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Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics @hologenomics.bsky.social · 6d

🔁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 info: smbe2026.org/symposia
@official-smbe.bsky.social

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 6d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 14d

Paris and @welkergroup.bsky.social are ready for #ESHE2025!

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 24d

🚨🚨Today is the last day to register to join us in October!! 🚨🚨 (See further details in the note and link below)!

Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 27d

🐑Just a few days left!🐐 Registration for the #ICAZ-AGPM Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics working group meeting @icaz-news.bsky.social 🐃 is open until ⚠️Monday September 15th⚠️!
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sites.google.com/palaeome.org....

ICAZ AGPM 2025 - Registration

Conference registration has opened as of 04 July 2025; the deadline to register is 15 September 2025. The registration fee includes: access to all sessions, welcome reception, coffee breaks, lunches, ...

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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 27d

We look forward to welcoming you to Copenhagen in October! Please find further information, including on our exciting keynotes by Jean-Denis Vigne, Mary Prendergast, and Eline Lorenzen: sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

ICAZ AGPM 2025

Exploring the Past, Informing the Future: Two Decades of Interdisciplinary Approaches in Archaeozoology

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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 27d

🐑Just a few days left!🐐 Registration for the #ICAZ-AGPM Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics working group meeting @icaz-news.bsky.social 🐃 is open until ⚠️Monday September 15th⚠️!
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ICAZ AGPM 2025 - Registration

Conference registration has opened as of 04 July 2025; the deadline to register is 15 September 2025. The registration fee includes: access to all sessions, welcome reception, coffee breaks, lunches, ...

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Sep 3

There is still time to apply to these great early career opportunities!!

Three Junior Research Group leader positions at the new University of Tübingen Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' (in biomechanics, phenotype-genotype interactions, experimental archaeology - see links)

Deadline Sept. 10!

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Aug 7

Job Alerts!🚨 We are looking to fill three Independent Junior Research Group Leader positions in the 'HUMAN ORIGINS' Cluster of Excellence at the University of Tübingen
Application deadline: Sept. 10, Starting Jan. 1, 2026

1. Genotype-Phenotype interactions:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Independent Junior Research Group Leader (m/f/d, 100%)

uni-tuebingen.de

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Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics @hologenomics.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣 The Call for Symposia for the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2026 Annual Meeting is now open.

🌍 The meeting will be in Copenhagen June 28th to July 2nd

🖊️ We invite you to submit a symposium proposal and help shape the scientific content of SMBE 2026

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Symposia - SMBE 2026 - Copenhagen Denmark

SMBE 2026 Symposia Check deadlines and important dates below. Days Hours Minutes Seconds Conference Symposia We are now accepting proposals for symposium for the 2026 Annual meeting taking place in C...

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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · Sep 2

⚠️ Don't forget to register folks! ⬇️

Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨Here is your reminder to register by the *15 September* for the 11th ICAZ-AGPM (Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics) happening the 14-17th of October in Copenhagen!! eventsignup.ku.dk/11th-icazagp...

11th ICAZ AGPM Working Group Meeting

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks to @isbarchaeology.bsky.social and @isba11.bsky.social for a great conference.

I mentioned the legacy of Henk Kars of VU who established ISBA

Geoarchaeology closed. Here is the link to the petition to save Earth Sciences @vuamsterdam.bsky.social

www.change.org/p/red-aardwe...

More than 500 international scholars attended ISBA 11. Here are many of them looking up at the camera in a large group shot

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VVillaIslas @vvillaislas.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ready for #ISBA11 meeting. Starting with the pre-conference #PAASTA 🤩 and the welcoming. It’s already being great to connect with peers from Huerta-Sánchez lab @lindaongaro.bsky.social @marcocapo.bsky.social and more (not all in this network). And remember to visit me at my poster No.254 on Friday.

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Laurits Skov @lauritsskov.bsky.social · Aug 28

Are you interested in doing a PhD in Copenhagen? Interested in studying Neanderthals and Denisovans which live on in our genomes?
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)

candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Please reach out if you have any questions!

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Welker Group @welkergroup.bsky.social · Aug 25

We have arrived in Turin for @isba11.bsky.social and are very excited for the week! Don't miss the following talks and posters from the Welker Group:

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Center for the Human Past (CHP) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social · Aug 12

#Job alert: associate professor (universitetslektor) at the program in Human #Paleogenomics and #Population #Genomics. Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 1st. #vacancy @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social

www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...

Universitetslektor i människans palaeo-och populationsgenomik - Uppsala universitet

Universitetslektor i människans palaeo-och populationsgenomik, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala universitet

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Welker Group @welkergroup.bsky.social · Jun 20

For the last six months, @adrianaleite.bsky.social has been visiting us from @icarehb.bsky.social. Thank you for this time Adriana, it has been a joy to have you in our group and we hope to see you again soon!

Parts of the group out enjoying some Copenhagen sun and iced tea!

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Welker Group @welkergroup.bsky.social · Jul 17

For the last six months, we've had Lucas Siero from Utrecht University visiting us for an internship, working on some #palaeoproteomics method development. It was a joy to have you join our group Lucas, and good luck with the rest of your studies!

Parts of the Welker Group taking a boat ride around the canals of Copenhagen, all looking very happy!

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Bella Shaw @blellashaw.bsky.social · Jul 10

How we use game mechanics to explore and educate about archaeology in our board game Cultivaria- a thread.

#archaeology #boardgame

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Tim Cleland @paleoproteomicist.bsky.social · Jul 9

We published a new paper on enamel paleoproteomics from teeth up to 18 million years old from the Turkana Basin in Kenya. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift - Nature

The isolation of dental proteins from fossils deposited 1.5 million to 18 million years ago in the Turkana Basin in Kenya, a tropical region, demonstrate the promise of dental enamel for palaeoproteom...

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Meagan Mulcair, Ph.D. @drmeagan.bsky.social · Jul 9

The record for the oldest protein ever found has been smashed five-fold after analyzing ancient fossilized teeth 🦷

@paleoproteomicist.bsky.social @fridowelker.bsky.social @harvardpress.bsky.social @smithsonianmag.bsky.social @newscientist.com

www.newscientist.com/article/2487...

Oldest proteins yet recovered from 18-million-year-old teeth

The oldest protein fragments ever recovered have been extracted from fossilised teeth found in Kenya's Rift Valley, revealing the remains belonged to the ancient ancestors of rhinoceroses and elephant...

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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · Jul 9

Lots of exciting potential now for truly deep-time #palaeoproteomics in palaeontology!

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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · Jul 9

Two great new studies out in @nature.com today, pushing back the recovery of dental enamel proteins to 21+ million years in the Arctic (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) and 18+ million years in East Africa (www.nature.com/articles/s41...).

Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift - Nature

The isolation of dental proteins from fossils deposited 1.5 million to 18 million years ago in the Turkana Basin in Kenya, a tropical region, demonstrate the promise of dental enamel for palaeoproteom...

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Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · Jul 9

Woo-Hoo! This has been a long time coming, and in much testing (beta testing) but the integrated beta more functionality - smooth genome scrolling, nice uploads, and gene + function pages.

Ensembl @ensembl.org · Jul 9

🚀 We've launched an Integrated Release on Ensembl Beta!
Beta Release 2025-02 features 2,919 genomes, ready for both current & long-term use.
You can explore the data on zurl.co/FuoKx or read more about Ensembl Beta releases on our blog at zurl.co/xbRr4

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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · Jul 8

Don't hesitate to reach out to the organising team in case you have questions or additional dietary requirements than the options listed.

Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · Jul 8

Registration is open for the 11th #ICAZ-AGPM meeting taking place this October in Copenhagen! We're looking forward to four days of #archaeozoology #aDNA #morphometrics & #palaeoproteomics.
sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

ICAZ AGPM 2025 - Registration

Conference registration has opened as of 04 July 2025. The registration fee includes: access to all sessions, welcome reception, coffee breaks, lunches, certificate of attendance. Registration can be...

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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · Jul 4

⚠️registration is now open for the ICAZ-AGPM meeting in Copenhagen this coming October⬇️ We're looking forward to welcoming you to @ucph.bsky.social @ucph-soa.bsky.social for four days of research on interdisciplinary archaeozoology.

Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · Jul 4

✨REGISTRATION IS OPEN✨ for the 11th International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics (AGPM) Working Group Meeting taking place this autumn in Copenhagen the 14-17th of October!

eventsignup.ku.dk/11th-icazagp...

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