Lab members

, PhD
Professor in Medical Molecular Genetics

Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program
Haartmaninkatu 8
Room C525b
00014 University of Helsinki
tel. +358504486394
tel. +358 2941 5654

Emil Ylikallio MD PhD, Docent, Clinical Instructor

Rubén Torregrosa-Muñumer PhD, Academy Research Fellow

• Jouni Kvist PhD, Bioinformatician
  
• Miia Nissilä Lab Manager
  
• Sandra Harjuhaahto MSc, Doctoral Researcher (DPBM)
  
• Erika Rannila MD PhD student
  
• Jeremi Turkia MSc, Doctoral Researcher
  
• Diego González Martín-Calero MSc, Doctoral Researcher (DPBM)
  
• Rumeysa Ermis MSc, Doctoral Researcher
  
• Susanna Harju MSc, Doctoral Researcher
  
• Minea Rokka MSc thesis student
  

• Sandra Ekström MSc thesis student
  

   

   

• Pooja Manjunath, Preserving Mitochondrial Proteostasis and Structure - The Roles of Mitochondrial Co-Chaperones GRPEL1, GRPEL2, and Small Protein NERCLIN, 2025 (opponent Prof. Kostas Tokatlidis, University of Glasgow)
• Julius Rönkkö, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1J, 2024 (opponent Prof. Gyorgy Hajnóczky, Thomas Jefferson University)
• Nirajan Neupane, Tissue-specificity of mitochondrial proteostasis in health and disease, 2023 (opponent Docent Alexander Kastaniotis, University of Oulu)
• Markus Sainio, Genetics and mechanisms of rare inherited neuromuscular disorders - A focus on neurofilament light, 2022 (opponent Prof. Pascale Bomont, University of Lyon)
• Rosa Woldegebriel, Identification and role of MCM3AP disease gene in neurological disease spectrum and its neuronal modelling, 2021 (opponent Prof. Marina Kennerson, University of Sydney and ANZAC Research Institute)
• Taru Hilander, Molecular Consequences of Transfer-RNA Charging Defects, 2017 (opponent Dr. Anthony Antonellis, University of Michigan Medical School)