Group Leader
Research Director, Group Leader
Westermarck Lab | Cancer Cell Signaling
Personnel
Laboratory Manager
Westermarck Lab | Cancer Cell Signaling
Doctoral Student
Westermarck Lab | Cancer Cell Signaling
Postdoctoral Reseacher
Westermarck Lab | Cancer Cell Signaling
Postdoctoral Researcher
Westermarck Lab | Cancer Cell Signaling
Postdoctoral Researcher
Westermarck Lab | Cancer Cell Signaling
Undergraduate Student
Westermarck Lab | Cancer Cell Signaling
Laboratory Technician
Westermarck Lab | Cancer Cell Signaling
Doctoral Student
Westermarck Lab | Cancer Cell Signaling
Postdoctoral Researcher
Westermarck Lab | Cancer Cell Signaling
Postdoctoral Researcher
Westermarck Lab | Cancer Cell Signaling
Alumni
PhD and Post-doc Affiliations
PhD students
| Name |
Years |
Current position |
Affiliation |
| Song-Ping Li |
1998-2003 |
Professor |
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China |
| Melissa R. Junttila |
2001-2006 |
Vice President, Head of Biology |
ORIC Pharmaceuticals, San Mateo, USA |
| Antoine Mialon |
2003-2009 |
Senior Associate |
Neste, Espoo, Finland |
| Minna Niemelä |
2005-2012 |
Global Product Manager |
Revvity Inc., Turku, Finland |
| Anchit Khanna |
2007-2011 |
Senior Medical Lead |
Novartis, Australia & New Zealand |
| Anni Laine |
2007-2013 |
Technical Support Scientist |
10x Genomics, Leiden, Netherlands |
| Amanpreet Kaur |
2009-2016 |
Researcher |
INSERM, Strasbourg, France |
| Otto Kauko |
2009-2017 |
Group leader |
University of Turku, Turku, Finland |
| Xi Qiao |
2011-2018 |
Postdoctoral fellow |
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sverige |
| Eleonora Mäkelä |
2012-2021 |
Medical advisor |
The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Helsinki, Finland |
| Johannes Routila |
2013-2015 |
Clinical specialist |
University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland |
| Joni Merisaari |
2016-2021 |
Medical advisor |
AbbVie, Helsinki, Finland |
| Srikar Nagelli |
2016-2023 |
Postdoctoral fellow |
AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK |
Post-docs
| Name |
Years |
Current position |
Affiliation |
| Tim Holmström |
2004-2006 |
Director in Target Science |
Orion Corporation, Turku, Finland |
| Pietri Puustinen |
2004-2007 |
Project founder, Scientist |
Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Christophe Come |
2006-2010 |
Lead scientist |
Adcendo Aps, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Sari Vanhatupa |
2007-2009 |
Medical advisor |
AstraZeneca, Espoo, Finland |
| Sami Ventelä |
2007-2010 |
Group leader, Deputy Department Chief |
University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland |
| Juha Okkeri |
2007-2014 |
Subject teacher |
Aleksis Kivi Comprehensive School, Siuntio, Finland |
| Yuba Raj Pokharel |
2009-2012 |
Assistant Professor |
South Asian University, New Delhi, India |
| Christian Rupp |
2013-2017 |
Business Development Director |
Labcorp, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Karolina Pavic |
2015-2020 |
Postdoctoral researcher |
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| Laxman Yetukuri |
2016-2018 |
Senior Applications Specialist |
CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd., Helsinki, Finland |
| Majid Momeny |
2017-2021 |
Instructor |
Texas Medical Center, Houston, USA |
| Julia Vainonen |
2018-2021 |
University researcher |
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
Last updated on September 18, 2025
