Group Leader


RASHID GINIATULLIN, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology

Contact Information

University of Eastern Finland
A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
Department of Neurobiology
P.O.Box 1627 (Neulaniementie 2)
FI-70211 Kuopio
FINLAND  

Mobile phone +358 40 355 3665
Fax +35817 163 030
E-mail: rashid.giniatullin(at)uef.fi

Academic Degrees 

  • MD (with honours), Kazan Medical University, Kazan, 1977
  • PhD (Physiology), Kazan Medical University, 1981
  • Doctor of Medical Sciences, Kazan Medical University, 1992

Major Positions and Appointments 

  • PhD Student, Dept. Physiology, Kazan Medical University, Russia, 1977-1980
  • Assistant Professor, Kazan Medical University, Russia,1980 -1989
  • Associated Professor, Kazan Medical University, Russia, 1989 -1993
  • Professor of Physiology, Kazan Medical University, Russia, 1993 - 2000 
  • Visiting Professor at SISSA, Trieste, Italy, 2000 - 2008
  • Professor of Cell Biology, University of Eastern Finland, 2008 - present

Main Research Interests 

  • Molecular and cellular mechanisms of pain, migraine pathophysiology, synaptic transmission, ligand-gated receptors, desensitization, signalling via reactive oxygen species.