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Valerio Val Izzi

@valerioizzi.bsky.social
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Assoc. Prof of bioinformatics, Group Leader at University of Oulu (Finland). All about Extracellular Matrix, Matrisome, Computational Matrix Biology and, sometimes, heavy metal! \m/ My opinions are my own (and pretty bad, usually)!

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This month's editor's choice in Matrix Biology is: "Regulators of ECM structure enable functional adaptation to tensile loading in tendon explants" Emma J. Stowe and Brianne K. Connizzo Matrix Biology 148 (2026) 102043, doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2026.102043 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I can give you my speech privately 😂😂😂
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The Meshwork @themeshwork.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Matrix Biology Europe 2026 is almost here, and our upcoming webinar is a great way to get ready for it!!🧬✨ @mbsanz.bsky.social @valerioizzi.bsky.social
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
And we continue our introduction of the fantastic speaker lineup of MATRIX BIOLOGY EUROPE 2026 with the plenary #1, the one and only Alexandra Naba, Ph.D. 🤩 join us at www.mbe2026.org !!!
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
MBE2026 in Oulu is drawing near, and we can start introducing the fantastic lineup we have assembled! Up first, our keynote speaker #1, the one and only Prof. Fiona Watt ! Register now at mbe2026.org !
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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Porting R to Linux can be cumbersome at times... But if you work with special distributions, it can easily turn into a real problem! Happy to present Cran2Crux, my postdoc Petar Petrov work of love… |...
Porting R to Linux can be cumbersome at times... But if you work with special distributions, it can easily turn into a real problem! Happy to present Cran2Crux, my postdoc Petar Petrov work of love fo...
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
ECM in spatial transcriptomics? Yes! But also at all layers of organization?? YES!! But also point and click and no coding experience required?? Y E S S S 👇👇👇
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
DEADLINES EXTENDED!! APPLY UNTIL 29.5 TO BENEFIT FROM EARLY BIRD RATES! 🤩
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
In case you missed it: MATRIX BIOLOGY EUROPE 2026 IS IN OULU, FINLAND, 29.6 TO 3.7.2026!!! Lots of ECM research, incredible speakers lineup, and the midnight sun!! But act fast! Early bird deadline is in 20 days and there are not many places left! I'll be there! What about you? www.mbe2026.org
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is the main European scientific event for the extracellular matrix research community that takes place every other year in a different European city, where hundreds of extracellular matrix aficionados gather to discuss the latest findings in the field.
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
In case you missed it: MATRIX BIOLOGY EUROPE 2026 IS IN OULU, FINLAND, 29.6 TO 3.7.2026!!! Lots of ECM research, incredible speakers lineup, and the midnight sun!! But act fast! Early bird deadline is in 20 days and there are not many places left! I'll be there! What about you? www.mbe2026.org
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Home | Mbe2026oulu
is the main European scientific event for the extracellular matrix research community that takes place every other year in a different European city, where hundreds of extracellular matrix aficionados gather to discuss the latest findings in the field.
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Finding meaningful clusters in spatial data is one of the most crucial problems we face everyday... proud to introduce SpatialDG, our Al tool leveraging contrastive learning to give you meaningful clusters! The best part? it runs on your laptop, in minutes! academic.oup.com/bib/article/...
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Validate User
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
You guys are way too nice! Thanks for the opportunity 🙏
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Thanks Guillaume! If you can give it a try, I'd love your feedback!!! 🤩
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Try it for yourselves and let us know what you think!!! Oh, and if you don't have ST data don't worry, we have curated them for you too! Check our git: github.com/Izzilab/NaVis
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GitHub - Izzilab/NaVis: A virtual microscopy experience for spatial transcriptomics
A virtual microscopy experience for spatial transcriptomics - Izzilab/NaVis
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
There's tons of space to play but my personal favorite is this: you can work multiple-genes and compose them just as you would do with a confocal! THIS IS SICK!!
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
If you have operated a fluorescence or confocal microscope, you can operate NaVis. Upon upload, if necessary, it will analyze the image and decompose it into its tissue components, then super-increase your fav gene resolution with a click. All in near real-time!
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Spatial transcriptomics (ST) should be conductive to anyone who has done microscopy in their lives, but it's not! Resolution vs coverage tradeoffs, static workflows, heavy data analysis still plague it... IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THIS!! INTRODUCING NaVis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
#startaf*ckingriot my friends, while you still can! open.spotify.com/track/29wgPM...
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Minnesota Nazis
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
#PI advice: be 10% rigor and 90% fun. You don't need to be an a#* to give guidance about formal PhD matters! 😂 (And I'm lucky to be surrounded by such fantastic lab members)
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Invading Greenland would start a war. A war would give him unprecedented necessity (and thus justification) to cancel the next elections cause, you know, there's a war. There you go. NOT EVEN BERLUSCONI GOT THAT MAD!
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🚨 We are hiring TWO postdocs to join the Cell Migration Lab (cellmig.org) 🇫🇮 as part of the new Centre of Excellence in Immune–Endothelial Interfaces (IMMENs). Join us to decode immune regulation & develop next-gen imaging tools! 🧪🔬 Details in thread 🧵👇 #ScienceSky #Postdoc #AcademicJobs Please RT🫶
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CELL MIGRATION LAB
We study cell migration in health and disease
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A room (ok a garden... Ok ok a city) with a view @oulu2026official.bsky.social @oulu.fi
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
”Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.” Bro, you really asking?
Cover of the album "Domination" by Morbid Angel
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
A fantastic group and spectacular science awaits you!! 👇👇👇 APPLY NOW!!
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Entering Xmas Eve celebrations at home in Italy be like... Cheers everyone! See you next year!! P.S. artist is the almighty Jason Dement, you should definitely check him out!
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Another great one from @oulu.fi !! 💪💪💪
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
IzziLab PhD #2!! Congratulations @AnnalenaDittman for a great defense and the almighty @JamesConway for the stimulating conversation (and for keeping it well below the 6 hours mark)!! #ProudisimoPI
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Dear Santa, I know you're busy (and you gotta focus on my daughter first) but my house is small so if you could go Gutenberg-style and print this beauty...
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Yes, that's been utterly shocking... But stupidity must be matched with reason, and I hope these f*ckers see they are in the wrong place now! 💪
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I guess it depends on the side of the story 😅 Well, actually, I hope a side will see it as a lost cause and give away...
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
30 n*zis try to put up a show in Oulu. They are met by more than 100 anti-n*zis in front of the city hall. Sh*theads are booed all the way back along their retreat line. MATH AND HUMANITY STILL MAKE SENSE IN OULU 💪💪💪 www.kaleva.fi/aarioikeisto...
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Äärioikeiston marssi keräsi vain 30 osallistujaa Oulussa – Vastapuolella toista sataa äänekästä mielenosoittajaa
Äärioikeiston 612-soihtumarssi keräsi vain 30 osallistujaa Oulussa, kun vastapuolen mielenosoituksessa oli yli sata henkilöä. Poliisi erotti ryhmät toisistaan itsenäisyyspäivänä.
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Whaaaaaaaat??? 🔥🔥🔥 Congrats!! It was truly a joy to finally do science together ♥️
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Rest in chaos, Hellraiser! 🤘🤘🤘
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Rijuta Lamba, Alexandra Naba @nabalabuic.bsky.social, @valerioizzi.bsky.social and team present MatriCom, a single-cell RNA-sequencing data mining tool to infer cell–ECM interactions. Highlight: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... #OpenAccess
Figure showing the building MatriComDB, an omnibus database of matrisome protein interactions.
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Loved every moment at the GRC! Thank you @tomvanagtmael.bsky.social for taking care of the power hour and letting us connect with the new, fantastic wave of #ECMatrix scientists!!
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
And we are all absolutely in love with this idea 🌳🌳🌳
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
@mghnmrtn.bsky.social you did a fantastic job all throughout the GRC!! 🔥🔥🔥
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Next time!!! ♥️💪💪💪
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
And what about *they also made a commentary of our work*??? I really really love JCS!!! journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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MatriCom – the extracellular matrix reloaded
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is made up of hundreds of proteins, including structural core ‘matrisome’ proteins, factors that associate with and regulate ECM architecture and dynamics, and ECM recep...
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Am I back from the best conference ever? Yes! But do I also see a crucial tool for the analysis of the #ECMatrix in scRNAseq? Also yes!! Another fantastic tool in collaboration with @nabalabuic.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥
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Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
A great way to start the day 😃 @valerioizzi.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork
Screenshot of an email announcing the acceptance of our manuscript decribing a new computational tool called MatriCom in the Journal of Cell Science
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
It's all a scheme by big antivirus software companies!!!! 😂😂😂
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The Meshwork @themeshwork.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Anyone attending the ECM Nexus Joint Meeting of the German, Danish and Finnish Societies for Matrix Biology in Freiburg??? Let's catch up!!! Find us in poster #32!!! @matrixbiologie.bsky.social @valerioizzi.bsky.social @ccstorytime.bsky.social @nystromlab.bsky.social #ECMnexus
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Way to go Oulu!! 💪💪💪
Finland's first support center for racism victims in oulu
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A fantastic seminar coming your way? Yes!! But is it also free? Yes!!! But is it also about the ECM? YES!!!! Register now!!! 👇👇👇
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Sara Wickstrom @sarawickstrom.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Registration is still open to this exciting meeting! Besides cutting edge science and nice people, it’s also a fantastic location to take a bit of a break from it all!
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Joan Chang @tranejoan.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Our lab's #1st manuscript from our #1st #PhD Katie is on #bioRxiv! Check it out 👇🏻 #macrophage regulation of fibroblast #collagen #circadian rhythm. #ImmunoECMatrix w/ @profandrewmac.bsky.social @tracyh9494.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @mcf-uom.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Macrophages promote collagen deposition through circadian regulation of fibroblasts
Collagen deposition in fibroblasts, the primary collagen-producing cells, is regulated by both macrophages and the circadian rhythm, although how these regulatory processes interact with one another i...
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Please do and let us know! 💪
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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
ProToDeviseR is finally out!!! 🤩 A fantastic tool to draw rich protein topology schemes in a second, by my super talented postdoc Petar!! As usual from Izzilab, all in #rshiny! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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ProToDeviseR: an automated protein topology scheme generator - BMC Bioinformatics
Background Amino acid sequence characterization is a fundamental part of virtually any protein analysis, and creating concise and clear protein topology schemes is of high importance in proteomics stu...
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DGMB @matrixbiologie.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Come and join us at our annual meeting in Freiburg! There is still time to submit your abstract! Deadline 21.02.! 👇 www.matrixbiologie.de/annual-meeti...
Flyer for the annual meeting of the German Society for Matrix Biology: Matrix Nexus - The Extracellular Matrix: From Molecular Foundations To Life. The flags of Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Finland are shown on the outline of Germany, three intertwined snakes/dragons in red, yellow, and blue are looking up to the title, and a pin indicates the location of Freiburg, where the meeting will be held 26.03.-28.03.2025.
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