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Daria Afenteva

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πŸŽ“ PhD student in Biomedicine πŸ“ University of Helsinki, Finland 🧬 Ovarian cancer researcher πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ Skier and runner

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We will have our next community meeting on Tue, Feb 3, 2026, 11AM CST/ 9AM PST !

Philipp A will be presenting on HoloViz: High-level tools to simplify visualization in Python.

Details in 🧡

02.02.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pikku Joulu in the lab πŸŽ„

17.12.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Promotional banner for the Leena Peltonen School of Human Genomics (LPSHG) Summer School 2026. The event takes place July 26–30, 2026 at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK. The banner invites PhD students nearing completion to showcase their work and learn from 20 leading experts in human genomics through discussions and debates. Application deadline is March 6, 2026, with a website link for more information. Logos of Wellcome Sanger Institute, ESHG, and FIMM appear at the bottom, over a background image of the Wellcome Genome Campus building.

Promotional banner for the Leena Peltonen School of Human Genomics (LPSHG) Summer School 2026. The event takes place July 26–30, 2026 at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK. The banner invites PhD students nearing completion to showcase their work and learn from 20 leading experts in human genomics through discussions and debates. Application deadline is March 6, 2026, with a website link for more information. Logos of Wellcome Sanger Institute, ESHG, and FIMM appear at the bottom, over a background image of the Wellcome Genome Campus building.

Applications for the 2026 Leena Peltonen School of Human Genetics are open!πŸ“’

The school brings together ~20 global leaders and ~20 advanced PhD students for an intensive, discussion-driven week shaping the future of genomics.

πŸ“… July 26–30
πŸ“ Wellcome Genome Campus, UK
πŸ“ Apply by March 6: lpshg.com

16.12.2025 08:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a great time at the DYNAMITE 🧨 meeting in Copenhagen this week. Huge thanks to Tuula Kallunki and the whole team for hosting us so warmly!

#DYNAMITE #ovariancancer #research

10.12.2025 17:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am grateful to @syopasaatio.bsky.social for awarding ma a dissertation grant 🌸

Huge congrats also to @anna-vaharautio.bsky.social!!!

20.11.2025 12:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Such a great panel discussion from the leading minds of the innovative cancer care today at #Slush in Helsinki πŸ§«πŸ”¬

19.11.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰ Huge congrats to Oskari on the acceptance of his final PhD paper! He built Histolytics - a Python package for spatial analysis of whole-slide images πŸŒ πŸ”¬

Try it: github.com/HautaniemiLa...

12.11.2025 16:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you using any of our factor models, such as MOFA? πŸ›΅
You might’ve found it challenging to tailor them to your specific use cases - not anymore!

Introducing MOFA-FLEX: a flexible, modular factor analysis framework designed for customizable modeling across diverse multi-omics data scenarios. 1/n

07.11.2025 10:29 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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πŸ₯ Check out our new preprint on OmniPath, the prior knowledge resource for #SystemsBiology, and its brand-new OmniPath Explorer web app! πŸ₯³

πŸ“– Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
πŸ” Explorer: explore.omnipathdb.org

OmniPath integrates 160+ resources for multi-omics analysis & modeling.

πŸ§Άβ¬‡οΈ

17.09.2025 13:09 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Multi-omics analysis reveals the attenuation of the interferon pathway as a driver of chemo-refractory ovarian cancer Afenteva et al. combine multi-omics, single-cell, and functional analyses to show that diminished type I interferon signaling in cancer cells underlies inherent platinum resistance in ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma. Exogenous interferon-alpha sensitizes cancer cells to cisplatin, nominating interferon pathway stimulation as a precision strategy for refractory disease.

Online now: Multi-omics analysis reveals the attenuation of the interferon pathway as a driver of chemo-refractory ovarian cancer

01.09.2025 12:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™ Warm thanks to our collaborators across University of Helsinki, Karolinska Institutet, Turku University Hospital, and many others. Above all, to DECIDER patients and their families.

🏫 Special thanks to my supervisor Sampsa Hautaniemi and @tarumuranen.bsky.social for your mentorship!

🧡 3/3

31.08.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🧠 We find that type-I interferon response in cancer cells is diminished at diagnosis in HGSC tumours that are intrinsically resistant to first-line chemotherapy, suggesting a biomarker-guided interferon-platinum combination. Exogenous interferon alpha sensitised cancer cells to platinum.

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31.08.2025 21:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Multi-omics analysis reveals the attenuation of the interferon pathway as a driver of chemo-refractory ovarian cancer Afenteva et al. combine multi-omics, single-cell, and functional analyses to show that diminished type I interferon signaling in cancer cells underlies inherent platinum resistance in ovarian high-gra...

πŸŽ‰ After almost 3y in making, my first first-author PhD paper is out in Cell Reports Medicine!

πŸ”— Link: www.cell.com/cell-reports...

🧡 1/3

31.08.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Our Systema framework for evaluating genetic perturbation response prediction methods is now out in @natbiotech.nature.com ✨

Systema helps to evaluate perturbation response prediction methods by focusing on perturbation-specific effects rather than systematic variation 🎯

25.08.2025 18:36 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Kari!

06.08.2025 13:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰This is the energy every PhD paper celebration should have.
Just saying πŸ₯‚πŸ˜
@gik70.bsky.social

05.08.2025 13:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Comparative proteomic analysis of the ECM composition of the human omentum and mesentery, the main sites of ovarian cancer metastasis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.28.667199v1

31.07.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰ The revised version of CORNETO, our unified Python framework for knowledge-driven network inference from omics data, is published in peer reviewed form
πŸ”— Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
πŸ“– News & Views: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
πŸ’» Code: corneto.org
🧡 Thread πŸ‘‡

22.07.2025 15:23 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Tumor Cells Enriched for Interferon and Inflammatory Programs Pre-Exist in High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer and are Proportionately Significantly Increased Post Chemotherapy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.24.661404v1

25.06.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Longitudinal single-cell multiomic atlas of high-risk neuroblastoma reveals chemotherapy-induced tumor microenvironment rewiring - Nature Genetics Analysis of pre- and post-chemotherapy samples collected from 22 patients with high-risk neuroblastoma using single-nucleus RNA and ATAC sequencing and spatial omics characterizes therapy-related chan...

πŸ“’ONLINE @naturegenet.bsky.social

πŸ“°Longitudinal single-cell multiomic atlas of high-risk neuroblastoma reveals chemotherapy-induced tumor microenvironment rewiring.

By Wenbao Yu, Kai Tan and colleagues.

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

23.04.2025 16:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Deciphering the longitudinal trajectories of glioblastoma ecosystems by integrative single-cell genomics - Nature Genetics Comparison of paired primary and recurrent glioblastomas at the single-cell transcriptomic level describes molecular and cellular trajectories associated with tumor recurrence, highlighting extensive ...

πŸ“’ONLINE @natgenet.nature.com

πŸ“°Deciphering the longitudinal trajectories of glioblastoma ecosystems by integrative single-cell genomics.

By Avishay Spitzer, Mario L. SuvΓ  and colleagues.

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

13.05.2025 12:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’OUT TODAY @natgenet.nature.com

πŸ“°Predicting resistance to chemotherapy using chromosomal instability signatures.

By @jsneaththompson.bsky.social, @gmaci.bsky.social and colleagues.

⬇️

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

23.06.2025 14:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Epigenetic Subtypes of High-Grade T1 Bladder Cancer Reveal Intra-Tumor Heterogeneity and Distinct Interactions with Tumor Microenvironment. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.20.659124v1

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Cell states and neighborhoods in distinct clinical stages of primary and metastatic esophageal adenocarcinoma Yates and Mathey-Andrews et al. dissect the cellular and spatial heterogeneity of esophageal adenocarcinoma across clinical stages. They identify five malignant cell programs with distinct transcriptomic and epigenetic profiles, linked to disease progression, prognosis, and immune response. These programs interact with the tumor microenvironment, highlighting potential therapeutic targets.

Online now: Cell states and neighborhoods in distinct clinical stages of primary and metastatic esophageal adenocarcinoma

20.06.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Early birds today the β€œMeet the expert” interactive session at the #EACR2025 in Lisbon, discussing KRAS modulators.

18.06.2025 07:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Glad to have presented our work on the longitudinal dynamics of transcriptome and chromatin accessibility in HGSC at the #EACR2025 in Lisbon πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή

17.06.2025 21:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ida Montinin SÀÀtiâ

Glad to share that the Ida Montinin Fund has awarded me a personal grant to support my doctoral studies at the @helsinki.fi 🀍

Learn about Ida Montini’s legacy (in Finnish): idamontininsaatio.fi

Thanks to my supervisor, Sampsa Hautaniemi, and colleagues for their support! πŸ™Œ

10.06.2025 15:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spatial and genomic profiling of residual breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy unveil divergent fates for each breast cancer subtype Seo et al. demonstrate that CXCL9+ macrophages interacting with CD8+ T cells improve survival outcome in patients with residual TNBC after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, while SPP1+ macrophages and basal-like features combined with HRD predict worse survival in HR+HER2βˆ’ BCs, and ERBB2 structural variants predict worse survival outcomes in HER2+ BCs.

Online now: Spatial and genomic profiling of residual breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy unveil divergent fates for each breast cancer subtype Online now:

07.06.2025 12:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Improving Differential Expression and Survival Analyses with Sample Specific Compartment Deconvolution. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.04.657908v1

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Optimising Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer via Delay-Differential Equations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.05.658173v1

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