters in Diabetic Kidney Disease-Friends or Foes? Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2018;9:155.

Wasik AA , Schiller HB. Functional proteomics of cellular mechanosensing mechanisms. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 2017;71:118-28.

Wasik AA , Dumont V, Tienari J, Nyman TA, Fogarty CL, Forsblom C, Lehto M, Lehtonen E, Groop PH, Lehtonen S. Septin 7 reduces nonmuscle myosin IIA activity in the SNAP23 complex and hinders GLUT4 storage vesicle docking and fusion. Experimental Cell Research. 2017;350(2):336-48.

Sun Z, Tseng HY, Tan S, Senger F, Kurzawa L, Dedden D, Mizuno N, Wasik AA , Thery M, Dunn AR, Fässler R. Kank2 activates talin, reduces force transduction across integrins and induces central adhesion formation. Nature Cell Biology. 2016;18(9):941-53.

Kuusela S, Wang H, Wasik AA , Suleiman H, Lehtonen S. Tankyrase inhibition aggravates kidney injury in the absence of CD2AP. Cell Death & Disease. 2016;7:e2302.

Wasik AA . Molecular mechanisms regulating glucose uptake into podocytes: the roles of ezrin, septin 7 and nonmuscle myosin IIA. Helsinki: University of Helsinki. 2014; 117 p.

Wasik AA , Koskelainen S, Hyvonen ME, Musante L, Lehtonen E, Koskenniemi K, Tienari J, Vaheri A, Kerjaschki D, Szala C, Révész C, Varmanen P, Nyman TA, Hamar P, Holthöfer H, Lehtonen S. Ezrin is down-regulated in diabetic kidney glomeruli and regulates actin reorganization and glucose uptake via GLUT1 in cultured podocytes. The American Journal of Pathology. 2014;184(6):1727-39.

Dash SN, Lehtonen E, Wasik AA , Schepis A, Paavola J, Panula P, Nelson WJ, Lehtonen S. Sept7b is essential for pronephric function and development of left-right asymmetry in zebrafish embryogenesis. Journal of Cell Science. 2014;127(Pt 7):1476-86.

Wasik AA , Polianskyte-Prause Z, Dong MQ, Shaw AS, Yates JR, 3rd, Farquhar MG, Lehtonen S. Septin 7 forms a complex with CD2AP and nephrin and regulates glucose transporter trafficking. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2012;23(17):3370-9.

Hyvonen ME, Saurus P, Wasik A , Heikkila E, Havana M, Trokovic R, Saleem M, Holthöfer H, Lehtonen S. Lipid phosphatase SHIP2 downregulates insulin signalling in podocytes. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 2010;328(1-2):70-9.

Nawrot U, Wlodarczyk K, Wrobel M, Wasik A , Dobosz T. Comparison of the utility of five commercial kits for extraction of DNA from Aspergillus fumigatus spores. Acta Biochimica Polonica, 2010;57(4):567-71.
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The National Institute of Herbal Medicine, Great Britain 2023
Cell Adhesion Meeting, Mallorca, Spain 2015
The Cell Biology Club, Helsinki, Finland 2014
Scandinavian Society for the Study of Diabetes, Espoo, Finland 2013
The Finnish Diabetic Nephropathy Study, Helsinki, Finland 2013
American Society of Nephrology, Atlanta, GA, USA 2013
The Finnish Diabetic Nephropathy Study, Helsinki, Finland 2012
American Society of Nephrology, San Diego, CA, USA 2012
American Society of Nephrology, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2011
American Society of Nephrology, Denver, CO, USA 2010
Predictive diagnostics for diabetic nephropathy, Helsinki, Finland 2009
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Mold illness - natural healing approaches, TerveysSummit, Finland 2023
Mast cell activation syndrome – natural approach to heal, TerveysSummit, Finland 2022
Environmental toxins and their impact on our health, Studio VTV, Poland 2021
Mast cells disorders – signs, causes, natural healing, Studio VTV, Poland 2021
Chronic fatigue syndrome, Studio VTV, Poland 2021
Depression - signs and causative factors, Studio VTV, Poland 2021
Histamine intolerance, Studio VTV, Poland 2021
Autoimmune diseases, Studio VTV, Poland 2021
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Secondary supervisor for Ph.D. student, University of Helsinki, Finland 2018-2019
Teacher at the “Protein Interaction Biochemistry. Proximity Ligation Assay” practical course, University of Helsinki, Finland 2018
Primary supervisor for M.Sc. Student, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Germany 2017
Teacher at the “Protein Interaction Biochemistry Immunoprecipitation” practical course, University of Helsinki, Finland 2014
Teacher at the “Protein Interaction Biochemistry. GST-fusion protein purification and pull-down assay” practical course, University of Helsinki, Finland 2012
Secondary supervisor for technician student, University of Helsinki, Finland 2012
Secondary supervisor for technician student, University of Helsinki, Finland 2012

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