The Wihuri Research Institute is the home of 30 biomedical experts, medical and veterinary doctors, molecular biologists and biochemists. In addition to our staff, we have students completing their Master’s and PhD thesis work for a few months.
Director and Group Leaders
Taija Mäkinen
Director, Group leaderLymphatic biology and pathology
TAIJA.MAKINEN@HELSINKI.FI
+46 70 4250360
Kari Alitalo
Group leaderVascular Growth Factor
KARI.ALITALO@HELSINKI.FI
+358 50 500 3572
Sinem Karaman
Group leaderOrganotypic Vasculature
SINEM.KARAMAN@HELSINKI.FI
Pipsa Saharinen
Group leaderVascular Stability and Cell Adhesion
PIPSA.SAHARINEN@HELSINKI.Fi
+358 50 448 6361
Riikka Kivelä
Group leaderVasculature in Cardiometabolic Disease
RIIKKA.KIVELA@HELSINKI.FI
+358 40 596 8961
Kari Vaahtomeri
Group leaderCell Signaling Group
KARI.VAAHTOMERI@HELSINKI.FI
+358 40 835 1821
Katariina Öörni
Group leaderAtherosclerosis
KATI.OORNI@WRI.FI
+358 9 681 411
Affiliated Group Leaders
Markus Ramste
Affiliated Group Leader Cardiovascular Genomics Group
MARKUS.RAMSTE@HELSINKI.FI
Emilia Korhonen
Affiliated Group LeaderNeurovascular Communication Group
