Personnel

Anna Aalto

Postdoc Board

anna.aalto@abo.fi 
 

 

Oluwatosin Abe

Project Researcher

 
 

Proteomics 

Paul Abhijit

PostDoctoral Researcher

abhijit.paul@utu.fi 
 

 

Ketlin Adel

Project Engineer

ketlin.adel@utu.fi 
 

Cell Imaging & Cytometry, office 5135 

Nigatu Adossa

Doctoral Candidate

nigatu.a.adossa [at] utu.fi 
 

Elo Lab, office 7114 

Anneli Alamaunu

Instrument Technician

anneli.takala [at] utu.fi 
 

 

Jonna Alanko

Group Leader

jhalan [at] utu.fi 
  +358 29 450 3791

 

Syed Bilal Ahmad Andrabi

Postdoctoral Researcher

bilal.andrabi [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3769

Lahesmaa Lab, office 7093 

Tiina Arsiola

Laboratory Manager

tiina.arsiola [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3788

Westermarck Lab, office 4123 

Ujjwal Aryal

Undergraduate Student

ujjwal.u.aryal [at] bioscience.fi 
 

Eriksson Lab 

Malik Mohd Azhar

Doctoral Researcher

 
 

Dickens Lab 

Kedar Batkulwar

Postdoctoral Researcher

kedar.batkulwar@utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3730

Lahesmaa Lab, office 7115 

Shruti Bhardiya

Doctoral Student

shrutinitin.bhardiya [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3790

Westermarck Lab, office 4120 

Alexander Biehl

Project Researcher

alexander.biehl [at] bioscience.fi 
 

Elo Lab, office 7086 

Rahul Biradar

Doctoral Researcher

rahul.biradar [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3768

Lahesmaa Lab, office 7094 

Itana Bojovic

Project Researcher

 
 

Elo Lab 

Tanja Buchacher

Senior researcher

tanja.buchacher [at] utu.fi 
 

Lahesmaa lab 

Megan Chastney

Postdoctoral Researcher

megan.chastney [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Eleanor Coffey

Vice-Director, Group Leader, Research Director

eleanor.coffey@utu.fi 
  +358 (0)40 182 2424

Office 7079 

James Conway

Postdoctoral Researcher

james.conway [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Michael Courtney

Group Leader

michael.courtney [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3739

 

Navid Delshad

Doctoral Candidate

navid.delshad [at] abo.fi 
 

Eriksson Lab 

Oxana Denisova

Postdoctoral Reseacher

oxana.denisova [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3788

Westermarck Lab, office 4120 

Prasannakumar Deshpande

Senior Researcher

prasannakumar.deshpande [at] utu.fi 
 

Coffey Lab 

Michal Dibus

Postdoctoral Researcher

michal.dibus [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Alex Dickens

Group Leader, Co-PI of Metabolomics

alex.dickens [at] utu.fi 
  +358400285575

Neurometabolomics 

Phuong Doan

Postdoctoral Researcher

phuong.doan [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3790

Westermarck Lab, Office 4120 

Klaus Elenius

Group Leader, Professor of Medical Biochemistry

klaus.elenius [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0) 29 540 4393

Office 4114 

Laura Elo

Professor, Vice-Director, Research Director, Group Leader

laura.elo [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 2090

Office 7073-74 

Solveig Eriksson

Project Researcher

solveig.l.eriksson [at] utu.fi 
 

Turku BioImaging 

John Eriksson

Research Director, Group Leader, Professor

john.eriksson [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)2 215 3313, +358 (0)29 450 2042

 

Olaya Esparta-Gonzalez

Project Researcher

olaya.espartagonzalez [at] utu.fi  
 

Elenius Lab 

Ilia Evstafev

Doctoral Researcher

ilia.evstafev@utu.fi 
 

Oresic Lab 

Anastasiia Evstafeva

Laboratory engineer

 
 

Metabolomics 

Veronica Fagerholm

Coordinator

veronica.fagerholm [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3784

Coffey Lab, office 5045 

Jimmy Fagersund

Doctoral Researcher

 
 

Lahesmaa Lab 

Iman Farahani

Doctoral Candidate

 
 

Elenius Lab 

Tehreem Fatima

 
 

Coffey Lab 

Thomas Faux

Doctoral Candidate

thomas.faux [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3805

Elo Lab, office 7089 

Dani Flinkman

Proteomics Expert

 
  +358 (0)29 450 3784

Coffey Lab, office 5045  

Gautier Follain

Postdoctoral Researcher

gautier.follain [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska & Jacquemet Labs 

Paulina Frolovaite

Doctoral researcher

paulina.p.frolovaite [at[ utu.fi 
 

Elo Lab, office 7118a 

Heidi Gerke

Project Researcher

 
 

Rantakari Lab, office 5041a 

Daniel Giesel

 
 

 

Milla Gois

 
  Dicken's Lab

 

Mariam Gouda

Undergraduate Student

mariam.gouda [at] utu.fi 
 

Zhang Lab, Biocity 2nd floor 

Michalis Gounis

Postdoctoral Researcher

michail.gounis@utu.fi 
 

 

Laura Grönfors

Laboratory Technician

lmgron [at] utu.fi 
 

Mattila Lab & Rantakari Lab 

Sirkku Grönroos

Departmental Coordinator/Controller

sirkku.gronroos [at] utu.fi 
  +358 400 513701

Office 7077 

Nikhil Gupta

Postdoctoral Researcher

nikhil.gupta [at] utu.fi  
  +358 (0)29 450 3790

Westermarck Lab, office 4120 

Eduardo Gusmao

 
 

Elo Lab 

Anna-Mari Haapanen-Saaristo

Project Researcher

anna-mari.e.haapanen-saaristo@utu.fi 
 

Zebrafish, office 4138 

Pekka Haapaniemi

Laboratory Technician

pekka.haapaniemi [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 2200

Proteomics 

Marjo Hakkarainen

Laboratory Technician

marjo.hakkarainen [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3754

Lahesmaa Lab 

Hellyeh Hamidi

Research Coordinator

hellyeh.hamidi [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3787

Ivaska Lab 

Elia Heinonen

Trainee

elia.j.heinonen [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Sarita Heinonen

Laboratory Technician

sarita.heinonen [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3758

Lahesmaa Lab 

Arttu Heinonen

Project Engineer

arttu.heinonen [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 2200

Proteomics 

Sofia Held

Trainee

sofia.held [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Karoliina Hirvonen

Doctoral Researcher

karoliina.hirvonen [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3810

Lahesmaa Lab, office 7095 

Julian Hofmann

Doctoral Candidate

julian.hofmann [at] utu.fi 
 

Rantakari Lab 5021 

Emilia Holm

Doctoral Candidate

emilia.holm [at] abo.fi 
  +358449708251

Eriksson Lab 

Ye Hong

Senior Datascientist

 
  +358 (0)29 450 3805

Coffey & Elo Lab, office 7089 

Teemu Huusko

Project Researcher

tejohu [at] utu.fi 
 

Ventelä Lab 

Tuulia Hyötyläinen

Professor

 
 

Affiliated Member of Systems Medicine 

Mohsin Imran

Doctoral Student

mohsin.imran [at] utu.fi 
 

Tassos Lab 

Sanni Inkilä

Master Student

sanni.a.inkila [at] utu.fi 
 

Alanko Lab 

Aleksi Isomursu

Doctoral Candidate

aleksi.isomursu [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3789

Ivaska Lab 

Johanna Ivaska

Academy Professor, Group Leader

johanna.ivaska [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 2260

 

Lavinia Izzo

 
 

 

Guillaume Jacquemet

Affiliated Group Leader

guillaume.jacquemet [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)50 5012 574

 

Peter James

Visiting Professor, University of Lund

peter.james [at] bioscience.fi 
 

Proteomics 

Niklas Jäntti

Doctoral Candidate

niklas.z.jantti [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Silke Jasma

silke.a.jansma@utu.fi 
 

 

Jismi John

Doctoral Researcher, Neuroscience

jimajo [at] utu.fi  
  +358 (0)29 450 3784

Coffey Lab, office 5045 

Anniina Jokela

Researcher, Neuroscience

anniina.a.jokela [at] utu.fi  
 

Coffey Lab, office 5045 

Heli Jokela

Senior Researcher

 
 

Rantakari Lab, office 5041a 

Anne Jokilammi

University Teacher

 
  +358 29 450 4737

Elenius Lab 4438 

Omkar Joshi

Doctoral Candidate

omkar.joshi [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Shreya Joshi

Doctoral Researcher

shreya.s.joshi@utu.fi  
 

Lönnberg Lab 

Jenny Joutsen

Postdoctoral Researcher

jenny.joutsen [at] abo.fi 
  +358 (0)2-2154060

Sistonen Lab 

Päivi Junni

Laboratory Technician

paivi.junni@bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3764

FFGC, Single-Cell Omics 

Sini Junttila

Postdoctoral Researcher

simaju [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358(0)29 450 3756

Elo Lab, office 7087C 

Jasmin Kaivola

Doctoral Candidate

jasmin.e.kaivola [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Taina Kalevo-Mattila

Laboratory Technician

taina.kalevo-mattila [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3758

Westermarck Lab, lab 5080 

Ubaid Kalim

Senior Research Fellow

ubaid.ullah [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3808

Lahesmaa Lab, office 7093 

Maritta Kantanen

Instrument Technician

maritta.kantanen [at] utu.fi 
 

 

Mahtab Karbasian

Senior Researcher

 
  Elenius lab

 

Henok Karvonen

Project specialist | Multimedia producer

 
 

Turku Bioscience Centre 

Roosa Kattelus

Doctoral Researcher

roosa.m.kattelus [at] utu.fi 
 

Lahesmaa Lab 

Otto Kauko

M.D., Ph.D., Group Leader

 
 

Proteomics 

Maria Kemppainen

Undergraduate Student

maria.s.kemppainen@utu.fi 
 

 

Jalmari Kettunen

Project Researcher

jalmari.kettunen@utu.fi 
  Elo Lab

 

Iivari Kleino

Postdoctoral Researcher

iivari.kleino [at] utu.fi  
 

Elo Lab 

Jari Korhonen

jari.korhonen [at] abo.fi 
  +358 (0)2 215 4062

BioCity 2nd floor, room 2066 

Anna-Riina Koskenniemi

Doctoral Researcher

arhuht [at] utu.fi 
 

Ventelä Lab 

Sanna Kotilainen

Research Assistant

 
 

Lönnberg lab 

Matilda Kråkström

Postdoctoral Researcher

matilda.v.krakstrom [at] utu.fi 
 

Metabolomics, 5019 

Anu Kukkonen-Macchi

Research Coordinator

anukuk [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0) 294 503 796

Elo Lab, office 7072 

Katri Kulmala

Office Secretary / Support Services

office [at] bioscience.fi 
 

Office team, office 2006 

Sami Kurkinen

Doctoral Candidate

sami.t.kurkinen [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Kari Kurppa

Supervisor

kjkurp [at] utu.fi 
 

 

Minna Kyläniemi

Head of FFGC, Laboratory Manager

minna.kylaniemi[at]utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3763

FFGC 

Satu Kylänpää

Project Specialist

satmak [at] utu.fi  
  +358 (0)29 450 3764

FFGC 

Leena Kytömäki

Project Engineer

lskyto@utu.fi 
  FFGC

 

Petra Laasola

Laboratory Technician

petra.laasola [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3758

Ivaska Lab 

Christoffer Lagerholm

Lab Engineer

christoffer.lagerholm [at] utu.fi 
 

Cell Imaging Core 

Anne Lahdenperä

Laboratory Manager

anne.lahdenpera [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 2412

Lahesmaa Lab 

Riitta Lahesmaa

Director, Group Leader, Professor

riitta.lahesmaa [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 2415

Office 7075 

Asta Laiho

Service Manager

astlai [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 2916

Elo Lab, office 7075 

Santosh Lamichhane

Academy Research Fellow, Docent

santosh.lamichhane@utu.fi 
 

Orešič Lab 

Johanna Lampa

Undergraduate Student

johanna.m.lampa [at] utu.fi 
 

Zebrafish 

Sakari Lätti

Doctoral Candidate

sakari.t.latti [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Paulina Moreno Layseca

Postdoctoral Researcher

paulina.morenolayseca [at] bioscience.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Fatemehsadat Seyednasrollah (on leave)

Doctoral Candidate

fseyedna [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3803

Bioinformatics, office 7116 

Riikka Lund [On leave]

Head of FFGC, Group Leader, Adjunct Professor (Title of Docent), Senior Researcher

 
  +358 (0)29 450 3793

Biomedical Epigenomics, FFGC 

Elisabeth Lefevre

Trainee

elisabeth.lefevre@utu.fi 
 

Lönneberg Lab 

Henna Lehtonen

Undergraduate Student

henna.n.lehtonen [at] utu.fi 
 

Rantakari Lab 

Veli-Matti Leppänen

Research Fellow

veli-matti.leppanen [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Maija Lespinasse

BioCity Turku Coordinator

 
 

Biocity Turku, 6th floor 

Lili Li

Postdoctoral Researcher

 
 

Courtney Lab 

Huayi Li

Doctoral Researcher

huayi.li [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Markus Lindén

Project Researcher

markus.linden [at] utu.fi  
 

Elo Lab 

Laura Lintukorpi

Doctoral Student

lamlin [at] utu.fi 
 

Rantakari Lab 

Rui Liu

Doctoral Candidate

rui.liu [at] abo.fi 
 

Zhang Lab 

Emmi Lokka

Doctoral Candidate

emmi.lokka [at] utu.fi 
 

Rantakari Lab 

Tapio Lönnberg

Senior Researcher, Adjunct Professor

tapio.lonnberg@utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3738

Lönnberg Lab, Single-Cell Omics 

Paula Luoma

HR Specialist / Human Resources

paula.luoma [at] utu.fi 
  HR Specialist / Human Resources +358 (0)29 450 2676

 

Noushin Madani

Doctoral Candidate

noushin.madani [at] utu.fi 
 

Tassos Lab, office 5018 

Ayush Madhok

Postdoctoral Researcher

aymadh@utu.fi 
 

Lahesmaa Lab 

Rakesh Mahato

Project Specialist

rakesh.mahato [at] utu.fi  
 

Eriksson Lab 

Mehrad Mahmoudian

Doctoral Candidate

mehmah [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3794

Elo Lab, office 7096 

Hannu Mäkinen

Senior Researcher

hannu.makinen@utu.fi 
  Elo Lab

 

Mathilde Mathieu

Postdoctoral Researcher

mathilde.mathieu [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Julia Mathlin

Project Researcher

julia.mathlin [at] utu.fi 
 

Elo Lab 

Pieta Mattila

Affiliated Group Leader

pieta.mattila [at] utu.fi 
  +358 29 450 4431

Mattila Lab, 5th floor 

Jesse Mattsson

Research Assistant

 
 

Kauko Lab 

Aidan McGlinchey

Postdoctoral research associate

 
 

Affiliated Member of Systems Medicine 

Manila Meem

Undergraduate Student

 
 

 

Johannes Merilahti

Facility Coordinator

johannes.merilahti [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3779

Proteomics 

Sara Metso

Project Researcher

sara.m.metso@utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3764

FFGC, Single-Cell Omics 

Herbert Michlmayr

Research Fellow

 
 

Tassos Lab 

Lea Mikkola

Postdoctoral Researcher

lea.mikkola@utu.fi 
  050 473 9618

Lönnberg Lab 

Ivana Mikocziova

Postdoctoral Researcher

ivana.mikocziova@utu.fi 
  050 473 9618

Single-Cell Omics, InFLAMES Research Flagship 

Mayank Modi

Doctoral Candidate

maymod [at] bioscience.fi; mmodi [at] abo.fi 
  +358-(0)-469527179

Eriksson Lab 

Ali Youssef Mostafa

Doctoral Researcher

aymost [at] utu.fi 
 

Coffey Lab 

Robert Moulder

Senior Research Fellow

rmoulder [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3802

Lahesmaa Lab, office 7115 

Lana Mutabdzija

Erasmus Exchange Student

lana.l.mutabdzija [at] utu.fi 
 

Tassos Lab, office 5018 

Iida Muuraneva

Doctoral Researcher

 
 

Ventelä Lab 

Linda Nissi

Doctoral researcher

lranis [at] utu.fi 
 

Ventelä Lab 

Sebastián Zuñiga Norman

Project Researcher

sizuno [at] utu.fi 
 

Elo Lab 

Christina Oetken-Lindholm

Project Engineer

christina.oetken-lindholm [at] utu.fi 
 

Cell Imaging & Cytometry, office 5135 

Venla Ojasalo

Undergraduate Student

venla.i.ojasalo [at] utu.fi 
 

Rantakari Lab 

Janni Ollikainen

Undergraduate Student

janni.t.ollikainen [at] utu.fi  
 

Rantakari Lab 5021 

Matej Oresic

Group Leader, Senior Scientist

matej.oresic [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3798

Metabolomics and System Medicine 

Zsuzsanna Ortutay

Operator

zsuzsanna.ortutay [at] utu.fi 
  +358294503776

Genome Editing Core 

Mirva Pääkkönen

Project Researcher

mirva.paakkonen [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 2200

Proteomics 

Ilkka Paatero

Head of Zebrafish Facility

ilkka.paatero [at] bioscience.fi ; zebrafish [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3789

 

Esko Pakarinen

Project Specialist, Data Systems Specialist

esko.pakarinen [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3764

FFGC 

Tassos Papageorgiou

Group Leader, Senior Scientist, Adjunct Professor

anapap [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3752, 3760, 3776

 

Priya Parimelazhagan

Doctoral Student

ppasan@utu.fi 
  +358408148842

Westermarck Lab, office 4120 

Hanna Parkkola

Postdoctoral Researcher

hkpark [at] utu.fi 
 

Pentikäinen Lab 

Sepideh Parvanian

Doctoral Candidate

sepideh.parvanian [at] bioscience.fi; sepideh.parvanian [at] abo.fi 
 

Eriksson Lab 

Nicolas Pasquier

Doctoral Candidate

nicolas.pasquier [at] utu.fi  
 

Ivaska lab, office 4121 

Preethy Paul

Project Coordinator & Postdoctoral Researcher

ppreethy [at] abo.fi ; prepau [at] utu.fi  
  +358 41 36 40 948

Eriksson Lab 

Niklas Paulin

Undergraduate Student

niklas.paulin [at] bioscience.fi 
  + 358 (0)50 5216649

Elo Lab, office 7086 

Meri Pelkonen

Project Researcher

meri.h.pelkonen@utu.fi 
 

 

Sara Peltola

Senior Researcher

 
  Elenius lab

 

Ulla Pentikäinen

Academy Research Fellow/University lecturer (Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku)

ulla.pentikainen [at] utu.fi 
  +358 505012574

 

Sara Hernández Pérez

Doctoral Candidate

sarher [at] utu.fi 
 

Mattila Lab, office 5092  

Mats Perk

Project Researcher

matsdaniel.perk [at] utu.fi 
 

Elo Lab 

Jenny Pessa

Doctoral Candidate

 
 

Potsdoc Board, Sistonen lab 

Nina Pettersson

Doctoral Candidate, co-supervisor Dr. Eva Ekholm

 
 

Biomedical Epigenomics 

Emilia Peuhu

Affiliated Group Leader

emilia.peuhu [at] bioscience.fi 
 

Peuhu Lab, D5066 

Trinh Pham

Undergraduate Student

 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Sami Pietilä

Doctoral Candidate

sami.pietila [at] bioscience.fi 
  + 358 (0)50 5216649

Elo Lab, office 7086 

Minna Piipponen

Postdoctoral Researcher

minna.piipponen@utu.fi 
 

Single-Cell Omics, Lönnberg Lab 

Patrycja Plachta

Exchange Student

Patrycja.Plachta@abo.fi 
  Papageorgiou's lab

 

Pekka Postila

Senior Researcher

 
 

 

Pekka Akseli Postila

Senior Researcher

pekka.postila [at] utu.fi 
 

Pentikäinen/Ivaska Lab 

Nirmal Poudel

Doctoral Candidate

nirpou [at] utu.fi 
 

Tassos Lab, room 5018 

Iris Purma

Project Researcher

 
 

Proteomics 

Susanna Pyökäri

Laboratory Technician

susanna.pyokari [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3758 / 3771

Coffey Lab, office 5080 

Julia Pyysalo

 
 

 

Senthilkumar Rajendran

Senior Research Fellow

srajendr [at] abo.fi ; sekura [at] utu.fi ; biosen81 [at] gmail.com 
  +358442362631

Eriksson Lab 

Amogh Vinay Ranade

Project Researcher

 
 

 

Pia Rantakari

Adjunct Professor and Group Leader

 
  +358 (0)400 426 791

Rantakari Lab 

Omid Rasool

Senior Researcher, Adjunct Professor

omid.rasool [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3769

Lahesmaa Lab 

Leila Rato

Doctoral Candidate

leila.coelhorato [at] abo.fi 
  +358 469511582

Eriksson Lab 

Kaisa Rautaniemi

Project engineer

kaisa.rautaniemi [at] utu.fi 
 

Cell Imaging & Cytometry, office 5077 

Päivikki Reinivuori

Research technician

paivikki.reinivuori [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 2200

Metabolomics and Proteomics 

Oso Rissanen

Laboratory Technician

oso.rissanen@bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3764

FFGC, Single-Cell Omics 

Olof Rundquist

olof.rundquist [at] utu.fi 
 

Elo Group and Lahesmaa group, Office 7090 

Emilie Rydgren

Doctoral Researcher

emilie.rydgren@utu.fi  
  050 473 9618

Lönnberg Lab, InFLAMES 

Kalle Rytkönen

Postdoctoral Researcher

katyry [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3805

Elo Lab, office 7089 

Cecilia Sahlgren

Principal investigator (Åbo Akademi University, Eindhoven University of Technology), Professor of Cell Biology (ÅAU), Professor in Biomedical Engineering (TU/e)

cecilia.sahlgren [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 2 215 3300

Sahlgren Lab, office 2017 

Nikita Sain

Doctoral Researcher

 
 

Lahesmaa Lab 

Maria Salmela

Senior Researcher

 
  Elenius lab

 

Katja Salonen

Doctoral Researcher

katja.h.salonen [at] utu.fi  
 

Metabolomics 

Jouko Sandholm

Research Coordinator

jouko.sandholm@utu.fi 
 

Cell Imaging & Cytometry, office 5077 

Priya Parimelazhagan Santhi

Doctoral Researcher

priyadharshini.p.paimelazhagansanthi [at] utu.fi 
 

Ventelä Lab 

Eva Savulkina

 
 

 

Vincent Seube

Postdoctoral Researcher

 
 

 

Mukund Sharma

Postdoctoral Researcher

mukund.sharma [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3790

Westermarck Lab, office 4120 

Farid Ahmad Siddiqui

Postdoctoral Researcher

 
  +358 (0)29 450 3779 / 3779

Elenius Lab, office 5130 

Jenni Siivonen

Laboratory Technician

jenni.siivonen [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3758

Ivaska Lab 

Michael Silva

Doctoral Candidate

michael.santossilva [at] abo.fi 
  +358 469511586

Eriksson Lab 

Loane Simon

Master Student

loane.simon [at] utu.fi 
 

Ivaska Lab 

Burak Simsek

Student

 
 

 

Parul Singh

 
  Westermarck Lab

 

Lea Sistonen

Professor, Group Leader

lea.sistonen [at] abo.fi 
  +358 (0)2 215 3311

 

Johannes Smolander

Doctoral Candidate

johannes.smolander [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3800

Elo Lab, office 7118A 

Christel Sourander

Doctoral Researcher, Neuroscience

christel.c.sourander [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3784

Coffey Lab, office 5045 

Antonio Goncalves de Sousa

Doctoral Candidate

antonio.goncalvesdesousa [at] utu.fi 
 

Elo Lab 

Inna Starskaia

Doctoral Researcher

inna.starskaia (at) utu.fi 
 

Lahesmaa lab 

Freddy Suarez-Rodriguez

Doctoral Candidate

 
 

Postdoc Board, Sahlgren Lab 

Suvi-Riitta Sulander

Undergraduate Student

srmsul [at] utu.fi 
 

Peuhu Lab 

Giulia Sultana

Doctoral Candidate

giulia.sultana [at] abo.fi 
  +358466565957

Eriksson Lab 

Kim Sundfors

Laboratory Engineer

kim.sundfors [at] utu.fi / tbctrouble@utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3737

Office 5023 

Tomi Suomi

Doctoral Candidate

tomi.suomi [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3803

Elo Lab, office 7116 

Thomas Svoboda

Papageorgiou Lab

 
 

 

Rifahul Abrar Taiseer

Undergraduate Student

mratai [at] utu.fi 
 

Zhang Lab 

Ifrat Tamanna

Student

 
 

Metabolomics 

Tatiana Tarkhova

Master Student

tatiana.t.tarkhova [at] utu.fi 
 

Eriksson Lab 

Anupa Thapa

Multimedia group

anupa.thapa [at] utu.fi 
 

 

Pauli Tikka

PostDoctoral Researcher

 
 

 

Lauriina Tola

Undergraduate Student

lauriina.a.tola [at] utu.fi  
 

Rantakari Lab 5021 

Maria Tuominen

Project Engineer

 
  +358 (0) 29 450 4439

Elenius Lab 4438 

Dulashini Udawatta

Undergraduate Students

 
 

Courtney Lab 

Tommi Välikangas

Doctoral Candidate

tsvali [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3803

Elo Lab, office 7116 

Reija Venho

Laboratory Technician

reija.venho [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3754

FFGC 

Sami Ventelä

Group Leader

satuve [at] utu.fi 
 

office 4124 

Arun Venu

Doctoral Candidate

apoonthu [at] abo.fi  
  +358 41 49 39 527

Eriksson Lab 

Anniina Vihervaara

Postdoctoral Researcher

anniina.vihervaara [at] abo.fi 
  +358 (0)2 215 4055

Sistonen Lab 

Pasi Viljakainen

Senior Technician

pasi.viljakainen [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3757

Office 5081 

Jenna Villman

Research Assistant

jenna.m.villman [at] utu.fi  
 

Zebrafish core 

Eveliina Virtanen

Project Specialist, Quality manager

eveliina.virtanen [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 2764

FFGC 

Etta-Liisa Virtomaa

Laboratory Technician

etliva [at] utu.fi 
 

Rantakari Lab 

Kim Vortriede

Undergraduate Student

 
 

Dickens Lab 

Mikael Wasberg

Laboratory Manager

mikael.wasberg [at] bioscience.fi 
  +358 (0)2 215 3913

Office 5023 

Pauline Weinzettl

Doctoral Researcher

pauline.weinzettl@utu.fi 
  Alanko Lab

 

Jukka Westermarck

Research Director, Group Leader

jukwes [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 2880

Office 4124 

Ziyu Yang

Doctoral Researcher

ziyu.yang@utu.fi 
 

Oresic Lab 

Peiru Yang

Doctoral Candidate

peiru.yang [at] abo.fi; peiru.yang [at] bioscience.fi 
  +385 (0)418084762

Eriksson Lab 

Venkatram Yellapragada

Postdoctoral Researcher

venkatram.yellapragada [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3790

Westermarck Lab, office 4120 

Nina Ylinen

Undergraduate student

nina.a.ylinen [at] utu.fi  
 

Zebrafish Core 

Wei Zhang

Postdoctoral Researcher

wei.w.zhang [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)29 450 3790

Westermarck Lab, office 4120 

Hongbo Zhang

Tenure Track Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory

hongbo.zhang [at] utu.fi 
  +358 (0)22 154 141

 

Junnian Zhou

Postdoctoral Resercher

junnian.zhou [at] utu.fi 
  + 358 (0)449124391