Team

People in Pancreas Development and Disease Lab
Diego Balboa

Principal Investigator, Ph.D., Docent

Academy Research Fellow

Director of Biomedicum Stem Cell Center

Biomedicum Helsinki 1, Haartmaninkatu 8, room C507b,
00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

Email: diego.balboa (at) helsinki.fi

Jonna Saarimäki-Vire

Staff Scientist

Ras Trokovic

Docent, BSCC Core Facility Manager

Sarah Merz

Postdoctoral Researcher

Valerie Vandenbempt

Postdoctoral Researcher

Sachin Muralidharan

Ph.D. student

Suvi Tikkakoski

Ph.D. student

Anna Näätänen

Ph.D. student

Rafael Loza

Ph.D student

Onni Kolari

Ph.D student

Solja Eurola

Lab Manager

Nea Asumaa

Lab Technician

Anna Ahmala

Lab Technician

Alba Pardodominguez

BSCC Core Facility Technician

Jori Otsamo

M.Sc. student

Safa Montazeri

M.Sc. student

Jasleen Bassi

M.Sc. student

Enni Hintikka

M.Sc. student

Alumni
  • Anni Mäkelä, Master's Thesis Student, 04.2024-09.2025
  • Sami Jalil, Postdoctoral Researcher, 01.2025-08.2025
  • Sonja Huhdanpää, Master's Thesis Student, 06.2024-03.2025
  • Emma Ryhänen, Master's Thesis Student, 05.2023-05.2024