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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 7d

Have a look at the paper, and visit insitulabs.org to learn more about the project and decentralised labs ❤️

👏 👏 to all coauthors. I feel very lucky to be part of such a fantastic project!

In Situ Labs – A Global One Health Laboratory Movement

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 7d

Using portable and low-cost sequencing in the field can help address biodiversity barcoding biases seen in many biodiverse regions, where local researchers often rely on foreign institutions to process their samples.

Decoding the Amazon

This project, "Decoding the Amazon," is part of the broader In Situ Laboratory Initiative, dedicated to strengthening wildlife and environmental monitoring…

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 7d

In this study, we generated over 1,800 publicly available barcodes for Amazonian vertebrate 🦇 and plant 🌿 taxa.

Of these, 30 mammal and 196 bird barcodes were the first ones for that species! 🤯

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 7d

This is work I was involved in when I moved to the field for some months a few years ago to help set up one of the field genetics labs in Peru with @fieldprojects.org @surroundscience.bsky.social

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 7d

So excited to share a new paper I’m coauthor on which has just come out in Scientific Data: “Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa”
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 19d

Together with the growing number of genome reference assemblies and specialised bioinformatics tools being shared and developed, we believe our study shows how much potential metagenomics approaches hold for #BiodiversityMonitoring and #ConservationGenomics.

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 19d

🌿 The metagenomic data also allowed us to taxonomically classify some of the "by-catch" plant DNA present in the samples, and explore potential plant-arthropod interactions.

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 19d

🐝 High coverage bulkDNA genomes were further explored by analysing their mitochondrial allele frequency distributions, which indicated the presence of several individuals with different haplotypes within the same sample.

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 19d

We obtained #bulkDNA genomes from the samples and used them to calculate genome-wide heterozygosities and - by comparing their genomic profile to previously published genomes - confirm their geographic population of origin 🌎.

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 19d

In this study, we used a comprehensive, custom-built, terabyte-scale #Kraken2 database (also publicly available) to taxonomically classify all reads before mapping to selected references.

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 19d

🧬 Through shotgun sequencing, metagenomics can help us go from a barcode to a full genome, and unlock insights like genetic diversity and population structure.

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 19d

🧬 Metabarcoding is exceptionally good at detecting species, especially at low abundance, and it's widespread use means thousands of barcode species references are publicly available.

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 19d

Our new study is out!

We analysed 40 Malaise trap samples collected across Sweden by the Insect Biome Atlas project using #metabarcoding and #metagenomics

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @tvdvalk.bsky.social

Small Bugs, Big Data: Metagenomics for Arthropod Biodiversity Monitoring

We used metagenomic sequencing of 40 bulk arthropod samples collected across Sweden to classify taxa and compare results with metabarcoding from the same samples. While metabarcoding was more sensiti...

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · May 27

So excited this is happening! See you next year in Stockholm! 😎

Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · May 27

We're thrilled to announce that the FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26 2026!

Topics will span from humans to wildlife and sediments 🧬🦣💀🦠 bring it on!

Save the dates!

Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for news

👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org

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Vetenskap & Allmänhet @vetenskapoallm.bsky.social · Mar 10

#VAbloggen: Why sign up to #Borrowaresearcher #Lånaenforskare Read Phd-student @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social #Naturhistoriskariksmuseet #Guestblog: vetenskapallmanhet.se/2025/02/in-t...
#Scicomm #outreach #forskom

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · Mar 6

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · Mar 6

Short blog I wrote about being a researcher in “Låna en forskare” (borrow a researcher). Such a cool opportunity! #ForskarFredag

Vetenskap & Allmänhet @vetenskapoallm.bsky.social · Feb 28

”In the end – that’s what outreach is all about”, @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, deltog i låna en forskare och har sammanfattat sina upplevelser här: vetenskapallmanhet.se/2025/02/in-t...

Var med! Vårens bokning öppnar den 4 mars. forskarfredag.se/hitta-en-for...

”In the end – that’s what outreach is all about”

In 2024, I had the opportunity to be a lånad forskare (“borrowed researcher”) for around 10 schools across Sweden, both in person and online, reaching...

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · Feb 25

Halfway there!!
Had a fantastic post-seminar feedback discussion with @anitajnorman.bsky.social @indianadiez.bsky.social Francisco Almada and @tvdvalk.bsky.social
Thanks all! Hyped for what’s next! 😎

Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · Feb 20

Congrats to Samantha López Clinton for the successful half-time PhD seminar 🎉

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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · Jan 7

At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics!

Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics.

Please spread the word!

www.su.se/english/sear...

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Patrícia Pečnerová @patriciachrzan.bsky.social · Nov 12

▪️ Open postdoc position ▪️ 🔎🧬🐘
I'm recruiting a postdoc to work with me on mapping the genomic legacy of the elephant ivory trade in Europe using ancient DNA.

Hosted by Lund University 🇸🇪 with Bengt Hansson

Please RT!

Info and apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · Nov 13

🧬🐭🐴🐻Job Alert🐻🐴🐭🧬

We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers in DeepTime Palaeogenomics!

All positions are for 2 years (extension possible), & are fully funded both in terms of employment and project costs.

Deadline: 2 Dec 2024

Please RT!

Apply:
www.su.se/english/abou...

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · Nov 19

Asked my fellow scientists if they had any props to lend to me for #ForskarFredag and I got so many cool things that I’ve had to move them around in a suitcase.

Now back to planning the talks for around 250 students across Sweden!

#ScienceCommunication
#LånaEnForskare https://t.co/wIvsviy781

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · Nov 19

‼️Just one week left to submit your “idea for IDEA” in 800 words or less 😎

Please RT!

Reach out if you have questions, we’re happy to help.

#Grants #Funding #DEI
@OfficialSMBE @SMBE_IDEA @SMBEmeetings https://t.co/3KBerpKRXF

Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · Nov 19

Planning #forskarfredag talks for #lånaenforskare week! I’ll be giving talks (in person and zoom) at 10 different schools in Sweden about life as a researcher at @CpgSthlm, collecting monkey 💩 with @Field_Projects, and why DNA is so cool! 🧬
So chuffed to be part of this. https://t.co/JeridrQ9N3

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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · Nov 19

Llévele llévele!
Dos semanas más para meter tu aplicación y recibir hasta 25 mil dólares para proyectos IDEA!
Revisa las bases en el link, retwittéanos y/o pasa la voz! Every little helps :) https://t.co/LBQyuvZyYa