Teemu Smura
University of Helsinki
135 Papers
489 Citations
Teemu Smura is an academic researcher from University of Helsinki. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Virus. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 96 publications. Previous affiliations of Teemu Smura include National Institutes of Health & Helsinki University Central Hospital.
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Papers
Novel NGS pipeline for virus discovery from a wide spectrum of hosts and sample types
Ilya Plyusnin,Ravi Kant,Anne J. Jääskeläinen,Tarja Sironen,Liisa Holm,Olli Vapalahti,Teemu Smura +6 more
TL;DR: A novel bioinformatics pipeline called LAZYPIPE is presented for identifying both previously known and novel viruses in host associated or environmental samples and give examples of virus discovery based on it.
HAVoC, a bioinformatic pipeline for reference-based consensus assembly and lineage assignment for SARS-CoV-2 sequences.
TL;DR: HavoC as mentioned in this paper is a pipeline utilizing several bioinformatic tools to perform multiple necessary analyses for investigating genetic variance among SARS-CoV-2 samples, which is particularly useful for those who need a more accessible and fast tool to detect and monitor the spread of SARS CoV2 variants of concern during local outbreaks.
Range Expansion of Bombali Virus in Mops condylurus Bats, Kenya, 2019.
Lauri Kareinen,Joseph Ogola,Ilkka Kivistö,Teemu Smura,Kirsi Aaltonen,Anne J. Jääskeläinen,Sospeter Kibiwot,Moses Masika,P N Nyaga,Dufton Mwaengo,Omu Anzala,Olli Vapalahti,Paul W. Webala,Kristian M. Forbes,Tarja Sironen +14 more
TL;DR: Previously identified only in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and southeastern Kenya, Bombali virus–infected Mops condylurus bats were recently found»750 km away in western Kenya, and this finding supports the role of M. condylurs bats as hosts and the potential forBombali virus circulation across the bats’ range in sub-Saharan Africa.
Optimized Sindbis Virus RNA Detection Using Novel RT-qPCR: Isolation and Characterization of Sindbis Virus from a Patient Sample.
Eveliina Ekström,Katariina Kaansalo,Phuoc Truong Nguyen,Maija Suvanto,O. Vapalahti,Hannimari Kallio-Kokko,Essi M. Korhonen,Hanna Vauhkonen,Teemu Smura,Eili Huhtamo,Anne J. Jääskeläinen +10 more
Recent Zika Virus Isolates Induce Premature Differentiation of Neural Progenitors in Human Brain Organoids
Elke Gabriel,Anand Ramani,Ulrike Karow,Marco Gottardo,Karthick Natarajan,Li Ming Gooi,Gladiola Goranci-Buzhala,Oleg Krut,Franziska Peters,Milos Nikolic,Suvi Kuivanen,Essi M. Korhonen,Teemu Smura,Olli Vapalahti,Argyris Papantonis,Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit,Maria Giovanna Riparbelli,Giuliano Callaini,Martin Krönke,Olaf Utermöhlen,Jay Gopalakrishnan +20 more
TL;DR: Two recently isolated strains of ZIKV, an American strain from an infected fetal brain and a closely-related Asian strain, productively infect human iPSC-derived brain organoids, showing the structural changes seen after infection closely resemble those seen in ZikV-associated microcephaly.