Group Leader
Teemu Ihalainen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (tenure track)
Leader of Tampere Imaging Facility
Google Scholar
teemu.ihalainen@tuni.fi
Postdocs
University Lecturer
elina.mantylä@tuni.fi
Interests: Epithelial mechanotransduction, nuclear dynamics
Sami Salminen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral researcher
sami.salminen@tuni.fi
Interests: Epithelial mechanosensing
Ph.D. students
Sanna Korpela, M.Sc. (tech)
Ph.D. student
sanna.korpela@tuni.fi
Project: Hydrogels and RPE-retina interaction
Ph.D. student
heidi.peussa@tuni.fi
Project: Cellular mechanosensing and Ca2+-dynamics
Anni Pörsti, M.Sc.
Ph.D. student
anni.porsti@tuni.fi
Project:Epithelial permeability
Co-supervision of Ph.D.-students
Viivi Karema-Jokinen, M.Sc. (tech), RPE electrophysiology
Jenni Partinen, M.Sc., RPE-retina interactions in zebrafish
Anna Mäkitiura, M.Sc., RPE electrophysiology
Outi Liang, M.Sc., Photoreceptor outer segment phagocytosis in zebrafish
Co-suprevised PhD-students
Lina Aires, Ph.D (ETH Zurich)
Rolle Rahikainen, Ph.D.
Aapo Tervonen, Ph.D.
Julia Fadjukov, Ph.D.
Birhanu Belay, Ph.D.
Maija Kauppila, Ph.D.