Dr. Lasse SINKKONEN

Lasse Sinkkonen is a Research Scientist and holds the Authorization to Direct Research from the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Luxembourg. He is co-head of the Systems Biology and Epigenetics group within the Department of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences.

His research focuses on understanding gene regulation and epigenetic mechanisms that determine cell identity in differentiation and disease in mammalian cells. His team uses in vitro cell culture systems, human cell types derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, and primary cells from human and mouse tissues to apply genome-wide epigenomics approaches. Dr. Sinkkonen has published more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals (>2500 citations; h-index=21), acquired millions of euros of research funding, and supervised over 20 PhD and Master students.

Dr. Sinkkonen is the Vice Study Programme Director of International Master of Science in Biomedicine in collaboration with Universities of Strasbourg and Mainz. He teaches multiple courses to Bachelor, Master and doctoral students.

Between 2004 and 2008, Dr. Sinkkonen worked as a PhD student at the Friedrich Miescher Institute of Novartis Research Foundation in Basel, Switzerland. He was a post-doctoral researcher at the Life Sciences Research Unit from 2008 until 2013 and at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine from 2011 until 2013.

Dr. Sinkkonen obtained his Master in Biochemistry at the University of Eastern Finland in 2004 and a PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Basel, Switzerland in 2008.