Kaisa Selesniemi, PhD

Research Fellow

Education and Training
Wright State University (Ohio), BS 2000, Biology
Wright State University (Ohio), PhD 2005, Biomedical Sciences

Positions and Honors
Positions and Employment
2005: Co-instructor, Mechanisms of Cell Death, Wright State University
2005 - present: Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Professional Memberships:
2004-2005: Trainee Member, Society for the Study of Reproduction

Honors:
1998 - 1999: GTE, 2nd Team Academic All American, Wright State University
1998 - 1999: Female Scholar Athlete, Wright State University
2000: Summa Cum Laude, Wright State University
2002: Outstanding BMS Graduate Student Award

Selected peer-reviewed publications

1) Reedy MA, Selesniemi KL, Smith AN, Gultice A, Brown TL. TGF-b Induces Placental Differentiation. International Symposium on Cell Volume and Signal Transduction, Dayton, Ohio, USA. Kluwer Publishing. Ed. PK. Lauf.

2) Selesniemi KL, Reedy MA, Gultice AD, Brown TL. Identification of Committed Placental Stem cell lines for Studies of Differentiation. Stem Cells Dev. 2005 Oct;14(5):535-47.

3) Selesniemi K, Reedy M, Gultice A, Guilbert LJ, Brown TL. Transforming growth factor-beta induces differentiation of the labyrinthine trophoblast stem cell line SM10. Stem Cells Dev. 2005 Dec;14(6):697-711.

4) Gultice AD, Selesniemi KL, Brown TL. Hypoxia Inhibits Differentiation of Lineage-Specific Rcho-1 Trophoblast Giant Cells. Biol Reprod. 2006 Feb 15 (Electronic publication ahead of print)