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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Jukka Jernvall is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, authoring 59 publications in this domain. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Urology, and Geometry and Topology.

Their main research topics encompass:

  • Dental development and anomalies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Morphological variations and asymmetry
  • Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Jernvall has published papers in various scientific journals with frequent appearances in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Annales Zoologici Fennici, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications, and PLoS Computational Biology.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Reptile-like physiology in Early Jurassic stem-mammals, 2020, Nature Communications
  • System-level analyses of keystone genes required for mammalian tooth development, 2020, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution
  • Transcriptomic landscape of early hair follicle and epidermal development, 2023, Cell Reports
  • The effect of amoxicillin on dental enamel development in vivo, 2020, Brazilian Oral Research
  • Fragmented habitat compensates for the adverse effects of genetic bottleneck, 2023, Current Biology

Throughout their career, Jernvall has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Mona M. Christensen (13 joint publications), Rishi Das Roy (9), Mia Valtonen (8), Petri Auvinen (8), and Juha Laakkonen (8).

Jernvall holds membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Reiterative signaling and patterning during mammalian tooth morphogenesis.

    Jukka Jernvall;Irma Thesleff

  • The life history of an embryonic signaling center: BMP-4 induces p21 and is associated with apoptosis in the mouse tooth enamel knot.

    Jukka Jernvall;Thomas Åberg;Päivi Kettunen;Soile Keränen

  • Evidence for the role of the enamel knot as a control center in mammalian tooth cusp formation: non-dividing cells express growth stimulating Fgf-4 gene.

    J Jernvall;P Kettunen;I Karavanova;L B Martin

  • A gene network model accounting for development and evolution of mammalian teeth.

    Isaac Salazar-Ciudad;Jukka Jernvall

  • The enamel knot as a signaling center in the developing mouse tooth

    Anne Vaahtokari;Thomas Åberg;Jukka Jernvall;Soile Keränen

  • Predicting evolutionary patterns of mammalian teeth from development

    Kathryn D Kavanagh;Kathryn D Kavanagh;Alistair Robert Evans;Jukka Jernvall;Jukka Jernvall

  • Fossil mammals resolve regional patterns of Eurasian climate change over 20 million years

    Mikael Fortelius;Jussi Eronen;Jukka Jernvall;Liping Liu

  • Tooth shape formation and tooth renewal: evolving with the same signals

    Jukka Jernvall;Irma Thesleff

  • Continuous tooth generation in mouse is induced by activated epithelial Wnt/β-catenin signaling

    Elina Järvinen;Isaac Salazar-Ciudad;Walter Birchmeier;Makoto Mark Taketo

  • Nonindependence of mammalian dental characters

    Aapo T Kangas;Alistair Robert Evans;Irma Thesleff;Jukka Jernvall

  • Enamel knots as signaling centers linking tooth morphogenesis and odontoblast differentiation.

    Irma Thesleff;Soile Keranen;Jukka Jernvall

  • Sprouty Genes Control Diastema Tooth Development via Bidirectional Antagonism of Epithelial-Mesenchymal FGF Signaling

    Ophir D. Klein;George Minowada;George Minowada;Renata Peterkova;Aapo Kangas

  • Regulation of mammalian tooth cusp patterning by ectodin.

    Yoshiaki Kassai;Pauliina Munne;Yuhei Hotta;Enni Penttilä

  • Linking development with generation of novelty in mammalian teeth.

    Jukka Jernvall

  • Evolutionary modification of development in mammalian teeth: quantifying gene expression patterns and topography.

    Jukka Jernvall;Soile V. E. Keränen;Irma Thesleff

  • A computational model of teeth and the developmental origins of morphological variation

    Isaac Salazar-Ciudad;Isaac Salazar-Ciudad;Jukka Jernvall;Jukka Jernvall

  • The hypocone as a key innovation in mammalian evolution

    John P. Hunter;Jukka Jernvall

  • Genotype, phenotype, and developmental biology of molar tooth characters

    Jukka Jernvall;Han Sung Jung;Han Sung Jung

  • Mechanisms of pattern formation in development and evolution

    Isaac Salazar-Ciudad;Jukka Jernvall;Stuart A. Newman

  • Cusp patterning defect in Tabby mouse teeth and its partial rescue by FGF

    Johanna Pispa;Han Sung Jung;Jukka Jernvall;Päivi Kettunen

Frequent Co-Authors

Irma Thesleff
Irma Thesleff University of Helsinki
Patricia C. Wright
Patricia C. Wright Stony Brook University
Doug M. Boyer
Doug M. Boyer Duke University
Mikael Fortelius
Mikael Fortelius University of Helsinki
Jussi T. Eronen
Jussi T. Eronen University of Helsinki
Juha Laakkonen
Juha Laakkonen University of Helsinki
Ophir D. Klein
Ophir D. Klein University of California, San Francisco
Matthew M. Skinner
Matthew M. Skinner Max Planck Society
Petri Auvinen
Petri Auvinen University of Helsinki
Paul Tafforeau
Paul Tafforeau European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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