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Hannah Moots
@mootspoints.bsky.social
Archaeology and Ancient DNA 🧬
Mobility in the Iron Age and Roman Mediterranean 🏺
Human-Environment Interactions 🌱
Researcher @cpgsthlm.bsky.social
https://mootspoints.blogspot.com/
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Excited to share that our cross-disciplinary conversation on ancient DNA and mobility is now published in Studies in Late Antiquity doi.org/10.1525/sla.... - and also out as an episode of the Byzantium & Friends podcast youtu.be/PdNeL6ika-k?... 🏺🧬
Human paleogenetics and late antique migration: a cross-discipline discussion
YouTube video by Medievalists
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Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.

📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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📣 Work with us! 📣

The McDonald Institute invites applications for the eighth Renfrew Fellowship in archaeology. Named in honour of the Institute's founding Director, Professor Colin Renfrew.

📅 Closing date: 27 February 2026
👉 More info here: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/renfrew...
Renfrew Fellow (Fixed Term)
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance. The McDonald Institute invites applications for the eighth Renfrew Fellowship in archaeology. Named in honour of
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January 29, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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We are looking for an enthusiast and motivated postdoc to join the Paleogenomics and Evolutionary Biology group at @liigh-unam.bsky.social, to lead a project working with human pre-hispanic samples. Interested candidates send a CV and letter of intent to [email protected]. Please #RT
January 27, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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Researchers in #ScienceAdvances have found the earliest known elephant bone tool in Europe, dating back to 480,000 years ago. https://scim.ag/49Q4brc
The earliest elephant-bone tool from Europe: An unexpected raw material for precision knapping of Acheulean handaxes
Europe’s earliest elephant-bone tool sheds light on 500,000-year-old human innovation and cognitive abilities.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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Check out the latest #digitalreview in @saa-aap.bsky.social of @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org that considers how archaeologists can best engage online, especially with short-form video: doi.org/10.1017/aap....
The Public, the Attention Economy, and Archaeological Social Media | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core
The Public, the Attention Economy, and Archaeological Social Media
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January 21, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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🔔 New paper from the Vet Para lab @sydney.edu.au 🪱
In @commsbio.nature.com, our global analyses of 100+ heartworm genomes uncover the unexpected evolutionary history and population structure of this canine parasite 🧬🌏
Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s420...
Key findings in the 🧵 below 👇
Population genomics reveals an ancient origin of heartworms in canids - Communications Biology
Genomic analyses of heartworms from multiple continents suggest a deeper evolutionary origin in canids than previously recognised, with evidence of both ancient dispersal events and more recent introd...
doi.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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SciLifeLab has opened a call for #postdoc fellows in Data-Driven Life Science. We would be happy to host such fellows!

Get in touch if you are interested in applying with a project on the evolution of humans and domestic animals using ancient and/or modern DNA 🧪🏺

www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...
DDLS Research School Postdoc call 2026
Call for Academic and Industrial Postdoctoral Fellowships in Data-Driven Life Science 2026 Generic Description of the DDLS Postdoc Program The SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Drive...
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January 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Applications are not yet open for the "Racing the Classics" fellowship for next year, but if anyone at #AIASCS2026 #AIASCS who would like to learn more about it, I'm here and, as an associate convener, am eager to talk with folks who are considering applying!
Call for applications for the inaugural Racing the Classics cohort-based fellowship (funded by a major award won by Dan-El Padilla Peralta and Sasha-Mae Eccleston). Mentorship, summer seminar, monthly practicum, stipend/travel, and more www.racingtheclassics.com
RACING THE CLASSICS
Racing the Classics began as a conference series. The summer seminar takes up the mantle of that series by inviting fellows to gather in-person for intensive, sustained conversation.
www.racingtheclassics.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.

Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.

The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.

@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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A new study by @samleggs22.bsky.social, @shakenbeck.bsky.social & Tamsin O'Connell 'Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100'

arch.cam.ac.uk/news/roots-of-medieval-migration-into-england-uncovered-in-new-study
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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Our paper on the first ancient Human betaherpesvirus 6 A/B (HHV-6) genomes is published in Science Advances! 🥳

In collaboration with @virologyhouldcroft.bsky.social @lucyvandorp.bsky.social @lehtisaag.bsky.social @ktambets.bsky.social & other amazing researchers!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA
First ancient HHV-6 genomes reveal 2500 years of phylogenetic continuity and provide insights into the endogenization of HHV-6A.
www.science.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... It's finally out! Meriam Guellil expertly led this project from the first HHV6 detection to the final paper. We found both human herpesviruses 6A and 6B in ancient remains going back 2500 years.
January 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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Thanks to @mythsbaby.bsky.social for a great conversation about my new book "The White Pedestal" on Greco-Roman Antiquity and White Nationalism, both out today! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Conversations: White Ain't Right, How White Supremacy Uses Classics to Defend Bigotry with Curtis Dozier
Podcast Episode · Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean · 01/06/2026 · 1h 26m
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January 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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I'm just delighted to announce our new preprint on genome-scale perturb-seq in CD4+ T cells. We learned both general lessons about the power of perturb-seq, and specific lessons about T cell biology.

Led by amazing postdocs Emma Dann and Ronghui Zhu, with my wonderful collaborator Alex Marson.
January 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Together with @ronghuizhu.bsky.social, we are thrilled to present our new perturb-seq study of 22M primary CD4+ T cells, across donors and timepoints – the result of a decade-long collaboration between the Marson @marsonlab.bsky.social and Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social labs 🧵 tinyurl.com/gwt2025
Genome-scale perturb-seq in primary human CD4+ T cells maps context-specific regulators of T cell programs and human immune traits
Gene regulatory networks encode the fundamental logic of cellular functions, but systematic network mapping remains challenging, especially in cell states relevant to human biology and disease. Here, ...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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UMN Anthro PhD student Jaime Zolik and Prof. Maria Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social were interviewed on Ep. 66 the @anthrobiology.bsky.social podcast about their aDNA research with community partners in Peru. Listen now: anthrobiology.com/episodes/

#umncla #umnproud
January 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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A new year is here and there’s just 10 days to apply for the new #SEA4FUTURE #S4F #postdoc position to work with us on #eDNA and #Sustainability of #Mediterranean #Fisheries (link below!)
🐟 🧬 🦐
Don’t miss out on the opportunity!
@thefsbi.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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JOB ALERT!

3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.

PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January

www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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📢 We're hiring a postdoc (33 months) in human evolutionary genomics / paleogenomics / statistical genetics, Paris 🇫🇷
Project on selection on disease-associated variants, integrating ancient genomes, GWAS, and Ancestral Rec. Graphs.
Start May 2026 (flexible).
Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoc in human evolutionary genetics and bioinformatics (M/F)
Assurez-vous que votre profil candidat soit correctement renseigné avant de postuler
emploi.cnrs.fr
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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#TRAJ Vol. 8 is complete!

Feat. 5 research articles, 13 book reviews & an incisive editorial from our @uclarchaeology.bsky.social guest editors Isabel Annal & Sian Therese.

👀 Women in Etruria
Roman Carmarthen in Wales
Analogies in Roman Frontier Arch

& more!

traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
December 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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So proud of @trowelblazers.bsky.social! This week, the four of us received the TAG Award for Outstanding Contribution to Archaeological Theory for all TrowelBlazers has done over the past 12 years @lemoustier.bsky.social @toriherridge.bsky.social @brennawalks.bsky.social @tag2025york.bsky.social and
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Happy to share our new paper on retroviruses in amphibians - a labour of love for our team @unswbabs.bsky.social with Prof. Peter White.

We explore 102 amphibian species to understand what type of retroviruses infect them and their evolution, highlights below 🧵

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Transcriptome mining reveals diversity and evolution of circulating and endogenous amphibian retroviruses - Retrovirology
Background The evolutionary history of retroviruses and their impact on vertebrate evolution remains poorly understood, particularly in non-mammalian hosts. In this study, we explore retroviruses asso...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Grateful to share our paper on gene-specific selective sweeps in human gut microbiomes, now out in Nature! It has been a joy to work with @rwolff.bsky.social, whose insights and hard work made this possible.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Gene-specific selective sweeps are pervasive across human gut microbiomes - Nature
Development and application of the integrated linkage disequilibrium score (iLDS) reveals both selective pressures impacting the human gut microbiome and the mechanisms by which gut bacteria adapt to ...
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Experience in #archaeological #proteomics?
Interested in #Roman economy / organic artefacts?
Background in data analysis for #ZooMS?

Then apply for a 3-year RA post working to join PELLIS project with the wonderful @gtaylortu.bsky.social to investigate Roman leather economy

Apply by 12/01/2026
T: 01642 342201 E: [email protected]
tuwpapps.tees.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM