Latest Lab News
2026
Sigrid Juselius Foundation 3 year, Senior Researcher Grant to study cancer vulnerabilities
2025
UPTAKE! ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to the Najumudeen Lab
We are excited to share that our lab has received an ERC Consolidator Grant (read more...)
New Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Metabolic Integration (2026-2033) from Research Council of Finland (Suomen Akatemia) is funded!
Thrilled and looking forward to doing great science, with Pekka Katajisto, Anu Wartiovaara, Emmi Helle, Elina Ikonen, Diego Balboa, Ville Hietakangas labs.
2024
Rafa featured as Future Leader of Cancer Grand Challenges
https://features.cancerresearchuk.org/cancergrandchallengesdiscover2425/futureleaders
Rafa and Johan's highlight of Spatial Metabolomics in Nat. Rev. Genetics
Rafa to feature as Future Leader from CRUK/NIH Cancer Grand Challenges!
Cancer Grand Challenges is a global research initiative that identifies the toughest challenges in cancer research.
Two open Postdoctoral Positions via the NORPOD Program!
Please inquire at: arafath.najumudeen@helsinki.fi
Deadline - January 24th
Teemu Kivioja joins the lab as a computational scientist. He will assist in analyzing and integrating multi-modal Spatial Omics datasets and contribute to various ongoing studies!
Tolga S. starts in the lab as a Postdoc.
His first Project is going to be large-scale organoid screens!
Renewed Finnish Cancer Society Funding for Studying Metabolic Vulnerabilities
Boost Funding from Uni. Helsinki