In the latest episode of #TheGeneticsPodcast, FIMM Director @sripatti.bsky.social dives into how cardiovascular genetics & polygenic risk scores are moving into the clinic, and what @finngen.bsky.social study is teaching us about drug discovery and patient risk. Listen now:🎙️https://pod.fo/e/328c49

The FIMM-EMBL International PhD Programme has become a cornerstone of our mission to train the next generation of scientists. Meet the talented new researchers who joined the programme this autumn and hear what inspires them as they embark on their doctoral journey: www.helsinki.fi/en/hilife-he...

The 2nd #HiLIFE #Sciencedays have officially begun! Thank you, org. committee coordinators Tania Vane-Tempest & Tristen Hewitt for running us through the amazing program! We also heard LS area greetings from HiLIFE Director Jari Koistinaho. Good to continue the day from here!

Still a few days left to send in your application for the Sigrid Jusélius Professorship grant! The application period is open until the end of September 15!

Multiplex imaging offers a means to extract detailed information from human tissue samples by visualising a greater number of biomarkers than is possible with traditional microscopy. @healthcare-europe.bsky.social summarised Dr. Teijo Pellinen's thoughts: 🔗 healthcare-in-europe.com/en/news/sing...

Nominations are open for the Leena Peltonen Prize 2026 (€10,000). candidates: outstanding young researchers, Early career stage, no age or graduation limit Awardee will give the Leena Peltonen Lecture at #eshg2026 in Gothenburg. 📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025 🔗 forms.eshg.org/leena-pelton...

Are you looking for an exciting PhD project at the intersection of machine learning and health sciences? The Machine Learning for Health team at FIMM led by Dr. @tuomohartonen.bsky.social is looking for a Doctoral Researcher to join their interdisciplinary team. 🔗 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

The FIMM Young Investigator for July 2025 is @stephaniezellers.bsky.social, a postdoc in Jaakko Kaprio's group studying influences of environmental exposures on behavior & health. Warm congratulations to her for her recent publications in Social Science & Medicine and Royal Society of Open Science!

I am hiring! 🎓 We offer a fully funded PhD student position to work on exciting machine learning projects utilizing rich, multimodal real-life health data, based at @fimm-uh.bsky.social in Helsinki, Finland, the happiest country in the world 🇫🇮 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... Feel free to DM me!

New @natgenet.nature.com study led by @tuomohartonen.bsky.social & @detroiki.bsky.social from FIMM explores how to better predict disease risk by combining information from electronic health records (phenotype risk scores) and genetics using 3 large biobank-based studies. Congratulations!

Researchers from FIMM and @ncmbm.bsky.social identified MAP4K1 as a novel gene behind immune dysregulation. The findings of this @nordicembl.bsky.social collaboration may help patients with this rare disease and provide insights relevant to autoimmunity and allergies. www.helsinki.fi/en/hilife-he...

🚨 We’re hiring! Are you motivated by the challenge of extracting new insights from complex health data? Join FinnGen at FIMM, @helsinki.fi, as a Data Scientist to support clinically oriented teams that work with the rich, longitudinal health data. Apply by Sep 14: ➡️ jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

The Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences of @helsinki.fi invites applications for the position of 🟢 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / PROFESSOR OF HUMAN GENETICS AND GENOMICS 🟢 with a possibility of a secondary affiliation with FIMM. ➡️ jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

⏳ Last chance! Apply by Aug 10 to become a FIMM–EMBL Group Leader in molecular medicine @helsinki.fi. If you’re ready to launch your independent research group at the intersection of genomics, precision medicine & AI, this is your moment. 👉 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #AcademicJobs #GroupLeader

According to a recent twin study co-authored by FIMM researchers Dr. Stephanie Zellers and Professor Jaakko Kaprio, the ability to produce humor is not genetic. Read more from this @psychologytoday.com blog post by one of the authors, Professor Segal: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/twof...

A team led by Tero Aittokallio has developed an experimental-computational approach that leverages single-cell transcriptomics and single-agent response profiles from primary AML patient samples to propose personalized, safe and effective drug combinations. ➡️ www.helsinki.fi/en/hilife-he...

🚨 2 weeks left! FIMM @helsinki.fi is hiring new early-career Group Leaders in molecular medicine. 🔬 Population-level genomics + health data 🌍 EMBL partnership 🌳 Nordic life, global science Run your own lab. Build something bold. 👉 Apply by 10 Aug 2025: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Mac4Me, a Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network where FIMM is a partner, has kicked off with a meeting and the first training session! By examining how tumour cells invade healthy tissues, @mac4me.bluesky.social develops new strategies for understanding and treating metastatic disease: mac4me.eu

We are looking for an experienced and collaborative bioinformatician to join the newly established HiLIFE Biodata unit. This is a service-driven position in a core facility environment, as part of the Biodata Meilahti team, located at FIMM. Apply by 15 Aug! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

📣 We are recruiting 2-3 early-stage group leaders! 📣 If you dream of analysing population-scale datasets with cutting-edge tech, Finland is calling! Build your own team as a FIMM-EMBL Group Leader @helsinki.fi. 🔗 Apply here by 10 Aug: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #ScienceJobs

Career opportunity! FIMM Group Leader Esa Pitkänen @epitkanen.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc in multimodal machine learning. If you are interested in developing machine learning models for large-scale pan-cancer multiomics data, apply here by Aug 31: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

🔬"When I came across the NORPOD Fellowship, I was immediately drawn in." 🌏Lei Xia joined @epitkanen.bsky.social at @fimm-uh.bsky.social and Biswa Sahu at @ncmbm.bsky.social, as a NORPOD Fellow in Spring 2025. Get an insight into Lei’s experience so far: projects.au.dk/nordic-embl-...

New publication from FIMM and collaborators demonstrates that expert-verified AI outperforms both manual microscopy and autonomous AI in detecting intestinal parasite infections - especially in light intensity infections that are often missed. www.helsinki.fi/en/hilife-he... #AIinHealthcare

📣 We are recruiting 2-3 early-stage group leaders! 📣 Lead your own research group at FIMM @helsinki.fi and help us build more bridges from discovery to medicine! 👉 Apply here by 10 Aug: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #GroupLeaderPosition #AcademicCareers #MolecularMedicine

Job alert ‼️ @thomasdwkim.bsky.social and I are recruiting a postdoc in single-cell genomics via the NORPOD program of the @nordicembl.bsky.social. Collaboration between @fimm-uh.bsky.social and @dandrite.bsky.social on multimodal data integration in neurodevelopment. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Our warmest congratulations to all FIMM-affiliated researchers who have received funding from the winter call of the Research Council of Finland! 💐 Academy Projects: Olli Kallioniemi, @rafabolism.bsky.social & Esa Pitkänen Research Fellowship: Tuomo Hartonen Clinical Researcher: Pauli Pöyhönen

Can we use genetics to make real-world evidence more like randomized trials and improve trial design in the process? In our latest paper, we emulate 4 cardiometabolic RCTs in FinnGen and test how polygenic scores can improve trial emulation rdcu.be/eryti

📣 We are recruiting 2-3 early-stage group leaders. 📣 Join an institute where cross-disciplinary teamwork and national health-data resources let you ask the questions no one else can! 🚀 Apply here by 10 Aug to start your own research group: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #ScienceJobs

Our Young Investigator for May 2025 is Yingjia Chen, a doctoral researcher in the Aittokallio group. Congratulations for her recent 1st-author Cancer Research publication “A Machine Learning-Based Strategy Predicts Selective and Synergistic Drug Combinations for Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia”!

The third NORPOD postdoctoral programme call by the @nordicembl.bsky.social is now open! Three exciting projects are looking for the right candidate — maybe it’s you? Two of the projects are primarily hosted at FIMM. Have a look and apply by Aug 15! projects.au.dk/nordic-embl-... #postdocposition

In this Technology Networks interview, FIMM Research Director Caroline Heckman tells about how precision medicine can be used to help guide clinical decisions for cancer patients and how she envisions the role of precision medicine evolving: 🔗 www.technologynetworks.com/diagnostics/...

A new EMBL-EBI platform enabling standardised calculation of polygenic scores and making genomic risk data easier to analyse! The resource has been created as part of the FIMM-led #Intervene H2020 project to support new research into early indicators of disease.

Upcoming FIMM dissertation! 🏛️ MSc Feiyi Wang will defend her doctoral thesis "Familial and genetic risk factors for autoimmune diseases" @helsinki.fi 16 June. Welcome! Opponent: Prof. Ingrid Kockum Supervisors: @andganna.bsky.social & Tiinamaija Tuomi 🔗 tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...

Olli Kallioniemi discusses the opportunities the Brain Gain grant brings to his work in Finland in this @sigridjuselius.bsky.social article. He wants to explore possibilities to utilize AI and Nordic health data optimally to study health and to treat patients: www.sigridjuselius.fi/en/news/retu...

Upcoming FIMM dissertation! 🏛️ MSc Zhiyang Wang will defend his doctoral dissertation @helsinki.fi on 13 June at 14:00. Welcome! Opponent: Prof. @sylvainsebert.bsky.social, University of Oulu Supervisors: Jaakko Kaprio & @andganna.bsky.social 🔗 tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...

The FIMM Young Investigator for April 2025 is Feiyi Yang, a doctoral researcher supervised by @andganna.bsky.social & Tiinamaija Tuomi. Warm congratulations to her for her recent 1st-author publication on the effects of parental autoimmune diseases on type 1 diabetes in offspring in Cell Genomics!

🚀 Lead your own research group in the world's happiest country @helsinki.fi! We are seeking 2–3 early-stage Group Leaders in Molecular Medicine. We offer solid 5+4 year funding, access to nationwide health & genome datasets & cutting-edge technology. 🔗 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #sciencejob

A large international study led by scientists at FIMM, @helsinki.fi, shows that many of the molecular differences between male and female brains are already established during the first trimester of pregnancy and linger throughout life. 🔗 www.helsinki.fi/en/news/gene...

Helsingin yliopiston johtama kansainvälinen long Covid -tutkimus tunnisti koronavirusinfektion jälkeisille pitkäkestoisille oireille altistavan geneettisen riskitekijän. Kyseinen FOXP4-geeni osallistuu keuhkojen toiminnan ja immuunipuolustuksen säätelyyn. www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/g...

New research from FIMM @helsinki.fi suggests that reduced mitochondrial metabolism can contribute to body fat accumulation and trigger chemical DNA modifications that alter gene regulation. These findings can open new avenues for treating obesity. www.helsinki.fi/en/hilife-he...

FIMM, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Faculty of Science @helsinki.fi invite applications for POSITIONS OF RESEARCH FELLOW (UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER) AND/OR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER at the intersection of AI, molecular medicine and health data science. Apply by 5 June: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

What an inspiring two days at FIMM Scientific Retreat 2025 "Building Bridges Across Disciplines"! A warm thank you to the organising committee & all the speakers and participants who filled Hotel Korpilampi with great science, dance energy and FIMM spirit.

The largest genome-wide analysis of the X chromosome to date from FIMM researchers shows that two dosage-compensation mechanisms, X-chromosome inactivation and chromosome-wide up-regulation, work together to keep sex differences in X-chromosome influence in check. www.helsinki.fi/en/hilife-he...

FIMM extends its sincere thanks to the members of our Scientific Advisory Board for an insightful and inspiring visit this week. We are especially grateful to Professor Cornelia van Duijn, Chair of the SAB, who is now stepping down and whose longstanding support and vision we warmly acknowledge.

One of the excellent doctoral thesis @helsinki.fi in 2024 awards goes to @bordinki.bsky.social! Mattia’s thesis "Leveraging large-scale biobanks for genetic discovery and better public health" was supervised by @andganna.bsky.social & @sripatti.bsky.social. Congrats! www.helsinki.fi/en/news/univ...

Jadwiga Buchwald will defend her doctoral dissertation "Genome and phenome-wide analyses of the nicotine metabolite ratio" @helsinki.fi 13 May. Opponent: Prof. Marcus Munafò, University of Bristol Supervisors: Matti Pirinen & Anu Loukola Welcome! 🔗 helsinginyliopisto.etapahtuma.fi/Kalenteri/En...

Warm congratulations to our group leader @rafabolism.bsky.social for being highlighted among the Future Leaders - emerging scientists poised to become the next generation of innovators in cancer research - by @cancergrand.bsky.social. Read Rafa's story: features.cancerresearchuk.org/cancergrandc...

Why do children with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) often have parents with autoimmune diseases? Our new study shows parental autoimmune conditions affect offspring’s T1D risk through complex genetic factors, including both HLA and non-HLA variants. 🔗 www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

🧐⚙️ Did you know that research institutes constantly need to adapt their tech platforms to scientific developments, economic factors & fluctuating demand? Curious about how they do this? Then read the new EU-LIFE Core Facilities Working Group paper published in @emboreports.org! ➡️ bit.ly/4cJSMtR

How is AI transforming life sciences – and what’s holding it back? Participants of the 5th EMBL Partnership Conference share insights on data challenges, validation hurdles, and why collaboration is key. 👉 www.embl.org/news/connect... #EMBLAIOneHealth