OUR GROUP

Group Leader

Tarja Malm

PhD, Professor in Molecular Neurobiology
A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
University of Eastern Finland
P.O.B. 1627 (Neulaniementie 2)
FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
Email: tarja.malm (at) uef.fi
Phone: +358 44 331 9754 or +358 40 355 2209

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Academic Degrees:

• Adjunct Professor (Docent) in Neurobiology, University of Eastern Finland, 2014
• PhD (Neurobiology), University of Kuopio 2006
• MSc (Applied Biotechnology), University of Kuopio 2002

Major Positions and Appointments:

• Professor in Neuroinflammation, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, July 1 2019.
• Associate Professor in Neuroinflammation, Department of Neurobiology, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, June 1 2015.
• Adjunct Professor, Senior researcher, Department of Neurobiology, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 2013-2015.
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 2012-2013
• Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Neurobiology, A.I.Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 2007 – 2013
• PhD student, Department of Neurobiology, A.I.Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Kuopio 2002 – 2006

Senior researchers

Antonios Dougalis

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Raisa Giniatullina

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Rashid Giniatullin, Professor

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Jukka Jolkkonen, Docent

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Postdoctoral researchers

Akash Mali

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Anastasia Shakirzyanova, PhD

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Anssi Pelkonen, PhD

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Henna Konttinen, PhD

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Liudmila Saveleva, PhD

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Luca Giudice, PhD

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Nataliia Novosolova, PhD

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Paula Korhonen, PhD

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Polina Abushik, PhD

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Susanne Michels, PhD

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PhD students

Adriana Della Pietra, MSc

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Ahmed Mohamed, MSc

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Flavia Scoyni, MSc

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Ilkka Fagerlund, MSc

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Mireia Gomez, MSc

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Olga Neustroeva, MSc

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Sohvi Ohtonen, MSc

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Valeriia Sitnikova, MSc

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Vera Lezhneva

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Mohammadamin Beheshti Dehkordi

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Mohammad Taghi Rezaie

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Research assistants

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Emma Gribchenko

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Erasmus + mobility

Giusy Di Franco

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Laboratory Technicians

Mirka Tikkanen

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Hanna Härkönen

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Ylli Torn

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Pirjo Hakkarainen

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Financial Secretary

Eleonora Tikkanen

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Eveliina Iivarinen

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ALUMNI

Cristiana Pistono, PhD

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Dilyara Nurkhametova, PhD

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Nea Korvenlaita (Bister), MSc

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Georgii Krivoshein, MD

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Iveta Stanová, MSc

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Hussein Hassan, MSc

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Amr Saadeldein

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Siiri-Liisa Rissanen, MSc

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Ismael Nizialek Puerto

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Ashley Rillo Albert

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Marti Pons Romero

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Mari-Anna Väänänen, MSc

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Pia Laitinen, MSc

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Tiia Turunen, PhD

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Feroze Fazaludeen, MSc

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Mikko Turunen, Docent

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Cristina Medrano Cantarero

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