University of Tampere (UTA)
Legal address of UTA:
University of Tampere
Department of Otolaryngology
FIN-33014 University of Tampere
Partner information
| Prof. Ilmari Pyykkö, Project Coordinator | ![]() |
| Dr. Paul Dalton, Project Manager |
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| Piia Reku, Administrative Assistant | |
| Hannelle Aufferman, Financial Assistant |
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| Dr. Esa Soppi, IPR and Technology Manager |

Researchers:
| Prof. Jing Zou, Principal investigator | ![]() |
| Prof. Esko Toppila, senior researcher | ![]() |
| Dr. Adele Kim |
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| Ph.D. Student, Ya Zhang, researcher | ![]() |
| Ph.D. Student, Weikai Zhang, researcher | |
| Ph.D., Elena Surovtseva, postdoctoral researcher |
Description of Partner
The team has produced over 600 papers on hearing, its mechanisms and modeling. Participation in 8 EU-projects (in 2 as coordinators) and 3 intercontinental research projects. The role in consortium: project coordination; In-vivo testing of shear stress damaged cochlea; PAMPA for membrane testing; MRI imaging in vitro and in vivo. Nucleotide encapsulation of liposome.
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