Ortaç Çetintaş
@ortaccetintas.bsky.social
Phylogeographer | Small mammal evolution 🐾 | Lab + fieldwork enthusiast 🧬 | Exploring species history, one genome at a time.
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🎉🎉 New publication out! 🎉🎉
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🦒 The giraffe known as Marius made global headlines when he was euthanized by Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 after being deemed surplus. His story highlights how challenging it is to manage zoo populations for conservation with limited resources 🧬
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
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🦒 The giraffe known as Marius made global headlines when he was euthanized by Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 after being deemed surplus. His story highlights how challenging it is to manage zoo populations for conservation with limited resources 🧬
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
🎉🎉 New publication out! 🎉🎉
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🦒 The giraffe known as Marius made global headlines when he was euthanized by Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 after being deemed surplus. His story highlights how challenging it is to manage zoo populations for conservation with limited resources 🧬
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
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🦒 The giraffe known as Marius made global headlines when he was euthanized by Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 after being deemed surplus. His story highlights how challenging it is to manage zoo populations for conservation with limited resources 🧬
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
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💡 #KnowledgeHighlight | Course: Learning Bioinformatics At Home
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Explore open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu
#bioinformatics
github.com/harvardinfor...
Explore open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu
#bioinformatics
GitHub - harvardinformatics/learning-bioinformatics-at-home: resources for learning bioinformatics
resources for learning bioinformatics. Contribute to harvardinformatics/learning-bioinformatics-at-home development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
💡 #KnowledgeHighlight | Course: Learning Bioinformatics At Home
github.com/harvardinfor...
Explore open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu
#bioinformatics
github.com/harvardinfor...
Explore open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu
#bioinformatics
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New special issue in Molecular Ecology on Conservation Genomics #popGen #evolution 🧪🧬🖥️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1365294x...
Special Issue: CONSERVATION GENOMICS ‐ MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Molecular Ecology: Vol 34, No 23
Molecular Ecology is an international journal for research using molecular genetic techniques to address questions in ecology, evolution, behavior and conservation.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New special issue in Molecular Ecology on Conservation Genomics #popGen #evolution 🧪🧬🖥️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1365294x...
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Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age: 5 reasons to watch Apple TV’s mammoth new natural history show www.shortlist.com/entertainmen... #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge #AppleTV #BBCStudios
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age: 5 reasons to watch Apple TV’s mammoth new natural history show
Featuring some of the coolest special effects in TV history, we go behind the scenes with the CGI masters at London’s Framestore to meet the artists behind the arctic chill.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age: 5 reasons to watch Apple TV’s mammoth new natural history show www.shortlist.com/entertainmen... #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge #AppleTV #BBCStudios
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Whether you are #PlantScience, #FungiFriends, #BugSky, #Microbe researchers, or one of the many other experimental systems out there, we welcome your submissions to our special issue on #genome #evolution! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
@wileyecology.bsky.social
@wileyecology.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Whether you are #PlantScience, #FungiFriends, #BugSky, #Microbe researchers, or one of the many other experimental systems out there, we welcome your submissions to our special issue on #genome #evolution! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
@wileyecology.bsky.social
@wileyecology.bsky.social
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James Watson has died. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
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November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
James Watson has died. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
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Central Asian radiation of modern large-mammal faunas in Miocene | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Central Asian radiation of modern large-mammal faunas in Miocene
Faunal phylogenetic contribution analysis of a mammal supertree shows Central Asia was the Neogene hub for modern megafauna.
www.science.org
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Central Asian radiation of modern large-mammal faunas in Miocene | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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New online! Look to the past
Look to the past
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 14 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00097-yNatural history museums, art museums and other historical sources are treasure troves of biodiversity data. Content in this month’s issue highlights important insights that these sources can yield.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
New online! Look to the past
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Don't forget to register for our in-person Founders' Lecture, next Friday OCT 24 6PM at Burlington House, London.
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, UCD, will be talking to us on all things bat 🦇
This is a free event but it will help us gauge interest if you register. tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, UCD, will be talking to us on all things bat 🦇
This is a free event but it will help us gauge interest if you register. tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
October 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Don't forget to register for our in-person Founders' Lecture, next Friday OCT 24 6PM at Burlington House, London.
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, UCD, will be talking to us on all things bat 🦇
This is a free event but it will help us gauge interest if you register. tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
Prof @emmateeling.bsky.social, UCD, will be talking to us on all things bat 🦇
This is a free event but it will help us gauge interest if you register. tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8
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GenDivRange: A global dataset of geo-referenced population genetic diversity across species ranges #popgen #consgen www.nature.com/articles/s41...
GenDivRange: A global dataset of geo-referenced population genetic diversity across species ranges - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - GenDivRange: A global dataset of geo-referenced population genetic diversity across species ranges
www.nature.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:38 AM
GenDivRange: A global dataset of geo-referenced population genetic diversity across species ranges #popgen #consgen www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I am very happy to share our new paper on the genetics of some of the first modern humans who ever lived in Europe! We sequenced nuclear DNA from 13 specimens from Ranis in Germany, and found that they belonged to at least 6 individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/n)
Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture - Nature
Nature - Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture
www.nature.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM
I am very happy to share our new paper on the genetics of some of the first modern humans who ever lived in Europe! We sequenced nuclear DNA from 13 specimens from Ranis in Germany, and found that they belonged to at least 6 individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/n)
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Microplastics in the human body
"Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 19, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Microplastics in the human body
"Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Analysis of the oldest-known genomes from early modern humans in Europe, who lived around 45,000 years ago, helps to provide a more precise date for when Neanderthals and modern humans mixed, according to research published in Nature. https://go.nature.com/3ZR8Kh1 🧪 🏺
December 13, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Analysis of the oldest-known genomes from early modern humans in Europe, who lived around 45,000 years ago, helps to provide a more precise date for when Neanderthals and modern humans mixed, according to research published in Nature. https://go.nature.com/3ZR8Kh1 🧪 🏺
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'For scientists the network is starting to look like home. Academic institutions, scientific journals and conferences, and international organizations such as the World Health Organization have established a presence there in recent days.'
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Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede
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November 21, 2024 at 5:49 AM
'For scientists the network is starting to look like home. Academic institutions, scientific journals and conferences, and international organizations such as the World Health Organization have established a presence there in recent days.'
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...