Olli Pentikäinen
 PhD


olli.pentikainen@utu.fi

+358 40 521 6913

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku


ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7188-4016

MedChem.fi

Areas of expertise
Computer-Dependent Drug Discovery; Molecular Modeling; Protein structure-function relationship; Protein-protein interaction

Biography
Education:
MSc in (organic) chemistry 1995 (University of Joensuu, Finland)
PhD in Biochemistry 2003 (Åbo Akademi University)
Adjunct Professor in Biochemistry 2005- (University of Turku)

Positions:
2017- Professor of Medicinal Chemistry (University of Turku) 8/2017
2011- Senior Lecturer in Cell and Molecular Biology (University of Jyväskylä)
2015 Visiting Senior Scientist (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
2005-2006 Visiting Senior Scientist (University of Bristol, UK)
1999-2005 Manager in Molecular Discovery (FBD Ltd)

Research
Our research focuses on discovery of efficient drug candidates and development of novel methods for that purpose. Especially our research on cancer drug targets that have been considered highly difficult, together with risk analysis of drug candidates, pave the road for safer drugs.

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