People

Ameneh Ghaffarinia - Postdoctoral Fellow

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Dr. Ameneh Ghaffarinia joined the lab in 2023 after doing her PhD in Medical Immunology at the Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Szeged, Hungary. She enjoys being with her family on weekends and reading and watching movies.

Lennart Rikk - Master's Student

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Lennart was working as a designer before kick-starting his academic journey at the University of Tartu in Estonia, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in Genetic Engineering. He now studies Molecular Biology for his Master's at Lund University, working on his thesis project in our lab.His research interests are in regeneration and mechanisms of aging. On sunny days, he enjoys wakeboarding and hiking.

Marlene Oesterle - PhD Student

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Marlene earned her Bachelor's in Biochemistry and Master's in Molecular Medicine before igniting her interest in salamanders and regeneration during an IMP internship in Vienna. She's now pursuing a PhD in the field. Beyond science, Marlene enjoys tennis, snowboarding, reading, and exploring new places through travel.

Chimezie Harrison Umeano - PhD Student

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Mezie, as he is fondly referred by, is a PhD student in the research group and has accumulated years of experience working with salamanders at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. He has a background in biochemistry and biomedicine. In his free time, he loves to sightsee a new place, bake something or do some fitness workouts.

Nick Leigh - Group Leader

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Nick joined Lund University after his studies at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (now Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center) and Harvard University. He is interested in building a lab that is collaborative, open, and filled with people from all walks of life. In his free time he enjoys playing soccer, hiking and fishing.

Nikhilesh Vasanthakumar - Master's student

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Nikhilesh is doing his Master's in Bioinformatics in the lab. He did my Bachelor's in Biotechnology where he worked with proteomics and structure prediction. After starting his master's he took an interest in Systems Immunology and analysing large datasets. He like to learn new languages, currently he know English, Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. He is currently learning Swedish and German. In his free time he likes to read books and play chess competitively.

Ugonna Chidiebere Okeke - Technician

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Ugonna has a background in Microbiology from Nigeria and a Masters degree in Bioscience from University of Skövde, Sweden. He enjoy working with people, playing football, and listening to news.




Alumni - aka Legends

Postdocs

Joe Cardiello

MS Students

Bolivia Protopapa

Annika Mordelt

Josefin Johansson

Helen Demollin

Rohit Sivaprasad

BS Students

Vanessa Marrone