Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland

Websitehttps://www.fimm.fi/

Address

Finland
Tukholmankatu 8, Biomedicum 2
Helsinki
Finland

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Organization profile

Organisation Profile

The mission of the Institute is to advance new fundamental understanding of the molecular, cellular and etiological basis of human diseases. This understanding will lead to improved means of diagnostics and the treatment and prevention of common health problems. Finnish clinical and epidemiological study materials will be used in the research.

Fields of Science

118 Biological sciences
312 Clinical medicine
217 Medical engineering
311 Basic medicine
318 Medical biotechnology

International and National Collaboration

Publications and projects within past five years.

Sofia-Maria Aakko, PhD
- sofia.aakko@helsinki.fi
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland - Postdoctoral Researcher
Person: U2 Teaching and research staff
Sari Aaltonen
- sari.s.aaltonen@helsinki.fi
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland - Senior Researcher
- Clinicum - Title of Docent
- Population Research Unit (PRU)
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, UH
20112020
Mervi Aavikko
- mervi.aavikko@helsinki.fi
- Medicum - Title of Docent
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland - Senior Researcher
- Doctoral Programme in Integrative Life Science - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, UH
20092019
Sadiksha Adhikari
- sadiksha.adhikari@helsinki.fi
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland - Doctoral Student
- Doctoral Programme in Biomedicine
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, Doctoral student
20212021
Ari Ahola-Olli
- ari.ahola-olli@helsinki.fi
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland - Visiting scholar
- Genomics of Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Person: Visiting scholar, U2 Teaching and research staff
20192021

Biostatistics Helsinki
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Organisational unit: Research group
Centre of Excellence in Complex Disease Genetics
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Organisational unit: Research group
Cognitive and Brain Aging
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Organisational unit: Research group
Complex Disease Genetics
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Organisational unit: Research group
Epigenetics of Complex Diseases and Traits
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Organisational unit: Research group

FIMM bioinformatics
Imre Västrik (Manager)
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Facility/equipment: Equipment
FIMM Genomics
Kati M. Donner (Manager)
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Facility/equipment: Equipment
FIMM Sequencing
Pekka Ellonen (Manager)
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Facility/equipment: Equipment
FIMM Single Cell Analytics
Pirkko Mattila (Manager)
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Facility/equipment: Equipment
Supporting translational drug and diagnostic development from academia to clinics
Andreas Scherer (Other)
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Facility/equipment: Equipment

20 Not started
61 Active
124 Finished

Inhibitors of SARS-Coronavirus-2 infection
Vapalahti, O., Huiskonen, J., Paavilainen, V., Saavalainen, P., Saviranta, P. & Kallioniemi, O.
Academy of Finland
01/07/2020 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research project
VenEx prospective clinical trial
Västrik, I. & Kontro, M.
02/03/2020 → …
Project: Research project
ISO TC215: Reliability assessment criteria for high-throughput gene-expression data
Scherer, A. & Shi, L.
20/09/2019 → 30/09/2021
Project: Research project
Mitochondrial biogenesis, epigenetics & obesity
Ollikainen, M., Lundgren, S. N., Pietiläinen, K. & Pirinen, E.
01/09/2019 → …
Project: Research project
Clinical implementation Of Multidimensional PhenotypicAl drug SenSitivities in paediatric precision oncology
Pietiäinen, V. & Kallioniemi, O.
01/05/2019 → 30/04/2022
Project: Research project

Accuracy of 1-Hour Plasma Glucose During the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults: A Meta-analysis
Ahuja, V., Aronen, P., Pramodkumar, T. A., Looker, H., Chetrit, A., Bloigu, A. H., Juutilainen, A., Bianchi, C., La Sala, L., Anjana, R. M., Pradeepa, R., Venkatesan, U., Jebarani, S., Baskar, V., Fiorentino, T. V., Timpel, P., DeFronzo, R. A., Ceriello, A., Del Prato, S., Abdul-Ghani, M. & 13 others, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, S., Dankner, R., Bennett, P. H., Knowler, W. C., Schwarz, P., Sesti, G., Oka, R., Mohan, V., Groop, L., Tuomilehto, J., Ripatti, S., Bergman, M. & Tuomi, T., Apr 2021, In: Diabetes Care. 44, 4, p. 1062-1069 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
A comprehensive and high-quality collection of Escherichia coli genomes and their genes
Horesh, G., Blackwell, G. A., Tonkin-Hill, G., Corander, J., Heinz, E. & Thomson, N. R., Feb 2021, In: Microbial Genomics. 7, 2, 15 p., 000499.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
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A Dynamic Aspartate-to-Alanine Aminotransferase Ratio Provides Valid Predictions of Incident Severe Liver Disease
Åberg, F., Danford, C. J., Thiele, M., Talback, M., Rasmussen, D. N., Jiang, Z. G., Hammar, N., Nasr, P., Ekstedt, M., But, A., Puukka, P., Krag, A., Sundvall, J., Erlund, I., Salomaa, V., Stal, P., Kechagias, S., Hultcrantz, R., Lai, M., Afdhal, N. & 6 others, Jula, A., Mannisto, S., Lundqvist, A., Perola, M., Färkkilä, M. & Hagstrom, H., 8 Mar 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Hepatology communications. 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
A high prevalence of bla (OXA-48) in Klebsiella (Raoultella) ornithinolytica and related species in hospital wastewater in South West England
Gibbon, M. J., Couto, N., David, S., Barden, R., Standerwick, R., Jagadeesan, K., Birkwood, H., Dulyayangkul, P., Avison, M. B., Kannan, A., Kibbey, D., Craft, T., Habib, S., Thorpe, H. A., Corander, J., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B. & Feil, E. J., Mar 2021, In: Microbial Genomics. 7, 3, 14 p., 000509.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
File
Aminopeptidase Expression in Multiple Myeloma Associates with Disease Progression and Sensitivity to Melflufen
Miettinen, J., Kumari, R., Traustadottir, G. A., Huppunen, M-E. A., Sergeev, P., Majumder, M. M., Schepsky, A., Gudjonsson, T., Lievonen, J., Bazou, D., Dowling, P., O'Gorman, P., Slipicevic, A., Anttila, P., Silvennoinen, R., Nupponen, N. N., Lehmann, F. & Heckman, C., Apr 2021, In: Cancers. 13, 7, 21 p., 1527.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
File

2282 Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
405 Peer review of manuscripts
304 Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
302 Public Talks
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Työssä oppiminen ja uralla kehittyminen - webinaari
Maarit Piirtola (Attendee)
21 Jan 2021
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Polygenic and clinical risk scores and their impact on age of onset and prediction of cardiovascular diseases
Samuli Ripatti (Speaker)
31 May 2021
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
FinnGen – facilitating genomic research and patient care
Aarno Palotie (Speaker)
18 Feb 2021
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Genome medicine (Journal)
Aarno Palotie (Reviewer)
Jan 2021
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Tobacco Induced Diseases (Journal)
Maarit Piirtola (Reviewer)
4 Jan 2021 → 6 Jan 2021
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts

13th MDRF (Madras Diabetes Research Foundation) Lifetime Contribution Oration Award
Groop, Leif (Recipient), 21 Jul 2018
Prize: Prizes and awards
2008 Kappa Delta Elisabeth Winston Lanier Award for Outstanding Orthopaedic Research
Saarela, Janna (Recipient), 5 Mar 2008
Prize: Prizes and awards
AACR-Pezcoller Foundation Scholar in Training travel award
Tea Pemovska (Recipient), 6 Apr 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
AACR Scholar-In-Training Award: SABC2014
Gautam, Prson (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
AACR Team Science Award
Kallioniemi, Olli (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prizes and awards

Repository and analysis portal of the SUPER project data
Västrik, I. (Creator), FIMM, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, 2020
Dataset
RNA analysis in Finnish Schizophrenia Families
Hennah, W. (Creator), National Institute for Health and Welfare, 18 Jun 2013
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE48072
Dataset
TheDB - repository of cancer personalised medicine molecular profiling data
Västrik, I. (Creator), FIMM, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, 2019
https://tbd.fimm.fi
Dataset

Genes and sleep apnea associated with risk for severe COVID-19
Samuli Ripatti
01/06/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Suomessa selvitettiin: Lähes joka toinen 50–70-vuotiaiden koronatartunta oireeton, perimä vaikuttaa tautimuotoon
Samuli Ripatti
30/05/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Lähes joka toinen 50–70-vuotiaan koronatartunta oireeton: geenit vaikuttavat taudin vakavuuteen
Samuli Ripatti
30/05/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Uniapnea altistaa vakavalle koronataudille
Samuli Ripatti
28/05/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Alustava tutkimustulos: Lähes joka toinen 50–70-vuotiaiden koronatartunta oireeton
Samuli Ripatti
28/05/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media