Two years from today #Helsinki and #Finlandiahall will welcome #WMS2027, the annual congress of @worldmusclesociety.org. Save the date!

Greetings from the opening ceremony of the European Muscle Conference 2025! 🇳🇱 #EMC2025 #EuropeanMuscleConference

Our team is excited to connect - come find Jenni, Jaakko and Fanny at the European Muscle Conference. 🇳🇱 Let’s talk science, collaboration, and future ideas! 🧬🤝💡 #EMC2025 #EuropeanMuscleConference

Myofin ”Summer” meeting in Nuuksio 🧬💡🌲. A couple of days filled with insightful scientific talks and interactive discussions on current and upcoming projects! On Wednesday evening it was sauna time and we grilled sausage over the fire 🧖🔥🪵.

Our team is excited to connect - come find Johanna at the Norwegian Conference for Hereditary Neuromuscular Disorders. 🇳🇴 Let’s talk science, collaboration, and future ideas! 🧬🤝💡

Registration for the @myofinlab.bsky.social - organized course, ILS144: "Genetic and genomic technologies in health care" is open. Link: tinyurl.com/43n2ydwu @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

When you get a feeling that someone's watching.. Our summer student making great progress with our AI analyses ❤️💪🔬 #muscleresearch #raredisease #myoblue @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

So many reasons to celebrate! And these guys are always up for some bubbles 🎉🥂💪🔬 @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

Recent #Research by Jenni Laitila of folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social‬ et al. observes tha#pathogenicic TNNT1 variants are associated with aberrant thin filament compliance an#myofibrere hyper-contractility 🔬 🧬 🔗 Read the work here: https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP288109

Elina Engberg and Jenni Laitila are new Academy Research Fellows, and a joint project on the oral microbiome in health and disease received Academy Project Funding. @elinaengberg.bsky.social @laitilajenni.bsky.social @myofinlab.bsky.social @fin-hit.bsky.social research.folkhalsan.fi/news-article...

Meet our visiting researchers! 🧬🌍 ▫️Alessandra Carnazzi (MSc), Doctoral researcher Alessandra is originally from Italy. She pursued her master’s degree in medical biotechnology at the University of Milan. (1/5)

🚨Publication alert!🚨 First author Lydia’s and last author Vilma-Lotta’s summary of the article: "The majority of known structural variants (SVs) of the nebulin gene (NEB), such as intragenic duplications, deletions, and copy number variants of the triplicate region, cause..." (1/4) #MyoBlue

We are very grateful to the Research Council of Finland (Suomen Akatemia) for funding our research on neuromuscular disorders. Thank you / Kiitos / Tack! 💙 Jenni has been awarded an Academy Research Fellowship, which entails a 4-year grant. Jenni shares what the grant will be used for 👇: (1/4)

Go team go! ⚽️🙌🏻 @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

Meet our visiting researchers! 🧬🌍 ▫️Giuliana Capece (MD), Neurologist & Doctoral researcher During her Neurology Residency at the University of Padua, Giuliana developed a strong interest for neuromuscular diseases. (1/5)

Cleaning day at @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social completed! 🧼🧑‍🔬

Welcome our new @eshgyoung.bsky.social Committee Members! 🧬 4 new members will be joining the ESHG-Young Committee this year! Maria Francesca di Feo (Italy/Finland) Nelson Martins @nelsonm1224.bsky.social (Belgium) Mathys Weber (France) Ewelina Bukowska-Olech (Poland) #ESHG2025 @eshg.bsky.social

Yesterday we had the first (but not last) Myofin Young Investigators Day! 🌟 The day was filled with great presentations from our young researchers and out-of-the-box questions from the audience. Thank you to Jenni, Veronica and Marco for organizing the event! 💙

🚨Publication alert!🚨 doi.org/10.1177/2214... First author Milla’s summary of the article: ”The objective of this study was to identify and further investigate the causative genetic variant in a patient with lethal nemaline myopathy.” (1/6) #MyoBlue

Our team is excited to connect – come find us at #ESHG2025, or reach out to set up a meeting. Let’s talk science, collaboration, and future ideas! @eshg.bsky.social #ESHG #Networking #ResearchCollaboration #Myofin

🧬 Meet our group members! 🧬 ▫️Milla Laarne (MSc), Doctoral researcher Milla graduated with a master’s degree in Genetics and Molecular Biosciences from the University of Helsinki in June 2022. (1/5)

🎉 We are thrilled to announce that Myofin researcher Maria Francesca Di Feo has been elected as a member of the ESHG Young Board (European Society of Human Genetics, @eshg.bsky.social)! (1/3)

Our study highlights how understanding differential exon usage can improve the diagnosis and prognosis of titin-related diseases. This could be applied to other genetic disorders, as 70% of the human genes show variable exon usage. @myofinlab.bsky.social research.folkhalsan.fi/annual-repor...

Meet our visiting researchers! 🧬🌍 ▫️ Johana Kopčilová (MSc), PhD student Johana is originally from Prague, Czech Republic, but moved to Brno for her studies. Her background is in medical genetics and molecular diagnostics. (1/6)

Our senior researcher @laitilajenni.bsky.social has published her final project from her postdoc in Copenhagen. Jenni's passion is elucidating the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying nemaline myopathy. May is the official #NMAwarenessMonth – take a look at buildingstrength.org for more information 💙

So proud of these two superstars and the entire Myofin group at the FHRC Scientific Days 💪🔬 Another well deserved poster prize for @rostedtfanny.bsky.social 🤩🙌 @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

We had the pleasure to attend the Scientific Days organized by @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social at Haikko. Fanny (single-fibre studies) and Milla (nanopore-sequencing) took part in the poster pitching session and had posters on display … (1/3)

#Lihastautipäivät2025 @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

Meet our group members! 🧬 ▫️ Vilma-Lotta Lehtokari (Docent), Senior scientist 📸 Picture 2: Robert Franko (1/7)

🚨Publication alert!🚨 First author Victoria’s summary of the paper: ”Genetic testing can leave many rare muscle disease patients without answers.” (1/4)

We are very grateful to the Sigrid Jusélius Foundation for funding our research on neuromuscular disorders. Thank you / Kiitos / Tack! 💙 (1/6)

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🧬 Meet our group members! 🧬 ▫️Marco Savarese (Docent), Group leader Marco got his PhD in Naples in 2014 and moved to Helsinki one year later. Since then, he has been working at the Folkhälsan Research Center. Over the last years, his research activity has addressed three key-challenges … (1/7)

Science is for everyone! Read more at: standupforscience2025.org/our-policy-g... #StandUpForScience

🚨Publication alert!🚨 First author Ali’s summary of the paper: skeletalmusclejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... (1/6)

#RareDiseaseDay is on the last day of February (28th or 29th). Approximately 5% of the world's population is affected by a rare disease. Rare Disease Day is an important initiative for us, as nearly 90% of neuromuscular disorders are classified as rare diseases. (1/5)

🚨Publication alert!🚨 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... First author Vilma-Lotta’s summary of the study: (1/4)

We are the Myofin Research Group, part of the Genetics Research Program at Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland. (1/6)