@NykterLab

Developing computational methods for biomedical research at @TampereUni with the lead of prof. Matti Nykter.

 Tampere, Suomi
research.tuni.fi/computational-biology/
Joined March 2018
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Spatial transcriptomics (and other -omics!) is a promising technology that offers more information about cellular systems. @KiviahoAntti gives us a taste of new discoveries with @NykterLab using spatial transcriptomic in prostate cancer tissue. tumorgenetics.blog/2024/12/1…

Eating the Fruit Tart – Insights Gained from Spatially Resolved Data Analysis

The article discusses advancements in understanding tumors through spatially resolved data, emphasizing the importance of the tumor microenvironment and its cellular interactions. It highlights how…

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Our investigation into the prostate tumor microenvironment is now out in Nature Comms: nature.com/articles/s41467-0… We combined publicly available scRNA-seq data with in-house spatial transcriptomics samples to jointly anayze data from 120 patients. Here’s what we found 🧵 1/6
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Communication is important even at the intra-cellular level. @SiniHakkola @NykterLab explains its role in cancer development in our latest blog post: tumorgenetics.blog/2024/05/0…
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Could club cells be the key to understanding prostate cancer therapy resistance? We performed integrative analysis on single-cell & spatial transcriptomics data from more than 100 patients. Preprint out now: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Tune in to our latest blog post to read about the fierce competition between lab technician and automation robot: "Can we still beat a robot?" by Juuso Vuorinen @NykterLab tumorgenetics.blog/2024/02/0…

Can We Still Beat a Robot in Accuracy and Reproducibility?

Members of the computational biology group at the University of Helsinki go head-to-head with a robot on precision lab techniques!

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Congratulations to Ebrahim Afyounian and Thomas Fleischer @TF_82 for a good defence on Friday! We had a wonderful evening celebrating the closing of Ebrahim’s journey to PhD @NykterLab. 🥰
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Our new study shows that immunological pathways differ in different subtypes of #type1diabetes and the involvement of #enteroviruses in the initiation of the process.  go.nature.com/3Rdg5U2 Privileged to work with the talented people from the @NykterLab and @RautajokiLab 🙏
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New blog out: “What are scientific studies made of?” by Lauri Ryyppö of @NykterLab tumorgenetics.blog/2023/06/1…
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Another @Prostatakreft #blueribbonpin has been appointed for #prostatecancer #research! Congrats Dr Sinja Taavitsainen (lnkd.in/d7M9j4TJ) for the brilliant defence vs @jweischenfeldt . Supervision of Prof. #MattiNykter @NykterLab #Tamperepcrc @TampereUniMET @TampereUni
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Today we had a great recreational day at #Ahtialanjärvi with @NykterLab, building nesting boxes for endangered bird species and observing some birds.
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Come to talk ⁦@NykterLab⁩ at the poster19-line43 at the #aacr23 #prostatecancer #spatialtranscriptomics #spatialbiology #celltype #deconvolution
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PhD students Tuomo Virtanen and Antti Kiviaho presenting their posters at #AACR2023. Come to talk about our work on chromatin conformation and spatial transcriptomics in prostate cancer.
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@CoEinTG Fascinating updates and important discussions at the SAB (Scientific Advisory Board) meeting of the Centre of Excellence in Tumor Genetics today. Tomorrow we will continue with workshops to discuss further and deepen our collaborations. #cancerresearch
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Here’s our @Nature paper on v deep whole-genome sequencing of serial ctDNA and met tissue. @cherberts1, Matti, Joonatan et al applied new methods to give fascinating insight into temporal #ProstateCancer clonal complexity and evolution of resistance. 1/7 nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Large grant recipients Steve Bova and Matti Nykter are reverse engineering the evolution of aggressive prostate cancer. The results can help develop new cures for prostate cancer. sigridjuselius.fi/en/news/st… @NykterLab @TampereUniMET @TampereUni #EWAC2022 #cancer
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New Tumor Genetics blog by Tomi Häkkinen. Hospital Data Lakes: Crunching Numbers To Cure Diseases tumorgenetics.blog/2022/05/2…

Hospital Data Lakes: Crunching Numbers To Cure Diseases

Different hospital departments and medical fields have their own ways of collecting data and often measurements are not intended to be shared outside of the department. Data is siloed and fragmente…

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Long anticipated #snogfibtra2022 symposium ongoing in Helsinki. Three days of presentations on exciting top level neuro-oncology research. @Granberg_Lab @TampereUni
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Nice discussion about prostate cancer and emerging treatment options in MTV Uutisaamu this morning. Thanks for invitation and this opportunity @MTVUutisaamu @Syopasaatio
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Very excited to receive @SuomenAkatemia funding to continue studying human microglia in neurodegeneration! Big thanks to my mentors @zauggj @HiltunenLab and of course the members of the labs, and I look forward to continuing this field of research in @NykterLab @TampereUni
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Prostate cancer research center seminar ongoing at Murikanranta. Two days of presentations and discussions on our ongoing work. @TampereUniMET
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