Kimmo Palin
kpalin.bsky.social
Kimmo Palin
@kpalin.bsky.social
Computer scientist, cancer researcher, dad, bioinformatics etc. University of Helsinki. Sanger institute alumn.
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Ukraine has struck multiple strategic bombers in Olenya, Murmansk oblast, 1800 km from Ukraine. This is one of the most successful drone strikes against against Russian air bases in the entire war. The extent of the damage is yet unclear, but I can already say it's significant. 1/
June 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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A study of 981 colorectal cancers in 11 countries shows geographic & age-related variations in mutational processes & suggests that early-life mutagenic exposure to colibactin-producing bacteria may contribute to the rising incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Geographic and age variations in mutational processes in colorectal cancer - Nature
Nature - Geographic and age variations in mutational processes in colorectal cancer
www.nature.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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My US-based colleagues, FYI:

Finnish Research Council is about to announce a special call to fund researchers abroad to relocate to Finland.

By all means this is not intended to lure you into moving to Finland, it just happens to be planned right now by pure chance.
March 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Runebergin päivänä muistelemme sitä, kun Helsingin yliopiston kaunopuheisuuden dosentti ja ne pari muuta rahakkaita innovaatioita tuottamatonta humanistia keksivät Suomen.
February 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Why did it take so long to realize #evolution? Why Darwin and Wallace (and perhaps Lamarck and Maupertuis), why not ancient Greeks or Arabs? It didn’t require new technology, just open eyes & mind - DNA was found much later.
November 24, 2024 at 4:57 AM
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Finally published. Our paper on the fascinating recent history of human genes WASH1C and GPRIN2, uncovered as part of the T2T-CHM13 assembly.

@arhie.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
March 12, 2024 at 2:07 PM