New PhD opportunity - which I'm delighted to be co-supervising! 'From Catch to Kitchen: Learning from Recreational Anglers to Diversify UK Seafood Choices' www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #phd #seafood #angling #fisheries #recreationalfishing #sustainability @thembauk.bsky.social Please share!

Our deadline for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions for the OPI XI Conference has been EXTENDED! New closing date: 15th January 2026 Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit! 📍 OPI XI University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada 📅 15-19 June, 2026

In case anyone missed it, my love for sharks was an integral part of my 'hat' (crown) for the office Christmas party last week! ❄️🦈✨

I don’t know who needs to hear this But whale sharks are definitely sharks and definitely not whales. They’re also not half shark half whale hybrids. They’re called that because they’re large and they filter feed. Thank youuuuuuuu for your attention to this matter!

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!

And now here we are, after the first round of lab work in November with Yvonne de Rijk, a visiting Master’s student, starting to look at proteomic data from a number of elasmobranch species and further analysing dermal denticle morphologies!

October saw my first attendance at a shark conference, with the European Elasmobranch Association, and additional museum visits to collaborators in the Netherlands, @rijksmuseum.bsky.social and Rijksmuseum Boerhaave on the quest to find more marine shagreen objects!

September involved visiting many more museums in Denmark including the Marstal Søfartsmuseum on Ærø (which also included a voyage on a replica late 18th c. ship!) and the M/S Museet for Søfart in Helsingør; and lots of preparations for ICAZ-AGPM !

Webinar alert! Join us for a project introduction, some early findings & find out how you can get involved. When: Fri 5th Dec, 10am (GMT) Where: Online (Teams) Schedule: 20-30 minute presentation + Q&A Interested? DM for a link to join!

Early December and I am now 4 months into my project, FINS! It’s been a busy and AMAZING start to this project which is so dear to me! August included what would be my first of many visits up to @nhmdk.bsky.social to look at the elasmobranchs in their collections and attending @isba11.bsky.social !

📣 Announcement! Abstract Submission Deadline Extended to November 30, 2025 Being guilty of last minute submissions ourselves, we felt that a few more days would help those of you processing your abstract ideas! 👉 si2026.org

🦈🌊✨ Interesting discussion during our fifth panel session led by Simon Dedmen and Guuske Tiktak on “New frontiers in elasmobranch data analysis” 🔬 involving a a group of researchers and experts emphasising the new technologies and opportunities for analysing elasmobranch data #sharks #rays #EEA2025

#FINS is using a multidisciplinary approach including dermal denticle analysis and proteomics to study #marineshagreen, which is a material made from the skins of sharks and rays, to explore historic elasmobranch exploitation in the early modern period #EEA2025 @rachelmwinter.bsky.social

Postdoc in the Faroes setur.totalview.cloud/recruitment/...

I'm hiring!⭐ As part of the DFF Sapere Aude-funded project MiddleEarth, I am looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher and 1 research assistant.

Looking forward to seeing the OPI community next summer!! 🐙🐟🐬🐳🦀🦑🪼⛵⚓

For those of you attending, or interested, in the 11th ICAZ-AGPM meeting (International Council for Archaeozoology-Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics) October 14-17 in Copenhagen, the preliminary programme is available on our website! sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

🚨🚨Today is the last day to register to join us in October!! 🚨🚨 (See further details in the note and link below)!

🐑Just a few days left!🐐 Registration for the #ICAZ-AGPM Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics working group meeting @icaz-news.bsky.social 🐃 is open until ⚠️Monday September 15th⚠️! ⬇️ sites.google.com/palaeome.org....

For those not at our General Meeting, we have self-nominations for our next Steering Committee open until the end of the month (30 September)! For more details and to nominate yourself: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... With many thanks to @isma-rgz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy for overseeing this!

Following a marvelous time at ISBA11 and our PAASTA conference, we're back to sharing the work of our community with you here! @ipatramanis.bsky.social PAASTA talk from March about PaleoProPhyler a tool for #phylogenies from ancient proteins is now live on our YouTube youtu.be/2gVEQyinL4A

🚨Here is your reminder to register by the *15 September* for the 11th ICAZ-AGPM (Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics) happening the 14-17th of October in Copenhagen!! eventsignup.ku.dk/11th-icazagp...

Very excited for the conference (with added excitement for the Taylor Swift coded post 😂❤️‍🔥)

🦌 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🦌 Our paper on wild #reindeer and #caribou is out in Science Advances! Thanks to the team: Eric Post, @nmschmidt.bsky.social, Stuart Brown, @noguesbravo.bsky.social and Damien Fordham that co-lead this research. doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Delighted to be bringing you the following PAASTA community-led paper outlining our recommendations for best practices and open science in palaeoproteomics! Congratulations to the authors and for anyone keen to read the paper, it can be found #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.24072/pcj...

Did you know about the small, wild population of #muskox (Ovibos moschatus) in Sweden? To learn more about their current conservation status, ecosystem services, and latest population inventory, check out our latest paper, published #OpenAccess in Polar Research! doi.org/10.33265/pol...

In the words of Taylor Swift, ‘It’s been a long time coming’ and with that, I’m beyond excited to be starting my Marie Curie fellowship on #marineshagreen and historic #elasmobranch exploitation and ecology at the Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen!

✨✨Reminder that we are hosting a (virtual and in-person) pre-ISBA conference✨✨ on the 26th of August (13:00-17:00 CET) which will include talks from members of our community and the PAASTA Annual General Meeting. Additional details can be found here: paasta-community.github.io/events/2025/...

Our latest work is out! Ancient DNA from Danube sturgeon fossils dating back 10,000 years reveals that, despite centuries of decline, some populations have preserved high genetic diversity and ancient lineages. doi.org/10.1098/rstb... @royalsociety.org @lukeeholman.bsky.social

Did you know @thefsbi.bsky.social fund up to 2 PhD studentships each year? These include: 🐟 4 years of PhD funding. 🦈 A stipend higher than UKRI (on average). 🐠 Annual research budget of £3500. 🎣 +other benefits. See fsbi.org.uk/phd-students... for full details or grab Melanie or me at #FSBI2025

Registration is open for the 11th #ICAZ-AGPM meeting taking place this October in Copenhagen! We're looking forward to four days of #archaeozoology #aDNA #morphometrics & #palaeoproteomics. sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

✨REGISTRATION IS OPEN✨ for the 11th International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics (AGPM) Working Group Meeting taking place this autumn in Copenhagen the 14-17th of October! eventsignup.ku.dk/11th-icazagp... @icaz-news.bsky.social

A new paper by @rachelwinter.bsky.social used stable isotope data derived from fish bones from Middle to Late Holocene Levantine archaeological sites to explore trophodynamics and foraging ecologies prior to Lessepsian invasions and the overfishing seen in more recent times. doi.org/10.12681/mms...

🍝Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be next week Wednesday 02 July at 15:00 CET! 🍝 @mirandaevans.bsky.social will be presenting "The Proteomics of Pottery: What can dirty dishes tell us about ancient diet and cuisine?" As always, DM us for the Zoom link to join!

Come join us in Turin (or virtually) before @isba11.bsky.social kicks off!!

Always #TeamFish 🐟😉🐟

Last week Meaghan Mackie provided us with an excellent talk about the challenges faced when bridging archaeology and archaeological sciences, fortunately if you missed it, her talk is now available on our YouTube! youtu.be/qZ_RRNPBFO4?...

Happy to see this out and it was a treat to work with the co-authors involved! It was also my first time publishing via @pciarchaeology.bsky.social and it's a very clear, transparent, collegial process that I would heartily recommend! And finally, publish your raw data (please!)!!

Happy to share our latest publication, “Pre-Lessepsian isotopic niche spaces: using #paleoecological proxies to assess the impact of ongoing bioinvasions on fishes in the eastern #Mediterranean Sea” in Mediterranean Marine Science and available OA here: tinyurl.com/3pzuhx53

The next talk in our #PAASTACommunity seminar series will be next week Wednesday 06 June at 16:00 CET! And while none of these talks are to be missed, Meaghan will be broaching a really important topic for working in palaeproteomics!

The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026! Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠 Save the dates ✅ Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!

One month left at Winterthur Museum and it's been a fruitful and delightful fellowship, I'm so grateful to the great collaborators I have here and to be working on #marine #shagreen objects, including this mid 19th c. sword from Germany! 🦈 Image courtesy of Winterthur, photo by Nat Caccamo.

I'm too tired and busy to pitch this around. Do any public-facing science news outlets want to hire me to write "Everyone's sharing that footage about bottom trawling from the Attenborough documentary trailer, here's the truth about this widely-misunderstood fishing method?" DMs open.

Abstract submissions closing EOD today! (16 May)

In case anyone missed it, the abstract deadline was extended to 16 May, so still a couple of days to get an abstract in!!

🚨🚨The ICAZ Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics working group's next meeting (14-17 Oct 2025 in Copenhagen) has extended the deadline for abstracts to **Friday May 16th**!!🚨🚨 Additional details and can be found on the conference website: sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

The latest Newsletter went out yesterday! 🦈🐳🦀🦑🪼🐟 Get in touch if you'd like to be added to our mailing list!

Can buildings provide evidence of once-common, now forgotten species & shifting baselines? Carving on wall of 🦖 hall @nhm-london.bsky.social last week Prob. white skate Rostroraja alba, 1 of 🌍's largest-reasonably common around UK when NHM built (1870s) Now Critically Endangered (& ~absent UK)

Join us next week (Wed 07 May at 17:00 CET) for Jakob Hansen's talk: "Taxonomic selection strategies in the production of Early Neolithic bone objects, NE Iberian Peninsula" as part of the #PAASTACommunity seminar series!