No seats are empty in the plenary hall at #ESID2024 as Bergithe Oftedal presents AIRE’s crucial role in immune tolerance. Essential insights into the mechanisms of self-recognition in the immune system. #ESID #Immunology

ESID Petter Brodin So happy my flight got cancelled and I got to see this talk by Petter Brodin ! Fascinating insights into gender imbalances in autoimmunity. Other session speakers, BogunovicLab and Muzlifah Haniffa made this a highlight of #ESID2024 !

Finland has always been the most under-rated Nordic country. It has good kebab, people who don't talk to you by default, isn't too hot and the Internet is great. What more do you want?

Are you the next team member to join us? More than your credentials, we are looking the right person! Both post-docs or PhD students are welcome. Come solve some fundamental issues of the human thymus biology with us! #recruiting #academicjobs #hiring #postdoc #phdcandidate

Again stellar work by the Bonfanti Research Group 🤩

Halloweenin somekeskustelujen uhkaavin hahmo - olkiukko. Puotilan kartanon Halloweeks 😍.

Cleaned the whole day -20 freezer *room* filled with samples and reagents from people that have left the institute even decades ago. Finally, when it was almost empty, I checked beneath the lowest selves and found a trash bag with used XL size mens jeans inside. I can only wonder

If some researchers just by coincidence are today in the USA or anywhere are considering a change in scenery I am still looking for a postdoc! You can test how it is living and working in Finland, the happiest country in the world! More info: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-P…

If you need a postdoc or a funded PhD post in life sciences (I’m recruiting!) - consider University of Helsinki and my dear homeland Finland! Not to be overly patriotic but it is a fairly good country in many ways. We Finns typically don’t boast. But Tomi made a nice thread about Finland!

Pleased to announce the winners of the FSI PhD thesis award 2021-2023: Olli Dufva and Iivo Hetemäki University of Helsinki. FSI congratulates the winners and their supervisors Satu Mustjoki HRUH hematology & Mikko Keränen and Eliisa Kekäläinen Eliisa Kekäläinen & Petteri Arstila! SSI

I had the great honor to publicly examine the PhD thesis of A-M Schroderus University of Eastern Finland. We had a nice discussion on T cells!

Thanks to kirsten nowlan and our wonderful collaborators Maria Fernanda Perdomo et al. we could study the DNA virome of the human thymus.

🚨Reminder! Our Long COVID Project Webinar is tomorrow! 📆17. Dec 24 🕑14:00 - 15:00 (CET) Don't miss this opportunity to learn from our experts & engage with them in Q&A sessions. For more information & to register: 👉eveeno.com/lc_webinar Register today and secure your spot!🌟

Happy to have been collaborating on this superb project! Spearheaded by Joona Sarkkinen, Dawit Yohannes (not on X) and Sini Laakso. Viruses handled by Maria Fernanda Perdomo

I AM HIRING 💥 Do you want to become my new project coordinator? My growing team needs a coordinator who has a real "we can do this" 💪 - attitude. More details on the University of Helsinki webpage. Application period until September 10th - be quick! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-P…

WE ARE HIRING 💥 Do you want to become our new project coordinator? More details on the University of Helsinki webpage. Application period until September 10th - be quick! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-P…

Today we got our new imaging system for automated spatial proteomics installed! Maria Semenova is already eager to image thymuses. Thank you ZEISS Microscopy, we are excited to be the first users in Finland for the new system integrating imaging and fluidics. Funded by European Research Council (ERC)

For patients with generalized myasthenia gravis, existing treatments reduce mortality and alleviate symptoms, but side effects and poor efficacy leave many patients seeking alternatives. The latest video in our partnership with Dr. Glaucomflecken summarizes the MINT trial. 👉