Principal investigator (2015-, University of Turku, Turku, Finland)

Docent / Adjunct professor (2012-, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland) 

Post doc (2006-2014, University of Turku, Turku, Finland and Biozentrum, Basel, Switzerland)

PhD (2006, University of Turku, Turku, Finland)

Doctoral student (2001-2006, University of Turku, Turku, Finland)

MSc (2001, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland)

Turku Cellular Microbiology Laboratory (TCML) studies the interaction of bacterial pathogens with their host cells at molecular level. Our research is focused on proteins, in particular on enzymes, of the bacterial pathogen and of the host cell that are key molecular players shaping the development and severity of an infectious disease. Our goal is to gain detailed molecular knowledge of the protein functions allowing development of targeted pharmaceuticals to prevent and treat infectious diseases.

Funding sources:

Academy of Finland, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Sigrid Jusélius Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation, The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Emil Aaltonen Foundation, Turku University Foundation, Turku Doctoral Programme of Molecular Medicine (TuDMM), Erasmus+ 

bacteriology; cell biology; protein chemistry; molecular biology