Name: Tiit Nikopensius
 
Date of birth: 24.10.1963
Place of birth: Estonia
Citizenship: Estonian
 
  Office:
Address: Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Tartu University
Estonian Biocentre
23 Riia St. 51010 Tartu
Estonia
Phone: (372) 7 375 034
Fax: (372) 7 420 286
E-mail: tiitn@ ebc.ee
 
  Education:
1986 Tartu University, Faculty of Biology-Geography diploma in biology
1994 M.Sc. degree in biotechnology, Estonian Agricultural University
  Work experience:
1986 - 1988 Institute of Chemical and Biological Physics, jun. researcher
1989 - 1994 Estonian Agrobiocentre, jun. researcher
1995 - 1999 Estonian Agrobiocentre, researcher
2000 - present Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University, researcher
 
  Post-graduate training:
1995 Danish Veterinary Laboratory, Copenhagen (supervisor Dr. Peter Lind)
1996 - 1997 Danish Veterinary Laboratory, Nordic Council of Ministers scholarship (Dr. Peter Lind)
1998 Danish Veterinary Laboratory, Danish Rectors Conference scholarship (Dr. Dorte Lau Baggesen)
Publications:
ROS1 Asp2213Asn polymorphism is not associated with coronary artery
disease in a Greek case-control study.
Theodoraki EV, Nikopensius T, Suhorutšenko J, Papamikos V, Kolovou GD,
Peppes V, Panagiotakos D, Limberi S, Zakopoulos N, Metspalu A,
Dedoussis GV.
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2009 Oct 28.
 
Nikopensius T, Ambrozaitytė L, Ludwig KU, Birnbaum S, Jagomägi T, Saag M, Matulevičienė A, Linkevičienė L, Herms S, Knapp M, Hoffmann P, Nöthen MM, Kučinskas V, Metspalu A, Mangold E.
Replication of novel susceptibility locus for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate on chromosome 8q24 in Estonian and Lithuanian patients.
 Am J Med Genet A. 2009 Oct 16;149A(11):2551-2553.

Khrunin A, Mihailov E, Nikopensius T, Krjutškov K, Limborska S, Metspalu A. 
Analysis of Allele and Haplotype Diversity Across 25 Genomic Regions in Three Eastern European Populations.
Hum Hered 2009;68:35-44 (DOI: 10.1159/000210447)

Kaarel Krjutškov, Reidar Andreson, Reedik Mägi, Tiit Nikopensius, Andrey Khrunin, Evelin Mihailov, Veronika Tammekivi, Helena Sork, Maido Remm and Andres Metspalu
Development of a single tube 640-plex genotyping method for detection of nucleic acid variations on microarrays
Nucleic Acids Research, 2008, 1–7, doi:10.1093/nar/gkn357

Kõks, S., Nikopensius, T., Koido, K., Maron, E., Altmäe, S., Heinaste, E., Vabrit, K., Tammekivi, V., Hallast, P., Kurg, A., Shlik, J., Vasar, V., Metspalu, A., Vasar, E. (2006) Analysis of SNP profiles in patients with major depressive disorder.  
Int. J. Neuropsychopharmacol. 9 (2): 167-174.

Shadrina M, Nikopensius T, Slominsky P, Illarioshkin S, Bagyeva G, Markova E, Ivanova-Smolenskaia I, Kurg A, Limborska S, Metspalu A.
Association study of sporadic Parkinson's disease genetic risk factors in patients from Russia by APEX technology.
Neurosci Lett. 2006 Sep 25;405(3):212-6. Epub 2006 Jul 28.  

Koks S, Nikopensius T, Koido K, Maron E, Altmae S, Heinaste E, Vabrit K, Tammekivi V, Hallast P, Kurg A, Shlik J, Vasar V, Metspalu A, Vasar E.
Analysis of SNP profiles in patients with major depressive disorder.
Int. J. Neuropsychopharmacol. 2005 Jun 1, pp. 1-8

Maron E., Nikopensius T., Kõks S., Altmäe S., Heinaste E., Vabrit K., Tammekivi V., Hallast P., Koido K., Kurg A., Metspalu A., Vasar E., Vasar V., Shlik J.  Association study of 90 candidate gene polymorphisms in panic disorder.  Psychiatric Genet., 2005, 15(1):17-24.

K Kingo, S Koks, T Nikopensius, H Silm and E Vasar
Polymorphisms in the interleukin-20 gene: relationships to plaque-type psoriasis Genes and Immunity, Vol 5 (2004): 117–121.

Koido K., Kõks S., Nikopensius T., Maron E., Altmäe S., Heinaste E., Vabrit K., Tammekivi V., Hallast P., Kurg A., Shlik J., Vasar V., Metspalu A., Vasar E.  Polymorphisms in wolframin (WFS1) gene are possibly related to increased risk for mood disorders. Int. J. Neuropsychopharmacol., 2005, 8(2): 235-244.