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Sabhrina Aninta

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Conservation genetics & population genomics of tropical island populations, occasionally ancient DNA, phylogenetics, biogeography, & biodiversity informatics, mostly mammals 🐗🐂. She/her. 🇲🇨. X/Twitter previously sagitaninta.

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Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hi! I'm an Indonesian moslem researcher working on conservation genetics/genomics of island species (which is most species in Indonesia also).

I'm currently working on population genomics of Indonesian cattles with wild introgressions, also learning the limit of speciation using African mammals.

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Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics @hologenomics.bsky.social · 5d

🔁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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IUCN SSC Parasite Specialist Group @iucnparasites.bsky.social · 19d

Hello, Bluesky! We're the IUCN SSC Parasite Specialist Group, a part of the Species Survival Commission! We're just starting to understand the important roles parasites play in their ecosystems, and our goal is to determine the threats wildlife parasites face and to conserve rare and unique species!

Rhinoceros Stomach Bot Fly (Gyrostigma rhinocerontis), a black-and-orange bot fly specializing in White Rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) and Black Rhinos (Diceros bicornis) in Africa. Credit: Bernard Dupont, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyrostigma_rhinocerontis_(Owen,_1830)_1(a)_-_iNaturalist.org.jpg

A Ryukyu Rabbit Tick (Haemaphysalis pentalagi), a brown tick that specializes on the Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi) on Amami Ōshima, one of the southern islands of Japan. Credit: Takamasa Nemoto

The Manx Shearwater Flea (Ceratophyllus (Emmareus) fionnus), a flea known only from the Isle of Rùm off the west coast of Scotland, where it specializes on nesting colonies of the Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus). Credit: Olha Schedrina / The Natural History Museum

Rhinoceros Tick (Dermacentor rhinocerinus), a spotted orange-and-black tick species that specializes on White Rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) and Black Rhinos (Diceros bicornis) in Africa. Credit: Moira Fitzpatrick

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POPGROUP59 @popgroup2026.bsky.social · 9d

Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.

This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.

More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

See you there !

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Population and Statistical Genetics Group at UCPH @popgendk.bsky.social · 9d

Our new paper on Indonesian cattle #genomics is out on @natcomms.nature.com 🎉
Did you know Indonesian #cattle 🐂 were a mix of two species?
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Great work by Xi, @sagitaninta.bsky.social, Casia, Rasmus & co-authors
Read 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#popgen #evolution #agriculture

The genetic diversity of Indonesian cattle has been shaped by multiple introductions and adaptive introgression - Nature Communications

Indonesian cattle are unique due to their history of admixture involving both zebu and banteng. Here, Wang et al. identify ~3.5 million novel introgressed SNP variants and provide a genomic map of banteng introgression within and across many cattle breeds, each with unique introgression histories.

www.nature.com

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Population and Statistical Genetics Group at UCPH @popgendk.bsky.social · 9d

🚀 We’re hiring a #Postdoc!
🔬 Join our group in Copenhagen to study Water Buffalo 🐃 #Population #Genomics
Highly motivated & enthusiastic candidates are welcome!

👉 **Apply:** candidate.hr-manager...

⏰Deadline Oct 15th 2025
#WaterBuffalo #Conservation #EvolutionaryBiology

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Water Buffalo Population Genomics

The Department of Biology, Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is offering a post doc position to work on population genomic analyses in water buffal

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Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · 12d

New postdoc ad alert to work with Rasmus Heller from UCPH Denmark on water buffalo population genomics! Application deadline 15 October 2025 to expected start date 1st January 2026. A recommended project and workplace so far!

#popgen #consgen

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Water Buffalo Population Genomics

The Department of Biology, Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is offering a post doc position to work on population genomic analyses in water buffal

candidate.hr-manager.net

Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · 18d

I am blessed by great mentors in science so far. Not having to get awkward to get recommendation letters is apparently not the average experience for early career researchers 🥲

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · Sep 5

I will be recruiting two PhDs for my ERC Project HERDPATH - let's discover out how livestock and pathogens evolved together using #aDNA. Projects will be animal or pathogen focused but will be in dialogue.

Details at my quaint website below. Deadline 3rd October.

kevingdaly.github.io

Ruminant Palaeogenomics - Kevin G. Daly: Ruminant Palaeogenomics

kevingdaly.github.io

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Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · Sep 3

Is it just me or "genetic purity" sounds fascist?

Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · Sep 3

I am thinking something along the lines of evolution in the face of interspecies genome exchanges in small populations 🤔 anyone interested teaming up? 👐🏼

Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · Sep 3

Do you want to build a symposium 👉🏼👈🏻
#SMBE2026
smbe2026.org/symposia/

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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Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thanks Roberto for the kind commentaries 🥰

I co-lead this study with the bluesky-less Rosie Drinkwater who tirelessly tracked the metadata & the details of the spatial modelling and cannot join the interview because she was on the field. Always a privilege to work with brilliant people 😁

Roberto Rozzi @robertorozzi.bsky.social · Aug 31

Grateful to @mongabay.com for the opportunity to comment on this great study led by
@sagitaninta.bsky.social investigating the genetic health of populations of anoa and babirusa across islands of varying sizes. Link to the study: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🏝🧬🐃🐗 #island #extinction #conservation

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Europe Politics non-official @eupolitics.bsky.social · Aug 29

Indonesia: Jakarta protests resume after overnight clash kills motorcycle taxi driver

https://www.europesays.com/2368213/

Indonesia: Jakarta protests resume after overnight clash kills motorcycle taxi driver https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cdrk7rjv8z5t Posted by thinkB4WeSpeak

Indonesia: Jakarta protests resume after overnight clash kills motorcycle taxi driver - EUROPE SAYS

Indonesia: Jakarta protests resume after overnight clash kills motorcycle taxi driver https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cdrk7rjv8z5t Posted by thinkB4WeSpeak

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Lia Sciortino @liasciortino.bsky.social · Aug 29

What is happening in Indonesia deserves more attention www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Indonesian students vow more protests after one killed in Jakarta demonstration

Tensions have risen in Indonesia's capital following a protest call by students at Jakarta's police headquarters on Friday in response to the death of a motorcycle ride-sharing driver hit by a police vehicle.

www.reuters.com

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · Aug 28

Very nice explainer from twitter user normelpeople on what's happening in Indonesia this week and how people are feeling

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Fairuz✨️ Working on Commission! @zoeragez.bsky.social · Aug 29

Just sharing for what happen in my country right now 🇮🇩 #Indonesia #StopPoliceBrutality

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Population and Statistical Genetics Group at UCPH @popgendk.bsky.social · Aug 29

What a busy August it’s been for our group! 🌍✈️
From our Summer Course in Copenhagen to #EPIC25 in Aarhus and #ESEB25 in Barcelona. So great to see so many of our researchers sharing their work through talks and posters!
An inspiring month full of science, learning, and collaboration! 🙌✨

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Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · Aug 29

This early announcement is also for you to do some saving from now if you want to attend SMBE 2026 in Copenhagen because the cheapest food in Copenhagen is not really cheap unfortunately relative to its neighbouring countries (:

Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · Aug 29

Surprised SMBE being allowed in such an expensive city LOL but here we are: save the date for #SMBE2026 in Copenhagen on 28 June - 2 July 2026!

If you need visa, apply 2 months in advance the latest; as long as I'm still here I can help nudge the committee if you need anything :D

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Home - SMBE 2026 - Copenhagen Denmark

Save the date! SMBE 2026 The Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution 28 June – 2 July 2026, Copenhagen Conference symposia We are now accepting proposals for symposium for the ...

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Stephen I Wright @stepheniwright.bsky.social · Aug 27

Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with ‪‪@shaky-dingo.bsky.social‬ and colleagues

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Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · Aug 28

It will be easier if there was a link I can share to the bluesky-less Indonesians Whatsapp groups 🤣

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · Aug 27

Shameless promotion from #isba11 - I'll be hiring PhDs to start early 2026 (plus postdocs starting later), using #adna to study livestock and pathogen coevolution, particularly looking at inbreeding and immune gene evolution!

Contact me at kevin[at]palaeome.org, full ad to come. Please share!

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Aug 28

Something we need to grasp is that Establishment power meant imperialism. Imperialism is a system of thought that sees upper class white men as the pinnacle of humanity, with a sacred duty to control the lives of others. What we now call the far right is an extension and revival of imperialism.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Aug 28

Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.

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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · Aug 25

Preparing my 'Long Read Genomics' course for a visit at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. Materials will be freely available on GitHub: github.com/bpucker/LRG
#Genomics #Bioinformatics #OpenEducation
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Long Read Genomics. Materials: https://github.com/bpucker/LRG

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · Aug 26

"The UK imports nearly 50% of its food, making it highly dependent on international supply chains, particularly from Europe.

#Climate shocks in key export regions like Spain, France, and Brazil could disrupt imports and further exacerbate inflation."

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On the horizon: climate-induced inflation and the price of food

Read our new report on the rising phenomenon of "climateflation," analysing how climate-related shocks around the globe are set to significantly drive up food prices in the UK.

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