Lab Members

    Group Leader

    Jukka Westermarck
    Research Director and Professor of Cancer Biology,
    Turku Bioscience
    jukka.westermarck [at] utu.fi

    Contact Information

    Turku Bioscience P.O. Box 123, BioCity
    (Street addr. Tykistökatu 6 B)
    FIN-20521 Turku, Finland
    +358-294502880 (Jukka Westermarck)
    +358-294503790 (Group members)


    Laboratory Manager

    Tiina Arsiola

    Laboratory Manager

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

    Westermarck Lab, office 4123 


    Postdoctoral Researchers

    Oxana Denisova

    Postdoctoral Reseacher

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

    Westermarck Lab, office 4120 

    Phuong Doan

    Postdoctoral Researcher

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

    Westermarck Lab, Office 4120 

    Nikhil Gupta

    Postdoctoral Researcher

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

    Westermarck Lab, office 4120 

    Mukund Sharma

    Postdoctoral Researcher

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

    Westermarck Lab, office 4120 

    Venkatram Yellapragada

    Postdoctoral Researcher

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

    Westermarck Lab, office 4120 

    Wei Zhang

    Postdoctoral Researcher

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

    Westermarck Lab, office 4120 


    Doctoral Candidates

    Shruti Bhardiya

    Doctoral Student

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

    Westermarck Lab, office 4120 

    Priya Parimelazhagan

    Doctoral Student

    ppasan@utu.fi 
      +358408148842

    Westermarck Lab, office 4120 


    Technical Personnel

    Taina Kalevo-Mattila

    Laboratory Technician

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

    Westermarck Lab, lab 5080 


    Undergraduate Students


     

    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