Zuzana Hofmanova
@zhofmanova.bsky.social
archaeogeneticist, striving to be cheerful
https://www.eva.mpg.de/archaeogenetics/staff/zuzana-hofmanova/
https://www.eva.mpg.de/archaeogenetics/staff/zuzana-hofmanova/
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Delighted to see our paper characterising the inbreeding history of dogs and wolves over the past 10,000 years published this week in @pnas.org. Work led by the excellent @katiabou.bsky.social, and co-supervised by me, Laurent Frantz and Fernando Racimo www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Delighted to see our paper characterising the inbreeding history of dogs and wolves over the past 10,000 years published this week in @pnas.org. Work led by the excellent @katiabou.bsky.social, and co-supervised by me, Laurent Frantz and Fernando Racimo www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Despite my insomnia, I'm very happy to share our preprint: a multi-disciplinary assessment of a sheep mass mortality event from ~18th century France. We report the first ancient sheeppox virus (think smallpox) and the Taenia hydatigena (nasty roundworm) genomes.
#aDNA
#aDNA
Evidence of sheeppox in 17th-19th century France: a multi-disciplinary investigation of a sheep mass mortality assemblage
Epizootic outbreaks posed major threats to food security, economic stability, and animal welfare in past communities. While these events and their impacts are well documented in historical records, ve...
www.biorxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Despite my insomnia, I'm very happy to share our preprint: a multi-disciplinary assessment of a sheep mass mortality event from ~18th century France. We report the first ancient sheeppox virus (think smallpox) and the Taenia hydatigena (nasty roundworm) genomes.
#aDNA
#aDNA
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And on Tuesday Nov. 11 5pm EST at Harvard and online: Ancient DNA illuminates the Origins and Early Migrations of the Slavs sohp.fas.harvard.edu/event/ancien... Joscha Gretzinger @zhofmanova.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
And on Tuesday Nov. 11 5pm EST at Harvard and online: Ancient DNA illuminates the Origins and Early Migrations of the Slavs sohp.fas.harvard.edu/event/ancien... Joscha Gretzinger @zhofmanova.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
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How the #Slavic #migration reshaped Central & Eastern #Europe. Ancient #DNA provides new insights into early medieval communities. Study @nature.com by an intl. team led by Joscha Gretzinger, @zhofmanova.bsky.social & Johannes Krause. #HistoGenes More: tinyurl.com/msuys4mu & doi.org/10.1038/s415...
How the Slavic migration reshaped Central and Eastern Europe
Genetic analyses of medieval human remains reveal large-scale migrations, regional diversity, and new insights into early medieval communities
tinyurl.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
How the #Slavic #migration reshaped Central & Eastern #Europe. Ancient #DNA provides new insights into early medieval communities. Study @nature.com by an intl. team led by Joscha Gretzinger, @zhofmanova.bsky.social & Johannes Krause. #HistoGenes More: tinyurl.com/msuys4mu & doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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A study led by @zhofmanova.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social used ancient DNA to investigate the spread of Slavic language and culture 1,500 years ago. “This wasn’t a migration of elites, or a few male warriors,” 1 co-author says. “This was the migration of an entire population.” @science.org
Ancient skeletons’ genes reveal origin of the Slavic people
DNA connects modern Slavs to a wave of migration following the fall of the Roman Empire
www.science.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A study led by @zhofmanova.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social used ancient DNA to investigate the spread of Slavic language and culture 1,500 years ago. “This wasn’t a migration of elites, or a few male warriors,” 1 co-author says. “This was the migration of an entire population.” @science.org
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🚨 Excited to share our new paper! 🧬 #aDNA from Sint-Truiden (BE) reveals 1,000 years of change from diverse medieval roots including Scottish and Irish ancestry to modern Limburg-like genetics. 🧫 Yersinia pestis found in 5 of 58 XIV-century burials. #AcademicSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Urbanization and genetic homogenization in the medieval Low Countries revealed through a ten-century paleogenomic study of the city of Sint-Truiden - Genome Biology
Background Processes shaping the formation of the present-day population structure in highly urbanized Northern Europe are still poorly understood. Gaps remain in our understanding of when and how cur...
link.springer.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🚨 Excited to share our new paper! 🧬 #aDNA from Sint-Truiden (BE) reveals 1,000 years of change from diverse medieval roots including Scottish and Irish ancestry to modern Limburg-like genetics. 🧫 Yersinia pestis found in 5 of 58 XIV-century burials. #AcademicSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Would your institution like to host ISBA12? We are inviting expressions of interest from ISBA members to host the next ISBA12 symposium in 2027. Please contact the ISBA board ([email protected]) for application requirements. Applications are due by the 25th May 2025.
April 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Would your institution like to host ISBA12? We are inviting expressions of interest from ISBA members to host the next ISBA12 symposium in 2027. Please contact the ISBA board ([email protected]) for application requirements. Applications are due by the 25th May 2025.
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Come join us for this funded PhD opportunity! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
March 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Come join us for this funded PhD opportunity! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Our study analyzing the DNA of ~7ky-old Pastoralists from the "Green Sahara" is out! Who were these people, and how did herding spread into the region when the present-day desert was dotted with water bodies? 🧬🦴🏜️ (1/7)
#PopGen #GreenSahara #aDNA
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PopGen #GreenSahara #aDNA
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage - Nature
Pastoralism spread through cultural diffusion into the Green Sahara, where an isolated, distinct North African ancestry persisted.
www.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our study analyzing the DNA of ~7ky-old Pastoralists from the "Green Sahara" is out! Who were these people, and how did herding spread into the region when the present-day desert was dotted with water bodies? 🧬🦴🏜️ (1/7)
#PopGen #GreenSahara #aDNA
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PopGen #GreenSahara #aDNA
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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*** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ***
To all members of the EAA and friends, please be aware of important information regarding our next annual meeting #EAA2025.
An email has also been sent to members, but you can find details attached.
To all members of the EAA and friends, please be aware of important information regarding our next annual meeting #EAA2025.
An email has also been sent to members, but you can find details attached.
April 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
*** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ***
To all members of the EAA and friends, please be aware of important information regarding our next annual meeting #EAA2025.
An email has also been sent to members, but you can find details attached.
To all members of the EAA and friends, please be aware of important information regarding our next annual meeting #EAA2025.
An email has also been sent to members, but you can find details attached.
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🎓 PhD Position Available in the Population and Evolutionary Genetics group at Trinity College Dublin ☘️ . More details👇
March 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🎓 PhD Position Available in the Population and Evolutionary Genetics group at Trinity College Dublin ☘️ . More details👇
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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA)- University of York - Department of #Archaeology #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML043/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York
An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA)- University of York - Department of #Archaeology #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML043/p...
Happy to see that Max Planck institute for Evolutionary Anthropology is on @bsky.app as well! @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social welcome! Also great that the weather slowly starts to allow lunch outside by the pond at the institute ;)
March 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Happy to see that Max Planck institute for Evolutionary Anthropology is on @bsky.app as well! @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social welcome! Also great that the weather slowly starts to allow lunch outside by the pond at the institute ;)
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We have a 4-year PhD-student opening in our lab, deadline on Wednesday noon.
For anyone interested in computational genomics of ancient human, pathogen, or canid genomes. www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
If you are curious, send in an application!
For anyone interested in computational genomics of ancient human, pathogen, or canid genomes. www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
If you are curious, send in an application!
Skoglund Lab | Ancient human statistical population genomics
www.crick.ac.uk
March 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We have a 4-year PhD-student opening in our lab, deadline on Wednesday noon.
For anyone interested in computational genomics of ancient human, pathogen, or canid genomes. www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
If you are curious, send in an application!
For anyone interested in computational genomics of ancient human, pathogen, or canid genomes. www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
If you are curious, send in an application!
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Our scientific committee is busy evaluating your abstracts.
In the mean time, registration for ISBA11 is now open! For the special early bird discount, make sure to register by April 30, 2025!
www.isba11.com/registration
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
In the mean time, registration for ISBA11 is now open! For the special early bird discount, make sure to register by April 30, 2025!
www.isba11.com/registration
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Our scientific committee is busy evaluating your abstracts.
In the mean time, registration for ISBA11 is now open! For the special early bird discount, make sure to register by April 30, 2025!
www.isba11.com/registration
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
In the mean time, registration for ISBA11 is now open! For the special early bird discount, make sure to register by April 30, 2025!
www.isba11.com/registration
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
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🎶 📣 - Our #HAAMsummerschool is happening again!
📅 - Application open: 17th of March 🧑💻
Keep your eyes and ears open for coming updates!
🔗 - haam-community.github.io/projects/haa...
#aDNA #PopGen #summerschool
📅 - Application open: 17th of March 🧑💻
Keep your eyes and ears open for coming updates!
🔗 - haam-community.github.io/projects/haa...
#aDNA #PopGen #summerschool
March 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🎶 📣 - Our #HAAMsummerschool is happening again!
📅 - Application open: 17th of March 🧑💻
Keep your eyes and ears open for coming updates!
🔗 - haam-community.github.io/projects/haa...
#aDNA #PopGen #summerschool
📅 - Application open: 17th of March 🧑💻
Keep your eyes and ears open for coming updates!
🔗 - haam-community.github.io/projects/haa...
#aDNA #PopGen #summerschool
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At #Woodstockbio2025 #selforganization is key. If you plan to do something special at the #YMCAcampsite, go for a talk & work the #advertisement of the #event into your ~5 minutes of fame in #Prague - after the #walkupsong
#TheConferenceToEndAllConferences (what a hashtag🤷🏻♂️)
woodstock.img.cas.cz
#TheConferenceToEndAllConferences (what a hashtag🤷🏻♂️)
woodstock.img.cas.cz
March 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
At #Woodstockbio2025 #selforganization is key. If you plan to do something special at the #YMCAcampsite, go for a talk & work the #advertisement of the #event into your ~5 minutes of fame in #Prague - after the #walkupsong
#TheConferenceToEndAllConferences (what a hashtag🤷🏻♂️)
woodstock.img.cas.cz
#TheConferenceToEndAllConferences (what a hashtag🤷🏻♂️)
woodstock.img.cas.cz
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Science delivers! Time & time again scientists make unexpected & important discoveries when following their curiousity! That's why we're organizing Woodstock Night Science, a reimagined conference to inspire us to new ideas.
June 10-13 woodstock.img.cas.cz
Join us! #TheConferenceToEndAllConferences
June 10-13 woodstock.img.cas.cz
Join us! #TheConferenceToEndAllConferences
March 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Science delivers! Time & time again scientists make unexpected & important discoveries when following their curiousity! That's why we're organizing Woodstock Night Science, a reimagined conference to inspire us to new ideas.
June 10-13 woodstock.img.cas.cz
Join us! #TheConferenceToEndAllConferences
June 10-13 woodstock.img.cas.cz
Join us! #TheConferenceToEndAllConferences
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What defines ethnicity: culture or genetics?🧬
ERC Grantees found that two Avar cemeteries had nearly identical artifacts but distinct DNA—proving culture and genetics don’t always align!📜
👉 buff.ly/3Dbkbrr
#FrontierResearch @maxplanck.de Eötvös Loránd University Austrian Academy of Sciences IAS
ERC Grantees found that two Avar cemeteries had nearly identical artifacts but distinct DNA—proving culture and genetics don’t always align!📜
👉 buff.ly/3Dbkbrr
#FrontierResearch @maxplanck.de Eötvös Loránd University Austrian Academy of Sciences IAS
March 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
What defines ethnicity: culture or genetics?🧬
ERC Grantees found that two Avar cemeteries had nearly identical artifacts but distinct DNA—proving culture and genetics don’t always align!📜
👉 buff.ly/3Dbkbrr
#FrontierResearch @maxplanck.de Eötvös Loránd University Austrian Academy of Sciences IAS
ERC Grantees found that two Avar cemeteries had nearly identical artifacts but distinct DNA—proving culture and genetics don’t always align!📜
👉 buff.ly/3Dbkbrr
#FrontierResearch @maxplanck.de Eötvös Loránd University Austrian Academy of Sciences IAS
Why we do what we do in ERC Syg HistoGenes where I am coordinating archaeogenetic analyses. Even when it is long over, I will always be grateful to have been a part of this project. What a privilege to work with the HistoGenes team, I've learned so much..
buff.ly/3Dbkbrr
buff.ly/3Dbkbrr
March 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Why we do what we do in ERC Syg HistoGenes where I am coordinating archaeogenetic analyses. Even when it is long over, I will always be grateful to have been a part of this project. What a privilege to work with the HistoGenes team, I've learned so much..
buff.ly/3Dbkbrr
buff.ly/3Dbkbrr
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3-y postdoc position in (meta)Genomics of Population Declines elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid.... If you have experience with low-coverage genomic data, care about biodiversity loss, want to understand host-microbiomes interactions, this post is for you! #museomics #ancientDNA #mammals
March 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
3-y postdoc position in (meta)Genomics of Population Declines elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid.... If you have experience with low-coverage genomic data, care about biodiversity loss, want to understand host-microbiomes interactions, this post is for you! #museomics #ancientDNA #mammals
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now seems to have been genetically vindicated by this study by Gnecchi-Ruscone et al. in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.... (2/2)
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
March 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
now seems to have been genetically vindicated by this study by Gnecchi-Ruscone et al. in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.... (2/2)
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Joseph de Guignes (1721-1800) is smiling from his grave: His connection between Huns and Xiongnu, first formulated in the _Mémoire historique sur l'origine des Huns et des Turks adressé à M. Tanevot_ (www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/details/b...) of 1748 (1/2)
March 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Joseph de Guignes (1721-1800) is smiling from his grave: His connection between Huns and Xiongnu, first formulated in the _Mémoire historique sur l'origine des Huns et des Turks adressé à M. Tanevot_ (www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/details/b...) of 1748 (1/2)
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Nature research paper: Ancient DNA reveals reproductive barrier despite shared Avar-period culture
https://go.nature.com/3WggAig
https://go.nature.com/3WggAig
Ancient DNA reveals reproductive barrier despite shared Avar-period culture - Nature
Ancient genome-wide data of 722 individuals and interdisciplinary analysis of large seventh- to eighth-century ce neighbouring cemeteries near Vienna are used to address the impact of the encounter between Eastern Asian Avars and Europeans.
go.nature.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Nature research paper: Ancient DNA reveals reproductive barrier despite shared Avar-period culture
https://go.nature.com/3WggAig
https://go.nature.com/3WggAig
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The Huns helped end the Roman Empire – but where did they come from? New DNA results offer some answers: www.science.org/content/arti...
Attila’s Huns were a motley crew of central European locals and East Asian immigrants
A genetic analysis reveals some Huns descended from pillagers in East Asia
www.science.org
February 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The Huns helped end the Roman Empire – but where did they come from? New DNA results offer some answers: www.science.org/content/arti...