Maria Nurmi Email & Phone Number

I am working as a laboratory coordinator at the High Throughput Biomedicine Unit, a research service laboratory at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland. We are specialized in high throughput screening approaches of many different types, including cell-based and biochemical screens of compound libraries, molecular probe discovery, biological profiling, drug repurposing and personalized medicine screening. My special area of expertise is in laboratory automation and liquid handling as well as compound handling and library management. I take part in customer project planning and design as well as performing the experiments. My responsibilities also include: - supporting in assay development and quality control- training customers on stand-alone use of the liquid handlers and plate readers.- managing day to day laboratory operations

Faculty Of Pharmacy, Department Of Pharmaceutical Chemistry And Technology

I studied the effects of glycosylation on the drug metabolizing UDP-glucuronosyltransferase enzymes. My responsibilities included manufacturing of the recombinant enzymes and their production in insect cells, insect and mammalian cell culture, enzyme expression and activity studies by immunochemistry and HPLC. The work also involved the co-design and independent execution of the experiments following good laboratory practice.

Department Of Chemistry, Group Of Dr. David Thompson

IAESTE internship through Cultural Vistas assisting in research related to synthesis of biotherapeutic materials (incl. polyrotaxanes and lipopolymers) for drug delivery, and improvement of cryo EM. The methods used included organic synthesis, chromatographic separations and NMR.

Group Of Academy Professor Jukka Jernvall

I worked in a project studying the developmental mechanisms involved in vole tooth elongation. My responsibilities included performing a large scale gene expression analysis in developing mice and vole teeth by whole-mount in situ hybridization (WMISH).

Group Of Dr. Maria Vartiainen

I worked in a project studying the role of nuclear actin during transcription by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP). The work included cell culture, carrying out the ChIP experiments and other common protein chemistry methods, qPCR and fluorescense microscopy.

Summer job in various customer service positions aboard a cruise ship.

Helsinki, Finland

Part-time job as a production assistant involved conducting research for radio, television and print, planning seminars as well as other tasks at the office.

Master'S Degree, Biochemistry

Expected to graduate as M.Sc. in biochemistry in 1/2015 with a minor in industrial management (Aalto University).

Bachelor'S Degree, Biochemistry

Activities and Societies: Helix ry (member of the board, secretary, contact person for company liaisons, magazine correspondent), Board.

Education record

One semester long student exchange at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where I took courses in toxicology and Mandarin Chinese.

Nursing

1 1/2 years worth of studies in paramedic nursing, that included an internship at a hospital. Thanks to my nursing studies, I have insight.