Johanna Muurinen
@jmuurine.bsky.social
Research interests: Microbial archeology + the links between environmental resistome and superbugs in agriculture. Scientist at the University of Helsinki & chairperson of One Health Finland ry. She/her
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The abstract deadline for Nordic AMR Conference 2026 has been extended. Also see the list of keynote speakers.
More information at www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...
More information at www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The abstract deadline for Nordic AMR Conference 2026 has been extended. Also see the list of keynote speakers.
More information at www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...
More information at www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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What a week! 🎉 Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference — so well organized and full of great science.
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What a week! 🎉 Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference — so well organized and full of great science.
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A huge thanks to all the amazing speakers and participants at #SPAAM7 yesterday 🧬🙌
The sessions were full of inspiring talks and great discussions!✨
The sessions were full of inspiring talks and great discussions!✨
August 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A huge thanks to all the amazing speakers and participants at #SPAAM7 yesterday 🧬🙌
The sessions were full of inspiring talks and great discussions!✨
The sessions were full of inspiring talks and great discussions!✨
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Yesterday I discovered that ChatGPT's PhD-level expertise didn't extend to bird anatomy. This morning I thought, perhaps I was being too hard on the half-trillion-dollar company. Birds are a little weird, anatomically speaking. Let's try something more familiar. A mammal. Behold.
August 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Yesterday I discovered that ChatGPT's PhD-level expertise didn't extend to bird anatomy. This morning I thought, perhaps I was being too hard on the half-trillion-dollar company. Birds are a little weird, anatomically speaking. Let's try something more familiar. A mammal. Behold.
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Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science
@ggronvall.bsky.social explains how in recent weeks, the Trump administration—including NIH Director Bhattacharya—has rationalized the defunding of scientific research by citing COVID-19's lab leak theory.
@ggronvall.bsky.social explains how in recent weeks, the Trump administration—including NIH Director Bhattacharya—has rationalized the defunding of scientific research by citing COVID-19's lab leak theory.
Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science | Think Global Health
Defunding scientific research in the United States has halted disease cure studies amid multiple infectious crises
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science
@ggronvall.bsky.social explains how in recent weeks, the Trump administration—including NIH Director Bhattacharya—has rationalized the defunding of scientific research by citing COVID-19's lab leak theory.
@ggronvall.bsky.social explains how in recent weeks, the Trump administration—including NIH Director Bhattacharya—has rationalized the defunding of scientific research by citing COVID-19's lab leak theory.
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Did leprosy exist in the Americas before European invasion? Our lab #aDNA study at @institutpasteur.bsky.social supervised by @nrascovan.bsky.social in collab with @avanzich.bsky.social (CSU) finds M.lepromatosis in pre-colonial Ancestors from North and South America www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Pre-European contact leprosy in the Americas and its current persistence
Leprosy, primarily caused by Mycobacterium leprae, is considered a disease introduced into the Americas during European colonization. However, the recent discovery of a second pathogen causing leprosy...
www.science.org
May 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Did leprosy exist in the Americas before European invasion? Our lab #aDNA study at @institutpasteur.bsky.social supervised by @nrascovan.bsky.social in collab with @avanzich.bsky.social (CSU) finds M.lepromatosis in pre-colonial Ancestors from North and South America www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Describe your work in one gif
May 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Describe your work in one gif
Did you know that the female #microbiome is unique in many ways, and antibiotic resistance in the gut microbiome varies between genders? See npj Biofilms and Microbiomes special issue, Women and their microbes, to learn more! www.nature.com/collections/...
Women and their microbes
This collection invites research on all aspects of women’s health involving the microbiome from different body sites and its interplay with fertility, ...
www.nature.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Here’s the thing about suggesting “cooking classes” as an alternative to insulin for diabetics.
It’s ignorant. It’s ableist. It’s eugenicist. We know all of this.
It’s also incredibly privileged.
It assumes that healthy eating is accessible to everyone & that not doing it is a choice 🧵
It’s ignorant. It’s ableist. It’s eugenicist. We know all of this.
It’s also incredibly privileged.
It assumes that healthy eating is accessible to everyone & that not doing it is a choice 🧵
May 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Here’s the thing about suggesting “cooking classes” as an alternative to insulin for diabetics.
It’s ignorant. It’s ableist. It’s eugenicist. We know all of this.
It’s also incredibly privileged.
It assumes that healthy eating is accessible to everyone & that not doing it is a choice 🧵
It’s ignorant. It’s ableist. It’s eugenicist. We know all of this.
It’s also incredibly privileged.
It assumes that healthy eating is accessible to everyone & that not doing it is a choice 🧵
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Suomen Kauppakamari on erikoisessa asemassa: ei viranomainen, mutta sillä on lakisääteisiä tehtäviä, kuten kauppatodistusten ja alkuperätodistusten myöntäminen. Näihin asioihin tulee myös valtion rahoitusta – eli meidän verorahoja.
💸🤔 1/8
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May 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Suomen Kauppakamari on erikoisessa asemassa: ei viranomainen, mutta sillä on lakisääteisiä tehtäviä, kuten kauppatodistusten ja alkuperätodistusten myöntäminen. Näihin asioihin tulee myös valtion rahoitusta – eli meidän verorahoja.
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Sture-setä on taas reilu jätkä. Napannut kuvakaappuksen mun face-päivityksestä ja jakanut Twitteriin. Sieltähän sitten kaikki röllit löysi tiensä mun faceen.
Jep, oon facessa mun päivitykset on olleet pääosin julkisia. Eipä ole enää. Lähdin Twitteristä, kun halusin eroon noista.
Jep, oon facessa mun päivitykset on olleet pääosin julkisia. Eipä ole enää. Lähdin Twitteristä, kun halusin eroon noista.
May 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Sture-setä on taas reilu jätkä. Napannut kuvakaappuksen mun face-päivityksestä ja jakanut Twitteriin. Sieltähän sitten kaikki röllit löysi tiensä mun faceen.
Jep, oon facessa mun päivitykset on olleet pääosin julkisia. Eipä ole enää. Lähdin Twitteristä, kun halusin eroon noista.
Jep, oon facessa mun päivitykset on olleet pääosin julkisia. Eipä ole enää. Lähdin Twitteristä, kun halusin eroon noista.
Todella mielenkiintoinen juttu. Ja Onnistuu myös mielestäni hienosti selittämään kestävyyden taloudellisen ulottuvuuden viimeisessä osassa. www.hs.fi/visio/art-20...
HS Visio | Nälkämaan ihme: Suomen surkein kolkka jättää nyt kaikki muut taakseen, eikä sen pitäisi olla mahdollista
Kainuun talous on kasvanut huimaa vauhtia, ja ihmeet ovat seuranneet toisiaan. HS meni katsomaan, mitä kuilun partaalla käyneessä maakunnassa oikein tapahtuu.
www.hs.fi
April 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Todella mielenkiintoinen juttu. Ja Onnistuu myös mielestäni hienosti selittämään kestävyyden taloudellisen ulottuvuuden viimeisessä osassa. www.hs.fi/visio/art-20...
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It's time for MEGA: let's make Europe great again! The Nazis & Operation Paperclip crippled European science & culture. Now the US is conducting its own purge. The EU should invest billions into academia, set up new programmes and research centres. Should have done this before Brexit already.
March 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It's time for MEGA: let's make Europe great again! The Nazis & Operation Paperclip crippled European science & culture. Now the US is conducting its own purge. The EU should invest billions into academia, set up new programmes and research centres. Should have done this before Brexit already.
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Are you a professor or assistant professor level researcher in the US or elsewhere outside of Finland? Looking for new opportunities in an inspiring and well-connected research environment? Finland might be just the place for you.
Reach out to Finnish universities to explore what’s possible.
Reach out to Finnish universities to explore what’s possible.
Finland invests in research excellence – new funding call by Research Council of Finland to support recruitment of international talents
The Research Council of Finland (RCF) has launched a funding call to improve universities’ ability to recruit international experts to Finland. In line with the RCF’s strategy, the call wi...
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April 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Are you a professor or assistant professor level researcher in the US or elsewhere outside of Finland? Looking for new opportunities in an inspiring and well-connected research environment? Finland might be just the place for you.
Reach out to Finnish universities to explore what’s possible.
Reach out to Finnish universities to explore what’s possible.
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To wrap this already long thread up, a reminder: now that Europe has to rearm, we really, really need to remember these lessons of the past.
Finland wasn’t the only country to understand that strong defence requires a strong society.
But our current crop of politicians seem to have forgotten it.
Finland wasn’t the only country to understand that strong defence requires a strong society.
But our current crop of politicians seem to have forgotten it.
March 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
To wrap this already long thread up, a reminder: now that Europe has to rearm, we really, really need to remember these lessons of the past.
Finland wasn’t the only country to understand that strong defence requires a strong society.
But our current crop of politicians seem to have forgotten it.
Finland wasn’t the only country to understand that strong defence requires a strong society.
But our current crop of politicians seem to have forgotten it.
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🦠🧫🖥🧬🧪🔬
Every metagenomic paper without experimental design:
Every metagenomic paper without experimental design:
March 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🦠🧫🖥🧬🧪🔬
Every metagenomic paper without experimental design:
Every metagenomic paper without experimental design:
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Jo melkein puolet suomalaisista uskoo Yleisradion olevan politisoitunut uutislähde.
Kymmenen vuotta disinformaatiota ja oikeistopopulismia on vetänyt Suomea syvälle suohon.
Trumpin Amerikan meininki saadaan tännekin, jos oikeisto ei lakkaa uskomasta tyhmään paskapuheeseen.
Kymmenen vuotta disinformaatiota ja oikeistopopulismia on vetänyt Suomea syvälle suohon.
Trumpin Amerikan meininki saadaan tännekin, jos oikeisto ei lakkaa uskomasta tyhmään paskapuheeseen.
March 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Jo melkein puolet suomalaisista uskoo Yleisradion olevan politisoitunut uutislähde.
Kymmenen vuotta disinformaatiota ja oikeistopopulismia on vetänyt Suomea syvälle suohon.
Trumpin Amerikan meininki saadaan tännekin, jos oikeisto ei lakkaa uskomasta tyhmään paskapuheeseen.
Kymmenen vuotta disinformaatiota ja oikeistopopulismia on vetänyt Suomea syvälle suohon.
Trumpin Amerikan meininki saadaan tännekin, jos oikeisto ei lakkaa uskomasta tyhmään paskapuheeseen.
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American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
March 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
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What is to be done? Support scientific institutions, join scientific societies, support scientific journals that use rigorous peer review, write on bsky/blogs/traditional media, delete your X account, educate people on the risks of AI as an information source, avoid use of AI in scientific writing
March 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What is to be done? Support scientific institutions, join scientific societies, support scientific journals that use rigorous peer review, write on bsky/blogs/traditional media, delete your X account, educate people on the risks of AI as an information source, avoid use of AI in scientific writing
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In short time the science denial work will all be AI generated, and the volume will increase 10x. Or 100x. And will be preferentially amplified. And it will sound much more convincing, and real, to a lot of folks. And it'd be an absolute complete waste of your time to argue with. And you'd lose.
March 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In short time the science denial work will all be AI generated, and the volume will increase 10x. Or 100x. And will be preferentially amplified. And it will sound much more convincing, and real, to a lot of folks. And it'd be an absolute complete waste of your time to argue with. And you'd lose.
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Climate change deniers used grok to generate a fake paper that they promptly published in a fake journal. It'll have >1 million views on X in under 24 hours.
It's not just an example of bad things on X. There are a lot of those. But it also shows that sci comm there is meaningless and futile
It's not just an example of bad things on X. There are a lot of those. But it also shows that sci comm there is meaningless and futile
March 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Climate change deniers used grok to generate a fake paper that they promptly published in a fake journal. It'll have >1 million views on X in under 24 hours.
It's not just an example of bad things on X. There are a lot of those. But it also shows that sci comm there is meaningless and futile
It's not just an example of bad things on X. There are a lot of those. But it also shows that sci comm there is meaningless and futile
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One week left to apply for this BBSRC funded PhD position in the Duncan lab, cosupervised by @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social and @ruamicro.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Antibiotics from the abyss – assessing the impact of deep-sea mining on biodiscovery at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Antibiotics from the abyss – assessing the impact of deep-sea mining on biodiscovery at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
One week left to apply for this BBSRC funded PhD position in the Duncan lab, cosupervised by @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social and @ruamicro.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...