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An accomplished researcher with a PhD in Molecular Plant Biology from the University of Turku, I have a strong foundation in photosynthesis research, specializing in both plant and sea slug biology. My academic journey began with a bachelor’s in physiology and genetics, followed by extensive hands-on experience as a research assistant and instrument technician. I developed expertise in biophysical tools such as chlorophyll fluorescence, P700 oxidation, and oxygen measurement techniques, applied across studies on plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. My PhD research, supported by multiple grants, focused on photoprotection mechanisms in photosynthetic sea slugs and resulted in several first-author publications that contributed new insights into chloroplast functionality under high light stress. Since 2022, I have worked as a postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Sónia Cruz, exploring how kleptoplasts in sea slugs remain functional without algal nuclear support. This multidisciplinary background, combined with a diverse portfolio of publications, underscores my dedication to advancing photosynthesis research across different organisms.
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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Vesa Tapio Havurinne
Data de nascimento
1986/09/08

Nomes de citação

  • Havurinne, Vesa

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
3713-AF9E-E0AB
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5213-0905

Moradas

  • DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGIA, UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO. Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Profissional)

Websites

  • https://mplab-kleptoslug.com/vesa-havurinne/ (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biofísica
  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Fitologia
  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biologia Molecular

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Finlandês (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2015/06/01 - 2022/03/31
Concluído
 Molecular plant biology (Postgraduate Certificate)
Turun yliopisto Biokemian laitos, Finlândia
" Photoprotection and Genetic Autonomy of Plastids in Photosynthetic Sea Slugs" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2015/04/30
Concluído
 Molecular plant biology and bioenergetics (Maisteri)
Especialização em Molecular plant biology
Turun yliopisto Biokemian laitos, Finlândia
"Photoinhibition in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2014/01/31
Concluído
 Biology (Bachelor)
Especialização em Physiology and genetics
Turun yliopisto Biologian laitos, Finlândia
"Kleptoplastic sea slug Elysia chlorotica" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2022/08/01 - Atual Pós-doutorado (Investigação) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2015/06/18 - 2022/03/31 Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) Turun yliopisto, Finlândia
Turun yliopisto Biokemian laitos, Finlândia
2011/05/01 - 2014/12/31 Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação) Turun yliopisto Biokemian laitos, Finlândia
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2016/06/01 - 2022/03/31 Factors underpinning the longevity of chloroplasts in photosynthetic sea slugs
N/A
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Turun yliopisto Biokemian laitos, Finlândia
 Turun yliopisto

Suomen Kulttuurirahasto

Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia

Turun Yliopistosäätiö

Koneen Säätiö
Concluído
2015/06/18 - 2016/05/31 Elucidating the mechanisms of dynamic photoinhibition
00150207
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Turun yliopisto Biokemian laitos, Finlândia
 Suomen Kulttuurirahasto
Concluído

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2022/08/01 - Atual KleptoSlug - Kleptoplasty: The sea slug that got away with stolen chloroplasts
ERC-2020-STG/949880
Investigador Pós-doutorado
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 European Research Council
Em curso
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Luca Morelli; Vesa Havurinne; Diana Madeira; Patrícia Martins; Paulo Cartaxana; Sónia Cruz. "Photoprotective mechanisms in Elysia species hosting Acetabularia chloroplasts shed light on host-donor compatibility in photosynthetic sea slugs". Physiologia Plantarum (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppl.14273.
    10.1111/ppl.14273
  2. Cartaxana, P.; Luca Morelli; Elena Cassin; Vesa Havurinne; Miguel Cabral; Sonia Cruz. "Prey species and abundance affect growth and photosynthetic performance of the polyphagous sea slugElysia crispata". Royal Society Open Science (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230810.
    10.1098/rsos.230810
  3. MATTILA, H.; HAVURINNE, V.; ANTAL, T.; TYYSTJÄRVI, E.. "Evaluation of visible-light wavelengths that reduce or oxidize the plastoquinone pool in green algae with the activated F0 rise method". Photosynthetica 60 4 (2022): 529-538. http://dx.doi.org/10.32615/ps.2022.049.
    10.32615/ps.2022.049
  4. MATTILA, H.; VALEV, D.; MISHRA, K.B.; HAVURINNE, V.; VIRTANEN, O.; ANTINLUOMA, M.; TYYSTJÄRVI, E.. "Differences in susceptibility to photoinhibition do not determine growth rate under moderate light in batch or turbidostat - a study with five green algae". Photosynthetica 60 SPECIAL IS (2022): 10-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.32615/ps.2021.054.
    10.32615/ps.2021.054
  5. Vesa Havurinne; Riina Aitokari; Heta Mattila; Ville Käpylä; Esa Tyystjärvi. "Ultraviolet screening by slug tissue and tight packing of plastids protect photosynthetic sea slugs from photoinhibition". Photosynthesis Research 152 3 (2021): 373-387. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs11120-021-00883-7.
    10.1007/s11120-021-00883-7
  6. Vesa Havurinne; Maria Handrich; Mikko Antinluoma; Sergey Khorobrykh; Sven B Gould; Esa Tyystjärvi; Nick Smirnoff. "Genetic autonomy and low singlet oxygen yield support kleptoplast functionality in photosynthetic sea slugs". Journal of Experimental Botany 72 15 (2021): 5553-5568. https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjxb%2Ferab216.
    10.1093/jxb/erab216
  7. Vesa Havurinne; Esa Tyystjärvi. "Photosynthetic sea slugs induce protective changes to the light reactions of the chloroplasts they steal from algae". eLife 9 (2020): https://doi.org/10.7554%2Felife.57389.
    10.7554/elife.57389
  8. Mattila H; Khorobrykh S; Hakala-Yatkin M; Havurinne V; Kuusisto I; Antal T; Tyystjärvi T; Tyystjärvi E. "Action spectrum of the redox state of the plastoquinone pool defines its function in plant acclimation.". The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology (2020): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32889743.
    10.1111/tpj.14983
  9. Sergey Khorobrykh; Vesa Havurinne; Heta Mattila; Esa Tyystjärvi. "Oxygen and ROS in Photosynthesis". Plants 9 1 (2020): 91-91. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fplants9010091.
    10.3390/plants9010091
  10. Havurinne, V.; Mattila, H.; Antinluoma, M.; Tyystjärvi, E.. "Unresolved quenching mechanisms of chlorophyll fluorescence may invalidate MT saturating pulse analyses of photosynthetic electron transfer in microalgae". Physiologia Plantarum 166 1 (2019): 365-379. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85054195313&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/ppl.12829
  11. Antonacci, A.; Lambreva, M.D.; Margonelli, A.; Sobolev, A.P.; Pastorelli, S.; Bertalan, I.; Johanningmeier, U.; et al. "Photosystem-II D1 protein mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in relation to metabolic rewiring and remodelling of H-bond network at QB site". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85054294312&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-018-33146-y
  12. Mattila, H.; Valev, D.; Havurinne, V.; Khorobrykh, S.; Virtanen, O.; Antinluoma, M.; Mishra, K.B.; Tyystjärvi, E.. "Degradation of chlorophyll and synthesis of flavonols during autumn senescence-the story told by individual leaves". AoB PLANTS 10 3 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85055542117&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/aobpla/ply028
  13. Havurinne, V.; Tyystjärvi, E.. "Action spectrum of photoinhibition in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum". Plant and Cell Physiology 58 12 (2017): 2217-2225. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044339182&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/pcp/pcx156
  14. Soitamo, A.; Havurinne, V.; Tyystjärvi, E.. "Photoinhibition in marine picocyanobacteria". Physiologia Plantarum 161 1 (2017): 97-108. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019954111&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/ppl.12571
  15. Mattila, H.; Khorobrykh, S.; Havurinne, V.; Tyystjärvi, E.. "Reactive oxygen species: Reactions and detection from photosynthetic tissues". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 152 (2015): 176-214. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84947750909&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.10.001
Tese / Dissertação
  1. "Photoprotection and genetic autonomy of plastids in photosynthetic sea slugs". Doutoramento, Turun yliopisto, 2022. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-8798-6.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2024/08/05 Chloroplast sphericity as means to long-term photosynthesis in solar-powered sea slugs 90th annual meeting of the American Malacological Society
(Los Angeles, Estados Unidos)
2024/06/24 State transitions in ulvophytes: loss through evolution and theft 2nd European Congress for Photosynthesis Research & ePS Young
(Padova, Itália)
2023/07/04 Photoinhibition Atlas of photosynthetic sea slugs New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists
(Singapore, Singapura)
2023/06/20 Photoinhibition Atlas of photosynthetic sea slugs Nordic Photosynthesis Congress and Nordic Algae Symposium
(Umeå, Suécia)
2019/05/22 Photosynthetic sea slugs: insights from P700 oxidation kinetics in Elysia timida The 14th Nordic Photosynthesis Congress (NPC-14)
(Turku, Finlândia)
2018/06/24 Intrinsic traits of the chloroplasts of photosynthetic sea slugs 1st European Congress on Photosynthesis Research (ePS-1) and ePS-1 Young
(Uppsala, Suécia)
2017/10/18 Presentation about photosynthetic sea slugs and the life of a researcher to high school students in Parainen, Finland
(Parainen, Finlândia)
2017/08/23 Photosynthetic sea slugs Erasmus summer school “Deep history of everything”
(Piikkiö, Finlândia)
2017/08/16 Intrinsic traits of the chloroplasts of photosynthetic sea slugs Nordic Plant Biology days 2017, 27th SPPS congress
(Naantali, Finlândia)
2015/04/24 Action spectrum of photoinhibition in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Aquafeed workshop - Metabolic Innovations and Novel Materials for Biofuels
(Uppsala, Suécia)

Orientação

Título / Tema
Papel desempenhado 		Curso (Tipo)
Instituição / Organização
2024/02/12 - 2024/05/24 Quantifying ROS formation from photosynthesis in E. timida and E. crispata by optimizing DCF staining
Coorientador
 Bachelor's thesis project (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Thomas More, Bélgica
2023/10/01 - 2023/10/31 The study of phosphate importation into the kleptoplasts of Sacoglossan sea slugs and its importance to photosynthesis
Orientador
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/03/01 - 2023/07/31 State transitions in photosynthetic sea slugs and their prey algae
Orientador
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Nantes Université, França
2020/06/01 - 2021/08/31 Action spectrum of photoinhibition in the sea slug Elysia timida and its prey alga
Orientador
Turun yliopisto, Finlândia
2019/08/01 - 2019/09/09 Light response of photoinhibition in the sea slug Elysia timida and its prey alga
Orientador
Turun yliopisto, Finlândia
2018/01/01 - 2018/09/21 Light-induced oxidative damage in yellow-green algae Vaucheria litorea
Coorientador
 Molecular plant biology (Mestrado)
Turun yliopisto Biokemian laitos, Finlândia

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento 		Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2019/11/06 - 2019/11/08 Poster presentation; title "Fast kinetics of PSI and PSII in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia timida"
Conferência
 Plants in a Changing World – Integration of Photosynthesis, Adaptation and Development
2016/08/07 - 2016/08/12 Poster presentation; title "Action spectrum of photoinhibition in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum"
Congresso
 17th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research
2016/05/25 - 2016/05/26 Poster presentation; title "Action spectrum of photoinhibition in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum"
Conferência
 Kasvitieteen päivät
2015/10/07 - 2015/10/09 Poster presentation; title "Photoinhibition of Photosystem II: From cyanobacteria to photosynthetic sea slugs"
Conferência
 Phototech 2015 Towards a photosynthesis-biobased economy

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

Disciplina Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
2018/03/01 - 2018/05/31 Biophysics of photosynthesis course. Preparing and teaching the practical work on flash O2 evolution and EPR Biophysics of photosynthesis (Master) Turun yliopisto Biokemian laitos, Finlândia
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 Plant biotechnology course. Preparing and teaching the practical lab work on biolistic transformation (Bachelor) Turun yliopisto Biokemian laitos, Finlândia

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

Descrição da atividade Jornal / Forum
2022/03/11 Viherhiukkasia varastava merietana yhteyttää kuin kasvi - lajien tutkimus voi vastata jopa elämän kehityksen suuriin kysymyksiin YLE (Finnish Broadcasting Company)

Entrevista / Programa (rádio / tv)

Programa Tema
2020/12/01 - 2020/12/01 eLife podcast The secrets of photosynthetic sea slugs

Outro júri / avaliação

Descrição da atividade Instituição / Organização
2024/06/20 - 2024/06/20 A member of the evaluation committee for a students (Lucas Vaes) bachelor's thesis. Thomas More, Bélgica

Revisão ad hoc de artigos em revista

Nome da revista (ISSN) Editora
2024/11/25 - 2024/12/09 Physiologia Plantarum (1399-3054) Wiley
2023/12/07 - 2023/12/12 Photosynthesis Research (1573-5079) Springer Nature
2023/08/24 - 2023/09/19 Journal of the Royal Society Interface (1742-5662) The Royal Society
2021/12/20 - 2022/03/28 Journal of Experimental Botany (1460-2431) Oxford University Press
2020/10/23 - 2020/11/20 Plants (2223-7747) MDPI
2020/02/18 - 2020/05/18 Plants (2223-7747) MDPI
Distinções

Prémio

2023 Best oral presentation in Nordic Photosynthesis Congress and Nordic Algae Symposium
2017 Best poster award in Plant Biology Scandinavia 2017 - 27th SPPS Congress
2016 Best poster award in Kasvitieteen päivät conference