Group Leader
JARI KOISTINAHO
Professor, MD, PhD
Present Position
Conctact Information
University of Eastern Finland
A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
Laboratory of Molecular Brain Research
P.O.Box 1627
FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
Visiting address: Neulaniementie 2
Tel. +358 40 355 2427
Fax +358 17 163 030
E-mail jari.koistinaho(at)uef.fi
Academic Degrees
- MD, University of Tampere 1985
- Licensed Pysician 1986
- PhD (Medicine), University of Tampere 1989
- Docent in Neurobiology, University of Tampere 1991
Major Positions and Appointments
University of Tampere, Department of Biomedical Sciences
- Research Associate, Acting Lecturer, 1984-1986
National Institutes on Health, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Visiting Fellow 1986-1988
University of Tampere, Department of Public Health
- Research Associate 1988-1993
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Neurology
- Postdoctoral Fellow 1991-1993
University of Kuopio, Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology
- Acting Associate Professor of Biochemistry 1994
Karolinska Instute, Department of Neuroscience, Stockholm, Sweden
- Visiting associate professor (half-time) 1995-1996
Stanford University Medical School, Palo Alto, California, USA
- Visiting Professor 1997-1998
Indiana University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Indiana, USA
- Visiting Professor 2002-2003
University of Kuopio, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Research Director of Biotechnology/Molecular Brain Research 1995-1999
- Professor of Molecular Brain Research 1999- 6/2010
- Dean 2004-2008
- Director of the A.I. Virtanen Graduate School 2004-2006
- Director of Biocenter Kuopio 2004-2008
University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Professor of Pharmacology 7/2010 -
