Check out the poster on “Development of Deep Convolutional Neural Network” at #ADPD2019! Great presentation by Jaan Korpikoski HiLIFE_Helsinki University of Helsinki x.com/adpdnet/status…

May is ALS awareness month. Voutilainen lab helsinki.fi/en/researchgro… does actively ALS research & tries to find novel drug candidates for the treatment of ALS. Thanks to European Research Council (ERC) Suomen Akatemia | Research Council of Finland #Erkko, University of Helsinki The ALS Association Department of Defense 🇺🇸 HiLIFE_Helsinki for funding!

Great to teach talented students in Regenerative Pharmacology Symposium ULLA Summer School with @VirpiTalman @airavaara University of Helsinki Institute of Biotechnology (BI)

Today is the 80th Anniversary of Lou Gehrig's farewell speech. Lou raised awareness of a disease that was virtually unknown at the time and made him the face and name of #ALS for decades to come. Read more: bit.ly/2FTJYn0 #MND #ALSAwareness #LouGehrig

A Nature study reveals interaction between T cells and neural stem cells in old brains in mice, opening potential avenues to counter age-related decline in brain function. go.nature.com/306cd9M

Fruitfull EU project meeting on ALS with Profs Sendtner & Saxena Suomen Akatemia | Research Council of Finland University of Helsinki @HiLIFE_helsinki@ERC_Research Institute of Biotechnology (BI)#CDNF

Inspiring presidential talk by Paula Arlotta @Neurosci2019 Society for Neuroscience (SfN) #neuroscience University of Helsinki Institute of Biotechnology (BI) Voutilainen lab

Honored to meet world’s leading women researchers at @Neurosci2019 in Chicago. Exciting new collaborations ahead! #WomeninSTEM Women in Science-Breaking Barriers Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Institute of Biotechnology (BI) University of Helsinki HiLIFE_Helsinki Marina Picciotto Parmar Lab @voutilainenLab WILS-Helsinki @LifeScihelsinki #womeninscience

Maailman ensimmäistä farmasian kestävän kehityksen professuuria tavoitellaan University of Helsinki 'n farmasiaan. Tämä on upeaa ja äärimmäisen tärkeää koska ympäristöasioiden ja kestävän kehityksen huomioiminen farmasian alalla on kasvamassa. #ftdk helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/ela…

Privileged to publish an important study on C9orf72 mice in Neuron with Ranum Lab UF Smita Saxena lab @voutilainenlab #ALS #c9orf72 University of Helsinki HiLIFE_Helsinki Life Sciences University of Helsinki Neuron sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Tammikuussa #FinPharma'ssa aloittava apulaisprofessori Merja Voutilainen kehittää #CDNF- ja #MANF-hermokasvutekijävariantteja hermorappeumasairauksien hoitoon. Tämä voi mullistaa #ALS- ja #Parkinsons-hoidon helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/ela… University of Helsinki #ftdk University of Eastern Finland Åbo Akademi University

So proud of my PhD student Francesca De Lorenzo who defended her CDNF-ALS related PhD with distinction. High-level scientific discussion with Prof Ludo Van Den Bosch #CDNF #ALS #ftdk University of Helsinki Life Sciences University of Helsinki HiLIFE_Helsinki Institute of Biotechnology (BI)

As #vaccines for #covid19 are distributed all across the globe, we look back at this data visualization from 2017 that illustrates the power of vaccines to vanquish disease—an impact that far eclipses their minute risks. 👉 fcld.ly/wpony2n

Wide collaboration study by labs of Patrick Mehlen, Keqiang Ye, Mart Saarma, and Merja Voutilainen: Role of Netrin-1 and its receptor DCC in PD finally published in EMBO embopress.org/doi/full/10.15… michaeljfox.org CRCL University of Helsinki Life Sciences University of Helsinki @HiLIFE_Helsinki Institute of Biotechnology (BI) #ftdk

Congratulations Juho-Matti Renko, for successfully defending his Parkinson’s disease-related Ph.D. and having a high-level discussion with the opponent Prof Edgar Kramer! Excellent performance! #ftdk #Parkinson’s #CDNF #MANF University of Helsinki Life Sciences University of Helsinki

📢The results of the latest ERC Proof of Concept grant competition are out! 166 researchers received €150,000 each to help them bridge the gap between the results of their pioneering research and the early phases of its commercialisation. 👉 bit.ly/PressPoC2022-1 #ERCPoC

Excited to receive ERC Proof of concept funding! In this ERC-project we will further study MANF variant in pre-clinical models of ALS & aiming to commercialize it. Ultimate goal is to translate results for benefit of ALS patients European Research Council (ERC) University of Helsinki @UH_innovation #ftdk

Kävin kertomassa hermorappeumasairauksista ja niiden mahdollisista uusista hoitokeinoista Tiedekulma. Mukava kokemus. Life Sciences University of Helsinki University of Helsinki European Research Council (ERC) The ALS Association Cure Parkinson's STEM Women youtu.be/sPYQ0gphP4I

New exciting study from Smita Saxena’s lab: Piloto et al., published in Acta Neuropathologica. #c9orf72 #ER stress #ALS Universität Bern link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Fantastic news from Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation. Thank you for the significant and really important support for our research #jaes University of Helsinki Säätiöt ja rahastot - Stiftelser och fonder Life Sciences University of Helsinki #FTDK #ALS #Parkinson’s disease