Personnel
Background
I received my Master’s degree in Cell biology at Åbo Akademi University, Finland in 2018 while working under Professor Kid Törnqvist. During this period, I was mainly studying what role the transcription factors TRb1 and Runx2 have in follicular thyroid cancer. As I finished my Master’s degree, I hoped to learn new techniques that are used in cell biology and thus became a PhD student in Professor John Eriksson’s lab. Currently, I study the importance of vimentin in the maintenance of nuclear integrity in fibroblasts. In addition, I am also involved in studies involving vimentin phosphorylation and interactions between lamins and heat shock factor 1 during heat shock.Research interests
- Imaging
- Nuclear integrity and function
- Intermediate filament structure
- Mechanosensing
Background
- PhD in Cell Biology (ongoing)
- MSc in Molecular systems biology (Dec 2019)
- B. Tech. in Biotechnology (May 2016)
Research interests
- Fibroblasts in ECM deposition and remodeling
- Vimentin mediated mechanotransduction in adipogenesis
- Directional cell migration
- Microscopy and bioimage analysis
Peiru Yang
Doctoral Candidate
+385 (0)418084762 peiru.yang [at] abo.fi; peiru.yang [at] bioscience.fiBackground
- Trainee in John Eriksson Laboratory (2018-2019, Åbo Akademi University)
- Trainee in Pharmaceutical Science Laboratory (2017-2018, Åbo Akademi University)
- Master's Degree in Medicine (2016-2019, Jiangsu University, China)
- Medical internship and rotation in surgery and radiology (2015-2016, The 81st Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, China)
- Bachelor's Degree in Medicine (2010-2015, Jiangsu University, China)
Research interests
- Cytoskeletal signaling
- Lipid droplet development and lipid metabolism
- Immunometabolism
- Wound Healing
Jari Korhonen
+358 (0)2 215 4062 ; BioCity 2nd floor, room 2066 jari.korhonen [at] abo.fiActivities in the core
Maintenance and training: microscopes located on the 2nd floor
Ulla Pentikäinen
Academy Research Fellow/University lecturer (Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku)
+358 505012574 ulla.pentikainen [at] utu.fi
Project title
LIMA1 in Rab21-mediated integrin traffickingResearch interests
Rab21, integrins, endosomes, LIMA1, cancer
On maternity leave
Inês Alvito Félix
Doctoral Candidate
Deepankar Chakroborty
Doctoral Candidate
+358 (0)29 450 3786 deepankar.chakroborty [at] bioscience.fi
Project title
Regulation of integrin phosphorylationResearch interests
FRET biosensors and 3D models
Nina Pettersson
Doctoral Candidate, co-supervisor Dr. Eva Ekholm
Sepideh Parvanian
Doctoral Candidate
sepideh.parvanian [at] bioscience.fi; sepideh.parvanian [at] abo.fiBackground
I received my Master’s degree in Genetic Engineering from the National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Tehran, Iran) in 2013. I worked in the biopharmaceutical industry for six years in up-stream bioprocess and R&D, and also as an internal auditor and monoclonal antibody API supervisor. I came to Finland in March 2017 as a Research Assistant to work on vesicular compartments in bone-resorbing osteoclasts, as a member of the EU-funded EUROCLAST project (Marie Curie ESR) at the University of Turku. I joined Erikson's Lab in June 2018 as a PhD student. My research focuses on novel fundamental insights on the role of fibrotic-derived extracellular vesicles in myofibroblasts heterogeneity and mechanism of fibrosis.Research interests
• Extracellular Vesicles • Wound healing • Biopharmaceutical manufacturing
Minna Kyläniemi
Head of FFGC, Laboratory Manager
+358 (0)29 450 3763
Paula Luoma
HR Specialist / Human Resources
HR Specialist / Human Resources +358 (0)29 450 2676 paula.luoma [at] utu.fi
Hongbo Zhang
Tenure Track Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory
+358 (0)22 154 141 hongbo.zhang [at] utu.fi
Christel Sourander
Doctoral Researcher, Neuroscience
+358 (0)29 450 3784 christel.c.sourander [at] utu.fi In my PhD project, I am studying how loss of cellular homeostasis may lead to behavioral changes at the level of the whole organism.
Esko Pakarinen
Project Specialist, Data Systems Specialist
+358 (0)29 450 3764 esko.pakarinen [at] utu.fi
I work with Nikita and together we hope to identify molecular drivers of anxiety and depression. We do this using different types of in vivo and ex vivo imaging methods.
Background
- PhD in Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki. Conducted in the research group of Prof. Olli Kallioniemi, at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Helsinki.
- MSc in Biosciences, Faculty of Science, Åbo Akademi University.
Project
Dephosphorylational regulation of the epigenetic machinery in progression and treatment resistance of NSCLC.
Santosh Lamichhane
Postdoctoral Researcher
Klaus Elenius
Group Leader, Professor of Medical Biochemistry
+358 (0) 29 540 4393 klaus.elenius [at] utu.fi
Oluwatosin Abe
Project Researcher
Activities in the core
Consultation, operations, training & maintenance: Flow Cytometry and back up for Mass Cytometry
Otto Kauko
M.D., Ph.D., Group Leader
Background
- Ph.D. in Biological Science (2020), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Master in Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), India
Project
Cancer therapy implications of species specific difference in requirement of PP2A mediated tumor suppression
Ilia Evstafev
Zsuzsanna Ortutay
zsuzsanna.ortutay [at] utu.fi
Jacquemet Lab: https://cellmig.org/lab-members/
Doctoral candidate in Pieta Mattila´s group. I am interested in lymphocyte biology and imaging.
Holder of Biology Bechelor degree from Fudan university, Shanghai, China; Ph.D. degree from Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine, China. His research interests focus on the regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in diseases, targeted therapy of cancer stem cells, tissue repair and radiation medicine based on adult stem cell therapy and multifunctional nanomaterials. He has published more than 30 articles in Hepatology (IF=11.711. 2015), Cell Death & Diseases (IF=5.9, 2019), Stem Cells Development (IF=4.6, 2012) and other journals.
Dani Flinkman
Project Researcher, Mass Spectrometry and Neuroscience
+358 (0)29 450 3784 dani.flinkman [at] bioscience.fi
Riikka Lund [On leave]
Head of FFGC, Group Leader, Adjunct Professor (Title of Docent), Senior Researcher
+358 (0)29 450 3793
