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Team
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Vera Kovaleva, PhD
CEO & Co-Founder
Vera has a background in Medical Physics (MSc) and Biophysics (PhD). As a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki, she has gained expertise in molecular biology and neuroscience methods and technologies, contributing to the development of potential drug candidates for neurodegenerative disorders and diabetes. She has discovered the ER-located receptors for neurotrophic factor MANF, which underlies the technology of ERresQ.
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Mart Saarma, PhD, Prof.
Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder
Mart is a research director at the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland. He is a word-leading neuroscientist with tremendous expertise in molecular neurobiology and neurotrophic factors-related research, collaborating with multiple research groups and private companies in Europe, USA and Japan. His team identified several new GDNF family receptors and receptor tyrosine kinase RET, as a signaling receptor for GDNF, as well as a new neurotrophic factor CDNF, efficiently protecting and repairs dopamine neurons in vivo. He was a vice president of ERC, director of Institute of Biotechnology (1990-2008), director of Biocenter Finland (2008-2009). Mart launched three successful biotech companies, one of which Mobidiag was recently sold for $795 Million.
Our partners and collaborators
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Maria Lindahl, PhD
Group Leader, Senior Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
Expert in in vitro and in vivo models of type I and type II diabetes
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Yu Li-Ying, PhD
Senior Researcher, Neuroscience and Regeneration
Expert in neuroscience and human iPSCs-models of neurodegeneration
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Olesya Shpironok, MSc
Researcher, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Expert in molecular and cell biology, protein engineering and genetics
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Päivi Lindholm Pulkkila, PhD
Senior Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
Expert in Biochemistry and MANF/CDNF biology
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Sven Sakson, MSc
Researcher, Neuroscience and Diabetes
Expert in cellular and animal models of ER stress, neuronal survival and regeneration