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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 19

And finally, see you all in 2027 for #EPIC27 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🧪🧬🥳

EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 19

Special thanks to the chairs of #EPIC25 day 2!
Session4- @guillramstein.bsky.social (AU), @lauritsskov.bsky.social (KU)
Session5- Mads Fristrup Schou (AU), Anne Krogh Nøhr (AAU, RN)
Session6- Franceen Eshun-Wilson(KU), Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard(AU)
Session7- @mhssinding.bsky.social (KU), Evelyn Todd(KU)

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 19

And another special thanks to the chairs of #EPIC25 Day1
Session1 - David Duchene (KU) & Jilong Ma (AU)
Session2 - Juraj Bergman (AU) & @hernmoral.bsky.social (KU)
Session3 - Dorte Bekkevold (DTU) & @mikkelschierup.bsky.social (AU)

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 19

Special thanks to our dedicated organizers for their time and expertise that shaped an unforgettable program!
Thomas Bataillon
@idamoltke.bsky.social
@aalbrechtsen.bsky.social
@palledr.bsky.social
@mikkelschierup.bsky.social
Dorte Bekkevol & @shyamsg.bsky.social

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you to everyone who made #EPIC25 a success! We're deeply grateful to our amazing organizers, session chairs, and all attendees for creating such a vibrant and inspiring event. 👏 A special thank you to @carlsbergfondet.dk for their support in making this event possible. 🙏

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

And finally, the last speaker of this session @oskolkov.bsky.social delved into the impact of #microbial #contamination in reference #genomes 🧬 when investigating ancient environmental samples! Disinfecting these genomes seems the way to go! Super!

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Sara Behnamian (KU) presented a genetic dating method—temporal population structure—for ancient Eurasian genomes spanning the past 10,000 years.

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Evelyn Todd (KU) used museum and modern specimens to uncover lost diversity and explore the genomic structure and #population dynamics of European #wolves with a special focus on Karelian and Scandinavian wolves! 🐺

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Kirstine Ravn (KU) presented her great work on how they traced the evolutionary history of the CCR5Δ32 #deletion using both ancient and modern genomes.

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social (KU) showed us the potential of ancient #EnvironmentalGenomics - #aeDNA - to monitor past #biodiversity! Looking forward to seeing the developments in this field!

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Wrapping up #EPIC25 with a deep dive into #AncientGenomics—covering everything from ancient #environmentalDNA authenticity to the evolutionary history of human genes 🧬 , #wolves 🐺, and ancient Eurasian populations.

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Maria Satti (AU/QGG) presented #MetaMAG Explorer - a modular pipeline for novel metagenome-assembled genome (MAG) discovery and profiling.

EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Shixu He (KU) gave a brilliant talk about the #metagenome of the Greenland population, revealing unique microbial signatures. Seems like ice-cream can improve your health!?

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Eamon Winship (AU) presented his work on how mobile genetic elements shape variability in marine #sediment #bacteria.

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

‪@kbohmann.bsky.social‬ (KU) showed how you can literally vacuum animal DNA out of the air for biodiversity monitoring.

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Another #EPIC25 session took us into the world of #eDNA, #Metagenomics, and #biodiversity monitoring—from vacuuming animal #DNA out of air to studying #microbes in the deep sea.

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

And the last speaker for this session was Shannon D'Urso (AU) that shared her work on the genome-wide scan across 43,829 human trios, ruling out moderate single-locus effects in transmission ratio distortion and highlighting meiosis-related genes.

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

We then continued with Emil Jørsboe (SSI) and explored the genetics of permanent tooth eruption.

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Jian Zeng (University of Queensland) presented evidence of widespread purifying #selection shaping the genetic architecture of human complex traits.

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Session 5 of #EPIC25 was all about #QuantitativeGenetics were we covered topics going from purifying selection in human traits, the genetics of tooth eruption, and large-scale scans for transmission ratio distortion of variants.

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Lastly, Chao Zhang (KU) presented his work on #ASTER— a suite of optimization algorithms for accurate #species #tree inference, building on methods like #ASTRAL and #CASTER. Very interesting stuff!

EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Cool talk by Anna Maria Langmüller (AU) on inferring #selection on #transposable #elements - where experimental evolution joins forces with machine learning to uncover how these genomic hitchhikers evolve.

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Great talk on new hidden Markov model enhancements for detecting archaic #introgression in modern #humans by Asger Hobolth (AU)

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Anders Charmouh (AU) presented his work on their method to estimate #gene conversion tract length and rate from #PacBio HiFi data - tested with #simulations and applied to #human #sperm #sequencing data.

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EPICconference @epicconference.bsky.social · Aug 13

Second and last day of #EPIC25 began with a session on #Methods for statistical and evolutionary #genomics - featuring talks on species tree inference, archaic introgression, gene conversion, and other cutting-edge tools.

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