OUR TEAM
Reet Kurg
Team Leader
Reet Kurg received PhD in 2000 from University of Tartu and had additional training in USA (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas) and Sweden (Stockholm University). Main expertise is biochemistry, molecular biology and molecular engineering. Head of the Core Facility for Cell Technologies, Professor of Molecular Biomedicine.
Kristiina Kurg
PhD student
Kristiina Kurg graduated 2017 as a medical doctor (MD) from University of Tartu and finished her residency in Laboratory medicine in 2022. From 2020 she is a PhD student in our group with a focus on MAGEA proteins and melanoma patients. Has been involved in development of diagnostic CE IVD kits in Icosagen. In her spare time she enjoys filming science experiments.
Alexey Nesterovich
MSc student
Alexey is currently working in our group after doing his Bachelors at TÜMRI (Institute of Molecular and cell biology).
Liina Küttis
MSc student
Liina is currently working in our group after doing her Bachelors at TÜMRI (Institute of Molecular and cell biology).
Ülleri Kärner
BSc student
Ülleri is currently doing her Bachelors in our group
Adiya Raimkul
BSc student
Adiya is currently doing her Bachelors in our group
Margit Mutso
Research Fellow
Margit Mutso received PhD in biotechnology in 2016 (University of Tartu), had additional training in UK (Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow) and post-doc in the Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Australia. She has been part of vaccine development platforms of Chikungunya and Zika virus.
Baiba Brumele
PhD student
Baiba Brumele received BSc in Latvia (Latvijas Universitate) in 2018 and MSc at University of Tartu in 2021. She started her PhD program in our group in September 2021 with a focus on RNA methyltransferases. NB! Check out her introduction video via Youtube link!
Aleksandra Lupp
MSc student
Alexandra did her BSc in our group and is now doing her MSc here as well.
Evgeniia "Jane" Serova
Specialist
Jane finished her MSc in our group and now works here as a specialist.
Marleen Tilga
BSc student
Marleen is currently doing her Bachelors in our group
Eve Toomsoo
Laboratory technician
Eve Toomsoo is responsible for confocal microscopy and flow cytometry, DNA and protein purification, data and material storage.
Mihkel Suija
MSc student
Mihkel is currently doing his Masters thesis in our group.
Vadym Pelypenko
MSc student
Vadym is currently working in our group after doing his Bachelors in Biotechnologies and Bioengineering in Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
Teivi Petersell
BSc student
Teivi is currently doing her Bachelors in our group
Rando Kalbus
BSc
Rando is currently doing his Bachelors in our group
ALUMNI
Piia Kivipõld
PhD
Piia Kivipõld (Uusen) did her PhD about Studies on the role of papillomavirus E2 proteins in virus DNA replication from 2007 to 2016. She currently works as a product manager at NOVA.
Anneli Samel
PhD
Anneli defended her PhD about the topic 'Unveiling the characteristics of cancer-testis antigen MAGEA10' in February 2024. She currently works in Icosagen. NB! Check out her introduction video via Youtube link!
Kadri Õunap
PhD
Kadri Õunap did her PhD on the topic of The Williams-Beuren syndrome chromosome region protein WBSCR22 is a ribosome biogenesis factor from 2010 to 2017. She currently works at the Kuopio Center for Gene and Cell Therapy as a senior scientist.
Olavi Reinsalu
PhD
Olavi Reinsalu received MSci (gene technology) in 2015 from the University of Tartu. After that he worked for three years in the Competence Centre on Health Technologies (Tartu, Estonia). He defended his PhD in 2022 in our group. He now works with prof.Zadin in the EV field. NB! Check out his introduction video via the Youtube link!