Contact Information
Haartmaninkatu 3 (P.O. Box 21)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
tel. +358 2941 911 (switch)
Organization and Administration
Glycoscience Graduate School is a network organization that currently includes 22 research groups in the 8 organizations listed below:
- University of Helsinki (HU) (Coordination)
- University of Eastern Finland (UEF)
- University of Oulu (OU)
- Tampere University of Technology (TUT)
- Aalto University (AU)
- University of Jyväskylä (JyU)
- University of Turku (TU)
- VTT Technical Research Centre, Espoo (VTT)
- Åbo Akademi University (ÅU)
Board members
The Board of Glycoscience Graduate School sets the guidelines of GGS activities in the general level, decides about the recruitment of groups, the annual strategy, budget and report.
Current members (deputy members) and their organizations and research areas are listed below.
Risto Renkonen, HU | Analysis (Mass Spectrometry) |
Jukka Finne, HU (Carina Tikkanen-Kaukanen, HU) | Cell adhesion |
Sakari Kellokumpu, OU | Biosynthesis |
Hannu Maaheimo, VTT (Anu Koivula, VTT) | Analysus (enzymology) |
Petri Pihko, JyU (Reko Leino, ÅU) | Synthesis |
Raija Tammi, KU (Markku Tammi, KU) | Animal polysaccharides |
Jarkko Räbinä, Blood Service (Anna Kärkönen, HU) | Cell therapy |
Ilpo Vattulainen, TUT | Molecular simulations |
Arthur Ouwehand, Danisco Oy | Industry |
Jari Natunen (Jari Helin), Glykos Finland Oy | Industry |
Niina Tohmola, HU | Coordinator |
Ville Parviainen, HU | Coordinator |
Tia Hirvonen, Blood Service | Student member |