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RNA repeat toxicity in neuromuscular degeneration
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Institute of Biotechnology Principal Investigators and Visiting Scholars in alphabetical order.
Leonardo Almeida-Souza
Petri Auvinen
Anamaria Balic
Brendan Battersby
Thomas Bell (visiting scholar)
Sarah Butcher
Nicolas Di-Poi
Andrii Domanskyi
Mikko Frilander
Susana Garcia
Dario Greco
Yrjö Helariutta
Ville Hietakangas
Liisa Holm
Juha Huiskonen
Jukka Jernvall
Eija Jokitalo
Tommi Kajander
Pekka Katajisto
Claudius Kratochwil
Pekka Lappalainen
Jette Lengefeld
Maria Lindahl
Ari Löytynoja
Frederic Michon
Marja Mikkola
Ville Mustonen
Jarno Mäkelä
Arafath Najumudeen
Samuli Ollila
Ville Paavilainen
Perttu Permi
Minna Poukkula
Craig Primmer
Ilona Rissanen
Mart Saarma
Alan Schulman
Vivek Sharma
Osamu Shimmi
Markku Varjosalo
Maria Vartiainen
Irma Thesleff
(Professor Emerita)
Mårten Wikström (Professor Emeritus)
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