Meet the #campHERI 2025 crew! These are the amazing participants from yesterday’s 3MT session and Sexual Harassment Workshop.

We're recruiting an avian ecologist working with @danc-eco.bsky.social and our AviArch team! More info: archaeobiomics.com/aviarch-avif...

let’s spotlight the new kid on the block…UW105. The “newest” hominin fossil bearing site, is one to keep an eye on, not just for its abundance of fossils,but the research and technical team on the ground making discoveries everyday. #HeritageDay #SouthAfrica

The Cradle of Humankind. A region of World Heritage, located in Gauteng, South Africa that is home to 13 hominin fossil bearing sites that tell the story of our human journey. The most well known sites being, Sterkfontein Caves, Rising Star, and Malapa. #HeritageDay

September 24th marks South Africa’s national Heritage Day. We celebrate the country’s diversity of cultures and traditions. A part of that heritage is the recognition of our ancient past through the lens of a very unique part of the world,the Cradle of Humankind. #HeritageDay

The posting is unfortunately not super clear on this, but please apply if you want to do BioML research, especially around machine learning for molecular biology and bioengineering! I get sad if there are no applicants with this profile in the pool!

🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark. Start: Feb 2026 (flexible) Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025 For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD Reposts appreciated 😁

I'm compiling a list of resources for grad students in the sciences! What are some free/cheap online tools for learning a new skill or concept? The ones I've advised my students to use are ConservationTraining .org, the UNFAO Academy, and DataCamp. What else is out there? Any tips welcome! 🧪

Thanks to @isbarchaeology.bsky.social and @isba11.bsky.social for a great conference. I mentioned the legacy of Henk Kars of VU who established ISBA Geoarchaeology closed. Here is the link to the petition to save Earth Sciences @vuamsterdam.bsky.social www.change.org/p/red-aardwe...

Are you interested in doing a PhD in Copenhagen? Interested in studying Neanderthals and Denisovans which live on in our genomes? Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :) candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... Please reach out if you have any questions!

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

This is what #womeninscience look like! Our @drpeechiwara.bsky.social is extracting a quartzite block to be geochemically tested. Part of her #postdoc field work, the aim is to pinpoint where raw materials used to make ESA & MSA stone tools in Kalahari of #SouthAfrica were obtained.

"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.

"She does not measure her work by volume or how many citations it attracts. She does not write to be counted but to add something meaningful to humanity’s collective knowledge. She is a steward of knowledge and assumes a duty of care for it" in thescholarlyletter.scholar-square.com/p/the-schola...

Now published in Peer Community Journal, #archaeology section: Open science, communication, and collaboration for the future of palaeoproteomics

🔍 Careers in Archaeology and Heritage Meet Dr Keneiloe Molopyane — a dynamic Principal Investigator making groundbreaking contributions to the field! share.google/H07JkPTODApA...

I'm so proud to see this paper published! Hopefully, it can inspire a positive change in the field of #palaeoproteomics, through open science and researchers working together instead of against each other. Huge thanks and congrats to all coauthors! 🎉

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...

The #SMBE2025 has finally come to an end. It was a pleasure to attend so many wonderful talks and learn about a wide range of fascinating projects. Huge thanks to the organizers for the opportunity to present my current work on adaptive Denisovan introgression!

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland

This one manuscript refuses to get finished!!! Y’all what fresh hell is this?!

The world sucks, but one thing is for sure in my little science community: @clairekoenig.bsky.social is one of my favourite researchers. Yes, Yes, I am totally biased about this, she is my friend! She is very thoughtful in everything she does. I appreciate the opportunity to work with her directly!

June. I don't know gurrrl

And then careful work from @marcdickinson.bsky.social on Paranthropus tooth enamel amino acids finally published www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... thanks to @palaeoprotpalesa.bsky.social @clairekoenig.bsky.social @ipatramanis.bsky.social An honour to work with these samples and the collaborative team

Do #fossilfriday right by checking out this amazing study that uses ancient proteins to estimate sex from fragmentary teeth of 2 million year old humans (by @palaeoprotpalesa.bsky.social and colleagues) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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!

🚨 Very exited to see our project published in @science.org We used proteomics on Paranthropus robustus fossils (~2 million years old) to determine the sex of individuals and detect genetic variability, offering new insight into potential subgroups within this ancient hominin 🦷

Hello, Our paper on enamel proteins from Paranthropus robustus has finally been peer reviewed, please have a read here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Paranthropus robustus has been puzzling scientists since its discovery in 1938 in South Africa, where a high number of fossils have been found.

Our discovery technicians process the ex-situ miner’s blocks from caves like Malapa, Gladysvale and the new 105 site where this amazing fossil hominin was discovered. Think about being the 1st human to see the rare remains of an ancient human relative- that’s their workspace!

New publication! 🎉 Here you can read all about dog drool, bleach, and a probable Central Asian Neanderthal child: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

Dark Academia.

Been thinking about this one a lot lately

We’ve released a preprint on #palaeoproteomics and #phylogenetics ! Over the years, I’ve gotten multiple questions on the usefulness of ancient proteins in resolving phylogenetic questions. This is our attempt to provide some answers: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our paper on the #palaeoproteomic identification of a male Denisovan mandible from Taiwan is out in @science.org ! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Incredibly proud that our paper on the #palaeoproteomics analysis of the Penghu mandible, led by @tsutatsuta.bsky.social and in collaboration with Chun-Hsiang Chang, Enrico Cappellini and co, is out now in @science.org! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Amazing work, @fridowelker.bsky.social and @tsutatsuta.bsky.social ! Congrats to you and everyone else involved!

I recently shared my PhD journey in a blog with @Research Hive, reflecting on how I navigated the highs and lows of PhD life. You can read it here👉 research-hive.com/2025/04/04/t... @heriuct.bsky.social

Archaeologists, please kill the Indiana Jones inside of your head.

Being a woman and Black in academia is an extreme sport. Add being a first generation of everything! Listen, 😅😅😅, All you do is survive! One day I will share things people have said to me! But right now immo keep it moving! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

With Gaza once again under attack, I cannot express how vital these fundraisers are for Palestinians. They’ve already been starved of food and other resources, with too many still without adequate shelter. Please consider donating and sharing, especially if you haven’t done so yet.

To be clear, Israel broke the ceasefire after weeks of violating it hundreds of times, and refusing to release their hostages, while Hamas followed through on everything they agreed to do. That's it. That's the story.

We have a 4-year PhD-student opening in our lab, deadline on Wednesday noon. For anyone interested in computational genomics of ancient human, pathogen, or canid genomes. www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud... If you are curious, send in an application!

A PhD position is open for this year. A candidate should have a background in programming skills.

We have 3 openings for ambitious postdocs or PhD students in our #CDlab - for exciting single-molecule biophysics research on nuclear pores, peroxisomes, or archaeal divisomes. Check it out and apply: ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/ RT=nice!

Getting a grant is freaking hard. Getting a grant - or not - can make or break a career. The shock of getting a grant TAKEN AWAY must be like a shotgun blast in the face.