Not an April Fools’ joke — Kristīna Grausa had three shadows at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis 👀
Students explored bioinformatics & big data, and got a glimpse of future careers in science and innovation.
Inspiring the next generation 💡
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Recently, the course “Training in Databases and Omics Data Analysis” took place in Riga, Latvia. Led by Aleksandr V. Sokolov (Uppsala University), it explored modern #bioinformatics resources and approaches to #large-scale #omics data analysis.
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On 4 Mar 2026, TARGETWISE project representative L. Zvejniece welcomed A. Sassi (H-Ventures Group) to LIOS and introduced ongoing research at LIOS and within the TARGETWISE project, including work on big-data–driven drug target discovery. 🧪🔬
#TARGETWISE #DrugDiscovery #BigData #EUFund #ESFondi
Great experience over past two weeks at #Rstats for Statistics and #MachineLearning course at #LIOS 🎓
Thanks to Nikolay Oskolkov & Daniel Rivas for combining hands-on R with math behind methods 📊🤖
Strengthened our understanding of statistical modeling & ML in bioinformatics 🚀
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On 11 Feb 2026, #NikolayOskolkov presented at #SBDI Days 2026 in Sweden.
He highlighted #GigaScience paper on improving taxonomic inference from ancient environmental metagenomes by masking microbial-like regions — strengthening DNA data cleaning and reducing contamination
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On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the increasing role of women in big data and computational research.
Let’s keep building inclusive science together.
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On 28 November, the first OSI–BMC joint conference brought researchers together to share insights and explore new collaboration opportunities.
Colleagues from TARGETWISE, Dr. @oskolkov.bsky.social participated and contributed valuable perspectives to the discussions on metabolic studies.
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On 14 November, our Metabolic Research Group at #LIOS had the pleasure of hearing Dr. @oskolkov.bsky.social give an inspiring lecture at RSU. Great insights on multi-omics, ML methods, and AI in biomedical research — and a valuable chance to meet new colleagues and explore collaboration.
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The Pharmaceutical Pharmacology Lab and #TARGETWISE project manager Maija Dambrova welcomed #ACS on Campus at OSI, sharing our research and discussing scientific and publication writing.
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We happily introduced first-year students from the @RSU Faculty of Pharmacy to daily work and research directions in the #Pharmaceutical #pharmacology laboratory #bigdata @osi_lv.
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Yesterday we kicked off the “Training in Large-Scale Biodata Analysis Methods” within TARGETWISE at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis — now in full swing with inspiring lectures by O. Titova, A. Sokolov & @N. Oskolkov!
Participants are diving into #epidemiology, #Rprogramming
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Welcome, Dr Nikolay Oskolkov, new Head of the Metabolic Research Group at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis!
🎤 Meet him at #PMNETForum 2025 on October 10, speech: “AI-Driven Multi-Omics Integration for Precision Medicine”
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