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Beatrice Demarchi @beademarch.bsky.social · 11d

We're recruiting an avian ecologist working with @danc-eco.bsky.social and our AviArch team! More info: archaeobiomics.com/aviarch-avif...

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Zandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · 12d

And that's a wrap on Bone Diagenesis 2025! What a lovely conference, full of kind and brilliant scientists. Also the first time my talk has been so 🔥🔥🔥 it set off the fire alarm (I'm choosing to assume that was the reason) 😅

Me giving a talk, barely visible behind a giant podium. About five minutes later, the fire alarm went off, and we all had to go outside for a while. But hey, at least the audience were awake after that! Photo by Dorothea Mylopotamitaki.

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ERC-StG MATRIX @matrixerc.bsky.social · 15d

The ERC Project MATRIX explores one of the big questions in our past: how Neanderthals disappeared as modern humans spread across Europe. Meet the team behind it and learn more about our research on sediments, ancient DNA, proteins, lipids & human evolution
👉 matrix.icarehb.com

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Zandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · 14d

It's become tradition by now that I spend my birthday at a conference, this year at #BD2025 in Athens! I look forward to three days of fascinating talks - the programme looks absolutely incredible 😊

A photo of my name badge. It's possible the dots on the ä have been drawn on by pen 😅

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 16d

For those of you attending, or interested, in the 11th ICAZ-AGPM meeting (International Council for Archaeozoology-Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics) October 14-17 in Copenhagen, the preliminary programme is available on our website! sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

ICAZ AGPM 2025 - Programme

Preliminary programme

sites.google.com

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Felix M Key @keyfm.bsky.social · 23d

Open postdoc position in in my lab in Berlin @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de.

Join us to push the frontier in ancient microbial genomics. Please apply until Oct 17th. Reach out in case you have any questions.

www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2193291/job_...

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Kári Tulinius @kattullus.bsky.social · 25d

News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward.

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Zandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · 26d

There may also be plans for a little @paastacommunity.bsky.social social get-together during the conference, in case someone needs an extra reason to sign up 😄

Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 26d

🐑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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Markella Moraitou @markella-morait.bsky.social · Sep 8

New paper out! doi.org/10.1111/1755...
Dental calculus allows us to study the oral microbiome of wild #mammals, but it's still underutilised! 🦷🦠
In this study, we recover oral #microbiome data from the dental calculus of 32 mammal species and share recommendations for future research.
#museomics

Dental calculus deposits on the teeth of a plains zebra (Equus quagga) specimen housed at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium.

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Zandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · Sep 8

I can highly recommend for #palaeoproteomics ECRs to nominate themselves to the PAASTA steering committee, I have loved being part of shaping the direction of this community and supporting various ideas and projects for the last two years! 😊

PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · Sep 8

For those not at our General Meeting, we have self-nominations for our next Steering Committee open until the end of the month (30 September)! For more details and to nominate yourself: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

With many thanks to @isma-rgz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy for overseeing this!

PAASTA steering committee self-nomination

Hello! I am Ismael Rodríguez Palomo, a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. I have volunteered to conduct the formation of the next PAASTA steering committee. We will try to avoid formal elections...

docs.google.com

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Zandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · Sep 5

Amazing, congratulations!

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Zandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations!

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Zandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations! That is amazing!

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Sep 3

The SMBE 2026 Annual Meeting in Copenhagen is open for symposium proposals from Sept 1 to Oct 15, 2025. Details at https://smbe2026.org/symposia/. Looking forward to your submissions! #conference

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 Copenhagen, Denmark. Selection of proposals will prioritize the interests of SMBE members, emphasizing innovative scientific developments while ensuring geographic and gender diversity among the participants. […]

smbe2026.org

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Zandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · Sep 2

What an amazing time both @isba11.bsky.social and the @paastacommunity.bsky.social pre-ISBA conference last week were! Not entirely sure what I was doing here, but the rest of the time I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with old and new colleagues, listening to amazing science, and eating delicious food.

A photo of me giving a talk at ISBA last week. One day I will learn how to talk without gesturing wildly, but apparently that day has not yet arrived. Photo by Leire Torres Iglesias.

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · Sep 2

Following a marvelous time at ISBA11 and our PAASTA conference, we're back to sharing the work of our community with you here!

@ipatramanis.bsky.social PAASTA talk from March about PaleoProPhyler a tool for #phylogenies from ancient proteins is now live on our YouTube youtu.be/2gVEQyinL4A

PAASTA Seminar Series - Ioannis Patramanis

YouTube video by PAASTA community

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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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ISBA - Intl. Soc. for Biomolecular Archaeology @isbarchaeology.bsky.social · Aug 29

What a week! 🎉 Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference — so well organized and full of great science.

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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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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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Zandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · Aug 26

Today's the day! I can't wait to hear what all these amazing #palaeoproteomics ECRs are working on 🧪🏺

PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · Jul 30

✨✨Reminder that we are hosting a (virtual and in-person) pre-ISBA conference✨✨ on the 26th of August (13:00-17:00 CET) which will include talks from members of our community and the PAASTA Annual General Meeting. Additional details can be found here: paasta-community.github.io/events/2025/...

Pre-ISBA PAASTA Conference · PAASTA Community

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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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Jan Dekker @jaadekker.bsky.social · Aug 23

Happy to announce that the paper on the first of our experiments to better understand how foodcrusts can be used for investigating diet in the past is finally out! Huge thanks to @jessiehendy.bsky.social and @matthewcollins.bsky.social for their support!
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An unclean slate, discrepancies between food input and recovered protein signal from experimental foodcrusts

Organic residues are a rich source of biomolecular information on ancient diets. In particular, foodcrusts, charred residues on ceramics, are commonly analysed for their lipid content and to a lesser ...

doi.org

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 We are hiring!! 🚨

The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:

- a scientific coordinator

- a science communication officer

🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨

See links for the full advertisements:

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Wissenschaftliche/r Geschäftsführer/in (m/w/d, E14 TV-L, 100%)

uni-tuebingen.de

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Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D @archasa.bsky.social · Aug 19

The whole city of Kiruna in northernmost Sweden is moving to a new location due to the old mines undermining the ground. Follow the move of the church live on TV now!
#CulturalHeritage
www.svtplay.se/video/KnDgQ9...

Den stora kyrkflytten – Första dagen

I direktsändning följer vi den världsunika flytten av Kiruna kyrka, från gamla stadskärnan till dess nya plats, fem kilometer bort. Den stora kyrkflytten tar två dagar och är en del av den omfattande ...

www.svtplay.se

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