Institute of Aquaculture

Aquatic Vaccine Unit Group

I graduated as PhD from the University of Kuopio, Finland, where my main subjects were Applied Zoology and Fish Biology. During my research career I have been involved with several projects which include environmental stress, disease and genetic research of fish. At the moment I am doing my post doctoral research at Aquatic Vaccine Unit, Institute of Aquaculture about the mode of action of the protective bacteria and their capability to prevent Flavobacterium infections on rainbow trout. The research is funded by Academy of Finland and Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme.

Education

PhD, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Natural and Environmental sciences, University of Kuopio. Major subject Applied Zoology. 2007

MSc, Institute of Applied Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural and Environmental sciences, University of Kuopio. Major subject Applied Zoology. 2004

Research qualifications

Research for PhD: Epidermal papillomatosis in roach (Rutilus rutilus) as an indicator of environmental stressors. Supervisors: Prof. Jouni Taskinen, Prof. Jussi Kukkonen and Dr. Paula Henttonen. PhD studies were accomplished in December 2007 at Department of Biosciences, University of Kuopio, Finland.

Research assistant in project studying malachite green residues in rainbow trout fry. Project was conducted by Fish Innovation Centre FIC Oy, Finland.

Research for MSc: Individual based population structure of European Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) in Ponoy River, Russia. Supervisors: Prof. C. Primmer, Dr. M. Koskinen and H. Koskinen. Accomplished in July 2004 at Institute of Applied Biotechnology, University of Kuopio, Finland

Research for BSc: Response of growth hormone transgene, OnGH1, into rainbow trout embryo muscle fibre hyperplasia and hypertrophy. Under the Project "Gene technology in breeding of rainbow trout and Arctic charr". Supervisors: Dr. T. Pitkänen-Arsiola and Dr. H. Teerijoki. Accomplished in June 2002 at Institute of Applied Biotechnology, University of Kuopio, Finland

Publications

Korkea-aho, T.L., Partanen, J.M., Vainikka, A. & Taskinen, J. 2006a. Association between environmental stress and epidermal papillomatosis of roach (Rutilus rutilus L.). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 72:1-8

Korkea-aho, T.L., Vainikka, A. & Taskinen, J. 2006b. Factors affecting the intensity of epidermal papillomatosis in population of roach, Rutilus rutilus (L.), estimated as scale coverage. Journal of Fish Diseases 29:115-122

Korkea-aho,T. 2007. Epidermal papillomatosis in roach (Rutilus rutilus) as an indicator of environmental stressors. PhD dissertation, Kuopio University Publications C. Natural and Environmental Sciences 223, Kuopio, Finland

Korkea-aho, T.L., Partanen, J.M., Kukkonen, J.V.K. & Taskinen, J. 2008a. Hypoxia increases intensity of epidermal papillomatosis in roach (Rutilus rutilus). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 78: 235-241

Korkea-aho, T.L., Vehniäinen, E.R., Kukkonen, J.V.K. & Taskinen, J. 2008b. The effects of treated effluents on the intensity of papillomatosis and HSP70 expression in roach. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 70: 462-468

Korkea-aho, T.L., Vainikka, A., Kortet, R. & Taskinen, J. 2009. Factors affecting between lake variation in the occurrence of epidermal papillomatosis in roach (Cyprinidae). Journal of Fish Diseases 32: 263-270

Niska, K., Korkea-aho, T., Lindfors, E., Kiuru, T., Tuomainen, M., Taskinen, J. & Peltonen, K. 2009. Disappearance of malachite green residues in fry of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) after treatment of eggs at the hatching stage. Aquaculture 297: 25-30

Korkea-aho, T.L., Heikkinen, J., Thompson, K.D., von Wright, A. & Austin, B. 2011. Pseudomonas sp. M174 inhibits the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum. Journal of Applied Microbiology doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05044.x