 
            Molecular Modeling and Drug Design Research Group
Research group
                                    
                         01.01.2010 -                     
                                    
                                School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences                            
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Our molecular modeling and drug design research group aim to identify novel drug compounds or optimize lead structures. Moreover, we study and evaluate the druggability of selected targets and aim to develop high-quality chemical probes useful for pharmacological studies and to identify new therapeutic strategies against cancer, Type 2 diabetes and neurogenerative diseases. We use various available and established molecular modeling methods such as docking, similarity searches, 3D-QSAR, pharmacophore modeling, homology modeling and molecular dynamics to identify novel hit compounds or optimize lead structures.
Projects
Cooperation
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                     Transporter-Targeted Drug Delivery 01.09.2012 - Transporter-Targeted Drug Delivery 01.09.2012 -
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                     Ocular Drug Delivery group (ODD) 01.01.2010 - Ocular Drug Delivery group (ODD) 01.01.2010 -
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                     Kaarniranta AMD Lab 01.01.2004 - Kaarniranta AMD Lab 01.01.2004 -
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                     Pantsar dynamics 01.10.2022 - Pantsar dynamics 01.10.2022 -
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                     Mechanisms of cancer and metabolic disease (Levonen Lab) 01.01.2010 - Mechanisms of cancer and metabolic disease (Levonen Lab) 01.01.2010 -
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                     SimuRNA Lab 01.01.2023 - SimuRNA Lab 01.01.2023 -
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Leaders
Professors
Senior Researchers
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                              Tuomo LaitinenSenior ResearcherSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
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                              Maija Lahtela-KakkonenSenior ResearcherSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
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                              Ina PöhnerPostdoctoral ResearcherSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
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                              Christopher AsquithSenior ResearcherSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
Post-doctoral Researchers
Doctoral Researchers
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                              Arun TonduruPostdoctoral ResearcherSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
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                        Katayun BahramiDoctoral ResearcherSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
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                        Renne LeiniDoctoral ResearcherSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
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                              Ville KuorikoskiDoctoral ResearcherSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
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                        Milla KurkiDoctoral ResearcherSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
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                        Toni SivulaDoctoral ResearcherSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences
 
                        

