Congratulations to Tero Aittokallio on securing funding from the Research Council of Finland through its 2025 Proof of Concept call for his project "Patient-tailored, effective and safe combinatorial therapies"! 🔗 www.aka.fi/en/about-the... @hilife-helsinki.bsky.social @nordicembl.bsky.social

Warm congratulations to Prof. Olli Kallioniemi, who received the Biomedicum Helsinki Medal following his inspiring lecture "Data and AI Shaping the Future of Precision Medicine in Finland" at Biomedicum Helsinki Day 2025 on 29 October! @hilife-helsinki.bsky.social

🔬 Building Bridges Through Science How can international exchanges strengthen both research and community? PhD student Iga Niemiec (@fimm-uh.bsky.social) and postdoc Ladislav Hovan (@ncmbm.bsky.social) share their experiences through the UiO:Life Science Internationalisation grant.

Biomedicum Helsinki Day 2025 this Wednesday! Research Director, Prof. Olli Kallioniemi will deliver the Biomedicum Helsinki Lecture 2025: "Data and AI Shaping the Future of Precision Medicine in Finland.” 🔗https://biomedicum.com/participate/biomedicum-helsinki-day-2025/ @hilife-helsinki.bsky.social

The closing seminar of the FIMM-led Centre of Excellence in Complex Disease Genetics funded by the Research Council of Finland was held in Helsinki on Oct 22. The event brought together leading researchers to reflect on key discoveries and discuss the future of genomic and complex disease research.

FIMM dissertation!📢 Dimitrios Tsallos will defend his thesis "Translational research strategies for optimizing treatment safety and efficacy in hematologic cancers" @helsinki.fi on 24 Oct. Sigrid Skånland, Oslo University Hospital, will serve as the opponent. 🔗 tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...

The FIMM Young Investigator for September 2025 is Joseph Saad, a Doctoral Researcher studying acute myeloid leukemia in Caroline Heckman's and Mika Kontro's research groups. Warm congratulations for his recent first author publication in Molecular Oncology! 🎉 🔗 www.helsinki.fi/en/hilife-he...

FIMM congratulates Doctoral Researcher Yu Fu who has been awarded the @ajhgnews.bsky.social Award for Outstanding Trainee Publication this week @ #ASHG25! Yu's awarded publication: Role of X chromosome and dosage-compensation mechanisms in complex trait genetics. www.ashg.org/publications...

Upcoming FIMM dissertation! 📢 Gabin Drouard will defend his thesis "Twin Designs and Multi-omics - A Paired Approach to Unraveling Sources of Health Variation" @helsinki.fi on 23 Oct. Prof. Ruth Loos, University of Copenhagen, will serve as the opponent. 🔗 tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...

Tekoäly voi merkittävästi lisätä naisten elintärkeiden diagnostiikkapalveluiden saatavuutta vähäresurssisissa ympäristöissä, kunhan lisäksi investoidaan infrastruktuuriin, kouluttamiseen ja paikallisten yhteisöjen osallistamiseen, toteavat N. Linder & J. Lundin: www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/t...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly improve access to life-saving diagnostics for women’s health in low-resource settings—but only when paired with investments in infrastructure, workforce development and community engagement. New @bmj.com collection paper: www.helsinki.fi/en/news/heal...

💥 New preprint & our first RCT! 💥 Does an extremely high or low BMI polygenic score influence weight loss after a diet intervention? GENEROOS is a 6-month randomized diet vs. control trial testing if genetic predisposition to higher BMI affects weight loss in overweight adults

A preprint on ageing-related epigenetic changes, co-authored by Miina Ollikainen & Aino Heikkinen, was recently featured by Nature. In this preprint, the team presents a new global atlas of epigenetic changes, mapping how our DNA ages across 17 different human tissues. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Uudet tutkimustulokset Eero Vuoksimaan ryhmästä korostavat koulutuksen merkitystä muistisairauksien ehkäisyssä ja antavat uutta tietoa siitä, miksi osalla ihmisistä aivojen toimintakyky säilyy hyvänä korkeasta iästä huolimatta. www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/a... @hilife-helsinki.bsky.social

FIMM congratulates Mika Kontro, Markus Vähä-Koskela & Heikki Kuusanmäki on a new Jane & Aatos Erkko Foundation funding for their 3-year project "Novel treatment strategies in resistant acute myeloid leukemia"! #foundationsupport #fundingnews @hilife-helsinki.bsky.social jaes.fi/en/topics/me...

It's time to open the HiLIFE Research Trainee Scholarship call for 2026!🎉 @helsinki.fi BSc, MSc and Lic students, be sure to submit your application by Oct 29, 2025. Read more: studies.helsinki.fi/instructions.... Info session is held already on Mon 6.10. at Viikki Campus. Come and meet us!🤗

An association between higher education and better brain health can still be seen in people over 90, according to Eero Vuoksimaa's new study. In contrast, midlife cardiovascular risk factors were not found to be linked to memory function at this advanced age. www.helsinki.fi/en/news/brai...

🧬💥 Do the genetics that make you develop a disease also help you survive it? Not much. Our new study in Nature Genetics including 9 disease and 7 biobanks shows: • Susceptibility variants ≠ survival • PRSs for onset weak at predicting progression • Lifespan PRS predicts survival better

This week, FIMM had the pleasure of hosting colleagues with different administrative roles from across the @nordicembl.bsky.social. We gathered at the beautiful Tvärminne zoological station for 1.5 days of planning and group work, with a special focus on NORPOD activities. Many thanks for coming!

Upcoming FIMM dissertation! MSc Hannes Bode will defend his doctoral thesis "Epigenetics of Environmental Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Cancer-Discordant Twin Pairs" @helsinki.fi on 1 Oct. Ass. Prof. Mette Sørensen will serve as the opponent. Welcome! tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...

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