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Kai Tätte

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PhD student at the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu 🇪🇪 indigenous populations⛵️ • population genetics🧬 • evolution🌳 • nature🍃 • board games🎲 • movies🎥 • guinea pigs🐹 • mother of 3👧🏼👦🏼🧒🏼

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The science is amazing and what’s even more impressive is Ice lollies at #ISBA11 💕💕💕 😂😂😂

28.08.2025 06:00 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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#ISBA11, where great science met old friends, new connections and a delightfully chaotic Italian vibe. Turin’s coffee, #MuseoEgizio and #Bardonecchia mountains sealed the deal.

05.09.2025 13:45 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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01.08.2025 16:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thank you #SMBE2025 and #Beijing for a perfect conference and adventure! I loved presenting my work, getting inspired by talks (especially Molly Przeworski and Qiaomei Fu 😍), and meeting cool scientists (@huizhentan.bsky.social🦤)
with @rutvirajpara.bsky.social🧣 and @danatyermakovich.bsky.social 🍵🫖🗿

01.08.2025 15:34 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Great Nicobar: Tribal lands don’t show up on maps as Union govt pushes mega project We are in Barnabas Manju’s office, a one-bedroom house in a government quarters in Campbell Bay. He is the chairman of the Tribal Council of Great Nicobar and L

Indian govt is pushing a mega project in rainforests that are home to two tribal communities: Nicobarese and Shompen. This is happening even while there has never been a systematic effort to map tribal lands. Project docs too fail to acknowledge their existence

www.thenewsminute.com/news/great-n...

04.04.2025 05:43 — 👍 43    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 1
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This Mother’s Day, I cherished time with my mother, my kids, and Mother Earth. There’s something deeply grounding about fresh soil when life gets too busy or overwhelming. 🥰🙏💚 Even Berta the dog knows it! 🐾

#MothersDay #SlowLiving #MomLife #Grounding #Labrador

12.05.2025 07:49 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

PhD applications welcome until 15th May!
estonia.dreamapply.com/en_GB/course...

09.05.2025 12:52 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

For some reason, on Earth Day, I was reminded of my great role model, Dr. Suzanne Simard. I went to check her channel – and surprise! – she’s giving a talk tonight! So exciting! I was lucky enough to meet her last year 😍
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#EarthDay #SuzanneSimard #MotherTree #WomenInScience #Inspiration

24.04.2025 13:10 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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11.04.2025 12:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🇮🇳As I write in my thesis the part about India's genetic history, my talented friend @rutvirajpara.bsky.social drew me a picture of Saraswati - a goddess of wisdom, learning, and the arts - as a birthday gift. Feels like she’s watching over my footnotes now 🙏
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

08.04.2025 21:01 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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When our paper about Kiritimati got accepted, on the very same week, the local cinema decided to show a film about Kiribati. I feel like the universe is trying to make sure I pronounce it right. 😄🌴🧬🎥
I helped to make a layman summary about it: genomics.ut.ee/en/news/stud...

08.04.2025 20:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Genetic origins of the Kiritimati population from central-eastern Micronesia Abstract. The migration of Austronesian-speaking populations through Oceania has intrigued researchers for decades. The Kiribati islands, situated along th

Excited to share our new paper on the genetic ancestry of the Kiritimati population in Kiribati, revealing deep connections with ancient Lapita, Polynesians and Island Southeast Asians! 🏝️🌏 #AustronesianExpansion #UniversityofTartu #UppsalaUniversity #ColoradoCollege
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

21.03.2025 10:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A structured coalescent model reveals deep ancestral structure shared by all modern humans www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/trevorcousin...

18.03.2025 18:30 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Happy Holi from UT population geneticists! 🎨 🎊 💜 #Holi #UniversityofTartu
@rutvirajpara.bsky.social
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@bbonucci.bsky.social

16.03.2025 18:02 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 1
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Happy 107th Independence Day, #Estonia! 🇪🇪
Somehow, all the pictures that I took today, were blue-black-white 🤷‍♀️

24.02.2025 19:15 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Did you know? 🧬 #IBD analysis can tell apart sibling-sibling and parent-child pairs by how their DNA segments are arranged!
Had an interesting week long #ancientDNA imputation workshop with amazing prof Toomas Kivisild, Dr Ludovica Molinaro and Sara Becelaere from #Leuven University, Belgium.

23.02.2025 15:53 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Celebrating Darwin’s birthday the best way possible–by playing Evolution! 🎉
This game always impresses me with how seamlessly its mechanics work together while also simulating evolution with remarkable accuracy without losing the fun!

16.02.2025 21:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Big thanks to Erik Abner for an engaging talk on evolution, fossils and genes—plus a signed copy of the hottest book in Santa’s bag last Christmas on Estonian fossils and beautiful star-shaped crinoid stem pieces! 🔥📖⭐

Now even more excited to go fossil hunting on 💚Vilsandi💚 Island! 🗿🦕🪸 #Fossils

13.02.2025 17:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Throwback to presenting my research on Austronesian genetics at a PhD conference in January! ⛵🌍 Great discussions and valuable connections with fellow researchers.

Marking World #WomenInScience Day with this memory. 👩‍🔬💡

12.02.2025 17:50 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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