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Zoé Pochon @zoepochon.bsky.social · 8d

#aDNA

Zoé Pochon @zoepochon.bsky.social · 8d

Into microbes? 🦠
Example themes include Ancient Microbiomes an Past Pathogens.
After bigger beasts, fluffy animals and people? 🐾🧬 Expect themes like sedaDNA, wildlife, domestication, humans, but also proteins/RNA, lab methods, computation… See you in Stockholm! #ICP2026

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Zoé Pochon @zoepochon.bsky.social · 8d

Join us in beautiful Stockholm for the first International Conference on palaeogenomics, 23–26 June 2026! 🥳

Abstracts are now open!

Four full days = plenty of talk slots, so throw your hat in and present your work.
#ICP2026 #ancientDNA #palaeogenomics #ancientmetagenomics

ICP2026 Stockholm @palaeogenomics.bsky.social · 8d

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Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!

June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.

Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!

Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/

Deadline: Nov 30th

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ICP2026 Stockholm @palaeogenomics.bsky.social · 8d

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Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!

June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.

Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!

Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/

Deadline: Nov 30th

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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 14d

🧬🧬🧬 🦣❤️🦣 🧬🧬🧬

New #CpgSthlm paper led by @maridehasque.bsky.social published in Biology Letters!

Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 24d

One week left to apply for our postdoc position on Deep-Time Small Rodent Palaeogenomics!

This is a 2-year full-time position that includes Swedish employment benefits, as well as funding for research expenses and work-related travel.

More info and application link:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Aida Andres @aidaandres.bsky.social · 29d

Jasmin Rees PhD chapter as a paper just out at the AJHG @ajhgnews.bsky.social, with Sergi Castellano, who first envisioned the study. Jas investigated signatures of human local genetic adaptation in hundreds of micronutrient-associated genes.

The American Journal of Human Genetics @ajhgnews.bsky.social · 29d

📣New from @aidaandres.bsky.social & co
📄Global impact of micronutrients in modern human evolution

Global impact of micronutrients in modern human evolution

In this study, Rees et al. evaluate the role of dietary micronutrients in driving local genetic adaptation and population differentiation in humans. The authors find evidence that micronutrient-associ...

www.cell.com

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Katerina Guschanski @kguschan.bsky.social · Sep 8

In the now published study doi.org/10.1111/1755..., @markella-morait.bsky.social shows just how widespread dental calculus is and how to make to work for your favourite #mammal. #metagenomics #aDNA #museums

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Benjamin Guinet @benjaminguinet.bsky.social · Sep 3

🧵 Exciting news from our lab #CpgSthlm! 🥳

Thousands of years ago, mammoths roamed, and so did their fascinating microbial companions. Our latest study, published in 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭, brings them to light 🦣🦠🧬

Read the full paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

Mammoth tusk emerging from the permafrost on Wrangel Island (Siberia) in 2017 (photo by Love Dalén)

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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · Sep 2

The world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth!

New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!

Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

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SPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · Aug 27

A huge thanks to all the amazing speakers and participants at #SPAAM7 yesterday 🧬🙌

The sessions were full of inspiring talks and great discussions!✨

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · Aug 26

We have boarded the AaRC at ISBA! @aarc-community.bsky.social @isba11.bsky.social #aDNA

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Center for the Human Past (CHP) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social · Aug 25

A new book on Africa's prehistory is out now. An #archaeology of the #Bantu expansion.
#Africa #prehistory #humanpast #genetics #linguistics shorturl.at/MjR57

An Archaeology of the Bantu Expansion | Early Settlers South of the Co

The Bantu Expansion is one of the most intriguing issues in African history. Based on extensive fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and laboratory

shorturl.at

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Simon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · Aug 23

Hmm... Corded Ware and Bell Beaker traditions do not match Steppe ancestries. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Spatiotemporal reconstruction of Corded Ware and Bell Beaker burial rituals reveals complex dynamics divergent from steppe ancestry

Chronological modeling shows fast, polyfocal dissemination of Corded Ware and Beaker rites before rapid Pan-European convergence.

www.science.org

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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · Aug 22

Attending #ESEB2025 has been an amazing experience!

If you are interested in more ancient DNA and museomics, please consider joining us in Stockholm for the first International Conference on Palaeogenomics (June 23-26 2026)!

Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social

👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org

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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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Johanna von Seth @johannanvs.bsky.social · Aug 13

Pausing baby bubble to say: the last chapter of my thesis is finally out! The arctic fox has been threatened in Scandinavia since the early 1900s. With historical genomes we show that inbreeding has increased as a consequence, but also that it was higher compared to the worldwide pop already before…

Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · Aug 13

New paper out from @johannanvs.bsky.social, @lovedalen.bsky.social and others from #CpgSthlm, using historical DNA to investigate temporal genomic change in the Scandinavian arctic fox!

Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · Aug 13

New paper out from @johannanvs.bsky.social, @lovedalen.bsky.social and others from #CpgSthlm, using historical DNA to investigate temporal genomic change in the Scandinavian arctic fox!

Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

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Eduardo Amorim @cegamorim.bsky.social · Aug 11

Re-upping this! @arunsethuraman.bsky.social and I are offering this 5-day online workshop via @physaliacourses.bsky.social. Please check the link below.

EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Jul 24

Join our online course "Population Genomics Using Ancient DNA Data" (Sept 22-26) focused on aDNA analysis in genomics. Limited seats available! Details: https://www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/adna-popgen/ #course

Population genomics using ancient DNA data

22nd-26th September 2025

www.physalia-courses.org

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Center for the Human Past (CHP) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social · Aug 12

#Job alert: associate professor (universitetslektor) at the program in Human #Paleogenomics and #Population #Genomics. Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 1st. #vacancy @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social

www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...

Universitetslektor i människans palaeo-och populationsgenomik - Uppsala universitet

Universitetslektor i människans palaeo-och populationsgenomik, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala universitet

www.uu.se

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Torsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · Aug 12

The @scilifelab.se ancient DNA unit is looking for an bioinformatician placed at Uppsala University. This is a great way to be part of diverse #aDNA research projects as a staff scientist with permanent (!!) employment:

www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Bioinformatician - Uppsala University

Bioinformatician, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University

www.uu.se

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Christina Warinner @christinawarinner.bsky.social · Aug 9

New article in the Harvard Gazette about how we’re persevering despite funding cuts

news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

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Christina Warinner @christinawarinner.bsky.social · Aug 6

I'll be presenting our research on ancient food fermentations at the upcoming Stanford Fermented Food Conference on September 4-5, 2025. Join us to learn more about our recent findings on Roman wine and ancient Himalayan beer!

There will be yeast and LAB genomes! med.stanford.edu/nutrition/ev...

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Nikolay Oskolkov @oskolkov.bsky.social · Aug 5

Please RT, two open postdoc positions in my metabolic research group:

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/358375
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/358370

Postdoctoral Researcher of Metabolic Research Group

Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (LIOS) - the leading drug discovery centre in the Baltic countries is offering One permanent position of principal investigator /PostDoc of Metabolic Research Gr...

euraxess.ec.europa.eu

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Christina Warinner @christinawarinner.bsky.social · Aug 4

Postdoc James Fellows Yates has won the Dawn Field Award for Outstanding Contributions to Genomic Standards at this year’s Genomics Standards Consortium (GSC) meeting in Cambridge, UK! Congratulations, James! We couldn’t be more proud!

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