News | Computational Toxicology and Bioinformatics Lab

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new collaborations and visits
student thesis announcements
project milestones and publications
training opportunities in bioinformatics and reproducible analysis

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Building multi-omics capacity through Erasmus+ training at the University of Vienna

Assoc. Prof. Yordan Yordanov completed hands-on Erasmus+ training in untargeted mass-spectrometry proteomics at the Gerner Lab, University of Vienna.

From an MSc research question to a reproducible open-science workflow

A new Pharmacia paper connects SH-SY5Y neurite morphology, PhaseContrastNeuriteAnalyzer, open code and a FAIR-oriented microscopy dataset.

AI in biomedical data analysis at the INGENIUM Blended Intensive Programme

Assoc. Prof. Yordan Yordanov lectured on AI in biomedical data analysis during the INGENIUM Blended Intensive Programme at Medical University - Sofia.

How safe are the medicines we take?

Assoc. Prof. Yordan Yordanov was a guest on the Bulgarian science podcast ‘You and Science’ for a discussion on medicines, benefit-risk balance and preclinical safety.

Contributing to the OpenTox 2026 internship programme

MU OmicsLab contributed supervision topics to the OpenTox 2026 Summer/Autumn Internship Programme in AI, toxicology and biomedical data science.

MU OmicsLab at the first CardioPharmaGENET Annual Meeting in Darmstadt

Assoc. Prof. Yordan Yordanov represented Medical University - Sofia at the first CardioPharmaGENET Annual Meeting in Darmstadt.

PhaseContrastNeuriteAnalyzer and open microscopy dataset released

PhaseContrastNeuriteAnalyzer was released together with a 5.8-GB open microscopy dataset supporting reproducible analysis of SH-SY5Y neurite morphology.

AOPxGeneNet beta connects transcriptomic networks with adverse outcome pathways

A beta version of AOPxGeneNet was released to help connect transcriptomic network analysis with the adverse outcome pathway framework.

Student-led MSc project recognized for research on SH-SY5Y differentiation

A student-led MSc thesis on rosmarinic and retinoic acid effects in SH-SY5Y cells was recognized and later became part of a broader open-science research trajectory.

Integrating co-expression networks with adverse outcome pathways in Parkinson's disease

Assoc. Prof. Yordan Yordanov presented OmicsLab work on WGCNA, AOPs and Parkinson’s disease at the OpenTox Virtual Conference 2025.