Natalia Przelomska

A legendary request for narwhal DNA

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

looking forward to presenting at this NHM event next month! 🦜

🌱 Applications are now open for the @ukri.org NERC
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Return of the huia? Why Māori worldviews must be part of the ‘de-extinction’ debate There is nothing to stop de-extinction companies using specimens from museum collections, despite little Māori support for reviving lost native species.

"In Aotearoa New Zealand, hapori Māori (tribal groups) are the kaitiaki (guardians) of many threatened taonga (treasured) species. There is growing international interest in the resurrection of some of New Zealand’s extinct birds...despite Māori concerns."

theconversation.com/return-of-th...

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

New funded PhD opportunity at Kew Gardens/LSE: Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century. Closes 14/1/26: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

This is extremely cool: 700 years worth of archaeological artefacts being collected from old nests of bearded vultures (strong contender for the best vulture)

www.popsci.com/environment/...

Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today

What an amazing woman, at last honoured for her work.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Join us on 31st October to celebrate Día de los Muertos with some #ancientDNA from Mexico! Two very exciting talks on 🦣 and 🪴, by Federico Sánchez-Quinto and Marcela Sandoval-Velasco of LIIGH UNAM.

Note the later 3pm London time!

#aDNA @aarc-community.bsky.social

grateful for the opportunity to present in this fantastic session on plants animals and epidemics at ISBA last month @isbarchaeology.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!

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

www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/see... advertising this with @vorontsovams.bsky.social sign up to SEEDS mailing list (links below) if interested in applying to internship scheme, DM one of us for project-specific details! 🌾

Hi Bluesky! While some of you are already on holidays (and others waiting to start them), here is a reminder about our awesome #AaRCTikTalks for this month. Save the date!

Tackling climate crisis will increase economic growth, OECD research finds Third of global GDP could be lost this century if climate crisis runs unchecked, says report

Tackling climate crisis will increase economic growth, OECD research finds. Well who knew.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Atlantic sturgeon were fished almost to extinction − ancient DNA reveals how Chesapeake Bay population changed over centuries Research that combined archaeology, history and ecology provides a nuanced understanding of the past that could help conservationists better plan for the future.

Scientists used archaeological remains to reconstruct Atlantic sturgeon populations from 200 CE to today. The findings show stark genetic differences between fall and spring spawning groups. buff.ly/tofO1HL
@natalia-asp.bsky.social & Logan Kistler, Smithsonian Institution #archaeology

This #TaxonomistAppreciationDay we're celebrating the long list of taxonomists that have worked hard to name and classify plants the world over. Without #Taxonomy, species #Conservation would be impossible.

PRESS RELEASE 👇
A research collaboration between Professor Robin Allaby and colleagues, has shown that thousands of years of farming myths and cultural traditions have been key to the survival of the cassava crop (the source of tapioca).
bit.ly/4i8aqcB

Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it NOAA’s work has kept fisheries from collapsing, helped coastal ecosystems survive extreme heat and battled invasive species, among many other tasks essential to coastal economies.

Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don't realize it - The Conversation US

theconversation.com/coastal-econ...

Picture Dr Chris Dixon, Senior Curator British & Irish Herbarium, Natural History Museum London. Logo Botanical University Challenge 2025. Round 1 starts 14:00 GMT Weds 12 Feb 2025 on YouTube @botanicaluniversitychallenge

🌾🌱🌍🍄🌺🌳🧪 Less than a week to go for #BUC2025! The 31 - YES, THIRTY-ONE teams in Round 1 will meet Dr Chris Dixon asking multiple-choice questions. Streamed YouTube botanicaluniversitychallenge from 14:00 GMT Weds 12 Feb. Watch live or later recording! @thebotanist.bsky.social

Postdoctoral researcher on ‘Unveiling the Ocean’s plastic time capsule"

🔬 Exciting postdoc opportunity at @NHM_Denmark! Working on reconstructing ocean plastics history (1950s-70s) through sediments & foraminifera. 2-year position in geology dept. Deadline Jan 17!
Details: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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prospective PhD students: curious about grasses? 🌾 keen to gain skills in population genetics? 🧬 and to explore the past as context to the climate transition? 🌍 with @vorontsovams.bsky.social we are advertising for a TREES PhD project www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/und... please share!