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Mariike Kuijjer

@mkuijjer.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in Cancer Data Science at iCAN, University of Helsinki, Group leader in Computational Biology and Systems Medicine at NCMBM, University of Oslo. Research focus on precision network medicine in cancer.

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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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...
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
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)
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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...
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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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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Not a bad place to work 🍂🍁🌥🇩🇪
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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...
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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...
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Cancer genomics
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Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine @nordicembl.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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
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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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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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...
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
October welcomes 2 new group members in the Kuijjer group! Welcome Samantha Martin and Turan Koç! More info: www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/new-gro...
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New group members
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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...
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€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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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Nice location for the iCAN 2025 symposium!
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Great spot for a pause and outdoor dinner in between work and dance, in beautiful Copenhagen 🧜‍♀️🇩🇰
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Touring the Nordics and Europe for science in early fall brings sundogs, rainbows, and beautiful clouds 🇸🇪🇫🇮🇩🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰 Also good to have packed rain gear 🚲🌦
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
We are growing the wet-lab 🧪 Welcome Atefeh to the Oslo group! More info 👉 www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/atefeh-...
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New group member
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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...
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New group members
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
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...
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
At the Meilahti campus bus stop, on my way to the group retreat in Fornebu 😍
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
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
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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/
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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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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Sundog above Helsinki 🌈🌥🇫🇮
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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...
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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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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Looking for something to read over the summer 📖? Check out our latest publication in Briefings in Bioinformatics: academic.oup.com/bib/article/...
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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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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Beautiful halo on my ride home 🇫🇮🌥
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Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine (NCMBM) @ncmbm.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
📣 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!
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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...
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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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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Missing the Network Zoo, I got myself some panda keys for my Oslo office 🐼🎍
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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/
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Open positions
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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!
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
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/
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
A postdoc position focused on cell type-specific gene regulatory network analysis is available in my group at @helsinki.fi : tinyurl.com/GRN-modeling Apply by May 31 to join and contribute to exciting cancer data science projects as part of the iCAN Flagship in Digital Precision Cancer Medicine!
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Postdoctoral researcher / Cancer Data Science
Postdoctoral researcher / Cancer Data Science
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
A postdoc position focused on developing deep learning methods to subtype cancer is available in my group at @helsinki.fi: tinyurl.com/GRN-Deep-Lea... Apply by May 31 to join and contribute to exciting cancer data science projects as part of the iCAN Flagship in Digital Precision Cancer Medicine!
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Postdoctoral researcher / Cancer Data Science & Deep Learning
Postdoctoral researcher / Cancer Data Science & Deep Learning
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Two postdoc positions are available in my group at @helsinki.fi : tinyurl.com/GRN-modeling tinyurl.com/GRN-Deep-Lea... Apply by May 31 to join and contribute to exciting cancer data science projects within the iCAN Flagship in digital precision cancer medicine!
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Postdoctoral researcher / Cancer Data Science
Postdoctoral researcher / Cancer Data Science
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Pretty spring colors from my Oslo office. Happy Easter 🐰 🐣 🌿
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Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine (NCMBM) @ncmbm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Tatiana Belova from the @mkuijjer.bsky.social group presenting at @events.embl.org. Her talk explores gene regulatory networks with the CAVACHON model. #EMBLAIOneHealth @nordicembl.bsky.social
Tatiana standing at the podium in front of her slide.
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The group's webpages at University of Helsinki are now live: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
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Cancer Data Science | University of Helsinki
The Kuijjer group develops computational tools to model how rewiring of gene regulatory networks may contribute to cancer development, heterogeneity, and progression.
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
A warm welcome, science in Italian, and amazing coffee right next to the University—one of the main highlights of my visit to Benevento! This should be a must at every faculty 😁☕️
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I've been traveling so much lately that Oslo airport feels like my third home. Off to visit the University of Sannio in Benevento 🇮🇹☀️ Looking forward to discussing science and seeing new places!
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Anna Vähärautio @anna-vaharautio.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Yesterday, excellent science in the fully booked 2025 edition of Single Cell Omics symposium @helsinki.fi, with 300 participants! With Judith Zaugg & @mkuijjer.bsky.social,@haikalab.bsky.social, Minna Kaikkonen-Määttä, Maria Kasper, @e-manieri.bsky.social, Giole La Manno & @hagentilgner.bsky.social.
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Welcome new iCANDOC student Panos Sarantidis to the Helsinki group! Panos' PhD will focus on cancer patient stratification based on gene regulatory network models. Read more: www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/panos-j...
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New group member
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Join my new group in Helsinki 🇫🇮❄️ as postdoctoral fellow specializing in deep learning for the integration of cancer data. Apply 👇 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of cancer data science
Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of cancer data science
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
New beast in my Helsinki office 😃
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
New zoo animal out on @elife.bsky.social : 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 🐶𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 predicts candidate drugs and drug combinations by analyzing single-cell or bulk expression profiles from either a cohort or individual patients 🔎 elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Our new computational tool 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 🐶 could improve discovery of cancer treatments 🔍 Check out the @elife.bsky.social press release: elifesciences.org/for-the-pres...
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New computational tool could improve discovery of cancer treatments
Scientists have developed retriever, a computational tool that extracts disease-specific drug response signatures to predict the best combinations for cancer treatment.
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NetBioMed 2026 @netbiomed2026.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Hello World! Through this account we will be bringing you information about #NetBioMed2025, one of the #NetSci2025 satellites. Right now we are calling for contributions. Follow us, spread the word and be part of our 5th edition! @netsciconf.bsky.social #NetworkScience #NetworkMedicine🧬🩺🔬
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Teif lab @teiflab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Here is a growing list of conferences and schools in gene regulation for 2025 generegulation.org/conferences-.... You can order/filter this list by the date, deadline, location. Please reply here to suggest new events* *should be specific to gene regulation
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Conferences & Schools – 2025 – Gene Regulation – Teif Lab
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
🚨 Exciting new findings! 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚, co-supervised PhD student at LCCO, explored the immune landscape of osteosarcoma and found potential targets for immunotherapy 👉 doi.org/10.1136/bmjo...
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Enhanced immune responses are accompanied by increased MAGEA expression in osteosarcoma metastases
Objective Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone sarcoma. About 50% of patients develop metastatic disease and their 5-year survival lingers at around 20%–30%. T cell checkpoint blockade immunot...
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Anthony Mathelier @amathelier.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Oslo skeeps. We will host @michaelhoffman.bsky.social on Mon. Jan. 27th. Looking forward to his seminar about "Identifying transcription factor binding using open chromatin, transcriptome, and methylation data." You can also book a time to meet him. More info at www.mn.uio.no/bils/english...
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Dr. Michael Hoffman - Bioinformatics in Life Science – BiLS
Dr. Michael Hoffman, Chair of the Computational Biology and Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, and Associate Professor at the Department of Medical ...
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Back in Oslo 🇳🇴 I realize I've been posting quite many photos lately, as I'm grateful to live in and visit such beautiful places 🙂
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Mariike Kuijjer @mkuijjer.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
What an interesting campus to give a seminar 🇱🇺! Impressive steel plant (here pictured with Mars). Really enjoyed the scientific discussions at the Casual Analysis of Biomedical Data lecture series and after. Now heading back to Oslo 🇳🇴 www.uni.lu/lcsb-en/even...
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