Team

People in the 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

Nils Bäck

Docent

Jonna Saarimäki-Vire

Staff Scientist

Ras Trokovic

Docent, BSCC Core Facility Manager

Hazem Ibrahim

Postdoctoral Researcher

Sarah Merz

Postdoctoral Researcher

Valerie Vandenbempt

Postdoctoral Researcher

Rishi Banerjee

Postdoctoral Researcher

Sachin Muralidharan

Doctoral Researcher

Suvi Tikkakoski

Doctoral Researcher

Anna Näätänen

Doctoral Researcher

Rafael Loza

Doctoral Researcher

Onni Kolari

Doctoral Researcher

Solja Eurola

Lab Manager

Nea Asumaa

Lab Technician

Anna Ahmala

Lab Technician

Alba Pardodominguez

BSCC Core Facility Technician

Erika Hagan Brown

Project Planner

Jori Otsamo

Technical Assistant

Safa Montazeri

Technical Assistant

Jasleen Bassi

M.Sc. student

Enni Hintikka

Technical Assistant

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