Leo Lahti
 Professor


leo.lahti@utu.fi

+358 29 450 2390

+358 50 436 4626

Vesilinnantie 5

Turku

452E


https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5537-637X

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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



  
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  • 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)  
    • Scientific Reports
     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)  
      • Nature Communications
       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)  
          • MSystems
           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)  
          • Bioinformatics Advances
           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)  
          • Psychoneuroendocrinology
           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)  
              • Nature Communications
               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)  
              • Gut Microbes
               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)  
              • Microbial Biotechnology
               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



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