Experience

Helsinki Innovation Services Ltd

• Finland
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Director

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Raising awareness in invention and commercialisation related topics, identifying and evaluating inventions and developing business opportunities in University of Helsinki research community and ecosystem. Managing and performing commercialisation activities. Raising awareness in invention and commercialisation related topics, identifying and evaluating inventions and developing business opportunities in University of Helsinki research community and ecosystem. Managing and performing commercialisation activities.



Faron

• Finland
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Director

  • Feb 2022 - Feb 2023

  Leading clinical trial biomarker development and assay set-up, pre-clinical research, scientific network collaboration and pre-clinical drug development..

• Research Project Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Feb 2022

  Coordinating biomarkers and research for immuno-oncology antibody non-clinical and clinical development.



Orion Corporation

• Finland
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Scientist

  • Nov 2018 - Aug 2020

  Coordinating and conducting research in oncology drug discovery projects, drug discovery idea evaluation and novel assay set-up.

• Research Scientist

  • Mar 2013 - Nov 2018

  Project coordination, cellular assay set-up & oncology drug target validation in over ten novel drug target projects. Two of these were self initiated. Two of the projects entered into Phase I clinical studies. There I continued to support the science and prepared clinical investigator's brochures of in vitro part.Several of the projects were conducted in collaboration with international academic, CRO and industrial partners which I evaluated and coordinated.



Orion Corporation

• Finland
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Oct 2010 - Jun 2012

  Set up in vitro cancer models, assays & oncology target validation for FGFR kinase inhibitor project. Set up in vitro cancer models, assays & oncology target validation for FGFR kinase inhibitor project.



VTT

• Finland
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • 2004 - Oct 2010

  I performed an epigenome wide high through-put siRNA & drug screening in various prostate cancer models aiming to novel drug target discovery. This work later become a part of my PhD. We published the results published in peer reviewed journals. I wrote and edited the manuscripts from the first version to the last. I participated in developing a human tumor gene expression database IST Online (ist.medisapiens.com/) still available with our bioinformatics team. My research in drug target discovery was a part of international EU research consortia where I frequently presented the results and collaborated with the partners. I also initiated new academic collaborations supporting our activities. We also initiated one patent application based on our research findings.



Turun yliopisto - University of Turku

• Finland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reseach assistant

  • 2003 - 2004

  Various positions as a research assistant in e.g. in medical genetics clinical service laboratory and immunology research. Tasks included optimization and performing of PCR-based clinical tests, cloning, overexpression constructs and sequencing. Various positions as a research assistant in e.g. in medical genetics clinical service laboratory and immunology research. Tasks included optimization and performing of PCR-based clinical tests, cloning, overexpression constructs and sequencing.