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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · 5d

Crick PhD programme open, with a studentship in my lab possible. Apply if at all curious!

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 6d

Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme.

Apply by 05 November 2025

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...

PhD students

Our PhD programme attracts the brightest scientific minds and is an opportunity for talented people to embark on their career in biomedical research.

www.crick.ac.uk

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 6d

Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme.

Apply by 05 November 2025

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...

PhD students

Our PhD programme attracts the brightest scientific minds and is an opportunity for talented people to embark on their career in biomedical research.

www.crick.ac.uk

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Louis-Jeantet Foundation @louisjeantetfdn.bsky.social · 29d

Register to attend the #LouisJeantetSymposium on vertebrate genome #evolution. Organised by Svante Pääbo and
@kaessmannlab.bsky.social . Free event, full line up of speakers 👉 www.jeantet.ch/en/

📆Tuesday 14 October, 08h15
📍CMU - Auditoire Alex-F. Müller (A250)
@genevunige.bsky.social

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · 7d

The programme of talks for the London symposium on ancient genomes is set, but we are still open for poster submissions until Friday. Hope to see many there.

Genetics Society UK @gensocuk.bsky.social · Jul 14

We have an exciting line-up of speakers already confirmed for our Ancient Genomes meeting in November. If you want to be one of the speakers or present a poster, submit your abstract by 31 July!

genetics.org.uk/events/ancie...

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · 7d

3-year PhD programme for candidates that already hold a medical degree. A project with us would aim to understand the origins and human evolution of biologically and medically relevant genetic variant. Don't hesitate to apply to discuss further!

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 7d

We're looking for clinicians who are passionate about research to join our 3-year fully funded clinical PhD programme. 🔬🩺

Apply by 14 November 2025. 👇

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Doctoral clinical fellows

The Crick's clinical PhD programme.

www.crick.ac.uk

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 21d

NEW PODCAST: ‘A Question of Science’ with Professor Brian Cox.

In every episode, panels of scientists and experts answer audience questions about some of the biggest issues facing us today.

Listen to the first episode, ‘Can we live forever?’: lnk.to/AQOSAgeingBB

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Sep 5

Big congratulations to Helen and all other awardees!

Helen Fewlass @helenfewlass.bsky.social · Sep 5

Very excited to receive an ERC Starting Grant to study the earliest archaeological and biomolecular evidence of Homo sapiens in NW Europe

Watch this space for new positions in Bristol in 2026! 🎉

#HorizonEurope #ERCStG

European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 4

📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!

Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!

➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh

#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Sep 4

Early bird registration until 12 September!

Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Aug 28

Full programme on ancient DNA, human biology and medicine out now for our packed November 14 @gensocuk.bsky.social symposium! Join us at the @royalsociety.org in London.

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Aug 28

Registration is discounted if you also register to be a @gensocuk.bsky.social member. registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...

registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Aug 28

Full programme on ancient DNA, human biology and medicine out now for our packed November 14 @gensocuk.bsky.social symposium! Join us at the @royalsociety.org in London.

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Janet Kelso @janetk.bsky.social · Aug 28

Exited to have such a great set of speakers for Ancient genomes: perspectives on human biology and medicine
The program is now online and registration is still open!
registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Aug 16

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!

Skoglund Lab - Ancient Genomics

Skoglund lab

sites.google.com

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Aug 1

New postdoc opening in our lab: crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job... Don't hesitate to send in your details or contact me if interested!

Postdoctoral Fellow - P Skoglund Lab

Salary for this Role: Salary: From £45,500 per annum with benefits, subject to skills and experience. Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow - P Skoglund Lab Reports to: Pontus Skoglund Closing Date: 20/Aug/2...

crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com

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Genetics Society UK @gensocuk.bsky.social · Jul 21

Only 10 more days to submit your abstract!

@pontus-skoglund.bsky.social and @janetk.bsky.social have organised a fantastic meeting with incredible speakers. Join us in November @royalsociety.org!

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Jul 17

Abstract deadline for the London ancient genomes and human evolution meeting in November extended to 31st July. Alongside the invited speakers we have ~8 slots for speakers from submitted abstracts and a poster session. Submit yours!

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · Jul 16

Join Caetano Reis e Sousa (@reisesousalab.bsky.social) as he describes how our immune systems work and his team’s research into better understanding dendritic cell receptors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBC9...

The Past, Present and Future of Immunology Research – with Caetano Reis e Sousa

YouTube video by Francis Crick Institute

www.youtube.com

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Nature @nature.com · Jul 2

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian

https://go.nature.com/44bHYCh

First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced from 4,800-year-old teeth

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian.

go.nature.com

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Jul 8

@mathiesoniain.bsky.social might know.

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · Jul 4

[email protected], who heads up our Ancient Genomics lab, spoke to the Today Programme about new work from his team and @ljmuofficial.bsky.social to extract and sequence DNA from a 4,500-year-old ancient Egyptian individual.

Listen back from 1:22:30 ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Today - 03/07/2025 - BBC Sounds

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thanks as always Caetano!

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · Jul 2

Forty years after Svante Pääbo kicked off this extraordinary field of science, today sees report of the first whole-genome sequence of an ancient Egyptian (from 2855–2570BCE). Exciting work from @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social, @flinklinus.bsky.social, & co at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, @crick.ac.uk.🧬🧪

Whole-genome ancestry of an Old Kingdom Egyptian - Nature

Whole-genome sequencing of an ancient male Egyptian revealed a mixture of North African Neolithic and eastern Fertile Crescent ancestry, suggesting human migration between Egypt and Mesopotamia by the...

www.nature.com

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · Jul 2

Researchers from the Crick and @ljmuofficial.bsky.social have extracted and sequenced DNA from an individual who lived in Egypt around 4,500 years ago, making it the oldest genome from ancient Egypt sequenced to date.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-07...

Researchers sequence first genome from ancient Egypt

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived around 4,500 to 4,800...

www.crick.ac.uk

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Janet Kelso @janetk.bsky.social · Jul 2

Interested in how ancient genomes are providing insights into the our evolutionary past? @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social and I are excited about the great program coming together for this meeting in London in November! Register now to join us!

Genetics Society UK @gensocuk.bsky.social · Jul 1

We’ve got some good news! The deadline to submit abstracts for our “Ancient #Genomes: Perspectives on Human Biology and Medicine” meeting has been extended to 31 July 2025. So if you were thinking about submitting, there’s still plenty of time!

genetics.org.uk/events/ancie...

Ancient genomes: perspectives on human biology and medicine | Genetics Society

It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the Autumn Meeting of the Genetics Society. This meeting will provide a unique forum to network and socialise with a wide cross-section of the ...

genetics.org.uk

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Jul 2

Finally, thanks to all funders including @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, The @crick.ac.uk and the @erc.europa.eu for supporting this work.

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thanks to co-authors: Ashley Cooke, Kakia Anastasiadou, Chris Barrington, Alex Gilardet, Monica Kelly, Marina Silva, Leo Speidel, Frankie Tait, Mia Williams, Nicolas Brucato, Francois Ricaut, Caroline Wilkinson, Richard Madgwick, Emily Holt, Alexandra Nederbragt, Edward Inglis & Mateja Hajdinjak.

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