Ballerina 💃 postdoctoral researcher in Paleo(meta)genomics and Evolutionary Dynamics of Infectious Diseases at Institut Pasteur, Paris- ancient bugs | infectious diseases and microbiome☠️🔍
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Maria Lopopolo
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Overview study on Mycobacterium lepromatosis--the "new" species of leprosy-- by @marialopopolo.bsky.social Charlotte Avanzi, & @nrascovan.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... Important observations on the clinical implications of these historical findings. #OneHealth #histmed #aDNA
Thanks to @mireniraorb.bsky.social for the invaluable training in archaeological sampling and aDNA processing. This work would have not possible without you ❤️
Congratulations to my former lab at @pasteuredu.bsky.social @nrascovan.bsky.social lead authors @ramiro-arqueo.bsky.social and #pierreLuisi and last but not least thanks @bitesizedna.bsky.social for hosting me at Copenhagen Uni for hours of drilling, extractions, and preps! 👩🔬
I am still wrapping my head around the amazing week that I had first at our @spaam-community.bsky.social conference #SPAAM7 followed by 3 days of @isba11.bsky.social in Torino.
A conference that ended with a prestigious award. I am very grateful and honoured @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
Leprosy: the disease that struck the Americas twice.
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🧬 Two pathogens, one disease.
Leprosy cannot be understood as a single-pathogen disease.
Understanding this duality is critical for modern case detection, surveillance, and long-term control strategies.
A commentary with @nrascovan.bsky.social and @avanzich.bsky.social
#Leprosy #OneHealth #aDNA
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I had a great time at the JIHS in Tokyo yesterday, presenting my work on pre-colonial M. lepromatosis-leprosy in the Americas followed by great discussions on leprosy. Thank you so much for hosting me!
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Leprosy affected indigenous peoples across the Americas long before the first Europeans arrived. New genetic research reveals that leprosy was present millennia before Christopher Columbus crossed...
