Laboratory of Precision and Nanomedicine in September 2020. From left: Prakash Lingasamy, Karlis Pleiko, Allan Tobi, Tambet Teesalu, Kristina Põšnograjeva, Anni Lepland, Kristina Kiisholts, Kaarel Kurm, Maarja Haugas, Valeria Sidorenko, Lorena Simón Gracia, Pablo Scodeller.
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Tambet Teesalu, PhD Head of the laboratory, Professor of nanomedicine This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Research Interests: Cancer biology, nanomedicine, neurovascular biology and -targeting, tumor penetrating peptides, C-end Rule, angiogenesis, drug targeting, in vivo phage display. Publications:PubMed |
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Lorena Simon Gracia, PhD Associate ProfessorThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Research Interests: cancer biology, tumor penetrating peptides, nanotechnology, drug delivery systems, polymersomes, liposomes, metallic nanoparticles, drug targeting. Publications: ResearchGate |
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Maarja Haugas, PhD Research scientistThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Research Interests: cancer biology, tumor penetrating peptides, neurovascular biology and -targeting, phage display, precision drug delivery Publications: PubMed |
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Claudia Griselda Cárdenas León, PhD Postdoctoral researcher This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Research Interests:neurovascular biology, tumor microenvironment and biology, drug delivery systems Publications: Pubmed |
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Allan Tobi, MSc PhD Student |
Research Interests: cancer biology, cell- and tumor penetrating peptides, nanoparticle synthesis, nanoparticle functionalization for tumor targeting, C-end Rule, imaging, drug delivery Publications: PubMed |
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Karlis Pleiko, MSc PhD Student |
Research Interests: targeted drug delivery, aptamers, DNA/RNA encoded libraries, cancer biology, bioinformatics Publications: PubMed |
Valeria Sidorenko, MSc PhD student |
Research Interests: cancer biology, Tumor penetrating peptides, nanoparticle synthesis and functionalization for tumor targeting, drug delivery systems, polymersomes, drug targeting Publications: Pubmed |
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Anni Lepland, MSc PhD student |
Research Interests: drug penetration, drug delivery, adjuvants of oncolytic drugs, cancer biology, tumor penetrating peptides Publications: Pubmed |
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Kristina Põšnograjeva, MSc PhD student |
Research Interests: blood-brain barrier, phage display, cancer biology, enzymology Publications: Pubmed |
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Kristina Kiisholts, MSc PhD student This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Research Interests: systemic homing and cell penetrating peptides, endometriosis, nanomedicine Publications: Pubmed |
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Kaarel Kurm, MSc This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Research Interests: phage display, high throughput DNA sequencing Publications: Pubmed |
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Hélder Almeida Santos PhD This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Research Interests: nanomedicine, development of next-generation drug delivery sytems https://research.rug.nl/en/persons/helder-almeida-santos Publications: Pubmed |
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Kazuki N Sugahara MD PhD Visiting Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Research Interests: translational cancer research; development of drug delivery systems to enhance the diagnosis and therapy of pancreatic cancer; tumor penetrating peptides https://columbiasurgery.org/kazuki-sugahara-md-phd Publications: Pubmed |
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Pablo David Scodeller, PhD Visiting scientistThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Research Interests: Nanomedicine, tumor microenvironment, drug penetration, drug delivery, adjuvants of oncolytic drugs, phage display, neurodegenerative diseases and brain injuries Publications: Google Scholar |
Alumni
Below is a chronological list of people who worked, studied, or were otherwise affiliated with the Laboratory of Precision and Nanomedicine (previously Lab of Cancer Biology).
Name | Years | Position |
Ingrid Liiv | 2012-2013 | Laboratory assistant |
Eva Mõtte | 2012-2014 | Administrative assistant |
Tarmo Mölder |
2012-2017 | Researcher |
Pille Säälik | 2012-2018 | PostDoc |
Anne-Mari Anton Willmore | 2012-2018 | PhD Student |
Kadri Toome | 2013-2020 | PhD student |
Liilia Verev | 2013 | Laboratory assistant |
Kairit Kukk | 2013-2014 | MSc student |
Vidrik Teder | 2013-2014 | MSc student |
Vipin Kumar Singh | 2013-2014 | PhD Student |
Markko Salumäe | 2013-2015 | MSc student |
Hideki Ikemoto | 2013-2016 | Research fellow |
Hedi Hunt | 2013-2019 | PhD Student |
Annika Jürimäe | 2014 | MSc student |
Koit Aasumets | 2014-2016 | Laboratory assistant |
Kuldar Kõiv | 2014-2016 | Laboratory specialist |
Kairit Šor | 2014-2016 | Executive administrative assistant |
Aleksander Sudakov | 2014-2016 | Bioinformatician |
Aleksei Brjalin | 2015 | Laboratory specialist |
Anna Erika Lindh | 2016 | Research fellow |
Maria Ines Diaz Bessone | 2016 | Guest researcher |
Ksenia Kuznetsova | 2016-2017 | Laboratory assistant |
María de los Ángeles Ramírez | 2017 | Guest researcher |
Anett Laarmann | 2017-2019 | MSc student |
Vilma Petrikaite | 2021 | Visiting professor |
Prakash Lingasamy | 2013-2021 | PhD student, researcher |
Luca Marchetti | 2022 | Visiting PhD student |
Giulia Torrieri | 2022 | Visiting PhD student |