Mari Toppinen
maritoppinen.bsky.social
Mari Toppinen
@maritoppinen.bsky.social
🎩 Academy Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki, department of #forensic #medicine Ph.D in #virology

📍 Helsinki, Finland

♥️ 🔬 #science 🌱 #nature 🦴 #bones 🧬 #dna
Reposted by Mari Toppinen
A 100 years ago, Nature published a landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus; it put the African continent at the centre of the story of humanity

In our editorial this week, we look back to 1925

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@nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Out of Africa: celebrating 100 years of human-origins research
A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the centre of the story of humanity.
www.nature.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Reposted by Mari Toppinen
Scientists, given more time and flexibility, often stumble upon unexpected discoveries—like Alexander Fleming, who saw a mould had killed the bacteria he was growing, paving the way for antibiotics.

Recent study analysed such findings—more of them than you'd expect.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
February 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Reposted by Mari Toppinen
There is currently significant respiratory virus activity in the EU/EEA, with both #influenza and #RSV epidemics ongoing.

#Vaccination campaigns against respiratory pathogens continue in many EU/EEA countries, and people who are eligible for vaccination are encouraged to get vaccinated.

erviss.org
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Glad to be part of this; great collaboration! 🧬
#pipeline #dna #sequencing #virus
Do you want to see a cool comparison of computational methods for reconstruction of human viral genomes?

Check our latest preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

#Bioinformatics
#Viruses
January 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM