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Mari Kaartinen

Mari Kaartinen
Contact Information
Address: 

Strathcona Anatomy Building, Room M-72
3640 University Street
Montreal, QC
H3A 0C7

Email address: 
mari.kaartinen [at] mcgill.ca
Position: 
Associate Professor
Degree(s): 

Dr. Kaartinen received her MSc in Organic Chemistry from University of Jyvaskyla (Finland) and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Kuopio (currently University of Eastern Finland) in 1999. She completed her postdoctoral training at McGill University and joined the Faculty of Dentistry and Faculty of Medicine at McGill in 2002.

Department: 
Dentistry
Medicine
Areas of interest: 
  • Role of TG2 and Factor XIIIA in bone and in osteoblast and osteoclast function
  • Role of FXIIIA in energy metabolism
  • Plasma fibronectin assembly in bone and adipose tissue
  • Function of cellular Factor XIIIA in osteoblasts
  • Exercise and glucose metabolism
Link(s): 
Laboratory
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