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Matthew Collins, is a professor at the University of Copenhagen, formerly as a Niels Bohr professor, and also holds a… more

Matthew J. Collins
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Biology 24%
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lukaskall.bsky.social
There is a position open in our lab, within this network. Our project deals with assessing identification and quantification errors for MS-based proteomics. www.protaiomics.eu/project/dc13...
Please check out all the project descriptions at the site below:
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Reposted by: Matthew J. Collins, Nathan Nunn, Marta Mìrazón Lahr

ercrema.bsky.social
⚠️Paper Alert!⚠️
Excited to share this paper with @roccoro.bsky.social where we examined whether ceramic technology in Saharan Africa was the result of a single or multiple episodes of innovation & diffusion
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Bayesian analyses of radiocarbon dates suggest multiple origins of ceramic technology in Early Holocene Africa
Nature Communications - Several possible points of origin have been proposed for the spread of ceramic technology in Saharan Africa between 11–10,000 years ago. Here, the authors...
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beademarch.bsky.social
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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by Matthew J. Collins

matthewcollins.bsky.social
Opportunity for an AI expert @ University of Namur, Belgium. 🇧🇪
blending AI with cultural heritage, studying coins and parchments

Details & application: arc-projects.unamur.be/phoenix/index

Please share/boost!
#AIjobs #Postdoc #CulturalHeritage #DigitalHumanities #AcademicChatter
PHOENIX | Can Physics and Artificial Intelligence Induce New Paradigms in History?
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lisaarchaeology.bsky.social
Big announcement! I’m excited to embark on a tour of America-land with National Geographic Live: A Pirate’s Life. Join me as we dive into the world of pirates from the ancient Mediterranean to the Golden Age of piracy in the Caribbean! live.nationalgeographic.org/event/pirate...
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peercommunityin.bsky.social
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of listening to Dorothy Bishop emphasize the responsibility of editors during the 12th PCI Webinar! If you weren't able to join, you can catch her talk and the following Q&A session at this link: youtu.be/0NJ87tYE8_s
PCI Webinar-Dorothy Bishop-How negligent publishers subvert quality control in scientific publishing
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trstngnthr.bsky.social
I have funding for a 2-year dry-lab postdoc to join our team @humanevouu.bsky.social 🧪 (Deadline Oct 21st)

The project will utilize modern and #aDNA data from humans and sheep to study environmental adaptation (including method development and simulations).

Please share!
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
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Reposted by: Matthew J. Collins, Iain Davidson, Marta Mìrazón Lahr , and 2 more

tommyhigham.bsky.social
PhD Studentship alert!
I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia.
Details in the link below!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University assistant predoctoral 1
University assistant predoctoral 1
jobs.univie.ac.at
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mick2474.bsky.social
☠️🧬 2-yr Postdoc in in Genomic Simulations and Extinction Risk Modelling!
Let's figure out the Genomic signs of Extinction @DTU in Denmark.

Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025

For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPD

Reposts appreciated 😁
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fridowelker.bsky.social
🐑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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Reposted by: Matthew J. Collins, Allan D. McDevitt, Frédéric Delsuc

mick2474.bsky.social
🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.

Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025

For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD

Reposts appreciated 😁
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paastacommunity.bsky.social
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...
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higherjobz.bsky.social
Advanced Technician (Archaeological Laboratories) – Durham University, UK
Permanent archaeology lab technician role
Eligibility: Degree in Archaeology
Deadline: 17 Sept 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/archaeology-...

#AcademicJobs #ArchaeologyCareers #UKJobs #PermanentRole #ResearchJobs
Archaeology Lab Technician Job at Durham University | HigherJobz
Apply now for Archaeology Lab Technician at Durham University, UK. Full-time permanent role in Archaeology. Deadline: 17 Sept 2025.
higherjobz.com
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mick2474.bsky.social
Excited to share that I’ve started as Associate Professor at the Technical University of Denmark! 🧑‍🎓

I also received an a NNF Emerging Investigator grant to use genomics + machine learning to study extinction.

👉 PhD & Postdoc positions coming soon — follow for updates!
Reposts appreciated 🙏
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Reposted by: Matthew J. Collins, Allan D. McDevitt, Catherine J. Frieman , and 1 more

gingerhowley.bsky.social
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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paastacommunity.bsky.social
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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matthewcollins.bsky.social
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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pciarchaeology.bsky.social
PCI Archaeology was at @isba11.bsky.social in Turin last week! Stay tuned for new #openaccess biomolecular papers soon with full transparency in the editorial process!

Thank you @matthewcollins.bsky.social and Marta Arzarello for sharing our initiative!
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social 🧪🏺🦣
Picture of the roll-up presenteing PCI Archaeology during the congress, and of the ISBA11 tote bag.
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isbarchaeology.bsky.social
From one great ISBA team to the next — thank you to our past organizers for building such a strong and connected community!
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isbarchaeology.bsky.social
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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drsambrown.bsky.social
Looking for a new approach to quantification of #deamidation in your MALDI-TOF data? Then you need to check out our new preprint!!! Fei Yang will be speaking about it at ISBA11_Torino tomorrow in Methods 5 at 16:00! #palaeoproteomics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
MALDI Deamidation Score (MDS): A Fast and Flexible Method for Assessing Deamidation in ZooMS Data and Its Application to the Denisova Cave Bone Assemblage
Estimating deamidation from MALDI-TOF MS spectra of bones has most frequently been achieved using the q2e method due to its high-throughput capacity and ease of use. Despite this accessibility, q2e is...
www.biorxiv.org
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Reposted by: Matthew J. Collins, Joanna Brück

gingerhowley.bsky.social
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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jaadekker.bsky.social
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 ...
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matthewcollins.bsky.social
RANT Warning...

This is how #UCAS explains what #archaeology is!
To cap it all the iStock image is of a 'fossil dinosaur* from the Guizhou museum in China' (sic).

www.ucas.com/explore/subj...

Drafted this revised text - fit of pique!
claude.ai/public/artif...

*looks more marine reptile to me🤔
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matthieuboisgontier.com
Rethinking where and how we publish in health sciences doi.org/10.51224/SRX...
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lukaskall.bsky.social
The last day for registering for the Nordic Conference in Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics 2025 in Odense, Denmark, 1-3rd September 2025, is closing in. Please sign up before Friday!
www.nordicmsp2025.com
Nordic MSP 2025 – Mass Spectrometry & Proteomics Conference in Odense
Join leading scientists at Nordic MSP 2025 at ODEON in Odense, Denmark. A premier conference on mass spectrometry and proteomics.
www.nordicmsp2025.com
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Reposted by: Matthew J. Collins, Catherine J. Frieman

fionacoward.bsky.social
Archaeometry editorial coordinator
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE911/a...
Archaeometry Editorial Coordinator at University of Oxford
Apply for the Archaeometry Editorial Coordinator job on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for professional services positions in higher education.
www.jobs.ac.uk
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matthewcollins.bsky.social
📢 @paastacommunity.bsky.social paper is live!

"Open science, communication, and collaboration for the future of #palaeoproteomics"

now published in @PeerCommunityJ 😀

A collaborative ECR-driven effort outlining how our field can benefit from #openscience principles and increased collaboration.
Open science, communication, and collaboration for the future of palaeoproteomics
peercommunityjournal.org
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pciarchaeology.bsky.social
8/5 And the article is now published in the Diamond Open Access journal @peercomjournal.bsky.social : doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
Open science, communication, and collaboration for the future of palaeoproteomics
doi.org
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paastacommunity.bsky.social
Delighted to be bringing you the following PAASTA community-led paper outlining our recommendations for best practices and open science in palaeoproteomics! Congratulations to the authors and for anyone keen to read the paper, it can be found #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
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