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2019.11.18 | Research news, People
The FinnGen Research Project
The FinnGen Research project was launched in Finland in 2017 and is among the very first personalized medicine projects that combines genome information with digital health care data. Professor Aarno Palotie is a Research Director at FIMM and leads the FinnGen study. Palotie’s main focus is to better understand the genetic mechanisms in common…
2019.10.09 | People , Events
Science by the Seafront: researchers from around the world connected at the annual EMBL Partnership Conference “Perspectives in Translational Medicine”.
Hosted by EMBL Barcelona, located at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, the 3rd annual EMBL Partnership Conference took place from 25-27 September in Barcelona, Spain.
2019.09.09 | People , Research news
Elisabeth Widén, Group Leader, FIMM
Dr Widén is a physician by training, with an interest in genomics and the genetic contribution to complex diseases. Dr Widén initially focused her research on puberty and the genes that influence this process. In recent years, however, Dr Widén’s interest has now shifted towards implementing genomic research into medical practice.
2019.09.02 | People , Awards
Honorary doctorate 2019: Professor Mark Joseph Daly
Professor Mark Joseph Daly, Director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), the Finnish node of the Nordic EMBL Partnership is awarded Aarhus University’s honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Health.
2019.08.21 | People , Research news
Behind the Scenes: Dr Sadegh Nabavi, Group Leader at DANDRITE
Nabavi’s group focuses on memory formation and consolidation at the synaptic and circuit levels. Recently, Dr. Sadegh Nabavi had his group leader position extended for a further four years. In our latest Behind the Scenes article, Dr Nabavi discusses his research and his curiosity and passion for neuroscience.
2019.08.20 | News from the management, People
15 exciting PhD positions as part of PROTON, a collaborative effort of 10 academic and 2 industrial partners, are now available.
PROTON is funded by the prestigious Horizon 2020-MSCA-ITN European training Network grant. The goal is to jointly train 15 PhD students in the field of proton transport and proton coupled transport. Two of the positions will be based with Professor Hartmut Luecke’s group at NCMM.
2019.08.01 | People , Research news, Publication
Researchers at DANDRITE and collaborative partners have used cutting-edge electron microscopy to reveal the first structures of the P4-ATPase lipid flippase; a crucial protein for cell viability
PhD-student Milena Timcenko and Assistant Professor Joseph A. Lyons give an insight into their recently published article in the renowned journal Nature “Structure and autoregulation of a P4-ATPase lipid flippase”.
2019.07.26 | People
NCMM-EMBL Group Leader Irep Gözen works within chemical life sciences, bionanotechnology and membrane systems
Dr. Irep Gözen has a PhD in chemistry from the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and was previously a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Vinothan Manoharan’s group at Harvard University. She joined NCMM as head of the Bionanotechnology and Membrane Systems Group in 2016. She also holds an adjunct associate professor position at the…
2019.07.09 | News from the management, People
Group Leader position at NCMM
NCMM offers a Group Leader position with a start-up package in Precision Medicine
2019.07.02 | People
Introducing MIMS-EMBL Group Leaders: Ellen Bushell - Parasite-host interactions that govern malaria infection and disease
Dr Bushell, who is originally from Umeå, joined MIMS as a group leader from the Wellcome Sanger Institute near Cambridge in Autumn of 2018
