Current Lab Members
Sandra Gellhaar
Laboratory manager
sandra.gellhaar@ki.se
Sandra obtained her PhD at the Department of Neuroscience, KI in 2015. She spent her postdoc both at the Department of Neuroscience as well as the Department of Neurobiology, Care sciences and Society, KI with an interest in neurodegenerative diseases, especially Alzheimer´s and Parkinson´s disease. In the Arenas group she will support the proper functioning and development of different projects in the lab. In her free time she likes spending time with her kids and likes to do handicraft work.
Shanzheng Yang
Postdoctoral Researcher
shanzheng.yang@ki.se
PhD 2016 Mechanisms controlling midbrain dopaminergic neuron development
ORCiD; Google Scholar
Emilia Síf Ásgrimsdottir
Doctoral student
emilia.sif.asgrimsdottir@ki.se
Emilia did her masters study at Aarhus University, Denmark. She is interested in developmental neuroscience. She will focus on in vitro differentiation of human ES cells to dopaminergic neurons.
Ka Wai (Kawai) Lee
Docktoral student
ka.lee@ki.se
Kawai did her bachelor’s study in molecular biology, and has developed an interest in bioinformatics and single cell techniques during her master’s degree. She is interested in applying bioinformatics in the field of developmental neuroscience.
Anqi Xiong
Postdoctoral researcher
anqi.xiong@ki.se
Anqi obtained her PhD in Neuro-oncology at the Uppsala University in Sweden. Her interests include cellular reprogramming as a therapeutic approach for Parkinson’s disease.
Mariana Ribeiro
Doctoral student
mariana.ribeiro@uni.lu
Mariana did her Bachelor’s in Biochemistry and during her Master’s in Biopharmaceutical Sciences she started to become interested in neuroscience and bioinformatics. Currently, She is doing her PhD at University of Luxembourg and, in collaboration with our group, she will be using bioinformatics tools to develop new reprogramming strategies for human midbrain dopaminergic neurons.
Rika Kojima
Doctoral student
rika.kojima@ki.se
Rika did her Master’s study in Systems Biology at Kyoto University, Japan. She is interested in the link between gene mutations and the development of Parkinson’s disease. She is doing her PhD in Per Svenningsson’s group at Karolinska Institutet. In collaboration with our group, she will investigate the roles of gene mutations in the molecular pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease using patient iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons.
Guochang Lyu
Doctoral student
guochang.lyu@ki.se
Guochang is from China and is new recruited as a PhD student in the Arenas group. He is a self-certified marathon runner and is up for a talk over papers anytime.
Postdoctoral researcher positions
Please, send your inquiries by e-mail to ernest.arenas@ki.se and include the following information:
- CV with publications and research experience
- A brief outline of research interests
Alumni
Bas Evers
Master student
Gonzalo Saiz Castro
Master student
Lucie Woloszczukova
Internship student
Anja Hess
Project student
Kaneyasu Nishimura
Senior Researcher
Currently Assistant Professor at Division of Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical UniversityAlena Salašová
PhD Student, defended Mar. 2018, Identification of novel Wnt/PCP signaling regulators and their role in midbrain dopaminergic neuron development and Parkinson's disease
Daniel Gyllborg
PhD Student, defended Sep. 2017, Molecular and Cellular Characterization of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuron Development
ORCiD; ResearchGate; PubMed; LinkedInEnrique M Toledo
ORCiD; ResearchGate; Google ScholarDawei Zhang
ORCiD; PubMedJ. Carlos Villaescusa
Assistant Professor
Has started his own group at the Psychiatric Stem Cell Group
Pia Rivetti di Val Cervo
Postdoctoral researcher
Now working in lab of Elena Cattaneo
Chika Yokota
Senior Researcher
LinkedInGeeta Ravindran
Karol Kaiser
Isabel Martin-Caballero
Spyridon Theofilopoulos
Mark Denham
Fabia Febbraro
Lukáš Čajánek
Diogo Ribeiro
Emma R Andersson
Paola Sacchetti
Gonçalo Castelo-Branco
Kyle M. Sousa
Nina Rawal
Linda Edman
Sonia Bonilla
Gunnar Schulte
Clare L. Parish
Vítězslav Bryja