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Olli Kallioniemi

Olli Kallioniemi

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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2026
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Biology and Biochemistry
Finland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
126
Citations
77453
World Ranking
485
National Ranking
11

Medicine

D-Index
126
Citations
77620
World Ranking
2896
National Ranking
53

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Olli Kallioniemi is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has contributed extensively to biomedical research with a focus on cancer and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of study emphasize Molecular Biology, Oncology, Hematology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Cancer Research.

Their work addresses several main topics, notably Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cancer Cells and Metastasis, Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, Protein Degradation and Inhibitors, and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research.

Olli Kallioniemi's recent publications include:

  • Implementing a Functional Precision Medicine Tumor Board for Acute Myeloid Leukemia, 2021, Cancer Discovery
  • Breeze: an integrated quality control and data analysis application for high-throughput drug screening, 2020, Bioinformatics
  • Immune profiles in acute myeloid leukemia bone marrow associate with patient age, T-cell receptor clonality, and survival, 2020, Blood Advances
  • Glucocorticoids induce differentiation and chemoresistance in ovarian cancer by promoting ROR1-mediated stemness, 2020, Cell Death and Disease
  • Fibroblast subsets in non-small cell lung cancer: Associations with survival, mutations, and immune features, 2022, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

They frequently collaborate with a group of coauthors, including Päivi Östling, Brinton Seashore-Ludlow, Teijo Pellinen, Tom Erkers, and Swapnil Potdar. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships with researchers contributing to overlapping areas of study.

Olli Kallioniemi's research has been published in several prominent venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Blood
  • npj Precision Oncology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Tissue microarrays for high-throughput molecular profiling of tumor specimens

    J Kononen;L Bubendorf;A Kallioniemi;M Bärlund

  • Average risks of breast and ovarian cancer associated with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations detected in case series unselected for family history: a combined analysis of 22 studies

    A. Antoniou;P.D.P. Pharoah;S. Narod;H.A. Risch

  • Comparative Genomic Hybridization for Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of Solid Tumors

    Anne Kallioniemi;Olli P. Kallioniemi;Damir Sudar;Denis Rutovitz

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • Gene-Expression Profiles in Hereditary Breast Cancer

    I Hedenfalk;D Duggan;Y Chen;M Radmacher

  • AIB1, a Steroid Receptor Coactivator Amplified in Breast and Ovarian Cancer

    Sarah L. Anzick;Juha Kononen;Robert L. Walker;David O. Azorsa

  • High frequency of BRAF mutations in nevi.

    Pamela M. Pollock;Ursula L. Harper;Katherine S. Hansen;Laura M. Yudt

  • In vivo amplification of the androgen receptor gene and progression of human prostate cancer.

    Tapio Visakorpi;Eija Hyytinen;Pasi Koivisto;Minna Tanner

  • Optimizing comparative genomic hybridization for analysis of DNA sequence copy number changes in solid tumors.

    Olli‐P ‐P Kallioniemi;Anne Kallioniemi;Jim Piper;Jorma Isola

  • Major Susceptibility Locus for Prostate Cancer on Chromosome 1 Suggested by a Genome-Wide Search

    Jeffrey R. Smith;Diha Freije;John D. Carpten;Henrik Grönberg;Henrik Grönberg

  • Androgen Receptor Gene Amplification: A Possible Molecular Mechanism for Androgen Deprivation Therapy Failure in Prostate Cancer

    Pasi Koivisto;Juha Kononen;Christian Palmberg;Teuvo Tammela

  • Detection and mapping of amplified DNA sequences in breast cancer by comparative genomic hybridization.

    Anne Kallioniemi;Olli Pekka Kallioniemi;Jim Piper;Minna Tanner

  • Somatic STAT3 Mutations in Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia

    Hanna L.M. Koskela;Samuli Eldfors;Pekka Ellonen;Arjan J. van Adrichem

  • Tissue microarray technology for high-throughput molecular profiling of cancer

    Olli-P. Kallioniemi;Urs Wagner;Juha Kononen;Guido Sauter

  • Expression of Cytokeratins 17 and 5 Identifies a Group of Breast Carcinomas with Poor Clinical Outcome

    Matt van de Rijn;Charles M. Perou;Rob Tibshirani;Phillippe Haas

  • Tissue microarrays for rapid linking of molecular changes to clinical endpoints.

    Joachim Torhorst;Christoph Bucher;Juha Kononen;Philippe Haas

  • ERBB2 amplification in breast cancer analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization.

    Olli-P. Kallioniemi;Anne Kallioniemi;Wayne Kurisu;Ann Thor

  • Evidence for a prostate cancer susceptibility locus on the X chromosome.

    Jianfeng Xu;Deborah Meyers;Diha Freije;Sarah Isaacs

  • CHEK2*1100delC and Susceptibility to Breast Cancer: A Collaborative Analysis Involving 10,860 Breast Cancer Cases and 9,065 Controls from 10 Studies

    D Easton;L McGuffog;D Thompson;A Dunning

  • The BOADICEA model of genetic susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancers: updates and extensions.

    A C Antoniou;A P Cunningham;J Peto;D G Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

Kimmo Porkka
Kimmo Porkka University of Helsinki
Tero Aittokallio
Tero Aittokallio University of Helsinki
Satu Mustjoki
Satu Mustjoki University of Helsinki
Anne Kallioniemi
Anne Kallioniemi Tampere University
Johanna Schleutker
Johanna Schleutker Turku University Hospital
Guido Sauter
Guido Sauter Universität Hamburg
Ragnhild A. Lothe
Ragnhild A. Lothe University of Oslo
Anne Lise Børresen-Dale
Anne Lise Børresen-Dale Oslo University Hospital
Jeffrey M. Trent
Jeffrey M. Trent Translational Genomics Research Institute
Sampsa Hautaniemi
Sampsa Hautaniemi University of Helsinki

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