Lab Members
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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)
Senior/Postdoctoral Scientists
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Veronica Fagerholm
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.Dani Flinkman
Proteomics Expert
Coffey Lab, office 5045 +358 (0)29 450 3784![](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img/https://bioscience.fi/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ye.hong_.jpg)
Ye Hong
Senior Datascientist
Coffey & Elo Lab, office 7089 +358 (0)29 450 3805Project in the Kinase group
I am using bioinformatics to predict molecular mechanisms of depression and schizophrenia using proteomics and behavioral data.![](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img/https://bioscience.fi/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/James-Peter-IMG_0023.jpg)
Doctoral Researchers
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Jismi John
Doctoral Researcher, Neuroscience
Coffey Lab, office 5045 +358 (0)29 450 3784 jimajo [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.
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Christel Sourander
Doctoral Researcher, Neuroscience
Coffey Lab, office 5045 +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.
Master Students
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Adetunji Adedeji
Undergraduate Student
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Faridun Mamadbekov
Master Student
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Alex Montoya
Master Student
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