Hello, I'm Taru

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About me

My name is Taru and I am a 22-year-old student from Joensuu, Finland. I study biology at the University of Eastern Finland and I am in my first year of Master's degree. My minor studies are biochemistry and human biology and my specialized studies are molecular biology and biochemistry.

My goal is to become a researcher. I want to take part in developing new therapeutic methods and medicines for different types of health conditions and diseases.

I have the ability to hyper focus meaning I can pay attention on the things I am most interested in. I have great problem solving skills due to the experience in laboratory. My curious personality makes me a motivated and enthusiastic student and worker who coworkers and supervisors can trust. Having worked in many different kinds of companies have prepared me to work in various environments and situations. I am careful but flexible, and I prefer working in a calm environment where I can fully concentrate on my work.

Supermarket clerk

04/2022-09/2022, PKO S-market Hammaslahti, Finland

02/2023-06/2023, PKO S-market Hammaslahti, Finland

Laundry worker

04/2019-04/2022, Sakupe Oy Joensuu, Finland

Getting to know a research group

05/2020, Research group of mitochondria biology

Ticket seller, kiosk worker

12/2017-03/2022, Joensuun KiekkoPojat, Finland

Ticket seller, kiosk worker

10/2020-12/2020, KatajaBasket, Finland

Kitchen helper

11/2018-01/2019, Herrankansan hoivakoti Iltarauha ry,

Finland

work Experience

Young confirmed volunteer

06/2016, 08/2017, 07/2018, Joensuu Evangelical Lutheran Church, Finland

Volunteer

07/2017, Joensuun Popmuusikot ry, Ilosaarirock, Finland

On-the-job learning

02/2016, Sokos Joensuu. Finland

On-the-job learning

04/2015, Subway Pilkko, Finland

Strawberry picker

07/2014, Halonen garden, Finland

High school, June 1st 2019

University of Eastern Finland / Researcher / Biology Bachelor of Natural Sciences June 8th 2022

Master's of science, 2024

Counting cells with Luna

education

Cell culture:

This practical course gave me the general ideas about practical skills in cell/tissue culture, detection of cell culture contaminants, transfection, designing primers and reporting the results

Methods in molecular biology:

The course gave me knowledge and skills of molecular biology techniques to clone and express ectopic genes in bacteria and eukaryotic cells and to investigate the regulation of genes, expression of RNA and its processing and reporting the results

Cell culture plates

GFP chemiluminescence

Biochemistry of proteins:

In this practical course I learned the extraction of proteins from biological material, quantification and characterization of proteins, measuring enzyme activities, production of recombinant proteins and reporting the results

Bioinformatics:

This course taught me the main methods used in bioinformatics analysis, the most important biological databases and database searches, the basic principles of sequence searches, analyses and sequence comparisons and the basic genome-wide sequencing-based methods (ChIP-seq, RNA-seq) and when these methods should be applied

education

Western blot

Ion exchange chromatography

Erasmus+ exchange

On September 6th 2022 I moved to Aveiro, Portugal for the autumn semester. I started my master's studies in Aveiro studying

Molecular Medicine (molecular basis of diseases and on latest techniques and therapeutic approaches in molecular medicine),

Neurobiology (for example, the organization and structure of the nervous system, molecular basis of neurotransmission and neurodegenerative diseases),

RNA biology (the cellular roles of RNAs and their relevance for the origin and evolution of life),

Experimental Planning and Biological Data Analysis (the theoretical background of experimental design and data analysis, the practical use of software involved in the analysis of multivariate biological data),

and A1 level of Portuguese.

During my exchange I got to practice my English skills, I got new friends around Europe and I got the chance to travel. I learned a lot about different cultures, teaching methods, and I gained more skills to work with a group.

My contact information

Email:

taruvar@uef.fi

Phone:

+358 451763199

I thank you for visiting my website!