Lab members

Arto Pulliainen, PhD, principal investigator
Rajendra Bhadane, PhD, senior researcher
Anbu Poosakkannu, PhD, senior researcher
Madhukar Vedantham, MSc, doctoral researcher
Sujit Kumar, MSc, doctoral researcher
Olli Laaksoaho, BSc, MSc student​
Ida Schoultz, BSc, MSc student
Chiara Catalano Vinyals, BSc, MSc student
Ellen Skrabb, BSc, MSc student
Ilona Nieminen, BSc, MSc student
Amanda Barsk, BSc, MSc student
Mika Savisalo, technician

Lab alumni (post docs & thesis students):

Moona Sakari (nee Miettinen), MSc, PhD thesis, 2024
– Sakari et al 2024 Journal of Biological Chemistry
– Vedantham et al 2024 FASEB Journal
– Sakari et al 2022 Journal of Biological Chemistry
– Sakari et al 2022 ACS Infectious Diseases
– Ernst et al 2021 Scientific Reports
– Eskonen et al 2020 Analytical Chemistry
– Ashok et al 2020 ACS Infectious Diseases
– Miettinen et al 2019 Microbes and Infection

Abdula Habib, BSc, MSc thesis, 2023

Alaa Benkherouf, BSc, MSc thesis, 2022

Sakina Begum, BSc, MSc thesis, 2022

Rita Azevedo, PhD, post doc, 2020-2021
– Sakari et al 2024 Journal of Biological Chemistry

Lyydia Leino, BSc, MSc thesis, 2021

Katja Näreoja, PhD, post doc, 2019
– Ashok et al 2020 ACS Infectious Diseases

Rita Pinto, BSc, MSc thesis, 2019
– Vedantham et al 2024 FASEB Journal

Tofayel Chowdhury, BSc, MSc thesis, 2018

Hanna Piitulainen, BSc, MSc thesis, 2017
– Gillespie et al 2015 mBio

Elena Pennanen, BSc, MSc thesis, 2016

Lab alumni (project researchers & interns):

Vili Niinikoski

Arttu Laisi
– Sakari et al 2022 ACS Infectious Diseases
– Regier et al 2019 Parasites & Vectors

Antti Kaatiala

Avlokita Tiwari
– Ashok et al 2020 ACS Infectious Diseases

Sami Lehto

Soheila Akhondzadeh

Lauri Pulkkinen

Ana Marta Lourenco