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Meet Our Team
Tomi Rantamäki
Professor
Tomi´s group investigates the therapeutic potential and underlying neurobiological mechanisms of sedatives and anesthetics, particularly volatile and gaseous, against nervous system disorders associated with compromised neuronal plasticity.
Iina Annala
PhD Student, Pharmacist
Iina focuses on investigating the antidepressant actions, utilizing electrophysiological, biochemical and behavioral experiments in vivo, as well as in vitro and computational methods.
Gemma González Hernández
PhD Student
Katariina Seppälä
PhD Student
ALUMNI: Samuel Kohtala
Docent, PhD
Currently: PI, Kohtala Lab
ALUMNI: Marko Rosenholm
Docent, PhD
ALUMNI: Okko Alitalo
PhD, Pharmacist
ALUMNI: Wiebke Theilmann
PhD
Tomi Rantamäki, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
Dr. Tomi Rantamäki has master´s degree in pharmacy (2003, University of Eastern Finland), a PhD degree in pharmacology and neuroscience (2006, University of Helsinki, Finland) and a docentship (Adjunct Professor) in neuropharmacology (2011, University of Helsinki). In 2014 he received the Fellowship grant from the Academy of Finland and with this grant he was able to establish his research group to the University of Helsinki. Tomi´s group investigates the therapeutic potential and underlying neurobiological mechanisms of sedatives and anesthetics, particularly volatile and gaseous, against nervous system disorders associated with compromised neuronal plasticity. Main focus is in discovering novel rapid-acting treatment concepts for depression.
Tomi has >30 peer-review publications (H-index 17; >1200 citations) in scientific journals including Neuropsychopharmacology, Journal of Neuroscience, Neurobiology of Disease and Developmental Neurobiology. He is a Member of Council in the Brain Research Society Finland (BRSF) and a member in the following societies: BRSF, Federation of European Neuroscience Communities (FENS), Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Finnish Pharmaceutical Association and Finnish Pharmacological Society. He has been a reviewer in >20 journals including Neuropharmacology, Scientific Reports and International Journal of Neuropharmacology. Tomi has been 2 times a PhD thesis opponent, 3 times a docentship reviewer, 7 times a PhD thesis reviewer and has supervised 4 PhD students.
Iina Annala
PhD Student, Pharmacist
In my PhD project, supervised by Tomi Rantamäki, Tuomas Lilius, and Samuel Kohtala, I study the effects and mechanism of action of ketamine and nitrous oxide. Besides being anesthetic agents, these drugs have been shown to have rapid antidepressant effects in depressed patients. I am focusing on investigating the antidepressant actions, utilizing electrophysiological, biochemical and behavioral experiments in vivo, as well as in vitro methods. In addition, I make use of computational methods to study the effects of the compounds at molecular level, potentially paving way to find new molecules with antidepressant potential.