{"id":2273,"date":"2026-07-10T11:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/?post_type=team&#038;p=2273"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:18:49","slug":"siiri-sofia-suominen-phd","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/rushmore_teams\/siiri-sofia-suominen-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Siiri Sofia Suominen, Phd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Research interests<\/strong><br>\u2022 Molecular mechanism of neurodegenerative diseases (ALS, FTD)<br>\u2022 Stress granules formation in relation to ALS<br>\u2022 Protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions in ALS<br>\u2022 Neurospheroids and other advanced in vitro neuronal models<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research experience and education<\/strong><br>2026 \u2013 Postdoctoral Research Assistant; Department of Biotechnology, Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana<br>2023 \u2013 2024 University Pedagogy studies, Tampere University, Finland<br>2022 \u2013 2025 Teaching assistant, Tampere University, Finland<br>2021 \u2013 2026 PhD, Biosciences; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Finland<br>2020: Student Exchange; Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy<br>2019 \u2013 2021 Research Assistant; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Finland<br>2018 \u2013 2021 MSc, Cell Technology; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Finland<br>2014-2018 BSc, Biomedicine; Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Finland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Awards and Fellowships<\/strong><br>\u2022 2025: Member of the Organising Committee of the Finnish Organ-on-Chip (FINOoC) Meeting 2025 (Tampere, Finland)<br>\u2022 2025: A scholarship awarded by The Finnish Concordia Fund to attend a conference<br>\u2022 2025: A scholarship awarded by the Emil Aaltonen Foundation<br>\u2022 2024: A scholarship awarded by the Finnish Cardiac Society to attend a conference<br>\u2022 2023: European Organ-on-Chip Summer School 2023 (T\u00fcbingen, Germany)<br>\u2022 2023: Young Investigator Award at International Atherosclerosis symposium (Porvoo, Finland, 2023)<br>\u2022 2023: A scholarship awarded by The Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research<br>\u2022 2022 \u2013 2025 Science Communication Specialist at the Centre of Excellence in Body-on-Chip Research, Tampere University, Finland<br>\u2022 2021: A scholarship awarded by the Orion Foundation<br>\u2022 2018: Award for the Best BSc Thesis presentation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Finland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","team_cat":[24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/2273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_cat?post=2273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}