Methods that seem similar may estimate different quantities, distinct approaches can be closely related. In our new preprint, we analyze single-sample network inference methods in a common framework to reveal key similarities, differences, and benchmarking pitfalls: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Check out this new map of nationalities in the group on an AuthaGraph projection of the world, with color priority as follows: current (dark green) and co-supervised (light green) members, former core (dark blue) and students and co-supervised members (light blue)

Great program at OBiWoW, the Oslo Bioinformatics Workshop Week 2025. Various workshops today/tomorrow are given by Oslo group members, including modeling and analysis of single-sample regulatory networks, Python development in VS code, and software testing. Welcome! www.mn.uio.no/bils/english...

Oslo Bioinformatics Workshop Week 2025 - Bioinformatics in Life Science – BiLS

December 8th-12th 2025 will see the fourth edition of the Oslo Bioinformatics Workshop Week at the University of Oslo, Norway. This event is organised by the Trainee Committee of BiLS (Bioinformatics ...

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Not a bad place to work 🍂🍁🌥🇩🇪

Would you like to model and analyze sample-specific regulatory networks? Check out our latest BioRxiv pre-print in which we present 𝐒𝐢𝐒𝐚𝐍𝐀, a command line workflow that makes modeling and analysis of single-sample networks really easy, transparent, and reproducible 🪄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I am very much looking forward to next week's EMBL conference on cancer genomics! Proud that some of the group's recent work will be presented in a selected talk by Tatiana and a poster and flash talk by Ine 🤩 www.embl.org/about/info/c...

Cancer genomics

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Read their side-by-side Q&A on how international mobility builds both skills and community: 🔗 projects.au.dk/nordic-embl-... @mkuijjer.bsky.social @afarkkila.bsky.social @embl.org @mimsumea.bsky.social @dandrite.bsky.social

Side-by-side Q&A: Connecting Labs and Learning Across Borders

PhD student Iga Niemiec and postdoctoral fellow Ladislav Hovan on their UiO:Life Science Internationalisation experiences.

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Until now, patient-specific regulatory networks have mostly been studied in individual cancer types. In our latest BioRxiv pre-print, we took this to the next level, performing a large-scale, pan-cancer network analysis of patient-specific regulatory landscapes: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

October welcomes 2 new group members in the Kuijjer group! Welcome Samantha Martin and Turan Koç! More info: www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/new-gro...

New group members

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Grateful for funding from the Jane & Aatos Erkko Foundation for our project NETMET! We will develop AI and network science methods to map gene regulation at the patient and cell level, to understand cancer aggressiveness and improve patient stratification: jaes.fi/en/topics/me...

€10 Million in Grants – Focus on Children’s Physical Activity, Psychiatry, and Cancer Research - Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation has awarded €9.9 million in grants to 13 projects in the fields of medicine, science, arts, and culture. The announcement coincides with International Foundations D...

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Nice location for the iCAN 2025 symposium!

Great spot for a pause and outdoor dinner in between work and dance, in beautiful Copenhagen 🧜‍♀️🇩🇰

Touring the Nordics and Europe for science in early fall brings sundogs, rainbows, and beautiful clouds 🇸🇪🇫🇮🇩🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰 Also good to have packed rain gear 🚲🌦

We are growing the wet-lab 🧪 Welcome Atefeh to the Oslo group! More info 👉 www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/atefeh-...

New group member

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September starts strong! Welcome Ceren Pajanoja to our Helsinki group as postdoc, and congrats to Romana Pop for continuing as a joint NCMBM/OUS postdoc with our Oslo group & Anita Sveen. Excited to see the science they’ll drive in the years ahead! Info 👇 www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/new-gro...

New group members

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Back from a wonderful joint group retreat in Fornebu 🌊🇳🇴 We had lots of pork neck, 🌶️ gossip, and fruitful discussions. Hope to do this again soon to keep connections strong 💪 So lucky to be part of this brilliant team of scientists 💫 Read more here: www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/group-r...

At the Meilahti campus bus stop, on my way to the group retreat in Fornebu 😍

I’m surprised to see that some funders still ask for impact factors in grant applications, even though institutions like @helsinki.fi have signed DORA. It puts applicants in an awkward spot

Happy to have started as director of the iCANDOC doctoral education pilot in precision cancer medicine! Looking forward to supporting the development of doctoral training in 🇫🇮🧑‍🎓 More info: ican.fi/icandoc/

iCANDOC doctoral education pilot - iCAN

The iCANDOC Precision Cancer Medicine (PCM) pilot is the largest Ministry of Education and Culture’s doctoral education pilots, awarded a total of

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Sundog above Helsinki 🌈🌥🇫🇮

GRN inference algorithms often build on prior knowledge of e.g. TF binding. Build up-to-date priors with our new tool SPONGE, now out in Bioinformatics: academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

SPONGE: simple prior omics network GEnerator

AbstractSummary. Gene regulatory networks modelled from experimental data can be improved through the use of prior biological knowledge, e.g. transcription

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Looking for something to read over the summer 📖? Check out our latest publication in Briefings in Bioinformatics: academic.oup.com/bib/article/...

Gene regulatory network integration with multi-omics data enhances survival predictions in cancer

Abstract. The emergence of high-throughput omics technologies has resulted in their wide application to cancer studies, greatly increasing our understandin

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Beautiful halo on my ride home 🇫🇮🌥

📣 We’re recruiting 1-2 Group Leaders! NCMBM is looking for early-career researchers ready to establish their independent research groups! 🧬 With an attractive start-up package, help us shape the future of molecular biosciences and medicine in 🇳🇴 and be part of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!

Join us tomorrow at noon to learn more on spatial tumor ecosystems from @afarkkila.bsky.social from @farkkilab.bsky.social ! The talk will be at Forum, @forskningsparken.bsky.social

Happy to host @afarkkila.bsky.social at next week's @ncmbm.bsky.social international seminar! Join us Tuesday May 27 at 12 in Forskningsparken to learn more on spatial biology of ovarian cancer. Info 👇 www.med.uio.no/ncmbm/englis...

NCMBM International Seminar: Anniina Färkkilä - NCMBM - Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine

Anniina Färkkilä, MD PhD, is an Assistant professor in translational gynecologic oncology and a Specialist in gynecology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. The title of her talk is:

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Missing the Network Zoo, I got myself some panda keys for my Oslo office 🐼🎍

Two postdoctoral positions are available in the group! Would you like to work on exciting cancer data science projects, developing tools and approaches for the analysis of large cancer data from iCAN? Apply by May 31: www.kuijjerlab.org/openpositions/

Open positions

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On my way back to Oslo. I moved the NetZoo earlier in May to cheer up my new office in Helsinki 🙂 Will have to miss these until June!

We were recently joined by three new group members. Welcome visiting PhD students Liangwei Yin and Iga Niemiec and co-supervised PhD student Ziqi Kang! For more info, see www.kuijjerlab.org/people/