Zoé Pochon
@zoepochon.bsky.social
PhD student in scientific archeology at #CPGSthlm. Ancient pathogens discovery, authentication and genetics. Coauthor of #aMeta pipeline. Studied in 🇨🇭🇺🇲🇸🇪
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Our manuscript on bovine deep-time paleogenomics at Denisova Cave and in the broader mid-latitude Asia is online! doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... 🦬🦴🧬
Main findings in the 🧵 below ⬇️
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA
Main findings in the 🧵 below ⬇️
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA
Paleogenomics Reveals a Loss of Bovine Lineages in Mid-latitude Asia Over the Last 200,000 Years
Abstract. Bovines have a complex yet poorly understood evolutionary history that is characterized by admixture and diversity loss during the Late Pleistoce
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Our manuscript on bovine deep-time paleogenomics at Denisova Cave and in the broader mid-latitude Asia is online! doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... 🦬🦴🧬
Main findings in the 🧵 below ⬇️
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA
Main findings in the 🧵 below ⬇️
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA
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We are recruiting!
If you like evolutionary biology, microbial genomics, and host-pathogen interactions we have a PhD opening at @ugiatucl.bsky.social using population-scale metagenomics to map global phage diversity and uncover evolutionary signatures that could point to new antimicrobials.
If you like evolutionary biology, microbial genomics, and host-pathogen interactions we have a PhD opening at @ugiatucl.bsky.social using population-scale metagenomics to map global phage diversity and uncover evolutionary signatures that could point to new antimicrobials.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We are recruiting!
If you like evolutionary biology, microbial genomics, and host-pathogen interactions we have a PhD opening at @ugiatucl.bsky.social using population-scale metagenomics to map global phage diversity and uncover evolutionary signatures that could point to new antimicrobials.
If you like evolutionary biology, microbial genomics, and host-pathogen interactions we have a PhD opening at @ugiatucl.bsky.social using population-scale metagenomics to map global phage diversity and uncover evolutionary signatures that could point to new antimicrobials.
🚨 Reminder to send in your abstracts for the palaeogenomics conference in Stockholm! 🧬🦠🐕💃🏼
If your results are still preliminary, my tip is to keep the abstract broad rather than skip submitting altogether 😉
See the post below for the price estimate and looking forward to seeing you there 🥳! #aDNA
If your results are still preliminary, my tip is to keep the abstract broad rather than skip submitting altogether 😉
See the post below for the price estimate and looking forward to seeing you there 🥳! #aDNA
⏰ The clock is ticking❗
LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts (30th Nov).
Do it here👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Many of you are asking for the registration fees 💸. We are still working out the details, but we estimate 400-500€ for regular attendees and 300-400€ for students.
LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts (30th Nov).
Do it here👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Many of you are asking for the registration fees 💸. We are still working out the details, but we estimate 400-500€ for regular attendees and 300-400€ for students.
Abstracts – International Conference on Palaeogenomics 2026
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚨 Reminder to send in your abstracts for the palaeogenomics conference in Stockholm! 🧬🦠🐕💃🏼
If your results are still preliminary, my tip is to keep the abstract broad rather than skip submitting altogether 😉
See the post below for the price estimate and looking forward to seeing you there 🥳! #aDNA
If your results are still preliminary, my tip is to keep the abstract broad rather than skip submitting altogether 😉
See the post below for the price estimate and looking forward to seeing you there 🥳! #aDNA
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🦣🧬🦣🤯💥We are pleased to share our new paper about ancient RNA expression profiles from the Woolly Mammoth, now published in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🦣🧬🦣🤯💥We are pleased to share our new paper about ancient RNA expression profiles from the Woolly Mammoth, now published in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:
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Become our colleague! - 2yr Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past (UU) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social 🧪
Great place to work at (ok, I am biased), integration with archaeologists and linguists + pretty flexible research topic
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Great place to work at (ok, I am biased), integration with archaeologists and linguists + pretty flexible research topic
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Become our colleague! - 2yr Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past (UU) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social 🧪
Great place to work at (ok, I am biased), integration with archaeologists and linguists + pretty flexible research topic
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Great place to work at (ok, I am biased), integration with archaeologists and linguists + pretty flexible research topic
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Meet our plenary speakers 💁♂️
CHRISTINA WARINNER (@harvard.edu)
@christinawarinner.bsky.social investigates ancient microbiomes to reveal insights into the diets and health of past human populations.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
CHRISTINA WARINNER (@harvard.edu)
@christinawarinner.bsky.social investigates ancient microbiomes to reveal insights into the diets and health of past human populations.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Meet our plenary speakers 💁♂️
CHRISTINA WARINNER (@harvard.edu)
@christinawarinner.bsky.social investigates ancient microbiomes to reveal insights into the diets and health of past human populations.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
CHRISTINA WARINNER (@harvard.edu)
@christinawarinner.bsky.social investigates ancient microbiomes to reveal insights into the diets and health of past human populations.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
Join us in beautiful Stockholm for the first International Conference on palaeogenomics, 23–26 June 2026! 🥳
Abstracts are now open!
Four full days = plenty of talk slots, so throw your hat in and present your work.
#ICP2026 #ancientDNA #palaeogenomics #ancientmetagenomics
Abstracts are now open!
Four full days = plenty of talk slots, so throw your hat in and present your work.
#ICP2026 #ancientDNA #palaeogenomics #ancientmetagenomics
🦴🧬🦴🧬🦴
Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
October 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Join us in beautiful Stockholm for the first International Conference on palaeogenomics, 23–26 June 2026! 🥳
Abstracts are now open!
Four full days = plenty of talk slots, so throw your hat in and present your work.
#ICP2026 #ancientDNA #palaeogenomics #ancientmetagenomics
Abstracts are now open!
Four full days = plenty of talk slots, so throw your hat in and present your work.
#ICP2026 #ancientDNA #palaeogenomics #ancientmetagenomics
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Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
October 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🦴🧬🦴🧬🦴
Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
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New #CpgSthlm paper led by @maridehasque.bsky.social published in Biology Letters!
Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
New #CpgSthlm paper led by @maridehasque.bsky.social published in Biology Letters!
Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🧬🧬🧬 🦣❤️🦣 🧬🧬🧬
New #CpgSthlm paper led by @maridehasque.bsky.social published in Biology Letters!
Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
New #CpgSthlm paper led by @maridehasque.bsky.social published in Biology Letters!
Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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One week left to apply for our postdoc position on Deep-Time Small Rodent Palaeogenomics!
This is a 2-year full-time position that includes Swedish employment benefits, as well as funding for research expenses and work-related travel.
More info and application link:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
This is a 2-year full-time position that includes Swedish employment benefits, as well as funding for research expenses and work-related travel.
More info and application link:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
September 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
One week left to apply for our postdoc position on Deep-Time Small Rodent Palaeogenomics!
This is a 2-year full-time position that includes Swedish employment benefits, as well as funding for research expenses and work-related travel.
More info and application link:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
This is a 2-year full-time position that includes Swedish employment benefits, as well as funding for research expenses and work-related travel.
More info and application link:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Jasmin Rees PhD chapter as a paper just out at the AJHG @ajhgnews.bsky.social, with Sergi Castellano, who first envisioned the study. Jas investigated signatures of human local genetic adaptation in hundreds of micronutrient-associated genes.
📣New from @aidaandres.bsky.social & co
📄Global impact of micronutrients in modern human evolution
📄Global impact of micronutrients in modern human evolution
Global impact of micronutrients in modern human evolution
In this study, Rees et al. evaluate the role of dietary micronutrients in driving
local genetic adaptation and population differentiation in humans. The authors find
evidence that micronutrient-associ...
www.cell.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Jasmin Rees PhD chapter as a paper just out at the AJHG @ajhgnews.bsky.social, with Sergi Castellano, who first envisioned the study. Jas investigated signatures of human local genetic adaptation in hundreds of micronutrient-associated genes.
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In the now published study doi.org/10.1111/1755..., @markella-morait.bsky.social shows just how widespread dental calculus is and how to make to work for your favourite #mammal. #metagenomics #aDNA #museums
September 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In the now published study doi.org/10.1111/1755..., @markella-morait.bsky.social shows just how widespread dental calculus is and how to make to work for your favourite #mammal. #metagenomics #aDNA #museums
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🧵 Exciting news from our lab #CpgSthlm! 🥳
Thousands of years ago, mammoths roamed, and so did their fascinating microbial companions. Our latest study, published in 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭, brings them to light 🦣🦠🧬
Read the full paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Thousands of years ago, mammoths roamed, and so did their fascinating microbial companions. Our latest study, published in 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭, brings them to light 🦣🦠🧬
Read the full paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
September 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🧵 Exciting news from our lab #CpgSthlm! 🥳
Thousands of years ago, mammoths roamed, and so did their fascinating microbial companions. Our latest study, published in 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭, brings them to light 🦣🦠🧬
Read the full paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Thousands of years ago, mammoths roamed, and so did their fascinating microbial companions. Our latest study, published in 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭, brings them to light 🦣🦠🧬
Read the full paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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The world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth!
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
September 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth!
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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A huge thanks to all the amazing speakers and participants at #SPAAM7 yesterday 🧬🙌
The sessions were full of inspiring talks and great discussions!✨
The sessions were full of inspiring talks and great discussions!✨
August 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A huge thanks to all the amazing speakers and participants at #SPAAM7 yesterday 🧬🙌
The sessions were full of inspiring talks and great discussions!✨
The sessions were full of inspiring talks and great discussions!✨
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August 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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A new book on Africa's prehistory is out now. An #archaeology of the #Bantu expansion.
#Africa #prehistory #humanpast #genetics #linguistics shorturl.at/MjR57
#Africa #prehistory #humanpast #genetics #linguistics shorturl.at/MjR57
An Archaeology of the Bantu Expansion | Early Settlers South of the Co
The Bantu Expansion is one of the most intriguing issues in African history. Based on extensive fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and laboratory
shorturl.at
August 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A new book on Africa's prehistory is out now. An #archaeology of the #Bantu expansion.
#Africa #prehistory #humanpast #genetics #linguistics shorturl.at/MjR57
#Africa #prehistory #humanpast #genetics #linguistics shorturl.at/MjR57
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Hmm... Corded Ware and Bell Beaker traditions do not match Steppe ancestries. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Spatiotemporal reconstruction of Corded Ware and Bell Beaker burial rituals reveals complex dynamics divergent from steppe ancestry
Chronological modeling shows fast, polyfocal dissemination of Corded Ware and Beaker rites before rapid Pan-European convergence.
www.science.org
August 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Hmm... Corded Ware and Bell Beaker traditions do not match Steppe ancestries. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Attending #ESEB2025 has been an amazing experience!
If you are interested in more ancient DNA and museomics, please consider joining us in Stockholm for the first International Conference on Palaeogenomics (June 23-26 2026)!
Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social
👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
If you are interested in more ancient DNA and museomics, please consider joining us in Stockholm for the first International Conference on Palaeogenomics (June 23-26 2026)!
Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social
👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
August 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Attending #ESEB2025 has been an amazing experience!
If you are interested in more ancient DNA and museomics, please consider joining us in Stockholm for the first International Conference on Palaeogenomics (June 23-26 2026)!
Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social
👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
If you are interested in more ancient DNA and museomics, please consider joining us in Stockholm for the first International Conference on Palaeogenomics (June 23-26 2026)!
Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social
👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
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Now recruiting for two positions in my lab:
Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun...
Applications welcome!
Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun...
Applications welcome!
Skoglund Lab - Ancient Genomics
Skoglund lab
sites.google.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Now recruiting for two positions in my lab:
Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun...
Applications welcome!
Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun...
Applications welcome!
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Pausing baby bubble to say: the last chapter of my thesis is finally out! The arctic fox has been threatened in Scandinavia since the early 1900s. With historical genomes we show that inbreeding has increased as a consequence, but also that it was higher compared to the worldwide pop already before…
New paper out from @johannanvs.bsky.social, @lovedalen.bsky.social and others from #CpgSthlm, using historical DNA to investigate temporal genomic change in the Scandinavian arctic fox!
Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
August 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Pausing baby bubble to say: the last chapter of my thesis is finally out! The arctic fox has been threatened in Scandinavia since the early 1900s. With historical genomes we show that inbreeding has increased as a consequence, but also that it was higher compared to the worldwide pop already before…
Reposted by Zoé Pochon
New paper out from @johannanvs.bsky.social, @lovedalen.bsky.social and others from #CpgSthlm, using historical DNA to investigate temporal genomic change in the Scandinavian arctic fox!
Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
August 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
New paper out from @johannanvs.bsky.social, @lovedalen.bsky.social and others from #CpgSthlm, using historical DNA to investigate temporal genomic change in the Scandinavian arctic fox!
Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Reposted by Zoé Pochon
Re-upping this! @arunsethuraman.bsky.social and I are offering this 5-day online workshop via @physaliacourses.bsky.social. Please check the link below.
Join our online course "Population Genomics Using Ancient DNA Data" (Sept 22-26) focused on aDNA analysis in genomics. Limited seats available! Details: https://www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/adna-popgen/ #course
Population genomics using ancient DNA data
22nd-26th September 2025
www.physalia-courses.org
August 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Re-upping this! @arunsethuraman.bsky.social and I are offering this 5-day online workshop via @physaliacourses.bsky.social. Please check the link below.