Pauliina Damdimopoulou
Senior Lecturer
| Docent
E-mail: pauliina.damdimopoulou@ki.se
Telephone: +46852482877
Mobile phone: +46709390093
Visiting address: Hälsovägen, Enheten för obstetrik och gynekologi C1:77, 14186 Stockholm
Postal address: H9 Klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik, H9 CLT Obstetrik o gynekologi Damdimopoulou, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I’m a research group leader with training in biochemistry, cell biology and
toxicology, with a keen interest in the effects of chemicals on
reproductive health in women. My research group [1] is located at CLINTEC
(Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology).
I obtained my PhD education in Finland. In my thesis work I studied how
dietary lignans (fiber associated polyphenolic compounds) and cadmium (toxic
metal) affect estrogen signalling. I carried out my first postdoc in a small
biotech company in Paris developing a transgenic fish model for the
detection of androgenic activity of chemicals. For my second postdoc I moved
my focus from chemicals to early development and spent three years studying
development of pre-implantation embryos and maturation of ovarian follicles
at Karolinska Institutet.
Since 2014 I am an independent principal investigator.
/2018- /Sustainable development ombudsman at CLINTEC
/2021- /Member of the European Society of Endocrinology EDC Working Group
/2021/- Member of Swedish Academic Consortium on Chemical Safety steering
group
/2022-/ Co-leader of network for female researchers and teachers at
Karolinska Institutet
2005 MSc in Biochemistry and Food chemistry, University of Turku, Finland
2008 PhD in Cell biology, University of Turku, Finland. Thesis title
"Modulation of estrogen signaling by enterolactone and its dietary sources
[2]"
2015 Docent in Endocrine physiology, University of Turku, Finland
2021 Docent in Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet
[1] https://ki.se/en/clintec/research-group-chemicals-and-female-fertility
[2] https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/40125/D811.pdf?sequence=1
Research
- I’m interested in the impact of pharmaceuticals and environmental chemicals
on fertility in women with a special focus on the ovary. Research in my group
can be divided under four main topics:
1) Identification of chemicals and their mixtures that associate to decreased
fertility in women
2) Detailed cellular and molecular characterization of human ovaries from
birth to menopause
3) Identification of mechanisms by which chemicals adversely affect ovaries
and development of better test systems for reproductive toxicity
4) Development of in vitro models that mimic ovaries
Teaching
- I’m a docent in endocrine physiology (2015, University of Turku, Finland)
and in toxicology (2021, Karolinska Institutet) with teaching experience from
various MSc and PhD courses at different universities in Sweden and Finland.
I have supervised several undergraduate students through their practical
laboratory training, as well as M.Sc. thesis projects and PhD students.
I have formal training in higher education pedagogics and supervision of
doctoral students.
Articles
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Journal article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2023;578:112064
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Article: REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE. 2023;47(4):103287
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Journal article: JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;33(5):699-709
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Journal article: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2023;384:s192-s193
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2023;179:108141
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Article: REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY. 2023;119:108416
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Article: REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY. 2023;119:108393
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Journal article: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2023;38(Supplement_1)
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Journal article: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2023;38(Supplement_1)
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Journal article: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2023;38(Supplement_1)
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Journal article: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2023;38(Supplement_1)
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Journal article: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2023;38(Supplement_1)
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Journal article: ENDOCRINE ABSTRACTS. 2023
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Article: JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH. 2023;22(4):1071-1079
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Article: TOXICOLOGY. 2023;485:153425
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Journal article: FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2023;14:1126485
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2023;216(Pt 1):114447
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Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2022;119(47):e2208886119
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Article: REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY. 2022;112:136-147
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Article: PHARMACEUTICS. 2022;14(6):1295
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. 2022;208:112626
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2022;23(9):4815
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Article: JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS. 2022;39(4):905-918
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Article: REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY. 2022;109:19-30
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Article: SCIENCE. 2022;375(6582):eabe8244
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Article: MICROPLASTICS AND NANOPLASTICS. 2022;2(1):12
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Article: FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2022;13:903505
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Article: TOXICOLOGY. 2021;464:153028
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Article: TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2021;184(2):183-190
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Article: CHEMOSPHERE. 2021;283:131125
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-PROCESSES & IMPACTS. 2021;23(10):1578-1588
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2021;155:106589
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Article: BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM. 2021;35(5):101552
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Article: DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS. 2020;249(12):1500-1513
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Article: JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS. 2020;37(9):2137-2150
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2020;19(1):67
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Journal article: JOURNAL OF THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY. 2020;4(Supplement_1):or31-or03
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2020;21(9):E3215-3215
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Article: MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2020;26(4):256-268
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Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2020;11(1):1147
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Article: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2019;34(11):2297-2310
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Article: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2019;34(9):1674-1685
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Article: REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY. 2019;87:32-41
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):8411
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):6424
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Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2019;124:482-492
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Article: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2018;478:77-83
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Article: TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY. 2018;338:73-82
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2017;7(1):5317
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Article: ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2016;157(10):3719-3730
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Article: BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY. 2016;31:2-12
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Article: CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS. 2015;231:44-52
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Article: BIOMATERIALS. 2014;35(30):8496-8502
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 2014;48(18):10919-10928
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Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2014;5:3195
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Article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2013;27(4):1342-1350
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Article: TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2012;127(1):66-75
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Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2011;141(9):1583-1589
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Article: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2011;202(2):75-84
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(8):e23048
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2010;118(10):1389-1394
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2010;176(3):1443-1451
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Article: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS. 2009;1793(10):1588-1596
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Article: MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH. 2009;53(8):996-1006
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Article: ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2007;148(10):4875-4886
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Article: REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY. 2007;23(3):397-406
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Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2006;59(3):412-417
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Article: JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES. 2004;813(1-2):303-312
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All other publications
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2023;384:s77-S80
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Letter: STEM CELLS. 2023;41(2):205-206
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Editorial comment: STEM CELLS. 2023;41(2):105-110
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Conference publication: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2023;38
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Conference publication: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2023;38
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Conference publication: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2023;38
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Conference publication: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2023;38
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Conference publication: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2023;38
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2022;368:S22
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2022;368:S178
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2022;368:S86
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2021;350:S169-S170
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2021;350:S48-S49
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Conference publication: REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 2021;56:7-8
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Review: ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY. 2020;94(10):3359-3379
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Editorial comment: OBSTETRICAL & GYNECOLOGICAL SURVEY. 2020;75(6):354-355
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Letter: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2020;35(5):1249-1251
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Review: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2020;125(2):85-94
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Review: HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS. 2020;93(11-12):599-608
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Review: HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE. 2019;25(6):777-801
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Preprint: 2019;bioRxiv
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2018;295:S63
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Preprint: 2017;bioRxiv
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Review: JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2016;228(2):R45-R56
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Editorial comment: OBSTETRICAL & GYNECOLOGICAL SURVEY. 2016;71(1):29-30
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Letter: NATURE MEDICINE. 2015;21(10):1116-1118
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2013;221:S168
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Conference publication: TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2012;211:S38
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Book chapter: 2011;p. 44-69
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Editorial comment: ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2011;152(7):2542-2545
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Review: EXS. 2009;99:289-323
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Review: GENES AND NUTRITION. 2006;1(3-4):143-158
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Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2006;98(2-3):179
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Published paper: JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2005;93(2-5):209-219
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Grants
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2022 - 31 December 2025
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2021 - 31 December 2023
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Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation1 January 2021 - 31 December 2023
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2021 - 31 December 2023
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 December 2018 - 30 November 2022
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2018 - 31 December 2020
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2018 - 31 December 2019
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2016 - 31 December 2018
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 January 2016 - 31 December 2018
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2010 - 31 December 2010
Employments
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2021