Lab Members

Group Leader
Eleanor Coffey
Research Director (Forskningschef) at Åbo Akademi University
Vice Director Turku Bioscience
eleanor.coffey [at] bioscience.fi
Contact Information
Turku Bioscience
P.O. Box 123, BioCity
(Street adr. Tykistökatu 6 B)
FIN-20521 Turku, Finland
+358-2-333 8605 (Eleanor Coffey)+358-2-251 8808 (Fax Attn. Eleanor Coffey)
Lab Manager and Postdoctoral Researchers

Veronica Fagerholm
Business Champion and Coordinator
Coffey Lab, office 5045
+358 (0)29 450 3784
veronica.fagerholm [at] utu.fiProject
I am searching for driver genes that act downstream of JNK1 to promote mood disorders.
Doctoral Researchers

Dani Flinkman
Project Researcher, Mass Spectrometry and Neuroscience
Coffey Lab, office 5045
+358 (0)29 450 3784
dani.flinkman [at] bioscience.fi
Jelena Gnjatovic
Researcher, Neuroscience
Coffey Lab, office 5045
+358 (0)29 450 3784
jelena.j.gnjatovic [at] utu.fi

Ye Hong
Doctoral Researcher, Bioinformatics
Coffey & Elo Lab, office 7089
+358 (0)29 450 3805
ye.hong [at] bioscience.fiProject in the Kinase group
I am using bioinformatics to predict molecular mechanisms of depression and schizophrenia using proteomics and behavioral data.
Jismi John
Doctoral Researcher, Neuroscience
Coffey Lab, office 5045
+358 (0)29 450 3784
jimajo [at] utu.fi

Christel Sourander
Doctoral Researcher, Neuroscience
Coffey Lab, office 5045
+358 (0)29 450 3784
christel.c.sourander [at] utu.fi
Master Students

Faridun Mamadbekov
Master Student, Computer Engineering
Coffey Lab


Mudita Shakya
Master Student, Computer Engineering
Coffey Lab
Technical Personnel
Susanna Pyökäri
Laboratory Technician
Coffey Lab, office 5080
+358 (0)29 450 3758 / 3771
susanna.pyokari [at] bioscience.fiAlumni
Nikita Tiwari, Francesca Marchisella, Sylvia Ortega-Martinez, Hasan Mohammad, Emilia Komulainen, Justyna Zdrojewska, Olavi Misin, Artur Padzik, Benny Björkblom, Hanna Heikelä, Vesa Hongisto, Wenrui Li, Elli Oksanen, Lihua Sun, Jenni Vainio, Nina Westerlund, Yubao Wang, Agniezka Bialek, Gunilla Hognas, Johanna Holmbom, Marit Jorgensen, Miikka Hurme, Julie Millour, Lenaig Marchand, Kimmo Mäkela, Iiris Nykanen, Annika Nymark, Annika Pienimaki, Emmy Rannikko, Maria Shariatmadari, Henna Sihvonen, Annika Smeds, Nina Smeds, Jenny Södermann, Rognoy Vibeke, Mats Österholm, Hanah Orellana, Ravi Adusumalli, Hung Phuoc, Behnoush Fourutan, Raghavendra Mysore.