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Luke E Holman @lukeeholman.bsky.social · Jul 10

My amazing co-guest editors @ruththurstan.bsky.social @kbohmann.bsky.social @mikkelwp.bsky.social @tangeolsen.bsky.social & non-Bskyers Ol Craig, David Orton, James Scourse and I found only enthusiasm and interest from our networks - the amazing research rolled in!

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Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social · Jul 10

How have we impacted the seas around us? and for how long? This series of papers use a wide array of multidisciplinary approaches to address these questions. Super proud to be part of this special issue.!!

Giulia Zampirolo @giuliazamp93.bsky.social · Jul 10

As part of the Royal Society’s theme issue Shifting Seas: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
@royalsociety.org @lukeeholman.bsky.social @mikkelwp.bsky.social @kbohmann.bsky.social

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1930

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Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social · May 16

@elektronista.dk jeg tror du må have tagget den forkerte her!?

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ISBA11 Turin @isba11.bsky.social · May 5

🚨The early bird deadline is ending May 7th! 🚨
Spread the word, and make sure to register now to benefit from the reduced rate!

isba11.com/registration

#archaeology #biomoleculararchaeology #ISBA11 #archaeologists

@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social

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Thomaz Pinotti @tpinotti.bsky.social · May 5

Excited to share our study on and with Picuris Pueblo! It’s a true honor to have worked alongside the community. Combining oral history and genomics, we show a long-standing continuity in the US Southwest and challenge ideas of pre-Columbian population collapse.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Picuris Pueblo oral history and genomics reveal continuity in US Southwest - Nature

A collaborative study initiated by the sovereign nation of Picuris Pueblo in the Northern Rio Grande region of New Mexico addresses gaps in traditional knowledge and furthers understanding of their po...

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · May 2

🔬 As of April 29, the @canadianbiogenome.bsky.social has assembled 167 high-quality reference genomes — and counting! 🧬 Explore the live sequencing progress and learn how this national effort is helping decode Canada’s biodiversity: earthbiogenome.ca/status.mhtml

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · Apr 30

The extended deadline for abstract submission for the next #ICAZ working group meeting on #Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics and Morphometrics (AGPM) is Friday, 16th of May.

You have just over two weeks!

sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · Apr 25

De Cashan et al. utilize 37 historic and 25 modern koala genomes to show a clear decline in genome-wide heterozygosity over time, and loss of mitochondrial haplotypes. This loss of genetic diversity may compromise the species' resilience.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molb...

#evobio #koala #extinction

Road to Extinction? Past and Present Population Structure and Genomic Diversity in the Koala

Abstract. Koalas are arboreal herbivorous marsupials, endemic to Australia. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the number of koalas declined dramatical

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Welker Group @welkergroup.bsky.social · Apr 24

This study was a great collaboration of a team from both Denmark and Tajikistan - huge thanks to all coauthors, including @zandraselina.bsky.social, @vvillaislas.bsky.social, @jespervolsen.bsky.social, @mikkelwp.bsky.social and @fridowelker.bsky.social 🎉

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Amanda Lindahl @amandalindahl.bsky.social · Mar 19

I am happy to share that our review has now been published in @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social!🎉

@indianadiez.bsky.social @lovedalen.bsky.social @palaeopete.bsky.social Laura Epp @sanneboessenkool.bsky.social @mikkelwp.bsky.social @selinabrace.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Palaeogenomic inference of biodiversity dynamics across Quaternary timescales - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

This Review explores the utility of palaeogenomics for exploring past biodiversity trends and ecosystem responses to a changing world, including natural climate cycles and increasing human activity.

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David Díez del Molino 🇪🇸🇸🇪🏳️‍🌈 @indianadiez.bsky.social · Mar 19

Our new paper in @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social reviewing the use of aDNA data in biodiversity research is out 🎉

@amandalindahl.bsky.social LauraEpp @selinabrace.bsky.social @sanneboessenkool.bsky.social @mikkelwp.bsky.social @palaeopete.bsky.social @lovedalen.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Feb 26

Meanwhile, 150,000 years ago: hunter-gatherers thrived in rain forests, once considered too harsh for early Homo sapiens to survive. Here's my story [Gift link] nyti.ms/3EThoDL 🧪

Early Humans Thrived in Rainforests (Gift Article)

The discovery clashes with the traditional image of humans evolving on the savannas of East Africa.

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Luke E Holman @lukeeholman.bsky.social · Feb 21

🙌 Thanks to amazing co-authors @kbohmann.bsky.social sky.social, @mikkelwp.bsky.social @seachange-erc.bsky.social, many others not on 💙☁️, & our funders @erc.europa.eu.

Dive into the full study here: doi.org/10.1111/1755...

Lots more detail in the supplements!

Navigating Past Oceans: Comparing Metabarcoding and Metagenomics of Marine Ancient Sediment Environmental DNA

The condition of ancient marine ecosystems provides context for contemporary biodiversity changes in human-impacted oceans. Sequencing sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) is an emerging method for gene...

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Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social · Dec 18

Congratulations Shyam!

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Shyam Ravishankar @shyama-mama.bsky.social · Dec 18

Very excited to share the first paper from my PhD thesis. It was a pleasure to work with such amazing people. Check out the thread and paper below. Keen to hear your thoughts.

Bastien Llamas @dnatimetravel.bsky.social · Dec 17

Congrats to @shyama-mama.bsky.social for his first first-author PhD paper! 🥳

Very keen to hear what #aDNA researchers think of the approach...

The method is relevant for #aDNA sequencing data from eukaryotic organisms, which are typically heavily contaminated by exogenous sources of DNA. 🧵1/n

Matthew Williams @mp-williams.bsky.social · Dec 16

Filtering out the noise to get that sweet #aDNA signal! @smiao.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social 👏🏾 academic.oup.com/bib/article/...

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Andrew Curry @spoke32.bsky.social · Dec 10

new @science.org bio just dropped www.science.org/content/auth...

Andrew Curry

Contributing Correspondent Andrew Curry reports on archaeology, anthropology, and other topics for the magazine from his home in Berlin. In an extensive freelancing career, he has written for publicat...

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Anders Bergström @anders-bergstrom.bsky.social · Dec 10

In this comment piece with James Fellows Yates and Christina Warinner (@christinawarinner.bsky.social), we highlight the mounting problems with data archiving and metadata reporting in ancient DNA research. The field cannot afford to keep neglecting this issue.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Ancient DNA data hold insights into past organisms and ecosystems — handle them with more care

DNA recovered from ancient remains is transforming our understanding of organisms and ecosystems from tens, thousands and even millions of years ago – but the growing volume of data must be better pre...

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Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social · Dec 11

I think we all should take time this morning to read through this peace, get your coffee!! This is important.

Christina Warinner @christinawarinner.bsky.social · Dec 10

Check out our new commentary on strategies for improving ancient DNA data archiving! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social · Nov 26

@alexanderholm.bsky.social i would claim that you nailed it today! Really interesting, inspiring and good summary on how/what it takes to influence the societal debate using scientific based arguments.

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Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social · Nov 26

@palaeopete.bsky.social @ericcapo12.bsky.social #sedaDNA #bioinformatics

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Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social · Nov 26

The 3rd Ancient Environmental Genomics PhD course (2025) is now open for registration. This has been a true pleasure to teach (and hard work) both times. Come join us and have a week of in-depth hands-on work with ancient metagenomic data and the latest analysis tools. phdcourses.dk/Course/124659

PhD course on Ancient Environmental Genomics - PhD courses in Denmark

Phdcourses.dk is a national database for PhD-courses offered from the universities in Denmark.

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Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social · Nov 26

2nd day of Globe institutes PhD retreat. @alexanderholm.bsky.social is giving his take on the importance of Science for society.! #PhDlife #Science #Debate

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Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social · Nov 25

The #Globe_institute PhD retreat kicks off this morning. 2-day workshop/retreat talking and discussing #PhDlife and interaction with the institutes PhD supervisors.

PhD student and supervisors sitting around tables.

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Nicholas Per Huffeldt @nphuffeldt.bsky.social · Nov 24

Linking GitHub and Zenodo is new to me, but seems very useful in the current publishing landscape requiring open data and code 🧪

Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · Nov 24

Assign a permanent #DOI to your data and code

conservationbytes.com/2021/11/02/w...

@github.com #github #zenodo

Want a permanent DOI assigned to your data and code? Follow this simple recipe

These days with data and code often required to be designated as open-source, licenced, and fully trackable for most manuscript submissions to a peer-reviewed journal, it’s easy to get lost i…

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Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social · Nov 21

I love this new open sky, already!! 2nd day here and so many interesting people, friends and content here already! Don’t think I will miss my x!

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