Four Academy of Finland grants for FBMM group leaders

Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine group leaders have received a 4-year funding from The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Biosciences and Environment and The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Health,  as follows:

Adjunct Professor Alexander Kastaniotis; Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Synthesis in Mitochondrial Biogenesis, Cellular Function and Neurodegenerative Disease, 480 140€

Professor Petri Kursula; GDAP1 - an enigmatic enzyme linked to inherited peripheral neuropathy, 450 000€

Professor Lloyd Ruddock; Structural studies on basement membrane proteins, 546 537€

Professor Seppo Vainio; Wnt-mediated Kidney Tubule Induction – the Role of Secreted Extracellular Vesicles as Putative Morphogens, 498 311€