New Funding for our Centre’s Researchers
Warm congratulations to all for their funding!
Cancer Foundation Finland
Project grants
- Associate Professor, Docent, Guillaume Jacquemet and his group: €225,000
- Professor Riitta Lahesmaa and her group €150,000
- Docent Sami Ventelä and his group €100,000
- Doctoral researcher Eleftheria Maranou (De Figueiredo Lab) €4,000
Travel grants
- Dr. Oxana Denisova (Westermarck Lab) €1,100
- Dr. Nikhil Gupta (Westermarck Lab) €1,900
- Doctoral researcher Jenny Pessa (Sistonen Lab) €1,100
The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters – The Väisälä Fund
- Anna-Mari Haapanen-Saaristo, MSc (Zebrafish Core) €28,000
The Finnish Brain Foundation
- Doctoral researcher Anniina Jokela (Coffey Lab) €5,000
The Orion Research Foundation
- Doctoral researcher Roosa Kattelus (Lahesmaa Lab) €6.000
Last updated on December 12, 2025
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