A study co-first-authored by Vuoristo S, published in Nature Cell Biology, in 2016, was elected as People's choice for breakthrough of the year 2016. The election is organised yearly by the Science magazine.

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The study co-first-authored by Shahbazi MN, Jedrusik A, and Vuoristo S, "Self-organization of the human embryo in the absence of maternal tissues" published in Nature Cell Biology, in 2016, was nominated as Science magazine’s “Breakthrough of the year 2016” and elected as “People’s Choice for Breakthrough of the Year 2016.