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.