Eliisa Kekäläinen
@lettipitko
MD PhD Adj prof @KekalainenLab @TRIMMprogram, specialist in clin microb & immunol @helsinkiunimed @hus_fi #hsct #thymus #mg #iei #diagnostics personal account
Happy to have been collaborating on this superb project! Spearheaded by @jsarkkine, Dawit Yohannes (not on X) and @SiniLaakso. Viruses handled by @MaFePerdomoC
New research suggests that #EpsteinBarr virus infections may drive immune changes in the deep cervical lymph nodes in patients with #MultipleSclerosis, contributing to disease progression. Learn more in Science #Immunology: scim.ag/3Qsi2dS
🚨Reminder! Our @LongCOVID_HE Webinar is tomorrow! 📆17. Dec 24 🕑14:00 - 15:00 (CET) Don't miss this opportunity to learn from our experts & engage with them in Q&A sessions. For more information & to register: 👉eveeno.com/lc_webinar Register today and secure your spot!🌟
Thanks to @KirstenNowlan and our wonderful collaborators @MaFePerdomoC et al. we could study the DNA virome of the human thymus.
New article! Contrary to previous reports, we couldn’t detect a link between DNA viruses persisting in the thymus of patients with myasthenia gravis. Instead, persisting viruses are common in the thymus, also in healthy individuals. academic.oup.com/jid/advance-ar…
I had the great honor to publicly examine the PhD thesis of @SchAnnMari @UniEastFinland. We had a nice discussion on T cells!
Huge congratulations @SchAnnMari for brilliantly defending your thesis today! And many thanks @lettipitko for acting as the opponent and leading the inspiring discussions.
Pleased to announce the winners of the FSI PhD thesis award 2021-2023: @ollidufva and @IivoHetemaki @helsinkiuni. FSI congratulates the winners and their supervisors Satu Mustjoki @hruh_research & @MikkoKeranen and Eliisa Kekäläinen @lettipitko & Petteri Arstila! @SSI_immunology
If you need a postdoc or a funded PhD post in life sciences (I’m recruiting!) - consider @helsinkiuni and my dear homeland Finland! Not to be overly patriotic but it is a fairly good country in many ways. We Finns typically don’t boast. But Tomi made a nice thread about Finland!
Due to popular demand, I'll tell you more about my home country Finland. In this thread, you'll get knowledge about Finnish mentality, geography and everything else a foreigner should know if he/she is interested in visiting or even living here. This is Finland 🇫🇮
If some researchers just by coincidence are today in the USA or anywhere are considering a change in scenery I am still looking for a postdoc! You can test how it is living and working in Finland, the happiest country in the world! More info: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-P…
Cleaned the whole day -20 freezer *room* filled with samples and reagents from people that have left the institute even decades ago. Finally, when it was almost empty, I checked beneath the lowest selves and found a trash bag with used XL size mens jeans inside. I can only wonder
Halloweenin somekeskustelujen uhkaavin hahmo - olkiukko. Puotilan kartanon Halloweeks 😍.
Again stellar work by the @BonfantiLab 🤩
🎉Finally out! Many congrats to Savvas Savvidis, @RobertaRag80163 ,Valeria Conde de Rafael & all co-authors @ucl & @TheCrick for unraveling the human #thymus #development in #3D ! I am grateful for a fantastic experience @esrfsynchrotron in Grenoble nature.com/articles/s4385…
Are you the next team member to join us? More than your credentials, we are looking the right person! Both post-docs or PhD students are welcome. Come solve some fundamental issues of the human thymus biology with us! #recruiting #academicjobs #hiring #postdoc #phdcandidate
Finland has always been the most under-rated Nordic country. It has good kebab, people who don't talk to you by default, isn't too hot and the Internet is great. What more do you want?
So happy my flight got cancelled and I got to see this talk by @BrodinPetter ! Fascinating insights into gender imbalances in autoimmunity. Other session speakers, @BogunovicLab and @Muzz_Haniffa made this a highlight of #ESID2024 !
No seats are empty in the plenary hall at #ESID2024 as Bergithe Oftedal presents AIRE’s crucial role in immune tolerance. Essential insights into the mechanisms of self-recognition in the immune system. #ESID #Immunology
Thymus session. The best session. #ESID2024
Happening now at #ESID2024: Marita Bosticardo presents "Investigating Human Thymus and T Cell Development Through Inborn Errors of Immunity." Exploring how these rare conditions shape our understanding of immune development! #ThymusBiology #Immunology #IEI
Sex-biased human thymic architecture guides T cell development through spatially defined niches: Developmental Cell cell.com/developmental-…
I am recruiting! Are you looking #postdoc position and are interested in #thymus ? I’m hiring two postdocs to work in our @ERC_Research funded new project ProtecTHY where we want to learn how the thymus protects itself during HSCT. Shares appreciated! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-P…