Genetics – Tumor Genetics Blog

The Librarian, The Goalie and the Genome: Retrotransposons play by their own rules.

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025alondon1 Comment

You can think of the genome like a football team, where the genes are the players with different roles, working towards creating a functional human being. Photo: pexels.com

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Let’s Meet: Anniina Raitila, Postdoctoral Researcher in Tumor Genomics!

January 7, 2025alondon

Anniina Raitila Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research from the Tumor Genomics Group (Aaltonen group). Photo: University of Helsinki

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Tutustutaan: Anniina Raitila, tutkijatohtori Kasvaingenomiikan tutkimusryhmässä!

January 7, 2025alondon

Anniina Raitila Ph.D, Tutkijatohtori, kasvaingenomiikan tutkimusryhmä, Helsingin yliopisto. Kuva: Helsingin Yliopisto

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Transcription Factor Footprinting with Fiber-Seq

November 8, 2024alondon

Transcription factors, hanging on the genome, regulating gene expression, leave behind “footprints” by binding specific motifs usually in the promoter or enhance regions of genes, giving us clues about what genes they’re influencing. Photo: Pexels.com

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Lets Meet: Ph.D student Maritta Räisänen – Studying the Regulatory Genome

September 18, 2024alondon

Maritta Räisänen, M.Sc and Ph.D. student from the Tumor Genomics Group, University of Helsinki. Photo: University of Helsinki

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Uterine Fibroids – The Most Common Disease You May Have Never Heard Of…

April 28, 2022alondon

An art drawing of a womans uterus and ovaries — Graphic art of a woman’s uterus and ovaries. Photo: Nadezhda Moryak, Pexels.com

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Mikä Saa Syöpäsolut Kasvamaan Nopeammin kuin Normaalit Solut?

December 14, 2020alondon

Soluviljelymalja tutkijan kädessä. Kuva: Pexels.com

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What Makes Cancer Cells Grow Faster than Normal Cells?

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020alondon1 Comment

Scientist holding a cell-culture dish. Photo: Pexels.com

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