Congrats to @knmoreland.bsky.social for the successful Half Time PhD seminar ππ¦£π§¬
03.12.2025 09:57 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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The amount and quality of the abstracts we've received have completely blown us away! More than 300 abstracts from researchers at all levels and from 33 countries.
We will communicate the selected talks and open registration soon π icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
#ICP2026 will be UNMISSABLE ππͺ
02.12.2025 09:52 β π 22 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0
Aerial image of Riddarholmen, a small island part of Gamla Stan, the historical centre of Stockholm.
ICP2026 flyer
LAST CALL βοΈ
Abstract submission for #ICP2026 closes on November 30thβ
Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your exciting ancient DNA research next summer π¦΄π¦£ππ¨βπ¬π§¬
Abstract submission and more info here π icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
We are looking forward to welcoming you to beautiful Stockholm!
28.11.2025 09:52 β π 9 π 8 π¬ 0 π 1
Beth smiles at the camera.
ICP2026 flyer
Meet our plenary speakers πββοΈ
BETH SHAPIRO (@ucscgenomics.bsky.social)
Beth is a leader in the study of ancient DNA from extinct species and is now trying to develop tools to de-extinct prehistoric life.
Conference info π icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
β οΈ Abstract submission closing soon, 30th Nov! β οΈ
24.11.2025 10:39 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Abstracts β International Conference on Palaeogenomics 2026
β° The clock is tickingβ
LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts (30th Nov).
Do it hereπ icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Many of you are asking for the registration fees πΈ. We are still working out the details, but we estimate 400-500β¬ for regular attendees and 300-400β¬ for students.
21.11.2025 11:39 β π 8 π 5 π¬ 0 π 3
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Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
16.11.2025 13:53 β π 64 π 20 π¬ 0 π 3
Christina Warinner posing for a picture.
ICO2026 info flyer
Meet our plenary speakers πββοΈ
CHRISTINA WARINNER (@harvard.edu)
@christinawarinner.bsky.social investigates ancient microbiomes to reveal insights into the diets and health of past human populations.
Conference info π icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
β οΈ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) β οΈ
07.11.2025 12:27 β π 11 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0
Professor Ian Barnes casually poses for a picture
ICP2026 flyer
Meet our plenary speakers πββοΈ
IAN BARNES, Professor at
@nhm-london.bsky.social
Ian is a pioneer in the use of #ancientDNA to investigate evolution and extinction in Late Pleistocene mammals and other wild fauna.
Full infoπ icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
β οΈAbstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov)
31.10.2025 12:47 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
#CpgSthlm PhD student @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social is coauthor on a new Scientific Data paper:
βDecoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxaβ
π www.nature.com/articles/s41...
01.10.2025 15:31 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
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New #CpgSthlm paper led by @maridehasque.bsky.social published in Biology Letters!
Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
25.09.2025 20:35 β π 37 π 16 π¬ 0 π 1
Interested in giving a talk at the Plant and Animal Genome conference (PAG 33) in San Diego?
Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions.
To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025:
forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
19.09.2025 17:41 β π 15 π 12 π¬ 1 π 1
One week left to apply for our postdoc position on Deep-Time Small Rodent Palaeogenomics!
This is a 2-year full-time position that includes Swedish employment benefits, as well as funding for research expenses and work-related travel.
More info and application link:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
15.09.2025 13:07 β π 25 π 19 π¬ 0 π 2
Check out @benjaminguinet.bsky.social's fantastic thread explaining how he recovered the oldest host-associated microbial genome! π¦ π¦£π§¬
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www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
03.09.2025 22:06 β π 11 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Mammoth tusk emerging from the permafrost on Wrangel Island (Siberia) in 2017 (photo by Love DalΓ©n)
𧡠Exciting news from our lab #CpgSthlm! π₯³
Thousands of years ago, mammoths roamed, and so did their fascinating microbial companions. Our latest study, published in ππ¦ππ, brings them to light π¦£π¦ π§¬
Read the full paper here π doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
03.09.2025 21:15 β π 45 π 16 π¬ 2 π 3
The world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth!
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
02.09.2025 20:52 β π 78 π 29 π¬ 3 π 3
π¨JOB ALERT!π¨
Postdoc position at #CpgSthlm on Microtine Palaeogenomics!
Join our deep-time genomics project, funded by @erc.europa.eu, and help us explore lemming and vole evolution using ancient DNA from fossils spanning the last 2.6 million years ππ¦΄π§¬
Apply here:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
02.09.2025 09:13 β π 21 π 21 π¬ 0 π 4
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28.08.2025 11:11 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New paper out from @johannanvs.bsky.social, @lovedalen.bsky.social and others from #CpgSthlm, using historical DNA to investigate temporal genomic change in the Scandinavian arctic fox!
Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
13.08.2025 08:44 β π 24 π 8 π¬ 0 π 2
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 26 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 49 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
Postdoc at @felix-erc.bsky.social, aDNA, population genomics, conservation π§¬
PhD candidate at Arizona State University specializing in ancient genomics, human population history, oral microbiomes, and genetic adaptation to arsenic. Swimmer and oil painting artist.
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 - UNT Health
PostDoc at MPI EVAN
PhD @NCBS Molecular Ecology lab
2020 National Geographic Explorer
Previously MSU Baroda
Molecular ecology, Chemical ecology, Big cats, Great apes, 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.
Conference info π https://icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/
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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
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Member of the SMBE IDEA Taskforce πΏ
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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.
