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• Mari Toppinen received the prestigious Academy Research Fellowship from Research Council of Finland

https://tiedejatutkimus.fi/fi/results/funding/81172

• Evelyn Guevara received a grant from the Otto A. Malm foundation and from the Finish Foundation for Research on Viral Diseases

https://en.ottomalm.fi/stipends-granted-2021

• Two of our members, Antti Sajantila and Evelyn Guevara, have contributed to a publication lead by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology @MPI_EVA_Leipzig

The article is titled "Ancient Plasmodium genomes shed light on the history of human malaria" and can be found here:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07546-2

A snapshot of this work is provided also in these press releases:

In English by MPI-EVA: https://www.mpg.de/22044169/0607-evan-ancient-genomes-reveal-origin-and-spread-of-malaria-150495-x

In German by MPI-EVA: https://www.mpg.de/22046919/0607-evan-verbreitungsgeschichte-der-malaria-150495-x

In Finnish by the University of Helsinki: https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/70320093/muinaisen-malarian-geenit-kertovat-kuinka-pelatty-tauti-levisi?publisherId=3747&lang=fi

• At the University of Helsinki website – A hidden viral world within us: what is the impact on our health? 

https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/one-health/hidden-viral-world-within-us-what-impact-our-health

• Sakari Alhopuro Foundation awarded a grant for Matti Heino for the project investigating temperature adaptation of mitochondrial genome

https://www.sakarialhopuronsaatio.fi/en/grants/awarded-grants.html

• The research on the population history of the Saimaa ringed seal by Matti Heino and collaborators was widely covered in the Finnish media:

https://yle.fi/a/74-20014137

https://yle.fi/a/74-20014443

https://www.hs.fi/tiede/art-2000009343926.html

• Finnish cultural foundation 17th Feb 2023- Ancient DNA samples can equip us for the future

https://skr.fi/en/whats-new/ancient-dna-samples-can-equip-us-future

• Kulttuuri - Leväluhta graveyard research continues