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Sesilja Aranko has been appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems

Ph. D. Sesilja Aranko has been appointed four-year (second term) fixed term Assistant Professor position at the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems as of 1 September 2024. The field of the professorship is Cellular Engineering.
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Sesilja Aranko received her doctorate from University of Helsinki in 2014. After her defence, she has worked as a researcher at the University of Helsinki and Aalto University and as Visiting Researcher at EMBL Hamburg. Most recently she has been working as Senior Scientist at Aalto University.

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