Šárka Lehtonen

PhD Pharm., Sigrid Jusélius Research Fellow

Academic degrees:
Adjunct Professor in Neuropharmacology, UEF, 2016​
PhD Pharm (Pharmacology), University of Kuopio, 2005​
MSc Pharm (Pharmacology), Charles University in Prague, 1999

Major positions and appointments:

  • Sigrid Jusélius Research Fellow, A.I.Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 2021​-2024
  • Senior researcher, Neuroscience Center, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, 2018-​
  • University researcher, Saastamoinen säätiö Fellowship, University of Eastern Finland, 2013-2016​
  • Visiting researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Stem Cell Biology, Masaryk University, Brno, 2012-2013​
  • Assistant in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kuopio, 2007-2011​
  • Postdoctoral researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, University of Helsinki, 2005-2007​
  • PhD student, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kuopio, 2001-2005​

Teaching:

  • Supervision of PhD, MSc, BSc., medical trainees, ERASMUS and EDUFI students
  • Course coordinator – Regenerative medicine (5 ECTS), taught yearly at the UEF (Biomedicine) during the autumn semester
  • Broad experience of teaching in various courses of pharmacology, neuroscience and stem cell biology 

The lab is funded by​​:

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