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
– 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
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