Benjamin Miller
@genomemiller.bsky.social
PhD student at University at Buffalo studying the Younger Dryas through ancient DNA and bioinformatics. Big fan of paleoproteomics, stable isotopes, and other ancient biomolecules. I also take pictures, make music, and play rugby really badly. 🧬
Had an awesome time today presenting the paper that got me into ancient DNA as my critical review of the field to my committee!! #PhDSky
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Had an awesome time today presenting the paper that got me into ancient DNA as my critical review of the field to my committee!! #PhDSky
It's seminar day! Can't wait to present the #AncientDNA paper that started it all for me back as an anthropology undergrad. #PhDSky
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It's seminar day! Can't wait to present the #AncientDNA paper that started it all for me back as an anthropology undergrad. #PhDSky
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Please be sure to check your kid's candy VERY carefully.
I just found an unbalanced centrifuge in a Snickers bar.
🍬☠️💥
I just found an unbalanced centrifuge in a Snickers bar.
🍬☠️💥
October 31, 2023 at 4:53 PM
Please be sure to check your kid's candy VERY carefully.
I just found an unbalanced centrifuge in a Snickers bar.
🍬☠️💥
I just found an unbalanced centrifuge in a Snickers bar.
🍬☠️💥
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And no gene editing
Blue iguana climbs back from the brink. Grand Cayman’s blue iguana, once down to fewer than 25 individuals, now numbers more than 1,000 in the wild. Captive breeding, habitat restoration and community engagement reversed what was nearly a Caribbean extinction. CNN buff.ly/GKiJpcz
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
The ‘blue dragon’ is back from the brink | CNN
Habitat loss and invasive cats and dogs pushed blue iguanas to the brink of extinction. Now, thanks to ongoing conservation efforts, populations are on the rise.
buff.ly
September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
And no gene editing
Another day another DNA
August 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Another day another DNA
I love working in the lab when nobody is here
August 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I love working in the lab when nobody is here
Amazing how much more writing I get done if I go the gym in the workday
June 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Amazing how much more writing I get done if I go the gym in the workday
Worked from 9pm last night until noon today fixing a messed up script that I inherited and then my supervisor texted me and said she got a new version of the code 😢
June 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Worked from 9pm last night until noon today fixing a messed up script that I inherited and then my supervisor texted me and said she got a new version of the code 😢
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Dragon Man was a Denisovan! DNA and proteins both confirm it, giving this mysterious human lineage a face at long last. Here’s my story. [Gift link] nyti.ms/44nQq1i
June 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Dragon Man was a Denisovan! DNA and proteins both confirm it, giving this mysterious human lineage a face at long last. Here’s my story. [Gift link] nyti.ms/44nQq1i
Thinking of following the brain drain to China
June 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Thinking of following the brain drain to China
As a grad student a genuine highlight of my day is going to another student's defense. Like wow you made it!!!!
June 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
As a grad student a genuine highlight of my day is going to another student's defense. Like wow you made it!!!!
Look, PAMPA, I'm pretty sure this Bering Sea animal is not the Yangtze river dolphin.
Paleoproteomics mystery...I remove taxa from the database and they still appear in the results.
June 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Look, PAMPA, I'm pretty sure this Bering Sea animal is not the Yangtze river dolphin.
What stage of writing is it when the manuscript haunts you
June 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
What stage of writing is it when the manuscript haunts you
Paleoproteomics mystery...I remove taxa from the database and they still appear in the results.
June 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Paleoproteomics mystery...I remove taxa from the database and they still appear in the results.
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Hello,
Our paper on enamel proteins from Paranthropus robustus has finally been peer reviewed, please have a read here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Paranthropus robustus has been puzzling scientists since its discovery in 1938 in South Africa, where a high number of fossils have been found.
Our paper on enamel proteins from Paranthropus robustus has finally been peer reviewed, please have a read here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Paranthropus robustus has been puzzling scientists since its discovery in 1938 in South Africa, where a high number of fossils have been found.
Enamel proteins reveal biological sex and genetic variability in southern African Paranthropus
Paranthropus robustus is a morphologically well-documented Early Pleistocene hominin species from southern Africa with no genetic evidence reported so far. In this work, we describe the mass spectrome...
doi.org
May 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hello,
Our paper on enamel proteins from Paranthropus robustus has finally been peer reviewed, please have a read here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Paranthropus robustus has been puzzling scientists since its discovery in 1938 in South Africa, where a high number of fossils have been found.
Our paper on enamel proteins from Paranthropus robustus has finally been peer reviewed, please have a read here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Paranthropus robustus has been puzzling scientists since its discovery in 1938 in South Africa, where a high number of fossils have been found.
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The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
May 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
Very cool paper about ancient humans (probably) getting high www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Metabolic profiling reveals first evidence of fumigating drug plant Peganum harmala in Iron Age Arabia - Communications Biology
Metabolic profiling of Iron Age residues from the oasis of Qurayyah, Northwest Arabia, reveals the earliest material evidence for the fumigation of the drug plant Peganum harmala, used in domestic con...
www.nature.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Very cool paper about ancient humans (probably) getting high www.nature.com/articles/s42...
This might possibly be the most online thing I've ever said but installing Discord updates on Linux is the most annoying thing about this OS
May 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This might possibly be the most online thing I've ever said but installing Discord updates on Linux is the most annoying thing about this OS
Late Paleolithic whale bone tools reveal human and whale ecology in the Bay of Biscay www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Late Paleolithic whale bone tools reveal human and whale ecology in the Bay of Biscay - Nature Communications
Here the authors apply ZooMS, radiocarbon, and stable isotope analyses to whale bones from the Bay of Biscay. They find that humans were utilizing the remains of at least five species of whales from 20,000 years ago, and that those whale communities may have resembled today’s arctic waters.
www.nature.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Resources for learning #Tableau? #academicsky
May 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Resources for learning #Tableau? #academicsky
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The biggest evidence I have for classroom performance != skill is that I got a B in my bioinformatics class despite a near perfect score on my final project hap-mapping Neanderthal mitogenomes. UGH!
May 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The biggest evidence I have for classroom performance != skill is that I got a B in my bioinformatics class despite a near perfect score on my final project hap-mapping Neanderthal mitogenomes. UGH!