New paper from "Team Rodents" at CPG, demonstrating a very recent origin of the Norwegian lemming!
Great work by @edanalord.bsky.social, @indianadiez.bsky.social and others!
01.07.2025 09:50 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Postdoctoral Position in Wildlife Palaeogenomics!
Come join us in beautiful Stockholm!
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
04.06.2025 05:44 β π 18 π 14 π¬ 0 π 1
Group photo of all participants of the symposium.
Beth Shapiro in her public lecture on "How to clone a mammoth" at Aula Magna, Stockholm University.
The participants watch one of the talks during the symposium.
Fika time! (one of many)
What an incredible time we had last week at the Nobel Symposium "Palaeogenomics: Charting the Future of Ancient DNA" ππ¦£π¦ π§¬π§ͺ
Connecting with so many leading international researchers in #ancientDNA at beautiful Villa Aske and Stockholm was inspiring β¨π€©
Thank you to all participants!
03.06.2025 07:40 β π 25 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
βYou should be lucky to be in Stockholm where @cpgsthlm.bsky.social has sequenced over 1 million year old DNAβ
Ludovic Orlando from University of Toulouse lecturing in Aula Magna on "The Taming of the Horse" about how prehistoric DNA has changed our understanding of horse domestication. #AncientDNA
30.05.2025 08:35 β π 17 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
NOBEL SYMPOSIA
We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h.
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οΈ βCan we bring back the woolly mammoth?β by Beth Shapiro.
πββThe taming of the horseβ by Ludovic Orlando.
Free entrance. All welcome!
30.04.2025 15:08 β π 25 π 19 π¬ 1 π 3
We're thrilled to announce that the FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26 2026!
Topics will span from humans to wildlife and sediments π§¬π¦£ππ¦ bring it on!
Save the dates!
Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for news
πicp2026.palaeogenomics.org
27.05.2025 08:53 β π 50 π 34 π¬ 0 π 2
New review paper in TREE out!
The Progressive Evolution of Cold-Adapted Species
By John Stewart, @lovedalen.bsky.social, @palaeopete.bsky.social and others
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
19.05.2025 08:49 β π 16 π 8 π¬ 0 π 1
These talks are the public part of the Nobel Symposium "Palaeogenomics: charting the future of ancient DNA", which will join leading experts in the field of palaeogenomics and early career researchers to share insights on the current state of ancient DNA research and its future trajectories.
30.04.2025 15:08 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
NOBEL SYMPOSIA
We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h.
π¦£β¬
οΈ βCan we bring back the woolly mammoth?β by Beth Shapiro.
πββThe taming of the horseβ by Ludovic Orlando.
Free entrance. All welcome!
30.04.2025 15:08 β π 25 π 19 π¬ 1 π 3
Working with mammoth samples in the lab
Research led by @jcchacond.bsky.social (here seen working with mammoth samples in the lab) @cpgsthlm.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @lovedalen.bsky.social
π· Marianne Dehasque
14.04.2025 22:57 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A mammoth tusk sticking out of the sediment.
Finally, in addition to recovering these million-year-old mitogenomes, we also present an improved DNA-based framework π§¬π for dating ancient samples beyond the limit of radiocarbon dating, which can facilitate more accurate reconstructions of speciesβ evolutionary histories!
09.04.2025 16:28 β π 11 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
A woolly mammoth tooth in the ground.
By analysing these very old mitogenomes together with >200 previously published ones, we were able to detect long-lost genetic diversity in the mammoth lineage during the last million years and to show how this loss coincides with past demographic and climatic changes.
09.04.2025 16:28 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
A map with the mammoth sample locations.
We recovered 34 new mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) from Siberian and North American mammoth specimens.
Of them, 11 date back to the Early and Middle Pleistocene geological periods, spanning from ~1.3 million to ~125 thousand years ago.
09.04.2025 16:28 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Pictures of a woolly mammoth molar dated to 216kya. The earliest in North America.
New paper π§΅
A team co-led by #cpgsthlm 's researcher @jcchacond.bsky.social has analysed DNA from a large number of mammoths across a million-year timescale π¦£π§¬
The findings include the discovery and analysis of the oldest known woolly #mammoth in North America!
π academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
09.04.2025 16:28 β π 43 π 16 π¬ 1 π 5
Nora power lifting her PhD thesis (figuratively).
She made it! Congratulations! π
21.03.2025 20:02 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
UCL β University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
Interested in a starting PI position at University College London to work on Genetics, Evolution or the Environment? My department has opened the call for expressions of interest for sponsorship of independent fellowship applications.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
21.03.2025 19:43 β π 81 π 92 π¬ 1 π 3
Nora defending her PhD thesis.
Carles putting Nora's thesis into a broader context.
Our student @bergfeldt.bsky.social is currently defending her PhD thesis on metagenomics π§¬π¦ of ancient human populations, with Carles Lalueza-Fox from @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social as opponent.
Good luck, Nora!
21.03.2025 09:35 β π 18 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Congrats to Samantha LΓ³pez Clinton for the successful half-time PhD seminar π
20.02.2025 18:21 β π 13 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
A photo of Alexandre Gilardet presenting his research during the Licentiate defense.
A photo of Chenyu Jin presenting her research during the half-time PhD seminar.
Congrats to our students @alexgilardet.bsky.social and Chenyu Jin for their successful Licentiate defense and half-time PhD seminar! π
14.02.2025 12:33 β π 17 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
πHappy and honored to receive a Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg (MAW) Foundation grant (SEK 3.6M) at
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social, for the project "A genetic snapshot of a medieval battle and society on Gotland." Excited to advance medieval history through archaeogenomics! π€©πβ¨
13.02.2025 16:51 β π 12 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Want to become a palaeogeneticist?
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This MSc programme coult be a good start!
08.01.2025 09:08 β π 7 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
π’ Meet the speakers: Love DalΓ©n π’
@lovedalen.bsky.social is a Professor of evolutionary genomics at @stockholmuni.bsky.social and one of the founding members of the Swedish Centre for Palaeogenetics (
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social).
Read more about him here: eseb2025.com/team/love-da...
20.12.2024 10:21 β π 10 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1
We now have an answer!
Our postdoc Gonzalo (@gog1693.bsky.social) and his student Sofia have analyzed DNA from this frozen carcass.
It's a porcupine π² π€―
26.11.2024 15:53 β π 15 π 2 π¬ 2 π 1
This frozen "Mystery Mummy" was found in the Klondike permafrost, and is likely several tens of thousands of years old!!
But what species is this? We don't know!
What is your best guess?
We have a sample in our lab, and are working on sequencing it's DNA, so can soon tell you who got it right π
14.11.2024 14:37 β π 23 π 11 π¬ 5 π 3
With all the new people migrating into BlueSky, we have created a small starter pack for aDNA (and other molecules) researchers. go.bsky.app/F4EPLJh π§ͺπΊ #evosky #PaleoSky
13.11.2024 13:56 β π 74 π 45 π¬ 22 π 4
Scientific Officer (Biodiversity Genomics) @ Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, Botanic Gardens of Sydney π±.
Palaeogenomics | Population Genomics
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Postdoc at Senckenberg @sgn.one | research associate at Smithsonian NZCBI | conservation and museum genomics, seabirds, conservation biology | managing editor @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social
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Archaeologist & PhD candidate @ University of Cambridge
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Evolutionary & conservation genomics, eDNA, parasites, disease ecology, marine mammal conservation. Seal nerd, co-chair IUCN Pinniped specialist group. University of Leeds, UK. π¦π³π§¬π§ͺπ https://www.goodmanlab.org
Human geneticist - UNTHSC
PhD @NCBS Molecular Ecology lab
2020 National Geographic Explorer
Previously MSU Baroda
Molecular ecology, Chemical ecology, Big cats, compassion β€οΈ
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People say I'm doing a PhD in the Jakobsson lab
@HumanEvoUU
Interests include ancient people, fine art, loud food & tasty music.
MSCA fellow @ University of TΓΌbingen, unlocking the secrets of medieval aDNA
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(Geo)Archaeologist into 'dirt' and human behavior-related things.
PI of ERC-StG MATRIX https://matrix.icarehb.com/
The first edition of the International Conference on Palaeogenomics (ICP2026) will be in Stockholm, 23β26 June 2026.
More details soon!
https://icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/
Student of Evolutionary Biology and Paleogenomics
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PhD Candidate in ancient DNA & population genomics at @CINVESTAV (@Moreno_Lab). Alumna of @lcgunam (UNAM).
πMexico | 𧬠Ancient DNA | π Bioinformatics
Koordinator fΓΆr forskningskommunikation vid Stockholms universitet. Kommunikationsansvarig Svenska Pugwash. Agerar hΓ€r som privatperson.
Scientist living in Germany. Two^H^H^H Three loud kids, population genetics, sediment DNA, Neandertals, beer, whiskey, non-German food. Group leader @ MPI EVA
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin studying South American genetic history π¨π΄πͺπΈ
Into: π±π€ΈπΎββοΈπ§πΎπ₯πΊπͺ
Member of the SMBE IDEA Taskforce & HAAM community πΏ
https://t.co/S7RLrxWE20
Anthropological geneticist specializing in ancient DNA | PhD Candidate @ University of Kansas
Evolutionary Biologist @CIBIO_InBIO @UPorto. Group leader @evochange #evochange_lab. Opinions are my own.
Stockholm Resilience Centre explores how people and nature can live and develop on a planet under pressure.
Jourhavande biolog pΓ₯ Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. ArtbestΓ€mningsfrΓ₯gor och andra djur- och naturfrΓ₯gor skickas lΓ€mpligen in hΓ€r:
nrm.se/biolog
