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
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
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 technician in a project analysing human dendritic cells.
Email: fei.saarinen(at)helsinki.fi
Emilia completed her master thesis in the group working on Beta2-integrin/TLR4 signalling complexes in dendritic cells. Currently, working on dechiphering the role of absence of beta2-integrin in human dendritic cells.
Email: emilia.l.peltonen(at)helsinki.fi
Dr Heidi Harjunpää, Molecular and Integrative Biosciences, Principal Investigator (Academy Research Fellow), University of Helsinki
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
Dr Guillem Saldo Rubio, Postdoctoral Researcher,