Life in Finland
Thank you, Aalto-Helsinki iGEM team!

November 2, 2025 • 1 min read • Aalto-Helsinki

Thank you, Aalto-Helsinki iGEM team!

I am extremely proud of you, Aalto-Helsinki iGEM team (https://www.aaltohelsinki.com )!
Paprika harvest is starting soon

September 21, 2025 • 1 min read • Finland

Paprika harvest is starting soon

For the first time, we will have a decent paprika harvest from our balcony garden.
Academic career

August 3, 2025 • 3 min read • Finland

Academic career

This month, I transitioned from Associate to Full Professor at my university.
Same place, 38 years later (part D)

July 19, 2025 • 1 min read • Technology

Same place, 38 years later (part D)

View from the corner of Tammsaare Park to the East, to the other side of Estonia Boulevard, Tallinn, Estonia in December 1987 versus July 2025.
Same place, 38 years later (part C)

July 19, 2025 • 1 min read • Technology

Same place, 38 years later (part C)

Street crossing Gonsiori Street/Laikmaa Street, Tallinn, Estonia in December 1987 versus July 2025
Same place, 38 years later (part B)

July 19, 2025 • 1 min read • Technology

Same place, 38 years later (part B)

Bus stop on A. Laikmaa Street, Tallinn, Estonia in December 1987 versus July 2025
Same place, 38 years later (part A)

July 19, 2025 • 2 min read • Technology

Same place, 38 years later (part A)

Pikk Street, Tallinn, Estonia in December 1987 versus July 2025
A better Levodopa

May 31, 2025 • 2 min read • Finland

A better Levodopa

Saku Renunanen's manuscript about novel inhibitors of levodopa decarboxylases was published in the European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Find me elsewhere

Biochemistry/Molecular biology researcher and teacher