Alumni can be found at the bottom of the page.
Dr Susanna Fagerholm (Professor in Cell and Molecular Biology, Group leader) has a longstanding interest in immune cell integrins. She is interested in integrin regulation in vivo and the roles of immune cell integrins in health and disease. Susanna completed her PhD in 2002 (jointly supervised by Prof Gahmberg, University of Helsinki and Prof Cohen, University of Dundee). After a postdoctoral period in Prof Gahmberg’s laboratory (2004-2007), she started working as a PI and lecturer in Immunology at University of Dundee in Scotland in 2007, where she headed her own research group working on leukocyte integrins in health and disease until 2013. In 2013, she returned to Finland on a Finnish Academy Research Fellowship to start a research group in Helsinki.
Email: Susanna.Fagerholm (at) helsinki.fi
Heidi did her PhD about cancer immunotherapy at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute/the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. More specifically, she assessed the safety and therapeutic potential of combination immune checkpoint blockade. Currently Heidi is investigating the role of integrins in tumor immunology.
Email: Heidi.Harjunpaa (at) helsinki.fi
Imran did his PhD in Comparative genomics from CIIMAR, University of Porto. He received Academy of Finland Postdoctoral research funding for project “Genotype-phenotype mapping of craniofacial development and adaptation in squamate reptiles”. Presently, He is working as Computational Biologist using NGS approaches to understand Dendritic cell mechanical immune memory in health and disease. His interest and expertise involve Molecular Biology, Genomics, Epigenomics (ATAC-Seq & ChIP-Seq), Transcriptomics, Single Cell-Omics, Evo-Devo and Human Microbiome in Intestinal health, disease and therapy. He is Wildlife enthusiast.
Email: imran.khan (at) helsinki.fi
Marc studies beta2-integrin signalling and interaction with other cytoplasmic proteins and their association with pathologies.
Email: Marc.LlortAsens (at) helsinki.fi
Guillem studies the increased anti-tumour response seen when dendritic cells present deficient Beta2-integrins. He hopes to be able to find a way to induce this anti-tumour response in normal dendritic cells. He has a background in drug discovery and biotecnology.
Email: guillem.saldo (at) helsinki.fi
Yunhao graduated from China Medical University. His research focused on the mechanism of Alzheimer’s disease. His current research is to explore the relationship between beta2-integrins in microglia and Alzheimer's disease.
Riku did his Master’s in cell and molecular biology in Université Grenoble Alpes, France specializing in neurosciences. He is working with beta2-integrins role in regulation of energy metabolism of the immune cells with the hopes of understanding how this signaling network is organized.
Email: Riku.Somermaki-at-Helsinki.Fi
Fei did her master’s degree in cell and systems physiology at the University of Helsinki. Currently she’s working as a research assistant in Heidi’s project investigating human dendritic cells.
Email: fei.saarinen(at)helsinki.fi
Dr Vicky Morrison, Arthritis Research UK Fellow, Principal Investigator, University of Glasgow
Dr Martyn James, Head of Genome Profiling, Biomedicum Functional Genomics Unit, University of Helsinki
Dr Tiina Öhman, docent, postdoctoral researcher, Varjosalo Laboratory, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
Dr Liisa Uotila, Planning officer of doctoral education, University of Helsinki
Dr Terhi Savinko, Laboratory supervisor, Allergen laboratory, Skin and Allergy Hospital, HUS
Dr Mette Ilander
Dr Carla Guenther
Dr Imrul Faisal, Fortum