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)


    Senior/Postdoctoral Scientists

    Prasannakumar Deshpande

    Senior Researcher

    prasannakumar.deshpande [at] utu.fi

    Veronica Fagerholm

    Coordinator

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

    Project

    I am searching for driver genes that act downstream of JNK1 to promote mood disorders.

    Ye Hong

    Senior Datascientist

    +358 (0)29 450 3805

    Project in the Kinase group

    I am using bioinformatics to predict molecular mechanisms of depression and schizophrenia using proteomics and behavioral data.

    Peter James

    Visiting Professor, University of Lund

    peter.james [at] bioscience.fi

    Doctoral Researchers

    Christel Sourander

    Doctoral Researcher, Neuroscience

    +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.

    Jismi John

    Doctoral Researcher, Neuroscience

    +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.

    Dani Flinkman

    Project Researcher, Mass Spectrometry and Neuroscience

    +358 (0)29 450 3784 dani.flinkman [at] bioscience.fi

    Soroush Abyari

    Project Researcher, Neuroscience

    soroush.s.abyari [at] utu.fi

    Anniina Jokela

    Researcher, Neuroscience

    anniina.a.jokela [at] utu.fi

    Ali Youssef

    Project Researcher

    aymost [at] utu.fi

    Master Students

    Alex Montoya

    Master Student, Computer Engineering

    alex.montoyafranco [at] utu.fi

    Grace Horgan

    Erasmus student

    Aathavan Kandiah

    Master Student

    athavan.a.kandiah [at] utu.fi

    Technical Personnel

    Susanna Pyökäri

    Laboratory Technician

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

    Alumni

    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.