Adjunct Professor
Molecular Plant Biology
University of Turku
Finland
Kirsi Lehto is a Adjunct Professor in Department of Molecular Plant Biology,University of Turku.Her current Research focuses RNA-silencing in plants, and its suppression with various virus-derived silencing suppressors in transgenic N. tabacum and N. benthamina plants.
Role and significance of RNA silencing and of viral silencing suppressors in systemic cell biology, signalling and defence mechanisms.