Mariike Kuijjer
@mkuijjer.bsky.social
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
· Aug 24
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...
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...
November 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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...
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 🤩
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Cancer genomics
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November 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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 🤩
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Read their side-by-side Q&A on how international mobility builds both skills and community:
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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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October 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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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@mkuijjer.bsky.social @afarkkila.bsky.social @embl.org @mimsumea.bsky.social @dandrite.bsky.social
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...
October 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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...
October welcomes 2 new group members in the Kuijjer group! Welcome Samantha Martin and Turan Koç! More info: www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/new-gro...
New group members
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October 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
October welcomes 2 new group members in the Kuijjer group! Welcome Samantha Martin and Turan Koç! More info: www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/new-gro...
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:
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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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October 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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...
jaes.fi/en/topics/me...
Nice location for the iCAN 2025 symposium!
September 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Nice location for the iCAN 2025 symposium!
Great spot for a pause and outdoor dinner in between work and dance, in beautiful Copenhagen 🧜♀️🇩🇰
September 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Great spot for a pause and outdoor dinner in between work and dance, in beautiful Copenhagen 🧜♀️🇩🇰
Touring the Nordics and Europe for science in early fall brings sundogs, rainbows, and beautiful clouds 🇸🇪🇫🇮🇩🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰 Also good to have packed rain gear 🚲🌦
September 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Touring the Nordics and Europe for science in early fall brings sundogs, rainbows, and beautiful clouds 🇸🇪🇫🇮🇩🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰 Also good to have packed rain gear 🚲🌦
We are growing the wet-lab 🧪 Welcome Atefeh to the Oslo group! More info 👉 www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/atefeh-...
New group member
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September 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
We are growing the wet-lab 🧪 Welcome Atefeh to the Oslo group! More info 👉 www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/atefeh-...
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...
www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/new-gro...
New group members
Kuijjer Lab website
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September 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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...
www.kuijjerlab.org/blog/new-gro...
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...
August 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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...
At the Meilahti campus bus stop, on my way to the group retreat in Fornebu 😍
August 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
At the Meilahti campus bus stop, on my way to the group retreat in Fornebu 😍
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
August 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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
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/
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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August 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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/
Sundog above Helsinki 🌈🌥🇫🇮
August 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sundog above Helsinki 🌈🌥🇫🇮
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...
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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July 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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...
Looking for something to read over the summer 📖? Check out our latest publication in Briefings in Bioinformatics: academic.oup.com/bib/article/...
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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July 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Looking for something to read over the summer 📖? Check out our latest publication in Briefings in Bioinformatics: academic.oup.com/bib/article/...
Beautiful halo on my ride home 🇫🇮🌥
July 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Beautiful halo on my ride home 🇫🇮🌥
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📣 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!
🧬 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!
June 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
📣 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!
🧬 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!
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
May 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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
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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May 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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...
www.med.uio.no/ncmbm/englis...
Missing the Network Zoo, I got myself some panda keys for my Oslo office 🐼🎍
May 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Missing the Network Zoo, I got myself some panda keys for my Oslo office 🐼🎍
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/
Open positions
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May 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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/
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!
May 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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!