Our research leaders
Meet the researchers driving discovery across the Nordic EMBL Partnership. This page introduces our directors, group and team leaders, investigators, and clinical fellows from all four nodes. They are the scientists working together to advance excellence in molecular medicine.
Tero Aittokallio
FIMM Group Leader
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Oliver Billker
MIMS Director
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Felipe Cava
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Camila Esguerra
NCMBM Team Leader
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Emma Haapaniemi
NCMBM Group Leader
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​Olli Kallioniemi
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
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Thomas Kim
DANDRITE Group Leader
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Mika Kontro
FIMM Group Leader
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Johan Lundin
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
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Andre Mateus
MIMS Team Leader
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Arafath (Rafa) K. Najumudeen
FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
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Hanna Ollila
FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
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Matti Pirinen
FIMM Group Leader
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Simone Rubinacci
FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
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Björn Ole Schröder
MIMS Group Leader
Anne Tuiskunen Bäck
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow
Elisabeth Widen
FIMM Deputy Director
Fredrik Almqvist
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Charlotte Boccara
NCMBM Group Leader ​
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Laura Carroll
MIMS Investigator​
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Maria Fällman
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
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Heidi Haikala
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
Jaakko Kaprio
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
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Taro Kitazawa
DANDRITE Group Leader
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Mariike Kuijjer
NCMBM Group Leader​​
Richard Lundmark
MIMS Team Leader
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Anthony Mathelier
NCMBM Associate Director
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Johan Normark
​MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
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Lassi Paavolainen
FIMM Group Leader
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Jelena Radulovic
DANDRITE Professor and Senior group leader
Janna Saarela
NCMBM Director and Partnership Speaker
Nikolina Sekulić
NCMBM Team Leader
​Tiinamaija Tuomi
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
Vanja Lundberg Wiraeus
​MIMS Clinical Research Fellow
Iker Valle Aramburu
MIMS Group Leader
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Ellen Bushell
MIMS Group Leader​
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Mark Daly
FIMM Group Leader
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​Anniina Färkkilä
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
Caroline Heckman
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
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Eliisa Kekäläinen
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
Magnus Kjærgaard
DANDRITE Associate Professor and Senior Group Leader
Johannes Landskron
NCMBM Team Leader
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Panu Luukkonen
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
Ryo Morimoto
NCMBM Group Leader
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Anders Nykjær
DANDRITE Professor and Senior group leader
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Aarno Palotie
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
Samuli Ripatti
FIMM Director
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Biswajyoti Sahu
NCMBM Group Leader
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Barbara Sixt
MIMS Group Leader
Eero Vuoksimaa
FIMM Group Leader
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Anna Överby Wernstedt
MIMS Deputy Director
Niklas Arnberg
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Lars-Anders Carlson
MIMS Investigator
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Chinmay Dwibedi
MIMS Group Leader​
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Andrea Ganna
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
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Poul Henning Jensen
DANDRITE Director
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​Helena Kilpinen
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
Anna Mathia Klawonn
DANDRITE Group Leader
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Alicia Lind
​MIMS Clinical Research Fellow
Nina Mars
FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
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Fiona Müllner
DANDRITE Group Leader
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Miina Ollikainen
FIMM Group Leader
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Esa Pitkänen
FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
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Martin Rosvall
​MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Linda Sandblad
MIMS Team Leader
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Chao Sun
DANDRITE Group Leader​
Sun Nyunt Wai
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator