Myofin Research Group
@myofinlab.bsky.social
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🧬 We research the various aspects of hereditary myopathies and muscular dystrophies 📍 @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social , Helsinki, Finland https://linktr.ee/myofin
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We are the Myofin Research Group, part of the Genetics Research Program at Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland. (1/6)
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Thank you @worldmusclesociety.org for an amazing meeting #WMS2025 💪🔬 The Finnish team thoroughly enjoyed the science and the networking! @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
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A few highlights from a great week at #WMS2025 in #Vienna with the @myofinlab.bsky.social team!
Congrats to Maria Francesca and Johanna for their poster prizes! 🌟
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Great times with the Myofin team (@myofinlab.bsky.social) at #WMS2025 In Vienna !😂
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So many "MyoFinns" in the #WMS2025 meeting this year! 💪🔬 Representing @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Our team is excited to connect - come find us at the @worldmusclesociety.org congress. 🇦🇹 Let’s talk science, collaboration, and future ideas! 🧬🤝💡
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Special thanks to Fleur, Tom, Leander, Buram and Osman for letting us tag along on their experiments! The plan is to come back next spring/summer for some real experiments. 🤩 (2/2)
During the week in between EMC and WMS, Jenni and Fanny visited the de Winter, Ottenheijm and Kirby labs at the Department of Physiology at Amsterdam UMC for an intro to single fibre mechanics and some interesting imaging techniques. 🇳🇱🔬 (1/2)
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Starting my voyage towards Vienna and #WMS2025 on the Helsinki–Stockholm ferry.
Helsinki south harbour and cathedral from the sea.
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Two years from today #Helsinki and #Finlandiahall will welcome #WMS2027, the annual congress of @worldmusclesociety.org. Save the date!
Greetings from the opening ceremony of the European Muscle Conference 2025! 🇳🇱 #EMC2025 #EuropeanMuscleConference
Our team is excited to connect - come find Jenni, Jaakko and Fanny at the European Muscle Conference. 🇳🇱 Let’s talk science, collaboration, and future ideas! 🧬🤝💡
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Myofin ”Summer” meeting in Nuuksio 🧬💡🌲. A couple of days filled with insightful scientific talks and interactive discussions on current and upcoming projects! On Wednesday evening it was sauna time and we grilled sausage over the fire 🧖🔥🪵.
Our team is excited to connect - come find Johanna at the Norwegian Conference for Hereditary Neuromuscular Disorders. 🇳🇴 Let’s talk science, collaboration, and future ideas! 🧬🤝💡
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Registration for the @myofinlab.bsky.social - organized course, ILS144: "Genetic and genomic technologies in health care" is open. Link: tinyurl.com/43n2ydwu @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @helsinki.fi
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When you get a feeling that someone's watching.. Our summer student making great progress with our AI analyses ❤️💪🔬 #muscleresearch #raredisease #myoblue @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
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So many reasons to celebrate! And these guys are always up for some bubbles 🎉🥂💪🔬 @myofinlab.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
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Recent #Research by Jenni Laitila of folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social‬ et al. observes tha#pathogenicic TNNT1 variants are associated with aberrant thin filament compliance an#myofibrere hyper-contractility 🔬 🧬

🔗 Read the work here: https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP288109
What is your favourite food?
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“As an Italian, for me pizza is the best food in the world! However, lately I've realized that also korvapuusti is not so bad...”

Three words that describe you
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“Curious, enthusiastic and a bit "weather-sensitive".” (5/5)
▫️Get to know Alessandra! 👋

Your favourite experiment/analysis to perform?
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“I like working with cells because culturing them is very stimulating and relaxing at the same time.” (4/5)
She is now spending 6 months as a visiting student at Folkhälsan, working at the generation of an in vitro model of PLIN4-related myopathy. (3/5)
She is currently a PhD student at the University of Milan and Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, focusing on the investigation of the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying a very rare muscular disorder. (2/5)
Meet our visiting researchers! 🧬🌍

▫️Alessandra Carnazzi (MSc), Doctoral researcher

Alessandra is originally from Italy. She pursued her master’s degree in medical biotechnology at the University of Milan. (1/5)