Group Leader
 

GARRY WONG, PhD
Professor (Molecular Bioinformatics)

Contact Information

University of Eastern Finland
A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
P.O.Box 1627
FI-70211 Kuopio
FINLAND 

Phone + 358 40 355 2108
Fax + 358 17 163 030
E-mail garry.wong(at)uef.fi

Academic Degrees

  •  B.S. (Environmental Toxicology), University of California, Davis 1984
  •  M.S. (Toxicology), North Carolina State University, 1987 
  •  Ph.D. (Toxicology), North Carolina State University, 1990
  •  Docent (Molecular Pharmacology), University of Kuopio, 1996 

Major Positions and Appointments

  • Biologist, National Insitutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S.A. 1984 - 1990 
  • Intramural Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. 1990 - 1993
  • Visiting Researcher, ALKO Ltd. Helsinki,  Finland 1994 - 1996
  • Researcher, University of Kuopio 1996 - 2000 
  • Junior Research Fellow, Academy of Finland, 1997 - 2000 
  • Senior Research Fellow, Academy of Finland, 2000 - 3/2005
  • Research Director, University of Kuopio 2001 - 3/2005
  • Visiting Scholar, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A. 2001 (6 months) 
  • Professor, University of Kuopio, 4/2005 - 3/2010

Major Research Interests

  • Functional genomics, bioinformatics, and  C. elegans as technology platforms for understanding neurodegenerative diseases