ACTIVITIES

2023

  • Our group organized a brain storming event for all the members in a getaway in Tahko. It was a fruitful disucssion and lots of fun activities.

2022

  • Our group participated in the general assembly meetings for TUBE & ADAIR projects in Venice, Italy. We had stimulating and fruitful discussions while enjoying the beauty of Venice. Thanks to Sohvi Ohtonen and Ahmed Mohamed for presenting our results.

  • Our PhD student Ahmed Mohamed attended the 16th International Congress of Toxicology ICT2022congress in Maastricht, Netherlands where he presented our research on ADAIR project.

  • Congratulations to Adriana Della Pietra for winning the prize for the best oral presentation for her project during the DPMM winter school 2022 in August.

  • We attended the MEA meeting at Natural and Medical Sciences Institute in Universität Tübingen. We were honoured to present our work in midbrain organoids (Anssi Pelkonen) and iNPH samples (Mireia Gomez).

  • Our summer get together for this year took place in Koli’s national park! Fun barbecue time then  toothsome and elegant dinner full of emotions! It is brilliant to have such amazing people in our team

  • Our group organized a cooking event to gather around and every team cooks a traditional dish. It was a delicious feast!

  • Tarja has been prestigiously awarded the European Research Council (ERC) grant of 2 million euros for a period of five year to the HUMANE project. More information here

2021

  • Ahmed Mohamed secured an ESR position in the Neuro-Innovation project under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant.
  • Henna Konttinen defended her PhD in December. Prof. Beth Stevens acted as an opponent.

  • Four of our PhD students landed positions in the Doctoral program of Molecular medicine (DPMM) fund! Congratulations Olga, Valeriia Jonna and Mireia on great teamwork!

  • We coordinate ERA-NET NEURON funded project MINERVA to investigate how maternal infections and genetic risk factors interact and drive alterations to the normal brain development contributing to autism spectrum disorders. More information here
  • We co-coordinate MSCA COFUND project “Neuro-Innovation”. More information here
  • Tiia Turunnen received the Orion Research Foundation (Orionin Tutkimussäätiö) grant for Post-doctoral research on Enhancing Neuronal Function with Extracellular Vesicle -Delivered Nuclear microRNAs.
  • Ilkka Fagerlund received Suomen Kulttuurirahasto grant (Finnish Cultural Foundation) to support his research for doctoral thesis work for developing a Cerebral organoid model to study the role of immune system in brain development on February. More information here
  • Henna Konttinen also received Suomen Kulttuurirahasto grant (Finnish Cultural Foundation) to study the role of inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease using brain cells generated from patient’s own stem cells on February. More information here

2020

  • 2nd of October, stem cell lab 2 has been opened for Science! The stem cell research in our group has been expanding and thankfully, we have also been able to acquire new equipment in celebration to our advances in the stem cell culture.

  • Nea Korvenlaita (Bister), PhD student,  received Paavo Nurmi Foundation grant for research expenses.
  • Paula Korhonen received a grant from Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Finnish Cultural Foundation) and a 3-year position as a post-doctoral researcher from the Academy of Finland, for post-doctoral research conducted in our group, related to brain organoids and brain development. Congratulations!
  • Flavia Scoyni received a dissertation grant on December from Kuopio University Foundation.

2019

  • Flavia Scoyni received a research grant from Instrumentarium Science Foundation on January.
  • Three of our PhD students landed a positions in the Doctoral program of Molecular medicine (DPMM)! Congratulations Feroze, Ilkka and Sohvi on great teamwork!

2018

  • We are organizing a course on extracellular vesicle biology on 4-5 September, 2018. Please register here
  • Tiia Turunen received Postdoctoral Researcher funding from the Academy of Finland for investigating novel nuclear non-coding RNAs for the epigenetic treatment of cerebral ischemia. Congratulations!
  • Tarja Malm is a part of consortium receiving funding from the Finnish Cultural Foundation to decipher the effects of air pollutants on brain health. More information here
  • Flavia Scoyni also received a research grant from Inkeri and Mauri Vanska Foundation on December. Congratulations!

2017

  • Nea Korvenlaita (Bister) got the Doctoral program of Molecular medicine (DPMM) fund for PhD studies for 4 years.
  • Nea Korvenlaita (Bister) also received the Saastamoinen Foundation Anitta Etula grant for 6 months mobility and research expenses.
  • Nea Korvenlaita (Bister) received Paavo Nurmi Foundation grant to attend international conferences.
  • Paula Korhonen received grant from Instrumentarium Science Foundation and Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Finnish Cultural Foundation), for her postdoctoral research in Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia.