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Earlier this year, the Swedish Parliament announced a goal to reduce the Swedish wolf population from about 400 to about 200 individuals. "This action further threatens this highly endangered population," argues a new #LetterToScience. fcld.ly/u33j2ec

Mito-facts for #worldmitodiseaseweek Mitochondrial disease can manifest as severe heart disease of children or adults. Curiously, mito-heart disease of the young may, if intensively treated, stabilize by school age. Mechanism->treatment targets. #ResearchBringsHope University of Helsinki

Our contribution to the #worldmitodiseaseweek! Check out our podcast episode where we discuss mitochondria and calamities they can cause. Big thanks to The Science Basement for providing a platform and Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara for granting audience!

Today #LightUpForMito green wave of light had already started to travel from Australia, to increase awareness for #mitochondrialdisease, progressive severe diseases with no cure. World map of green buildings: mitochondrialdiseaseweek.org/events/light-u…

Grateful to EMBO/FEBS for allowing to present our work in Mitochondria in life,death and disease conference. Great organization and great location! #EMBO #FEBS

Through his pioneering research, Svante Pääbo – this year’s #NobelPrize laureate in physiology or medicine – accomplished something seemingly impossible: sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans.

Checkout our new paper deciphering the role of the T1D gene TYK2 on beta-cell development and interferon responses. Thankful for the great collaborative effort! Vikash Chandra Timo Otonkoski MetaStem University of Helsinki STEMM Research Program INNODIA ⬇️ nature.com/articles/s4146…

Human mitochondrial DNA is one of the most simplified cellular genomes that facilitates compartmentalized gene expression.  We wondered what was the (in)fidelity of the process. 1/ science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Expression of the alternative oxidase in mtDNA mutator mice improves their blood phenotype but enhances inflammatory and stress responses in skeletal muscle University of Helsinki Anu Suomalainen-Wartiovaara Lab Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara life-science-alliance.org/content/6/11/e…

A new study tested 23 avian species, including the blue jay, and discovered that species with greater vocal learning abilities have greater problem-solving abilities and bigger brains. Learn more this week in Science: scim.ag/464

#HiringNow: #Postdoc positions open for enthusiasts of pancreas development, #stem cell-derived islets and #diabetes at our new lab University of Helsinki Medicine and Health, University of Helsinki STEMM Research Program . Join our team in Finland 🇫🇮, happiest country in the world! Apply by 15.10.24: jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/348…

Extraocular & large limb muscles choose opposite fuel metab in mitodisease. EOMs lipid, limbs glucose. High PDK4 in EOMs drives fat uptake & accumulation. Lack of protective ISRmt & toxic lipids -> EOM sensitivity to atrophy & progr ext. ophthalmoplegia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ct…

#MitochondrialDisease collection of papers from #week30! 📚 biomed.news/bims-mitdis/20… Bims: Biomed News Gavin McStay Keshav K Singh, PhD MitoSociety Mitochondrial Donation in a Reproductive Care Pathway for mtDNA Disease | New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NE…