Are you a student or ECR working in palaeoproteomics or a related field? Sign up to give a PAASTA talk 🍝💬
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Are you a student or ECR working in palaeoproteomics or a related field? Sign up to give a PAASTA talk 🍝💬
🔗Sign-up form: forms.gle/PbvmzPfzLhHB...
Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
Join us for the next PAASTA Talk Series!
Prof. Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social will talk on “ZooMS-3D: a work in progress. Can we think about ZooMS in a 3rd dimension?”
🗓 Wednesday, 4th February 2026
⏰ 16:00 CET
📍 Zoom
DM us for the link.
Once upon a time, @fridowelker.bsky.social and I had an argument about if we need to decontaminate our samples or not. I'm not saying that I took things a bit too far with proving that I was right, but we have now published two papers on the topic 😬😂
15.01.2026 11:37 — 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨 New open access paper out today🚨
The Demodifier: a tool for screening modification-induced alternate peptide taxonomy in palaeoproteomics.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#palaeoproteomics
🧬 New study co-authored by #ICArEHB’s Carli Peters identifies collagen markers from New Guinea fauna—improving bone ID in tropical regions: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#Proteomics #Archaeology
🚨ONLINE WORKSHOP🚨
We will be hosting a free online workshop “Maximising Data from Palaeolithic Bone" as part of the the COEXIST project on 10th March 2026. Please submit abstract by 23rd January 2026. Further information in the flyer. See you there!
PAASTA WINTER SCHOOL Now is your chance to provide input on our upcoming PAASTA Winter School on tools and topics you’re keen to learn and teach, please give your thoughts on this short form forms.gle/om48gkCKzTt9... before 9th Jan!
05.12.2025 05:32 — 👍 12 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 4
🦴🔥Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be Wednesday 10 December at 17:00 CET! 🦴🔥
@giuliagallo.bsky.social will be presenting "Interpreting staining and burning in archaeological bone colors: equifinality, challenges, and new solutions."
As always, DM us for the Zoom link to join!
📢 Job opportunity! Applications are open until September 10th. Apply now! Please circulate. ✨️
09.09.2025 06:49 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Our PhD student did a great job presenting her poster at ISBA 11 @isbarchaeology.bsky.social 🌟
A big thank you to the organising committee for the outstanding event in the lovely city of Turin, and to all the participants for the inspiring talks ✨
We also thank @paastacommunity.bsky.social
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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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🎬 Final clap for the 2025 excavation season at the Châtelperron site!
Grateful for the great team and exciting new projects for our ZooMS lab 🔬.
👉 Read more: www.lamontagne.fr/chatelperron...
New insights from the application of ZooMS to Late Pleistocene fauna from Grotta di Castelcivita, southern Italy www.nature.com/articles/s41...
17.07.2025 12:19 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
📢 The recording of the Integrating #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology "Ask Us Anything" forum held on 30 June 2025 is now available on YouTube: youtu.be/loAgeUuK08g?...
📄 We also created a summary document that can be downloaded on the IZAZ website: izaz2024.sciencesconf.org
Fish remains from the bottom of a salting vat, as they were found (a) and separated into spines (b), vertebrae (c) and scales (d) (credit: Archaeology Department of the University of Vigo).
What did a #Roman diet look like? 🏺
A new ancient DNA study provides a new method to examine crushed and fermented food remains, allowing archaeologists to explore ancient condiments.
A fishy #AntiquityThread 1/12 🧵
Get excited for ISBA11! The conference program is now online!
www.isba11.com/programme
#ISBA11 #biomoleculararchaeology #Archaeology #Archaeology #archaeologist
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
It's today!!
See you in 1 hour here: univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/9775805212...
Join us today at 15:00/3:00PM (CET) for the online 'Ask Us Anything' event bringing together experts in #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology!
30.06.2025 11:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to our PhD student Raija Heikkilä and @sarahbarakat.bsky.social from University of Aberdeen for being awarded Best Student Conference Talk for their joint presentation at @icaz-news.bsky.social Stable Isotopes in Zooarchaeology Working Group meeting held in Reading!
30.06.2025 08:35 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0🚨Registration has been opened and a preliminary programme are now available on our website for those of you keen to join us in person or virtually on the 26th of August for the pre-ISBA PAASTA Conference!🍝 paasta-community.github.io/events/2025/...
23.06.2025 13:05 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 3The deadline to submit advance questions for the ZooMS and Zooarchaeology expert panel is this Friday, 20th June! Questions can be submitted here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
17.06.2025 08:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We had a fantastic day at the colloquium 'Traces de morts, traces de sens dans la préhistoire' organised by Prof. Hublin at Collège de France!
A big thank you to all the speakers for their insightful and inspiring talks. 👇🧠📸
⚠️ #PhD opportunity⚠️ If you are interested in #Archaeology and #Pastoralism, ERC-project CAMP offers a fully-funded PhD position in UPF (Barcelona) to study plant microremains and geochemical signatures in pastoral contexts. Apply by July 10th! More info. below 👇🏼
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/346669
Happening this week!!!
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Our latest paper is out now in Frontiers in Mammal Science: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mam...
We characterized ZooMS peptide markers for three extinct Australian megafauna species 🦴🧪
We are looking forward to welcoming #NickAshton to Vienna for the final #HEASSeminar in Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic for 24/25.
More information and registration on our website 👇🔗
Don't forget to submit your questions for the online ‘Ask Us Anything’ event on June 30th!
📢 Spread the word to students, early-career researchers or anyone interested !
This event is part of an ongoing initiative to build international dialogue and foster student and early-career engagement across the ZooMS and zooarchaeology communities. It is designed to be inclusive and open to all levels of experience.
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