Congratulations Ann-Louise, for successfully defending your doctoral dissertation! @helsinki.fi 🔗 Full text available here: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...

Another art project at work 💪🔬 @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

End of the year celebrations with Myofin and FHRC 💃 @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

Can we just take a moment to appreciate this beautiful card my students made ❤️ There's images of fluorescent myosin! Wishing "Peaceful, and super-relaxed Christmas. May your ATP-storages be full, and muscle work efficient also next year" 😄💪🔬 @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

Negar Pourjamal will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Antibody-drug conjugates in experimental models of HER2-positive breast cancer and gastric cancer with special reference to drug resistance" in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, on 19 December at 13:00.

🚨Publication alert!🚨 First author Milla’s summary of the article: "In this study, we examined two families with dominantly inherited myopathy, presenting as exercise-intolerance, cramps and myalgia in the first family, and progressive muscle weakness in the second family.” (1/4)

"When a research group includes both younger and more experienced researchers, the research work can be inspiring and stimulating, and you can really enjoy it", says professor Outi Mäkitie in an interview for Minerva Foundation: minervafoundation.fi/professor-ou...

”Strengthening interdisciplinary research and closer collaboration with practical sectors are crucial for addressing the major public health challenges we face”, says Mikaela von Bonsdorff, our new Program Director of public health research. research.folkhalsan.fi/news-article...

Ann-Louise Sirén will defend her doctoral dissertation “Quality of life in relation to person-environment fit and life course influences: Perspectives of senior housing residents in Finland” on 19 December at 12 EEST, Auditorium 116, Unioninkatu 35. @helsinki.fi 🔗 Full text: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...

Check out this video where Senior Scientist Peter Hackman talks about the discovery of the first TTN gene mutation in 2002, how today’s families benefit from dramatic advances in genetic testing, and hope for future treatments for titinopathies. @myofinlab.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC5S...

Congratulations Katarin, for successfully defending your doctoral dissertation! Full text available here: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978... @helsinki.fi

🎉 Funding success for DAGIS Research 🎉 DAGIS researchers and doctoral students have been awarded funding from Juho Vainio Foundation. The studies will focus on parenting styles & practices, screen use, sustainable food consumption, nature visits and children’s health. Follow our research at dagis.fi

🚨Publication alert!🚨 First author @jaakkosarparanta.bsky.social ’s summary of the article: (1/5)

Congratulations Anna-Maria, for successfully defending your doctoral dissertation! Full text available here: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978... @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social

Katarin Gorski will defend her doctoral dissertation named “Insights into synaptic physiology from omics analyses in the early disease onset of CSTB-deficient mice modeling EPM1” on on 5 December at 13:00 EEST, in Biomedicum 1, Luentosali 2, Haartmaninkatu 8, Helsinki. @helsinki.fi

⏰ New DAGIS Research publication⏰ Associations of chronotype and socio-demographic factors with timing of eating in Finnish preschool-aged children: doi.org/10.1007/s003... @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @helsinki.fi #chrononutrition #circadianrhythm #publichealth #nutritionresearch #childhealth

💡 NEW DAGIS publication 💡 Who needs family meals? In our latest study @hennavepsalainen.bsky.social et al. investigated the associations between shared meals and dietary quality among children, fathers and mothers. Full article: doi.org/10.1017/S000... @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

Anna-Maria Lahti will defend her doctoral dissertation named “Social circumstances and social environment as determinants of functioning in older age” on 3 December at 12:00, University of Jyväskylä, Liikunta Building, L303. @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social 🔗 Full text: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...

DAGIS Research is now on Bluesky! 🤸 DAGIS is a research project in health behaviors in Finnish preschool & school children. Latest article: Associations between parent–child outdoor visits & preschool-aged children’s screen time doi.org/10.1186/s441... @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

Our new #article on depression and adherence to cardioprotective medication in people with T1D is now published. Those prescribed cardioprotective therapy who had diagnosed depression or antidepressant purchases had higher odds of having poor rather than good adherence to cardioprotective therapy.

Är du vår nya förvaltningschef? Kom och arbeta på en unik arbetsplats inom social- och hälsovården, där toppforskning möter serviceproduktion och frivilligarbete. Läs mera och ansök senast 7.12: folkhalsan.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_... #Folkhälsan #ViÄrFolkhälsan #JobbaPåFolkhälsan #rekry

Huge congratiolations to Dr. Marika Eriksson for the second place in Finnish Diabetes Research Society's competition for the best thesis of the year! #ValtakunnallinenDiabetespaiva #diabetes #research

Päivi Herranen will defend her doctoral dissertation “Polygenic inheritance of muscle strength as a predictor of old-age adversities, recovery, and survival” on 28 November at 12:00 EEST in the old assembly hall S212, Seminarium building, University of Jyväskylä. www.jyu.fi/en/news/gene...

🚨Publication alert!🚨 First author Veronica's summary of the article: "The study focused on finding a robust and reproducible method to differentiate the C2C12 murine myoblast into mature and functional myotubes in a 2D culture system." (1/3)

Today is #WorldDiabetesDay! The #FinnDiane Study highlights that reducing sitting at work can help people with #Type1Diabetes maintain cardiovascular health doi.org/10.1186/s129... Let’s make workplaces healthier for people with #diabetes: move more, sit less! #DiabetesAndTheWorkplace

Idag på #Världsdiabetesdagen vill vi lyfta fram det viktiga jobb Linda Sjölund gör som forskningsskötare i Österbottens välfärdsområde. Hon håller kontakt med Direvadeltagarna och tar prover, och bidrar till forskningen vars mål är att erbjuda mer skräddarsydd vård. www.folkhalsan.fi/nyheter/hon-...

Our new #article on diabetic kidney disease has been published! Using exome-wide analysis, the GENIE consortium identified a novel rare EXD3 variant linked to the diabetic kidney disease in T1D. Full study: www.kireports.org/article/S246... @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social #diabetes #kidney

Barn och unga i landsbygdskommuner på Åland cyklar eller promenerar till skolan i märkbart mindre utsträckning än i liknande kommuner i mellersta och södra Finland, oavsett årstid. Doktorand Henna Launistola blev intervjuad av Ålands Radio: alandsradio.ax/nyheter/ny-s...

Excited to share our latest #article! We conducted the largest NGS study to date on SDR in type 1 diabetes, identifying rare variants in genes like AFAP1L1, SLC30A9, HPS3, PELI1 and CSMD2. 🔗 iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx... @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social #FinnDiane #T1D #retinopathy #diabetes

We are proud to share that Outi Mäkitie has received Minerva Foundation’s Bror-Axel Lamberg Prize in Endocrinology. The prize is awarded every second year to a distinguished Finnish or Nordic scientist in the field of Endocrinology. Congratulations, Outi! www.endo.fi/palkinnot/mi...

Congratulations Anni, for successfully defending your doctoral dissertation! Full text available here: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978... @finndiane.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

Huge congrats to Anni Antikainen on a successful doctoral defence! Electronic version of the dissertation can be found here: helda.helsinki.fi/items/e7745a... @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social #diabetes #folkhälsan #doctoralresearch

Hur kan vi prata om barns vikt utan att förstärka stigma? Och hur kan vi förstå selektivt ätande och diagnosen ARFID? Under webbinariet Selektivt ätande och viktstigma – vägar till matglädje belyser vi barns och ungas ätbeteenden ur flera perspektiv.

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🔮 The single muscle fibres won the ”Best Group Costume” prize at @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social 🏆

Today Anni Antikainen will defend her doctoral dissertation at 13:00 EEST. Follow the live stream here: video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live... @finndiane.bsky.social

Wonderful collaboration work from the GENIE consortium, focused on rare genetic variation and identified an EXD3 missense variant associated with #DiabeticKidneyDisease. @finndiane.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

Anni Antikainen will defend her doctoral dissertation “Genetics and metabolomics of cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes” on 31 October at 13:00 EEST. University of Helsinki, Main Building, Tekla Hultin (F3003), Fabianinkatu 33. @finndiane.bsky.social @helsinki.fi 🔗 urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...

Skiljer sig barns och ungas fysiska aktivitetsvanor mellan svensk- och finskspråkiga i Finland? Vi diskuterar skillnader i fysisk aktivitet och färdsätt till skolan utgående från LIITU-undersökningen. 🗣️ Webbinarium: Henna Launistola, Carola Ray 📅 30.10 kl. 15–15.30. 🔗 www.lyyti.fi/reg/LIITU-we...

So many "MyoFinns" in the #WMS2025 meeting this year! 💪🔬 Representing @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

Thank you @worldmusclesociety.org for an amazing meeting #WMS2025 💪🔬 The Finnish team thoroughly enjoyed the science and the networking! @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

A new study by DAGIS shows that an overprotective parenting style may hinder vegetable consumption. #FolkhälsanResearch research.folkhalsan.fi/news-article...

At Folkhälsan Research Center, the Healthy Aging group explores how to create conditions that support active, meaningful, and fulfilling lives as we age. One of our projects, Boaktiv, studies how senior housing can enhance wellbeing and quality of life.

Mindfulness practices should be kept short, concrete, and varied, so that they do not exhaust or frustrate students who already have ADHD symptoms. research.folkhalsan.fi/news-article...

@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @folkhalsan.bsky.social

Våra forskare Carola Ray och Henna Launistola betonar vikten av aktiva skolvägar, rörelsepauser under lektionerna och att vistas utomhus på rasterna för att öka den fysiska aktiviteten bland äldre elever i grundskolan. www.folkhalsan.fi/nyheter/uter...

Surrounded by my kind of people 💪🔬🧫 #EMC2025 #nerd @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

In early childhood, clear differences already appear in movement behaviors: rural children spend more time on screens than their peers in Helsinki, and girls are less physically active than boys. @sunrisefinland.bsky.social research.folkhalsan.fi/news-article...

SUNRISE Helsinki -julkaisu! Eroaako 3–4-vuotiaiden lasten liikkuminen Helsingissä vs. lähimaaseudulla? 📍 Maaseudulla enemmän ruutuaikaa ja istumista kulkuvälineessä 📍 Motorisissa taidoissa ei alue-eroa 📍 Pojilla enemmän liikkumista www.lts.fi/media/lts_ve... @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

Liikunta & Tiede -lehdessä julkaistu artikkelimme nyt luettavissa 👉👉👉 www.lts.fi/media/lts_ve... #liikunta #lapset #ruutuaika

We are proud to announce that Per-Henrik Groop has been honored with the prestigious Knud Lundbæk Award from the Scandinavian Society for the Study of Diabetes (SSSD) during its Annual Meeting in Oslo on 23 August. @finndiane.bsky.social