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Elulookirjeldus (CV)
1.	Eesnimi	Kaja
2.	Perekonnanimi	Kasemets
3.	Töökoht	Keemilise ja Bioloogilise Füüsika Instituut
4.	Ametikoht	teadur
5.	Sünniaeg	21.04.1964 (päev.kuu.aasta)
6.	Haridus	1984-1989 Tartu Ülikool, Bioloogia-Geograafia teaduskond, bioloogia ja tsütoloogia, 1989 1992-1994 Eesti Põllumajandusülikooli biotehnoloogia instituut, magistriõpe 1997-2002 Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, doktoriõpe Täiendkoolitus: - Kursus "EU Advance Workshop - Biotechnology Ethics and Public Perceptions of Biotechnology", Ofxordi Ülikool, 19-30. märts 1999. - Kursus "The use of Comet Assay in genotoxicity study", EU Centre of the Excellence in Environmental Health, Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, 25.01-7.02.2004. - Kursus "The use of primary hepatocytes in the study of the effects of xenobiotics", EU Centre of the Excellence for Biomolecular Chemistry, Budapest, 9-16. mai 2004. - Kursus "Toxicology, Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment of Chemicals" Uppsala Ülikool, Karolinska Instituut, KEMI, 8.03-11.06.2004 - Projektijuhtimise koolitus, Esko Koolitus AS, 22.12.2003-21.01.2004.
7.	Teenistuskäik	1989-1996 Eesti Agrobiokeskus, Mikrobioloogia ja vaktsiinide laboratoorium, nooremteadur. 1996-2000 Keemilise ja Bioloogilise Füüsika Instituut (KBFI), Molekulaargeneetika laboratoorium, insener. 2000- KBFI, teadur.
8.	Teaduskraad	MSc
9.	Teaduskraadi välja andnud asutus, aasta	Eesti Põllumajandusülikool, 1994
10.	Tunnustused	Rahvusvahelise Euroopa Mikrobioloogia Seltsi (FEMS) noorteadlase stipendium osalemiseks konverentsil "Yeast as a Cell Factory", 30.nov - 2.dets 1998, Vlaardingen, Holland. Foundation for the promotion of Research on Replacement and Complementary Methods to Reduce Animal Testing stipendium osalemiseks konverentsil "5th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences" 21-25 august 2005, Berliin.
11.	Teadusorganisatsiooniline ja –administratiivne tegevus	Eesti Toksikoloogia Seltsi liige Skandinaavia Rakutoksikoloogia Seltsi liige Eesti Mikrobioloogide Ühenduse liige Rahvusvahelise konverentsi korralduskomitee liige - SSCT-ETS joint conference "Chemical, Human, Environment" 20-23 oktoober 2005, Toila, Eesti.
12.	Juhendamisel kaitstud väitekirjad
13.	Teadustöö põhisuunad	In vitro toksikoloogia, toksilisuse ja mutageensuse mehhanismid Mikroobide füsioloogia ja metabolism Mikroorganismide kultiveerimine ja kultiveerimismeetodite optimeerimine
14.	Jooksvad grandid	- Sihtfinantseerimise grant Nr. 0222601Bs03 “Toksikoloogilise riski hindamine in vitro”, 2003-2007, põhitäitja - Eesti Teadusfondi grant Nr. 5551 “Keskkonnaohtlike ainete toksilisus, biokättesaadavus ja liikuvus mullas, setetes ja tahketes jäätmetes”, 2003-2006, põhitäitja. - Eesti-Prantsuse teadlastevahetuse grant (Parroti projekt) "Rekombinantsed luminestseeruvad biosensorid - keskkonnarealistlikud mudelorganismid toksiliste raskemetallide biokättesaadavuse määramiseks", 2005-2006, täitja. - Teaduslik koostööprojekt "Study of the ecotoxicity of the polluted soils", uurimispartner - ISA (Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture, Lille, Prantsusmaa), 2000-2005, täitja.
15.	Teaduspublikatsioonid	Kahru, A., Drews, M., Põllumaa, L., Kasemets, K., Veidebaum, T., Kogerman, P. (2005) Toxicity of nanoscale cationic polymers in vitro and in vivo - ALTEX, Vol. 22, Special Issue, p. 302. Kahru, A. Ivask, A., Põllumaa, L., Kasemets, K., Kurvet, I., François, M., Dubourguier, H.C. (2005) Biotests and biosensors in ecotoxicological risk assessment of field soils polluted with zinc, lead and cadmium. Env Tox Chem, Vol. 24, No. 11, p. 2973-2982. Kasemets, K., Nisamedtinov, I., Abner, K and Paalme, T. (2005) The study of the fermentative growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C using auxo-accelerostat technique. In: Recent Research Developments in Multidisciplinary Applied Microbiology (2005). Understanding and Exploiting Microbes and Their Interactions. Biological, Physical, Chemical and Engineering Aspects. Wiley-VCH, in press. Adamberg K., Kasemets K. and Paalme T. (2003) Auxo-accelerostat - a new effective cultivation system for culture characterization. In: S. Sorvari (Ed.), Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Bioreactor Technology On Cell, Tissue Culture and Biomedical Application. Karhukopio OY, Turku, Finland. p. 115-125. Kasemets K., Drews M., Nisamedtinov I., Adamberg K., Paalme T. (2003) Modification of A-stat for the characterization of microorganisms. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 55, p. 187-200. Kasemets K., Paalme T. (1999) Characterisation of yeast strains using the A-stat method. In. A.C.J. Tuijtelaars, R.A. Samson, F.M. Rombouts, S. Notermans (Eds.), Food Microbiology and Food Safety into Next Millennium. Ponsen & Looyen, The Netherlands, Wageningen, p. 644-645. Drews M., Kasemets K., Nisamedtinov I., Paalme T. (1998) Continuous cultivation of insect and yeast cells at maximum specific growth rate. Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Chem., 47, p. 175-188.

viimati muudetud: 10.10.2005

Curriculum Vitae (CV)
1.	First Name	Kaja
2.	Surname	Kasemets
3.	Institution	National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics
4.	Position	research scientist
5.	Date of birth	21.04.1964 (day.month.year)
6.	Education	1984-1989 Tartu University, the Faculty of Biology and Geography, specialty of Biology 1992-1994 Estonian Agricultural University, Institute of Biotechnology, MSc studies 1997-2002 Tallinn University of Technology, PhD studies Professional training: - EU Advanced Workshop "Biotechnology Ethics and Public Perceptions of Biotechnology", Oxford University, 19-30 March 1999. - Training course "The use of Comet Assay in genotoxicity studies", EU Centre of the Excellence in Environmental Health, Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Bratislava, 25.01-7.02.2004. - Training course "The use of primary hepatocytes in the study of the effects of xenobiotics", EU Centre of the Excellence for Biomolecular Chemistry, Budapest, 9-16 May 2004. - Post-graduate course " Toxicology, Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment of Chemicals" organized by Uppsala University, Karolinska Institute and KEMI, 8 March - 11 June 2004. - Training course for project management, Esko Koolitus AS, 22.12.2003-21.01.2004.
7.	Research and professional experience	1989-1996 Estonian Agrobiocenter, Laboratory of Microbiology and Vaccines, junior research scientist. 1996-2000 National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (NICPB), Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, engineer. 2000- NICPB, research scientist.
8.	Academic degree	MSc
9.	Dates and sites of earning the degrees	Estonian Agricultural University, 1994
10.	Honours/awards	FEMS Young Scientist Grant to attend the Symposium "Yeast as a Cell Factory", 30 Nov - 2 Dec 1998, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands. Grant from Foundation for the promotion of Research on Replacement and Complementary Methods to Reduce Animal Testing to attend the 5th World Congress on Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences, Berlin, 21-25 August 2005.
11.	Research-administrative experience	Member of Estonian Society of Toxicology Member of Scandinavian Society for Cell Toxicology Member of Estonian Society for Microbiology Member of the International conference organising committee - SSCT-ETS joint conference “Chemicals, Human, Environment” 20-23 October 2005, Toila, Estonia.
12.	Supervised dissertations
13.	Current research program	In vitro toxicology, cytotoxicity and mutagenicity mechanisms (in vitro systems and cell lines) Physiology and metabolism of microorganisms Cultivation of microorganisms and optimisation of cultivation techniques
14.	Current grant funding	- Basic funding grant Nr. 0222601Bs03 "Toxicological risk assessment in vitro" 2003-2007, main participant. - Estonian Science Foundation grant Nr. 5551 "Bioavailability, toxicity and mobility of main industrial and urban pollutants in soil, sediments and solid wastes", 2003-2006, main participant. - Estonian-French science cooperation (Parrot project) grants "Bioavailability of toxic heavy metals: recombinant luminescent biosensors and environmental reality", 2005-2006, participant. - Scientific cooperation project with ISA (Supérieur d'Agriculture, Lille, France "Study of the ecotoxicity of the polluted soils", 2000-2005, participant.
15.	List of most important publications	Kahru, A., Drews, M., Põllumaa, L., Kasemets, K., Veidebaum, T., Kogerman, P. (2005) Toxicity of nanoscale cationic polymers in vitro and in vivo - ALTEX, Vol. 22, Special Issue, p. 302. Kahru, A. Ivask, A., Põllumaa, L., Kasemets, K., Kurvet, I., François, M., Dubourguier, H.C. (2005) Biotests and biosensors in ecotoxicological risk assessment of field soils polluted with zinc, lead and cadmium. Env Tox Chem, Vol. 24, No. 11, p. 2973-2982. Kasemets, K., Nisamedtinov, I., Abner, K and Paalme, T. (2005) The study of the fermentative growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C using auxo-accelerostat technique. In: Recent Research Developments in Multidisciplinary Applied Microbiology (2005). Understanding and Exploiting Microbes and Their Interactions. Biological, Physical, Chemical and Engineering Aspects. Wiley-VCH, in press. Adamberg K., Kasemets K. and Paalme T. (2003) Auxo-accelerostat - a new effective cultivation system for culture characterization. In: S. Sorvari (Ed.), Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Bioreactor Technology On Cell, Tissue Culture and Biomedical Application. Karhukopio OY, Turku, Finland. p. 115-125. Kasemets K., Drews M., Nisamedtinov I., Adamberg K., Paalme T. (2003) Modification of A-stat for the characterization of microorganisms. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 55, p. 187-200. Kasemets K., Paalme T. (1999) Characterisation of yeast strains using the A-stat method. In. A.C.J. Tuijtelaars, R.A. Samson, F.M. Rombouts, S. Notermans (Eds.), Food Microbiology and Food Safety into Next Millennium. Ponsen & Looyen, The Netherlands, Wageningen, p. 644-645. Drews M., Kasemets K., Nisamedtinov I., Paalme T. (1998) Continuous cultivation of insect and yeast cells at maximum specific growth rate. Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Chem., 47, p. 175-188.

last updated: 10.10.2005