Paleogenomics - María Ávila Arcos
@paleogenomics.bsky.social
Mom. Scientist. Ancient DNA, genetic ancestry, Afrodescendants. Mexico. PI.
She/her/hers RT!=endorsement
She/her/hers RT!=endorsement
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From @wormsense.bsky.social in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Ten simple rules for maximizing summer research experiences for students, mentors, & research groups | ❤️ Rule 1: A great short-term project is like a great short film | #Education #PLOSCBTSR 🧪🔓
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Ten simple rules for maximizing summer research experiences for students, mentors, and research groups
Whether hosted by colleges, universities, stand-alone research institutions, federal research labs, or private companies, immersive summer (6–12 weeks) research experiences build students’ confidence ...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
From @wormsense.bsky.social in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Ten simple rules for maximizing summer research experiences for students, mentors, & research groups | ❤️ Rule 1: A great short-term project is like a great short film | #Education #PLOSCBTSR 🧪🔓
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En route to Dublin after two wonderful days of meetings and back-to-back seminars in Vienna #Heasseminar and at MPI Leipzig. Thanks @peregx9.bsky.social and @jennytung.bsky.social for being terrific hosts. Leaving inspired and sleepy.
Soundtrack: youtu.be/xPaSuWrBAQI?...
Soundtrack: youtu.be/xPaSuWrBAQI?...
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
En route to Dublin after two wonderful days of meetings and back-to-back seminars in Vienna #Heasseminar and at MPI Leipzig. Thanks @peregx9.bsky.social and @jennytung.bsky.social for being terrific hosts. Leaving inspired and sleepy.
Soundtrack: youtu.be/xPaSuWrBAQI?...
Soundtrack: youtu.be/xPaSuWrBAQI?...
On my way to Vienna for #heasseminar tomorrow! Soundtrack: youtu.be/3jL4S4X97sQ?...
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
On my way to Vienna for #heasseminar tomorrow! Soundtrack: youtu.be/3jL4S4X97sQ?...
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🚨 New paper alert 🚨
Our research, published today in Science, reveals remarkable concordance between human and dog genomes through time, highlighting how deeply intertwined our evolutionary histories have been over the past 11,000 years.
🔗 Read the full paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our research, published today in Science, reveals remarkable concordance between human and dog genomes through time, highlighting how deeply intertwined our evolutionary histories have been over the past 11,000 years.
🔗 Read the full paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Genomic evidence for the Holocene codispersal of dogs and humans across Eastern Eurasia
As the first domestic species, dogs likely dispersed with different cultural groups during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed 73 ancient dog genomes, including 17 ...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
🚨 New paper alert 🚨
Our research, published today in Science, reveals remarkable concordance between human and dog genomes through time, highlighting how deeply intertwined our evolutionary histories have been over the past 11,000 years.
🔗 Read the full paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our research, published today in Science, reveals remarkable concordance between human and dog genomes through time, highlighting how deeply intertwined our evolutionary histories have been over the past 11,000 years.
🔗 Read the full paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This boi brings me so much joy in times of despair
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This boi brings me so much joy in times of despair
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In the immortal words of Sir Mix-a-Lot: "And ugh, double-up, ugh, ugh".
2 doggy papers are so much better than 1. Both studies a testament to slow science & international collaboration between brilliant people. What it's all about.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
2 doggy papers are so much better than 1. Both studies a testament to slow science & international collaboration between brilliant people. What it's all about.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The emergence and diversification of dog morphology
Dogs exhibit an exceptional range of morphological diversity as a result of their long-term association with humans. Attempts to identify when dog morphological variation began to expand have been con...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In the immortal words of Sir Mix-a-Lot: "And ugh, double-up, ugh, ugh".
2 doggy papers are so much better than 1. Both studies a testament to slow science & international collaboration between brilliant people. What it's all about.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
2 doggy papers are so much better than 1. Both studies a testament to slow science & international collaboration between brilliant people. What it's all about.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We are looking forward to welcoming Maria Avila Arcos @paleogenomics.bsky.social to #HEASVienna for a #HEASSeminar in #AncientGenomics next Monday at the later than normal time of 11:45 CET.
@peregx9.bsky.social
Registration for online and in-person participation in on our website 👇🔗
@peregx9.bsky.social
Registration for online and in-person participation in on our website 👇🔗
HEAS Seminar Series - Ancient Genomics - HEAS
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Ancient Genomics Maria C Avila-Arcos from National Autonomous University of Mexico will give a talk on Paleogenomic evidence of patogen introductions to Mexico fo...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We are looking forward to welcoming Maria Avila Arcos @paleogenomics.bsky.social to #HEASVienna for a #HEASSeminar in #AncientGenomics next Monday at the later than normal time of 11:45 CET.
@peregx9.bsky.social
Registration for online and in-person participation in on our website 👇🔗
@peregx9.bsky.social
Registration for online and in-person participation in on our website 👇🔗
I visited Beijing and Shanghai this past summer. I was impressed. I could see myself living/working there.
At least 85 scientists working in the US have joined Chinese research institutions since the start of last year – a trend experts say is set to expand #highered #EduSky https://ow.ly/FQGq50XorpK
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I visited Beijing and Shanghai this past summer. I was impressed. I could see myself living/working there.
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At least 85 scientists working in the US have joined Chinese research institutions since the start of last year – a trend experts say is set to expand #highered #EduSky https://ow.ly/FQGq50XorpK
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
At least 85 scientists working in the US have joined Chinese research institutions since the start of last year – a trend experts say is set to expand #highered #EduSky https://ow.ly/FQGq50XorpK
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Mamdani: So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Mamdani: So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.
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Great to see this finally published!
Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples
now out in @narjournal.bsky.social
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Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples
now out in @narjournal.bsky.social
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Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples
Abstract. Metagenomic sequencing enables the in-depth study of microbes and their functions in humans, animals, and the environment. While sequencing data
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October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Great to see this finally published!
Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples
now out in @narjournal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples
now out in @narjournal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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🔴 Claudia Sheinbaum, sobre el reconocimiento de España al sufrimiento indígena: “Enhorabuena por este primer paso”
La presidenta ha subrayado que es la primera vez que una autoridad del Gobierno español ha lamentado “la injusticia” de la Conquista dozz.es/v121a7
La presidenta ha subrayado que es la primera vez que una autoridad del Gobierno español ha lamentado “la injusticia” de la Conquista dozz.es/v121a7
Claudia Sheinbaum, sobre el reconocimiento de España al sufrimiento indígena: “Enhorabuena por este primer paso”
La presidenta ha subrayado que es la primera vez que una autoridad del Gobierno español ha lamentado “la injusticia” de la Conquista
dozz.es
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🔴 Claudia Sheinbaum, sobre el reconocimiento de España al sufrimiento indígena: “Enhorabuena por este primer paso”
La presidenta ha subrayado que es la primera vez que una autoridad del Gobierno español ha lamentado “la injusticia” de la Conquista dozz.es/v121a7
La presidenta ha subrayado que es la primera vez que una autoridad del Gobierno español ha lamentado “la injusticia” de la Conquista dozz.es/v121a7
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Kidnapping in broad daylight.
No different to the Nazis.
No different to the Nazis.
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Kidnapping in broad daylight.
No different to the Nazis.
No different to the Nazis.
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Science is intertwined with eugenics; eugenic ideologies continue to negatively impact #Indigenous communities to this day.
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues offer a timely and important reminder on the perils of eugenics. buff.ly/1Q5r3XF
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues offer a timely and important reminder on the perils of eugenics. buff.ly/1Q5r3XF
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Science is intertwined with eugenics; eugenic ideologies continue to negatively impact #Indigenous communities to this day.
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues offer a timely and important reminder on the perils of eugenics. buff.ly/1Q5r3XF
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues offer a timely and important reminder on the perils of eugenics. buff.ly/1Q5r3XF
Learning literally just now that your dad/mom‘s cousin is *not* considered your auntie in some cultures. The whole “controversy “ didn’t make sense to me until… wait… no, it still doesn’t make sense.
October 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Learning literally just now that your dad/mom‘s cousin is *not* considered your auntie in some cultures. The whole “controversy “ didn’t make sense to me until… wait… no, it still doesn’t make sense.
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
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"...researchers who invest time in their students tend to lead more-productive, more-collaborative groups and attract stronger future students than those who do not." "Time spent with the next generation of scientists is an investment."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"...researchers who invest time in their students tend to lead more-productive, more-collaborative groups and attract stronger future students than those who do not." "Time spent with the next generation of scientists is an investment."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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reminder that my (wonderful, diverse, interdisciplinary) department at the University of Oregon is seeking applications for an Associate/Full Professor of Data Science -- deadline 10/31 and only cover letter/CV needed to apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30328
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30328
University of Oregon, Department of Data Science
Job #AJO30328, 535565 Associate or Full Professor of Data Science, Department of Data Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, US
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October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
reminder that my (wonderful, diverse, interdisciplinary) department at the University of Oregon is seeking applications for an Associate/Full Professor of Data Science -- deadline 10/31 and only cover letter/CV needed to apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30328
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30328
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For population genetics and evolutionary biology folks in the Bay Area: the next BAPG will be hosted by Stanford CEHG and the Petrov lab at Stanford on 12/6.
Registration is free but required. The deadline for talk submission is Nov. 16. Hope to see you soon! Pls RT!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registration is free but required. The deadline for talk submission is Nov. 16. Hope to see you soon! Pls RT!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
For population genetics and evolutionary biology folks in the Bay Area: the next BAPG will be hosted by Stanford CEHG and the Petrov lab at Stanford on 12/6.
Registration is free but required. The deadline for talk submission is Nov. 16. Hope to see you soon! Pls RT!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registration is free but required. The deadline for talk submission is Nov. 16. Hope to see you soon! Pls RT!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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A hearty Denisovan stew ripe with stories of mixing and more mixing, even with a third more ‘archaic’ hominid.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A high-coverage genome from a 200,000-year-old Denisovan
Denisovans, an extinct sister group of Neandertals who lived in Eastern Eurasia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene, are known only from a handful of skeletal remains and limited genetic data, incl...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A hearty Denisovan stew ripe with stories of mixing and more mixing, even with a third more ‘archaic’ hominid.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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October 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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OUT TODAY: SimHumanity, a SLiM 5 model of the human genome, replete with demography, autosomes, X/Y & mtDNA.
A shared starting point for reproducible evolutionary simulations.
Huge thanks to coauthors Ben Haller, @mufernando.bsky.social & Philipp Messer.
🔗 www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/5/4/0006
A shared starting point for reproducible evolutionary simulations.
Huge thanks to coauthors Ben Haller, @mufernando.bsky.social & Philipp Messer.
🔗 www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/5/4/0006
October 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
OUT TODAY: SimHumanity, a SLiM 5 model of the human genome, replete with demography, autosomes, X/Y & mtDNA.
A shared starting point for reproducible evolutionary simulations.
Huge thanks to coauthors Ben Haller, @mufernando.bsky.social & Philipp Messer.
🔗 www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/5/4/0006
A shared starting point for reproducible evolutionary simulations.
Huge thanks to coauthors Ben Haller, @mufernando.bsky.social & Philipp Messer.
🔗 www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/5/4/0006