Kirsi Rilla, Group Leader, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland
Dr Kirsi Rilla received her M.Sc. degree in cell biology from the University of Jyväskylä (1998). Her Ph.D. project in the University of Eastern Finland focused on intracellular trafficking of hyaluronan synthases and regulation of their activity (2006). The thesis work led to the discovery of hyaluronan-dependent filopodia that act as hyaluronan factories. Especially intriguing is her recent finding that those filopodia act as platforms for extracellular vesicle shedding. |