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!

#jobalert 📢 Delighted to offer a 3-year postdoctoral position in my research group at ATU Galway, Ireland. This is an exciting role in the new and ambitious native oyster reef restoration #BRICONS Project funded by the Marine Institute. To apply www.atu.ie/connect/jobs.... Deadline: 9 May 2025 12pm

I've been at Winterthur Museum for a bit over a month and I've seen many #marine #shagreen objects including 19th c. swords with #shark skins on their grips (see photo 1), started Hirox microscopy on musuem objects, and enjoyed the plethora of flowers coming into bloom here! 🦈🌸

See you in Turin this August?!

✨Our next talk is this week by the brilliant @archaeoalex.bsky.social, see you this Wednesday at 16:00 CET✨

Our next #PAASTACommunity seminar series is coming up on *Wed 02 April at 16:00 CET* with @archaeoalex.bsky.social presenting a tutorial on ClassiCOL!

Job alert! @katerinad.bsky.social and I are looking for an archaeologist/archaeological scientist to join us on a 4 year post-doc, helping to manage and participate in field and lab work on 2 ERC grants in our group. We would love to hear from you via the link! 👇 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoct...

With Week 1 drawing to a close, it's been a brilliant start at Winterthur Museum! Lots of initial meetings and introductions, including discussing library resources (and equine shagreen😉) with @book-historia.bsky.social and starting to get a closer look at the #marineshagreen objects themselves!🦈

Last week I concluded my year in Toulouse (stay tuned for those papers 😉) and this week I've kicked off my @nehgov.bsky.social fellowship at Winterthur Museum to begin working on #marine #shagreen! Still settling in this week but very excited for the next few months here! 🦈

Finally migrated here! Currently having fun analyzing thousands of cetacean bones from northern Hokkaido, Japan at Hokkaido University for 5 months! Here a left mandible of a pilot whale! 🐳

So a final update from my recent trip to Egypt: I got to meet up with one of my collaborators, learn about modern salted fish products, namely #fesikh (فسيخ) from a new friend, Rayah, and I started building up my Nilotic fish collection!

✨We want to provide all of you with useful resources, one of those being a forthcoming list on our website of palaeoproteomics labs around the world. ✨ If you want to have your lab added, please get in touch with us (DM here or PAASTA gmail account)!

Friends in the DC area: I will be giving a Profs and Pints talk about the science of sustainable seafood. It's based on my upcoming book on the topic. Please share with interested folks! Get tickets here: profsandpints.ticketleap.com/net/ 🧪🦑🌎🐟

My first post on here and it's for a JOB ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣 The University of Tübingen is seeking to find a post-doctoral researcher for a 3-year position, funded through the DFG (13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week). More info here: tinyurl.com/4xbdya5t #archaeology #palaeoproteomics #job #ZooMS

Some of the #fish I saw this year at Medinet Habu, Abydos, and the temple of Hatshepsut! Featuring both #Nilotic and #marine species!

I got back from Egypt this week and of course I can't go anywhere without keeping an eye out for #MarineShagreen so here are a couple of the gorgeous pieces I saw at the Abdeen Palace Museum in Cairo!

The @oceanspast.bsky.social's January 2025 Newsletter has just been sent out! 🐟⛵🦈🐳🐙⚓🦀 If you would like to stay up to date with current research in the field and join our mailing list please get in touch with me here or at [email protected] !