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

Prasannakumar Deshpande
Postdoctoral Researcher
Coffey Lab, office 5045
+358 (0)29 450 3784
prasannakumar.deshpande [at] bioscience.fiProject
My main goal is to identify mechanisms in nerve cells that may lead to death of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson’s disease.
Veronica Fagerholm
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lab 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.
Patrik Hollos
Postdoctoral Researcher
Coffey Lab, office 5045
+358 (0)29 450 3784
patrik.hollos [at] bioscience.fiProject
I explore how kinase signalling exerts spatiotemporal control of synapse plasticity in disease models using optogenetics.

Doctoral Candidates
Dani Flinkman
Project Researcher
Coffey Lab, office 5045
+358 (0)29 450 3784
dani.flinkman [at] bioscience.fi

Ye Hong
Doctoral Candidate
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.


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

Undergraduate Students
Technical Personnel
Susanna Pyökäri
Laboratory Technician
Coffey Lab, office 5080
+358 (0)29 450 3758 / 3771
susanna.pyokari [at] bioscience.fiAlumni
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.