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Sofia Forstén

Sofia Forstén

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Doctoral Researcher in Translational Immunology

  • Education

    • Oulun Lyseon lukio

      2013 - 2016
      Matriculation examination

    • Turun yliopisto - University of Turku

      2020 - 2022
      Master of Science - MS Drug Discovery and Development

      ”The studies in Drug Discovery and Development give you a deep understanding of up-to-date methods applied to identify and validate new drug targets and to generate lead drug molecules. It also provides knowledge of technological innovations as well as methods of clinical drug research and development phases, clinical trial design, study planning and biostatistics. In addition, you will learn about drug regulatory science and pharmacovigilance.”

    • Turun yliopisto - University of Turku

      2017 - 2020
      Bachelor of Science - BS Biomedical Sciences, General

      Biomedicine combines those areas of science and medicine that are essential for the study of the origin of diseases and the development of treatments. A key component of biomedicine is translational medicine, which utilizes basic research data in clinical research and, on the other hand, patient samples and disease models to elucidate disease mechanisms and drug targets. Studies include courses in cell and molecular biology, anatomy and physiology, medical biochemistry, biostatistics… Show more Biomedicine combines those areas of science and medicine that are essential for the study of the origin of diseases and the development of treatments. A key component of biomedicine is translational medicine, which utilizes basic research data in clinical research and, on the other hand, patient samples and disease models to elucidate disease mechanisms and drug targets. Studies include courses in cell and molecular biology, anatomy and physiology, medical biochemistry, biostatistics, immunology, microbiology, pathology, neurobiology, cancer biology, pharmacology and toxicology, as well as various laboratory courses. Show less

    • University of Helsinki

      2024 -
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

      Doctoral Programme in Clinical Research

  • Experience

    • TOP-TOY A/S

      May 2017 - Jan 2019
      Salesperson

    • Turun yliopisto - University of Turku

      Mar 2019 - Jan 2020
      Research Assistant

      I worked in Pieta Mattila ́s research group which studies activation of B-lymphocytes and it ́s regulation as well as antigen processing. In addition to basic laboratory techniques I got experience from cell culture, flow cytometry, ELISA and transfections for example. I also got experience of imaging with 3i spinning disc confocal microscope.

    • Orion Corporation

      Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
      R&D Trainee (Phase 1 Program)

      I worked as a trainee in Cancer Genomic Medicine team.

    • Orion Corporation

      May 2021 - May 2022

      I conducted my master’s thesis work with the title “Comparison of DNA damage biomarker dynamics after induced DNA damage” in Cancer Genomics team. Gained experience from target evaluation and validation studies with various methods. Worked a summer in Cancer Genomics team supporting target validation processes.

      • MSc Thesis worker

        Sept 2021 - May 2022

      • Research Assistant Substitute

        Nov 2021 - Feb 2022

      • R&D Trainee

        May 2021 - Aug 2021

    • Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM)

      Aug 2022 - Jun 2023

      As a FIMM-EMBL & DSHealth PhD rotation student I focused on learning and applying single cell RNAseq data analysis to AML patient samples. I also performed co-culture experiments of expanded NK cells with cancer cell lines for flow cytometry-based cytotoxicity assay in CML. As a FIMM-EMBL & DSHealth PhD rotation student, I worked with drug sensitivity and resistance data from ALL patient samples and analyzed bulk RNAseq data. As a FIMM-EMBL & DSHealth PhD rotation student, I worked with immunofluorescence imaging-based method aiming to stratify patients who would benefit from PARP inhibitors.

      • Rotation 3: Hematology Research Unit Helsinki, University of Helsinki

        Mar 2023 - Jun 2023

      • Rotation 2: Heckman lab, Translational research and personalized medicine

        Nov 2022 - Mar 2023

      • Rotation 1: Kauppi lab, Genome stability group

        Aug 2022 - Nov 2022

    • University of Helsinki

      Jun 2023 - now
      Doctoral Researcher at Hematology Research Unit Helsinki

      After 3 months of rotation I continued as Doctoral researcher in HRUH. My project focuses on understanding immune cell subtypes and their function in different hematological malignancies by using single cell technologies.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Laboratory animal handling (Functions A & D)

      Central Animal Laboratory UTUCAL
      Feb 2019

    • Hygiene passport

      Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira / Elintarviketurvallisuusvirasto Evira
      Sept 2016