People

Kivelä's research group consists of undergraduate and graduate students, post-doc, and a PI. Each group member plays an important and equal role in the lab with the aim to be a highly dynamic, motivated, and collaborative group.
Riikka Kivelä

Principal Investigator, Research Fellow of the Finnish Academy of Sciences

  • BSc in Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 1997
  • MSc in Exercise physiology, University of Jyväskylä, 2001
  • PhD, University of Jyväskylä, 2008
  • Post doctoral research fellow, Prof. Kari Alitalo's group, University of Helsinki, 2008-2013
  • Senior research fellow, Wihuri Research Institute, Helsinki, 2013-2016

, , , riikka.kivela(at)helsinki.fi
Minna Ampuja

Endothelial cells in co-culture models

Postdoctoral researcher

  • PhD - University of Tampere
  • MSc - University of Tampere
  • Research interests: Endothelial cells, cardiomyocytes, in vitro co-culture models, iPS cells

, , , minna.ampuja(at)helsinki.fi
Aino Männistö

PhD Student

  • MSc in Exercise physiology, University of Jyväskylä
  • Research interests: Skeletal muscle, vasculature, endothelial cells, muscle hypertrophy, angiogenesis, metabolic health, muscle wasting

aino.mannisto(at)helsinki.fi
Kialiina Tonttila

PhD student

  • M.Sc. - Translational Medicine, University of Helsinki (2021)

  • B.Sc. - Molecular biosciences, University of Helsinki (2019)

  • Research interests: health benefits of exercise, cardiometabolic diseases, endothelial cells, Oroboros, single cell technology

kialiina.tonttila(at)helsinki.fi,

Undergraduate students
  • Leevi Kahri, BSc

  • Hanna Silvennoinen, Bio-IT student

     

 
Alumni
  • Emmi Helle, MD/PhD
  • Sabina Selenius, MD/PhD
  • Nebeyu Gizaw Yosef, PhD
  • Oiva Arvola, MD/PhD
  • Karthik Amudhala Hemanthakumar, PhD
  • Jacob Andersson, medical student
  • Erik Saikkala, MSc student
  • Sami Myllykangas, MSc student
  • Ilse Paetau, Lab coordinator
  • Virpi Stigzelius, MSc student
  • Karthik Hemanthakumar, PhD student
  • Siiri Toropainen, MSc student
  • Ariadna Pujol Regull, Erasmus student
  • Kirsi Mattinen, Lab manager
  • Tatjana Punger, MSc student
  • Laura Antola, MSc (Tech.)/medical student
  • Manon Gruchet, Erasmus student
  • Elviira Hyvönen, medical student
  • Maxime Laird, Erasmus student
  • Charlotte Gouret, Erasmus student