We are delighted to have Hanna Parkkola in the lab! She is back to her roots in cell culture after momentarily venturing into the wild world of protein chemistry. Welcome back!…
Mitro Miikhinen defended his PhD thesis in September !
Thanks to Staffan Strömblad, the opponent of Mitro from University of Stockholm for the visit. It was a great time. Now Mitro is going to be fine, studying hardcore statistics! The best of luck!…
Paulina’s paper is accepted !!
Celebrating our recent publication in Nature Cell Biology and the associated Highlight written by Pat Caswell ! Thanks Pat !…
Martina Lerche defended her PhD thesis in September – such a RUSH !
Warm thank to Patrick Caswell, her opponent from University of Manchester, for joining us in person. It was an amazing scientific discussion. Now Martina is fighting border guards to enter the US and join the lab of Clare Waterman! Good…
Mathilde is joining the lab !
Mathilde has joined us as a postdoc from Institut Curie, FR. She is leaving the world of extracellular vesicules to study biomechanics ! How intense ?! Mathilde arrived in Turku during winter time, when there was snow everywhere and ice…
Megan joins us as a postdoc!
Megan has joined us as a postdoc from Manchester, UK. She spent 10 days in quarantine when she arrived in Turku. A tough thing to do in a new place. Hopefully, the rest of your postdoc will be easier! Welcome…
Siiri Salomaa defended her PhD thesis in September – it was awesome!
A big thanks to Siiri’s opponent Pirta Hotulainen from the Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, University of Helsinki for joining us in person. It was a great discussion and now Siiri is off to the UK for her first…
Johanna Lilja defended her PhD thesis in June and did a fantastic job!
It was the first time we did this over zoom. After a few small techincal hiccups, everything went smoothly! So proud of you Johanna and thanks for the after party in sunny Ruissalo! Also a big thanks to her opponent…
Long-overdue celebrations
After more than 2.5 months working remote or in isolation in the lab, we felt it was important to get together in the park (safe distance of course) and celebrate all the latest accomplishments: three papers, one lab guidebook and…
A little something to read by Aki Stubb et al.
Thanks to the FinELib consortium (Finnish universities, research institutions and public libraries) we have been able to make our most recent publication in Nano Letters open access! “…