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April Wei @aprilwei.bsky.social · 22h

Excited to preprint our latest work (w/ Drew DeHaas, Zhibai Jia, Leo Speidel) on using ARGs for demographic inference. w/ applications using data from 1000 Genomes Project. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Inference of complex demographic history using composite likelihood based on whole-genome genealogies

Accurate parametric inference on complex demographic models is a continuing challenge in population genetics. Ancestral recombination graphs (ARGs) provide richer information than simple population ge...

www.biorxiv.org

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 8d

🔁 Please share - we remind the SMBE community that the Call for Symposia for SMBE2026 in Copenhagen is open.

We invite you to submit a symposium proposal to help shape the scientific content of our annual meeting.

🗓️ Deadline: October 15th

More information: smbe2026.org/symposia

#SMBE2026

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Christina Warinner @christinawarinner.bsky.social · 23d

We're organizing a new CARTA symposium this November 7 on "Ancient DNA: New Revelations"! We have an amazing lineup of speakers who will showcase the biggest discoveries in ancient DNA over the past 5 years - and offer a sneak peek of what's next. Mark your calendars and don't miss it!

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · Aug 11

SLiM 5: Eco-evolutionary simulations across multiple chromosomes and full genomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.669155v1

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Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · Aug 4

Is 9 years really considered that long-term in academia?

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Torsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · Aug 4

Results of our (extremely long-term) side project with @amygoldberg.bsky.social and @jgschraiber.bsky.social out now in G3: doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...

We benchmarked methods for estimating ancestry proportions under mapping bias and present an adjusted GenotypeLikelihood to mitigate its impact (1/2)

Estimating allele frequencies, ancestry proportions and genotype likelihoods in the presence of mapping bias

Abstract. Population genomic analyses rely on an accurate and unbiased characterization of the genetic composition of the studied population. For short-rea

doi.org

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Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · Aug 3

TBD 🤷‍♀️ haven’t heard much from the university yet. They said more info this week. I’m lucky to have startup, as long as that isn’t frozen soon…

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Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thanks. Almost everyone here I’ve talked to has been impacted. Let’s see the administration’s next moves

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Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · Aug 3

My first conference ever was at IPAM as an undergrad, bringing me into scientific research.

When I branched out into new topics, my first conference as new faculty was also at IPAM.

My R35 was suspended. A lot of personal feelings, but more I worry for the future of the country.

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Aug 2

NSF and NIH cut off almost 300 grants to UCLA. Story by @dangaristo.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

The suspensions landed perhaps most heavily in math. NSF suspended a $25 million grant for the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), an international center at UCLA that hosts about 2000 visiting researchers every year for workshops and other programs. One of its stars, Terence Tao, a Fields Medal winner frequently named as one of the greatest living mathematicians, also had his only NSF grant suspended. The $750,000 award was in its first year and supported Tao’s own research and a handful of graduate students in developing tools to tell whether a set of numbers is structured or random. Tao says he now cannot offer research assistant opportunities during the academic year, and he calls the cuts to IPAM “quite disastrous.”

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Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · Jul 1

Excited to have you on board!

Ariella Gladstein @agladstein.bsky.social · Jul 1

Today I start a new position as project scientist with @amygoldberg.bsky.social at UCLA. After about four years in industry, I'm looking forward to deep diving into some academic research in population genetics!

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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · Jun 28

On the use of generative models for evolutionary inference of malaria vectors from genomic data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.26.661760v1

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CompEvo & HumanG Labs @compevohumang.bsky.social · Jun 27

🧬In Neolithic Çatalhöyük, family was built on social relations rather than blood ties.
Genetic analysis shows that over time, co-residents were no longer genetic relatives. Female subadults were buried with 5x more grave goods.
🔍A surprising story of Neolithic social life.

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Dan Schrider @samurscicop.bsky.social · Jun 5

The preliminary program of ProbGen 2026, which will be held at UC Berkeley, is now up: probgen2026.github.io

Sharing on behalf of Rasmus Nielsen who is not on this site. For more see his thread on that other site: x.com/ras_nielsen/...

Home - ProbGen 2026

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probgen2026.github.io

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John Novembre @jnovembre.bsky.social · Jun 5

Excited for our publication on how the geographic scale of a sample affects the discovery of rare, deleterious variants to be out this week. With a mix of theory, simulation, and data analysis, we show when samples are narrow vs broad, the number of variants discovered and their frequencies change

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...

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Laurits Skov @lauritsskov.bsky.social · May 5

We ( @zeniabaek.bsky.social @moicoll.bsky.social and @asgerhobolth.bsky.social ) present a new cool way to visualize the optimal trade off for hmm decoding called Artemis plots!
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.15156
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · Apr 29

@amygoldberg.bsky.social exploring arcgaeological & genetic estimates of population size / growth during the Holocene in the context of the #Neolithic demografic transition.
#HumanEvo25

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · Apr 24

I wrote about how we must stand and fight against the threat of eugenics.

Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.

This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.

Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand

Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.

www.nature.com

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Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · Apr 2

I’ve been wondering if I should be resubmitting in May…

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Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · Apr 2

Oh hey that’s me lolsob. Submitted r35 renewal January 2024, been pending since early December. Crickets.

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Aida Andres @aidaandres.bsky.social · Mar 21

Interested in a starting PI position at University College London to work on Genetics, Evolution or the Environment? My department has opened the call for expressions of interest for sponsorship of independent fellowship applications.

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Kirk Lohmueller @klohmueller.bsky.social · Mar 13

Come join us at UCLA!

Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · Feb 16

Project scientist in computational population genetics (post PhD/postdoc experience usually expected). recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10171

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Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · Mar 13

Last call—hiring for my lab moving to UCLA!

Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · Feb 16

Project scientist in computational population genetics (post PhD/postdoc experience usually expected). recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10171

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Nagehan Ramazanoglu Bahadir @nagehanr.bsky.social · Feb 19

Abstract submissions are still open by 4 March for our #HumanEvolution conference! Don’t miss the chance to join our amazing speakers! @sarahpederzani.bsky.social @paleogenomics.bsky.social @amygoldberg.bsky.social @jjrowan.bsky.social @martamlahr.bsky.social @evanirvingpease.bsky.social

Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training @eventswcs.bsky.social · Feb 19

We know it's a busy time for researchers, so we’ve extended the abstract deadline for our Human Evolution Conference to give you more time to prepare! 📝 #HumanEvo25

⏰Submit your abstract by 4 March

Contribute to bridging knowledge gaps between ancient & modern genomes. #AncientDNA

📎bit.ly/4ajmLI6

Human Evolution - From Fossils to Ancient and Modern Genomes (hybrid conference)
Dates: 28–30 April 2025
Location: Hinxton Hall Conference Centre, Wellcome Genome Campus, UK and online

Submit an abstract by 4 March to be considered for a short talk or poster presentation

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Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · Feb 16

Project scientist in computational population genetics (post PhD/postdoc experience usually expected). recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10171

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