Valerio Val Izzi
@valerioizzi.bsky.social
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)!
Rest in chaos, Hellraiser! 🤘🤘🤘
July 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Rest in chaos, Hellraiser! 🤘🤘🤘
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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
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#OpenAccess
July 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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
Highlight: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
#OpenAccess
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 🔥🔥🔥
Perfect timing on the last day of the 2025 #Collagen Gordon Research Conference! Our paper, in collaboration with @valerioizzi.bsky.social describing #MatriCom, a tool to infer ECM communication systems from scRNA-Seq datasets, is now published in @jcellsci.bsky.social!
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MatriCom, a single-cell RNA-sequencing data mining tool to infer cell–extracellular matrix interactions
Highlighted Article: MatriCom is a web application devised to mine single-cell RNA-sequencing datasets to infer extracellular matrix (ECM)–ECM and cell–ECM communication systems across cell population...
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July 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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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A great way to start the day 😃
@valerioizzi.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork
@valerioizzi.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork
June 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A great way to start the day 😃
@valerioizzi.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork
@valerioizzi.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork
It's all a scheme by big antivirus software companies!!!! 😂😂😂
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
April 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
It's all a scheme by big antivirus software companies!!!! 😂😂😂
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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
March 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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
Way to go Oulu!! 💪💪💪
March 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Way to go Oulu!! 💪💪💪
A fantastic seminar coming your way? Yes!! But is it also free? Yes!!! But is it also about the ECM? YES!!!! Register now!!! 👇👇👇
March 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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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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!
A reminder to colleagues interested in Cell-Matrix adhesion & anything ECM related that registration is now open for the Fibronectin, Integrins & related molecules Gordon Research Conference. Incredible list speakers! incredible location! it will 🔥 🔥 🔥 Please join us! www.grc.org/fibronectin-...
2025 Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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March 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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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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
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#macrophage regulation of fibroblast #collagen #circadian rhythm. #ImmunoECMatrix w/ @profandrewmac.bsky.social @tracyh9494.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @mcf-uom.bsky.social
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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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March 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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
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#macrophage regulation of fibroblast #collagen #circadian rhythm. #ImmunoECMatrix w/ @profandrewmac.bsky.social @tracyh9494.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @mcf-uom.bsky.social
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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!
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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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March 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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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...
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February 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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...
www.matrixbiologie.de/annual-meeti...
I have the greatest respect for all of you who are trying to find ways to make people understand how MAGA is destroying research in the US, I really do! But what about you show the world what happens when too much is too much and shut all down for good? I mean, #STARTARIOT!
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HELLYEAH - STARTARIOT (Official Lyric Video)
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February 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I have the greatest respect for all of you who are trying to find ways to make people understand how MAGA is destroying research in the US, I really do! But what about you show the world what happens when too much is too much and shut all down for good? I mean, #STARTARIOT!
youtu.be/1KffbnerH-A?...
youtu.be/1KffbnerH-A?...
Super excited to host @tranejoan.bsky.social for @unioulu.bsky.social seminar series!!! Cool stuff about #collagen coming in 3...2...1...
February 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Super excited to host @tranejoan.bsky.social for @unioulu.bsky.social seminar series!!! Cool stuff about #collagen coming in 3...2...1...
Do you want to know more about MatriCom by @nabalabuic.bsky.social and yours truly? AI got you covered (and it's pretty cool)!!! 🤩👇👇👇
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January 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Do you want to know more about MatriCom by @nabalabuic.bsky.social and yours truly? AI got you covered (and it's pretty cool)!!! 🤩👇👇👇
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Proud of my university @unioulu.bsky.social ! 💪
January 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Proud of my university @unioulu.bsky.social ! 💪
Come join us in Freiburg! EXTENDED DEADLINES AND FANTASTIC SPEAKERS!!
The #ECMatrix community is a friendly bunch and many will be this joint German-Nordic-Belgian 3-day meeting in Freiburg! Early bird registration until Jan 15th 2025 www.matrixbiologie.de/annual-meeti...
January 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Come join us in Freiburg! EXTENDED DEADLINES AND FANTASTIC SPEAKERS!!
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Please spread the word and sign up for our exciting spring meeting in Nottingham with amazing speakers on the topic of ECM, immunity and infection. An exciting and developing field! paacr4.wixsite.com/bsmb-spring2...
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January 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Please spread the word and sign up for our exciting spring meeting in Nottingham with amazing speakers on the topic of ECM, immunity and infection. An exciting and developing field! paacr4.wixsite.com/bsmb-spring2...
This Friday! An historical event marking the dawn of Indian society for matrix biology (with yours truly talking about #matrisomics)!
January 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
This Friday! An historical event marking the dawn of Indian society for matrix biology (with yours truly talking about #matrisomics)!
What a fantastic way to celebrate the end of the year!! Thanks @johannaienglund.bsky.social for having me onboard!! 🤩🤩🤩
Finishing the year with 1st preprint from the lab! Together with @katajistolab.bsky.social and @valerioizzi.bsky.social we investigated the role of basement membrane protein Lama5 and found it is critical for luminal breast cancer initiation and growth
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Tumour-derived LAMA5 is critical for tumour initiation and controls progression and phenotype in luminal breast cancer
Basement membrane (BM) supports and regulates the structural integrity, function and differentiation of epithelial tissues and protects against stromal invasion of breast cancer cells. Here we show th...
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December 28, 2024 at 9:35 AM
What a fantastic way to celebrate the end of the year!! Thanks @johannaienglund.bsky.social for having me onboard!! 🤩🤩🤩
I can't be more stoked to start my #scienceblue feed with this! OOPS WE DID IT AGAIN with @nabalabuic.bsky.social ! 🤩🤩🤩 And for the nerds, this is all in @rshiny.bsky.social ! #democratizescience #bigdataforall #ECMatrix
Our manuscript describing #MatriCom, a web application we developed in collaboration with @valerioizzi.bsky.social to infer #ECM communication systems from #scRNASeq datasets is now available on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social!
MatriCom: a scRNA-Seq data mining tool to infer ECM-ECM and cell-ECM communication systems https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.10.627834v1
December 17, 2024 at 5:06 AM
I can't be more stoked to start my #scienceblue feed with this! OOPS WE DID IT AGAIN with @nabalabuic.bsky.social ! 🤩🤩🤩 And for the nerds, this is all in @rshiny.bsky.social ! #democratizescience #bigdataforall #ECMatrix
Oulu today, almost 10:00 a.m. and that, my friend, is the moon - for real! 😅 #wintermornings #arctic
December 15, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Oulu today, almost 10:00 a.m. and that, my friend, is the moon - for real! 😅 #wintermornings #arctic
What is your favorite grant writing song, and why is it always this? 😂
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This Is The New Shit
Marilyn Manson · The Golden Age Of Grotesque · Song · 2003
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December 14, 2024 at 5:55 AM
What is your favorite grant writing song, and why is it always this? 😂
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Hi #immunosky @rafrancescone.bsky.social and I are looking for a postdoc candidate interested in immunology, with experience in flow cytometry, to run projects exploring mechanisms of immunosuppression in pancreatic cancer. Come to beautiful Michigan! Official announcement soon. DM us
November 30, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Hi #immunosky @rafrancescone.bsky.social and I are looking for a postdoc candidate interested in immunology, with experience in flow cytometry, to run projects exploring mechanisms of immunosuppression in pancreatic cancer. Come to beautiful Michigan! Official announcement soon. DM us
You still have 48 hours to vote for your favorite SUPERFANTASTIC ECM researcher!!! Act now!!! 👇👇👇
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The ISMB Distinguished Investigator Award DEADLINE IS ON SATURDAY!!!
Dear members, this is a reminder that the deadline to nominate your favorite ECM researcher for the next ISMB Distinguished Investigator is on Saturday 1st of December! The Distinguished Investigator ...
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November 29, 2024 at 6:31 AM
You still have 48 hours to vote for your favorite SUPERFANTASTIC ECM researcher!!! Act now!!! 👇👇👇
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