Education and degrees completed

2014 PhD in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland. 

2007 MSc in Biology (Molecular Biology) (Hons.), Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Current position

09/2022 – to date       Senior Postdoc, Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku & Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Previous work experience

01/2015 – 07/2022    Postdoctoral Researcher, Novel targeted therapy for human malignant glioblastoma with Professor Jukka Westermarck, Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku & Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

06/2011 – 05/2014    PhD Researcher, Influenza virus-host interactions and their modulation by small molecules with Docent Denis Kainov, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

10/2008 – 06/2011    Junior Researcher, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Pushchino, Russia

09/2007 – 10/2008    Junior Researcher, Institute of Protein Research, Pushchino, Russia

09/2005 – 05/2007    Visiting Master student, Development of genomic approach for high-throughput analysis of CCWGG methylation with Professor Nicholas I. Matvienko, Molecular Biology Education Centre, Institute of Protein Research, Pushchino, Russia

Career breaks

05/2020 – 08/2021     Maternity leave

05/2016 – 08/2017     Maternity leave

I am a PhD-trained scientist with over 15 years of research experience in molecular biology, cell signaling, and anticancer therapy development. My current research focuses on brain cancer vulnerabilities, with a particular focus on glioblastoma and pediatric medulloblastoma. I have extensive expertise in preclinical in vivo models.