TARGETWISE

Functional Omics Analysis of Metabolic Diseases to Advance Drug
Discovery Research Excellence in LIOS. Funding from #ESfondi, #EUFunds.

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

The #Targetwise project from @osi_lv participated in the patient awareness event “Sugar Head: Don’t Lose Your Head – Know Your Blood Sugar Level!”, on May 7.
Great discussions on healthy lifestyles, diabetes prevention, and public health awareness!

#PublicHealth#ESFondi #EUFund

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

Not an April Fools’ joke — our colleague Kristīna Grausa had three shadows at the @osi_lv.
Students explored bioinformatics and big data, while learning how these fields shape future careers in science and innovation.
Great to inspire the next generation
#EUFund #ESFondi #ShadowD

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

The course “Training in Databases and Omics Data Analysis” was held in @osi_lv, led by Aleksandr V. Sokolov, providing an overview of modern bioinformatics resources and approaches for #large-scale #biological and #omics #data analysis.
#ESFondi #EUFund

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

It's great that the group is growing and inspiring each other!
#ESFondi #EUFund #matabolomic #BigData

[Nikolay Oskolkov @NikolayOskolkov]

Inspiring discussions at our latest metabolic research group meeting. Truly fortunate to work with such talented and motivated young researchers.

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

On 4 Mar 2026, TARGETWISE project representative L. Zvejniece welcomed A. Sassi (H-Ventures Group) to LIOS and introduced ongoing research at @osi_lv and within the #TARGETWISE project, including work on big data–driven drug target discovery. 🧪
#DrugDiscovery #BigData #EUFund

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Looking back, we had a great experience participating in the #Rstats for Statistics and #MachineLearning course at @osi_lv (TARGETWISE project)🎓Led by @NikolayOskolkov & Daniel Rivas, we explored from PCA till neural networks — plus the math behind the code 📊
#Bioinformatics

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

On 11 Feb 2026, @NikolayOskolkov at @osi_lv presented at #SBDI Days 2026, Sweden.
Shared @GigaScience paper on improving ancient metagenome taxonomic inference by masking microbial-like regions — enhancing DNA data cleaning and reducing contamination.
#BigData #ESFondi #EUFund

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the growing impact of women in big data and computational research. Diversity drives innovation, and science is stronger when everyone contributes.

#WomenInScience #BigData #DiversityInSTEM #ESFondi #ESFund

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

On 14 November, our Metabolic Research Group at the @osi_lv had the pleasure of hearing Dr. @NikolayOskolkov give inspiring lecture at RSU.
Great insights on multi-omics, ML methods, and AI in biomedical research — and a valuable chance to explore collaboration. #ESFondi

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

The Pharmaceutical Pharmacology Laboratory and #TARGETWISE project manager Maija Dambrova had the pleasure of introducing the lab and its research during the #ACS on Campus visit at @osi_lv . Sessions covered scientific and publication writing.

#ESfondi #EUFunds

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

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.

[Nikolay Oskolkov @NikolayOskolkov]

It has been a wonderful month in Riga, very excited building the Metabolic Research Group at @TARGETWISE_ and interacting with my new fantastic colleagues. Thank you for your hospitality @osi_lv!

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

Yesterday we kicked off the “Training in Large-Scale Biodata Analysis Methods” at the @osi_lv — now in full swing with inspiring lectures by O. Titova, A. Sokolov & N. Oskolkov!
Participants are diving into #biostatistics, #epidemiology, #Rprogramming

#ESfondi

[Nikolay Oskolkov @NikolayOskolkov]

The Metabolic Research Group @TARGETWISE_ is growing, and we are very happy to welcome Daniel Rivas, MD and PhD in AI, the first postdoctoral fellow in the group, who is an amazing Machine Learning expert! So great to have you on board, Daniel!

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. @NikolayOskolkov as the new Head of the Metabolic Research Group at #OSI! 🎉
Don’t miss his talk —
“AI-driven multi-omics integration in precision medicine”
at #PMNETForum Riga, October 10, 2025. #PrecisionMedicine #BigData #ESfondi #EUFunds

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

We loved meeting so many curious minds at Researchers’ Night 2025!
Your questions and enthusiasm inspire us to keep pushing the boundaries of science. 💡
See you next year! 🧪💫
#ScienceIsInspiring #ResearchersNight #ScienceInLatvia #ESfondi, #EUFunds #LIOS

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

Honored to host Latvia’s Education & Science Minister, Dace Melbārde, at LIOS — sharing our research and how we use big data to discover new drugs for metabolic diseases.

#BigData #Research #Innovation #Latvia #SciencePolicy #ESfondi, #EUFunds

[TARGETWISE @TARGETWISE_]

Proud of our colleague Anna Miteniece – she won 1st place for her poster at @EU_METAHEART 2nd International Conference! 🎉👏

#ScienceInLatvia #ESfondi #EUFunds #COST