Leo Lahti
Professor
Data science; AI; Machine Learning; Applied statistics; Statistical programming; Probabilistic models; Complex natural and social systems; Microbial ecology; Computational humanities; Open knowledge
Leo Lahti is professor in Data Science in University of Turku, Finland. His research team focuses on computational analysis and modeling of complex natural and social systems. Lahti obtained doctoral degree (DSc) from Aalto University in Finland (2010), developing probabilistic machine learning methods for high-throughput life science data integration. This was followed by subsequent postdoctoral research at EBI/Hinxton (UK), Wageningen University (NL), and VIB/KU Leuven (BE). Lahti has coordinated international networks in data science methods and applications and organizes international data science training events on a regular basis. He is vice chair for the national coordination on open science Finland, executive committee member for the International Science Council Committee on Data (2023-2025), member of the global Bioconductor Community Advisory Board, and founder of the open science work group of Open Knowledge Finland ry. For more information, see the research homepage iki.fi/Leo.Lahti
Computational scientist focusing on change in complex natural and social systems, and how they can be understood through a computational lens.
Computational and data science, statistical and probabilistic programming, machine learning, AI, applied statistics, ecological models, open science
- Assessing the safety of microbiome perturbations (2025)
- Microbial genomicsGut Pathogens
Metris, Aline; Walker, Alan W.; Showering, Alicia; Doolan, Andrea; McBain, Andrew J.; Ampatzoglou, Antonis; Murphy, Barry; O'Neill, Catherine; Shortt, Colette; Darby, Elizabeth M.; Aldis, Gary; Hillebrand, Greg G.; Brown, Helen L.; Browne, Hilary P.; Tiesman, Jay P.; Leng, Joy; Lahti, Leo; Jakubovics, Nicholas S.; Hasselwander, Oliver; Finn, Robert D.; Klamert, Silvia; Korcsmaros, Tamas; Hall, Lindsay J.
- Association of leisure time physical activity with gut microbiota composition in early adulthood (2025) Boelius, Hanna-Mari; Aatsinki, Anna-Katariina; Heiskanen, Marja A.; Haapala, Eero A.; Munukka, Eveliina; Mykkänen, Juha; Kartiosuo, Noora; Lahti, Leo; Keskitalo, Anniina; Huovinen, Pentti; Niinikoski, Harri; Viikari, Jorma; Rönnemaa, Tapani; Lagström, Hanna; Jula, Antti; Rovio, Suvi P.; Raitakari, Olli T.; Pahkala, Katja
- Associations between gut microbiome and circulating cytokines: a cross-sectional analysis in the FINRISK 2002 population cohort (2025) Diab, Hassan; Langén, Ville; Yeo, Li-Fang; Salomaa, Veikko; Havulinna, Aki; Lahti, Leo; Pärnänen, Katariina; Knight, Rob; Jalkanen, Sirpa; Salmi, Marko; Niiranen, Teemu; Palmu, Joonatan
- (2025)
- European Journal of Nutrition
Koponen, Kari; McDonald, Daniel; Jousilahti, Pekka; Meric, Guillaume; Inouye, Michael; Lahti, Leo; Niiranen, Teemu; Männistö, Satu; Havulinna, Aki; Knight, Rob; Salomaa, Veikko
- (2025)
- Briefings in BioinformaticsMathematical Biosciences
Pelto, Juho; Auranen, Kari; Kujala, Janne V.; Lahti, Leo
- Fermented foods affect the seasonal stability of gut bacteria in an Indian rural population (2025) Jeyaram, Kumaraswamy; Lahti, Leo; Tims, Sebastian; Heilig, Hans G. H. J.; van Gelder, Antonie H.; de Vos, Willem M.; Smidt, Hauke; Zoetendal, Erwin G.
- Fractional modelling of COVID-19 transmission incorporating asymptomatic and super-spreader individualsGut Microbiome as a Risk Factor for Future CKD (2025) Khalighi, Moein; Lahti, Leo; Ndaïrou, Faïçal; Rashkov, Peter; Torres, Delfim F. M.
- (2025)
- npj biofilms and microbiomesJournal of Advanced Research
Salehi, Mahkameh; Laitinen, Ville; Bhanushali, Shivang; Bengtsson-Palme, Johan; Collignon, Peter; Beggs, John J.; Pärnänen, Katariina; Lahti, Leo
- (2025)
- Kidney International Reports
Hellman, Tapio; Yeo, Li-Fang; Palmu, Joonatan; Havulinna, Aki; Jousilahti, Pekka; Laitinen, Ville; Pärnänen, Katariina; Salomaa, Veikko; Lahti, Leo; Knight, Rob; Niiranen, Teemu
- Gut microbiome-derived bacterial extracellular vesicles in patients with solid tumours (2025) Mishra, Surbhi; Tejesvi, Mysore Vishakantegowda; Hekkala, Jenni; Turunen, Jenni; Kandikanti, Niyati; Kaisanlahti, Anna; Suokas, Marko; Leppä, Sirpa; Vihinen, Pia; Kuitunen, Hanne; Sunela, Kaisa; Koivunen, Jussi; Jukkola, Arja; Kalashnikov, Ilja; Auvinen, Päivi; Kääriäinen, Okko-Sakari; Peñate Medina, T.; Peñate Medina, O.; Saarnio, Juha; Meriläinen, Sanna; Rautio, Tero; Aro, Raila; Häivälä, Reetta; Suojanen, Juho; Laine, Mikael; Erawijattari, Pande; Lahti, Leo; Karihtala, Peeter; Ruuska, Terhi S.; Reunanen, Justus
- Gut microbiota-derived extracellular vesicles form a distinct entity from gut microbiota (2025) Kaisanlahti, Anna; Turunen, Jenni; Hekkala, Jenni; Mishra, Surbhi; Karikka, Sonja; Amatya, Sajeen Bahadur; Paalanne, Niko; Kruger, Johanna; Portaankorva, Anne M.; Koivunen, Jussi; Jukkola, Arja; Vihinen, Pia; Auvinen, Päivi; Leppä, Sirpa; Karihtala, Peeter; Koivukangas, Vesa; Hukkanen, Janne; Vainio, Seppo; Samoylenko, Anatoliy; Bart, Genevieve; Lahti, Leo; Reunanen, Justus; Tejesvi, Mysore V.; Ruuska-Loewald, Terhi
- iSEEtree: interactive explorer for hierarchical data (2025) Benedetti, Giulio; Seraidarian, Ely; Pralas, Theotime; Jeba, Akewak; Borman, Tuomas; Lahti, Leo
- Learning and teaching biological data science in the Bioconductor community (2025)
- PLoS Computational BiologyBrain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
Drnevich, Jenny; Tan, Frederick J.; Almeida-Silva, Fabricio; Castelo, Robert; Culhane, Aedin C.; Davis, Sean; Doyle, Maria A.; Geistlinger, Ludwig; Ghazi, Andrew R.; Holmes, Susan; Lahti, Leo; Mahmoud, Alexandru; Nishida, Kozo; Ramos, Marcel; Rue-Albrecht, Kevin; Shih, David J. H.; Gatto, Laurent; Soneson, Charlotte
- (2025)
- Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular DiseasesPeerJ
Lotankar, Mrunalini; Houttu, Noora; Benchraka, Chouaib; Lahti, Leo; Laitinen, Kirsi
- Maternal pre- and postnatal stress and maternal and infant gut microbiota features (2025) Eckermann, Henrik; Lustermans, Hellen; Pärnänen, Katariina; Lahti, Leo; de Weerth, Carolina
- Perinatal depressive and anxiety symptoms are associated with gut microbiota in pregnant women with overweight and obesity (2025) Hieta, Janina; Benchraka, Chouaib; Pärnänen, Katariina; Houttu, Noora; Mokkala, Kati; Lotankar, Mrunalini; Kataja, Eeva-Leena; Lahti, Leo; Laitinen, Kirsi
- Skin microbiota variation in Indian families (2025) Potbhare, Renuka; RaviKumar, Ameeta; Munukka, Eveliina; Lahti, Leo; Ashma, Richa
- Variation and prognostic potential of the gut antibiotic resistome in the FINRISK 2002 cohort (2025) Pärnänen, Katariina; Ruuskanen, Matti O.; Sommeria-Klein, Guilhem; Laitinen, Ville; Kantanen, Pyry; Méric, Guillaume; Gazolla Volpiano, Camila; Inouye, Michael; Knight, Rob; Salomaa, Veikko; Havulinna, Aki S.; Niiranen, Teemu; Lahti, Leo
- A cohort study in family triads : impact of gut microbiota composition and early life exposures on intestinal resistome during the first two years of life (2024) Jokela, Roosa; Pärnänen, Katariina MM; Ponsero, Alise J; Lahti, Leo; Kolho, Kaija-Leena; de Vos, Willem M; Salonen, Anne
- A concept for international societally relevant microbiology education and microbiology knowledge promulgation in society (2024) Timmis, Kenneth; Hallsworth, John E.; McGenity, Terry J.; Armstrong, Rachel; Colom, María Francisca; Karahan, Zeynep Ceren; Chavarría, Max; Bernal, Patricia; Boyd, Eric S.; Ramos, Juan Luis; Kaltenpoth, Martin; Pruzzo, Carla; Clarke, Gerard; López-Garcia, Purificación; Yakimov, Michail M.; Perlmutter, Jessamyn; Greening, Chris; Eloe-Fadrosh, Emiley; Verstraete, Willy; Nunes, Olga C.; Kotsyurbenko, Oleg; Nikel, Pablo Iván; Scavone, Paola; Häggblom, Max M.; Lavigne, Rob; Le Roux, Frédérique; Timmis, James K.; Parro, Victor; Michán, Carmen; García, José Luis; Casadevall, Arturo; Payne, Shelley M.; Frey, Joachim; Koren, Omry; Prosser, James I.; Lahti, Leo; Lal, Rup; Anand, Shailly; Sood, Utkarsh; Offre, Pierre; Bryce, Casey C.; Mswaka, Allen Y.; Jores, Jörg; Kaçar, Betül; Blank, Lars Mathias; Maaßen, Nicole; Pope, Phillip B.; Banciu, Horia L.; Armitage, Judith; Lee, Sang Yup; Wang, Fengping; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Gilbert, Jack A.; Wood, Thomas K.; Vasiljevic, Branka; Soberón, Mario; Udaondo, Zulema; Rojo, Fernando; Tamang, Jyoti Prakash; Giraud, Tatiana; Ropars, Jeanne; Ezeji, Thaddeus; Müller, Volker; Danbara, Hirofume; Averhoff, Beate; Sessitsch, Angela; Partida-Martínez, Laila Pamela; Huang, Wei; Molin, Søren; Junier, Pilar; Amils, Ricardo; Wu, Xiao-Lei; Ron, Eliora; Erten, Huseyin; de Martinis, Elaine Cristina Pereira; Rapoport, Alexander; Öpik, Maarja; Pokatong, W. Donald R.; Stairs, Courtney; Amoozegar, Mohammad Ali; Serna, Jéssica Gil