Elif Yildiz

It's a wrap for HAAM 2025! Grateful for an intense and inspiring week of exploring #aDNA and #humanpopgen both conceptually and using practical tools. Thank you to all the organisers, instructors and TAs for making this possible!

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Evolution of the cellular landscape in mammalian striatum The dorsal striatum is important for highly specialized functions including movement, learning, and habit formation. However, it is not known if species-specialized behaviors are associated with cellu...

We are super excited to share our latest pre-print in collaboration with @sonjavernes.bsky.social lab! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... : Evolution of the cellular landscape in mammalian striatum 🧠🧬🧵

22.04.2025 17:32 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

Human midfacial growth pattern differs from that of Neanderthals and chimpanzees Present-day humans have small and retracted midfaces, while Neanderthals possess large and forwardly projected midfaces. To understand the ontogenetic…

Very happy to share our new paper on human facial development and evolution out today in JHE 🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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24.03.2025 13:34 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Earliest evidence of Homo sapiens living in rainforests uncovered | Natural History Museum Our species has been living in tropical forests for at least 150,000 years.

Earliest evidence of Homo sapiens living in rainforests uncovered www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

27.02.2025 10:38 — 👍 28    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

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29.01.2025 17:02 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

Day 50 cortical organoid stained for KI67 (red), MAP2 (magenta), Hoechst (cyan); image credit: Oliviero Leonardi

DIV 28 iNeuron. Homer1 in green and Synapsin1 in purple showing co-localization of post- and pre-synapses, respectively; image credit: Elly Lewerissa

New preprint 📣! Excited to share the result of several years of work, led by @ellylewerissa.bsky.social & @olivieroleonardi.bsky.social, in collaboration with friends @naelnadifkasri-lab.bsky.social & Giuseppe Testa. On CHD2, a chromatin remodeller, its role in evolution & development [🧵]
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