Excited to coordinate this fantastic bunch of scientists for the next 8 years 🧡

Welcome to the PhD defense of @hienbui.bsky.social Age-selective segregation of organelles in asymmetric stem cell division, on Fri 7 Nov at 1 pm, Biocenter 2, 2041. Opponent Prof Carien Niessen, University of Cologne @helsinki.fi @hilife-helsinki.bsky.social #publicdefense #phddefense

Still time today to sign up and submit an abstract for this excellent symposium

On Tue Oct 14th @simonsterson.bsky.social will defend his thesis Age-selective organellar metabolism in tissue stem cell function, at 1 pm in Biocenter 2 2041, Viikki. Excited to have Jared Rutter @rutterlab.bsky.social as the opponent 🎩⚔️ Welcome! @metastem.bsky.social @hilife-helsinki.bsky.social

Excited to announce our Stem Cell Metabolism Symposium organized in Helsinki on November 12th. Fantastic invited speakers Marcia Haigis, Lydia Finley, Matthias Hebrok and Tom MacVicar. Sign up by Oct 22nd, free of charge, welcome! @hilife-helsinki.bsky.social @helsinki.fi @stemmprogram.bsky.social

Welcome to the Stem Cell Seminar next week Friday Oct 3rd at 9-11, ☕️🍪 at 8:30. Exciting science on embryo development, ECM, cancer and stem cells by Juha Kere and @johannaienglund.bsky.social labs. See you there! @hilife-helsinki.bsky.social @helsinki-biotech.bsky.social @stemmprogram.bsky.social

News from our CoE by @otonkoskit.bsky.social lab, Eliisa Vähäkangas et al show that upon engraftment into mice stem cell derived pancreatic islets become insensitive to pyruvate, correlating with down regulation of the pyruvate/lactate transporter MCT1. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @helsinki.fi

News from our CoE by @katajistolab.bsky.social @simonsterson.bsky.social found that intestinal stem cells with old mitochondria make Paneth cells faster due to higher aKG levels and aKG improves regeneration in old animals by renewal of Paneth cells. www.nature.com/articles/s42... @helsinki.fi

Proudly presenting Simon’s @simonsterson.bsky.social‬ paper on asymmetric apportioning of old mitochondria biasing intestinal stem cells for the Paneth cell linage through aKG-dependent metabolism @naturemetabolism.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42... @helsinki.fi @metastem.bsky.social 🧵1/8

News from our CoE by @htyynismaa.bsky.social group characterize the role of mitochondrial intermembrane space protein CHCHD10 in metabolism and spinal muscular atrophy Jokela type (SMAJ) actaneurocomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Congratulations Sandra! @helsinki.fi @stemmprogram.bsky.social

Thank you to the organizers of the fantastic meeting #CSMetabolites2025 Kivanc Birsoy @robzonculab.bsky.social and @cellpress.bsky.social editors Allyson Evans @kristabledsoe.bsky.social We had a fantastic time in Sitges, looking forward to this meeting happening again! @cellpressevents.bsky.social

Read Hien’s fantastic paper on the age-selective apportioning of peroxisomes affecting stem cell fate through metabolism, congratulations Hien 🥳

Tomorrow, welcome!

Welcome to the Stem Cell Seminar April 23rd. Stem cell metabolism of both tissue and pluripotent stem cells on the menu with exiting presentations from @rafabolism.bsky.social and @rutorregrosa.bsky.social @stemmprogram.bsky.social @helsinki.fi @helsinki-biotech.bsky.social @fimm-uh.bsky.social

Tomorrow, welcome! 👇

Another great cross-campus seminar coming up. Be there!

News from our CoE by @katajistolab.bsky.social @sharifiqbal.bsky.social shed light on how the intestinal epithelium is repaired after injury, with implications for aging and chemotherapy-induced damage www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @helsinki.fi @helsinki-biotech.bsky.social Congratulations 🎉

Congratulations @sharifiqbal.bsky.social 👏 so happy to see this amazing paper out

Next MetaStem PhD defense this Friday Feb 21st when Hossam Montaser from @otonkoskit.bsky.social lab takes the stage discussing his work on Modelling ER stress-induced Diabetes Using stem cell-derived islets with opponent Professor Carmella Evans-Molina 🎩 👏@stemmprogram.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

Excited that Pekka is presenting at @CellSymposia Metabolites: Organellar Communication in Health and Disease this May 11–13, 2025, in Sitges, Spain! The abstract submission deadline has been extended until Feb 14th. Hope to see you at #CSMetabolites2025 cell-symposia.com/metabolites-...

Another exciting Stem Cell Seminar tomorrow. Welcome!

This Friday, welcome!

One more seminar to organize this year: Welcome to the next Metabolism Seminar, next week Friday the 13th. Excited to have Elina Ikonen and Juha Klefström labs presenting in Viikki. As always, credits for students and coffee and pulla for all

Another great Stem Cell Seminar coming up in two days on Nov 27th when @seollila.bsky.social and @emmihelle.bsky.social share their work. Welcome!