🧪🧬 The COD's undergraduate research symposium is an excellent way for undergrads to get experience presenting their research and networking at our national bioanthropology meeting. The abstract deadline is January 30th! Details here. bioanth.org/about/divers...

Internship and career opportunities in genetics/genomics now open at Calico Labs www.calicolabs.com/careers/

Students! Don't miss the chance to submit your essay for the William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award! The deadline is TOMORROW (Dec 5) at 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time.

📆 Reminder: The deadline for Pollitzer Student Travel Awards to attend #AABA2026 in Denver is December 5. Be sure to submit your application! bioanth.org/about/willia...

My center at NYU SoM is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in human genetics and genomics. It's a wonderful place to do science. Please apply or pass along. apply.interfolio.com/177375

My department at UT Austin is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, broadly defined. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have. apply.interfolio.com/177547

🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions! Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery. Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...

Are you interested in human evolution? Would you like to work in palaeoproteomics 👩🏻‍🔬 and live in Copenhagen 🇩🇰🚴🏽‍♀️? So, apply to these advertised positions. More info 👇

How time, climate, and storage shape DNA survival in herbarium specimens - and why plants from the tropics face tougher odds 🌿🧬 #AncientDNA www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

AABA/AAAG folks! Want to reach more people with your awesome science 👩‍🔬👨🏿‍🏫💀🧬🦍? Check out this upcoming writing workshop by @bioanth.org on Nov 19🗓️ ! A great way to prepare for this year's Politzer Prize op-ed style competition 👩🏿‍💻 📝(bioanth.org/about/willia...) Register here: shorturl.at/7cf9J

For AnthGen folks at @bioanth.org: Our Annual Business Meeting will be held TONIGHT from 8.30 - 9.30 PM in the Grand Ballroom, Salons I-II. The agenda, minutes from the 2024 meeting, and the Treasurer's Report for 2024 are available in your email if you’re a member! See you there!

🥁 Congratulations to the 76 awardees of the 2025 William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award! The Pollitzer Student Travel Awards are designed to help students defray the costs of attending the AABA meetings. bioanth.org/about/willia... #AABA2025

💡 AABA supports early career researchers through the Cobb Professional Development Grant. Congratulations to this year’s Cobb Professional Development Grant awardees: Derek Boyd, Stephanie Canington, Arianna Harrington, Sharon Kuo, and Megan Petersdorf! bioanth.org/about/cobb-p... #AABA2025

#AABA2025 Friday workshops:

Attending @bioanth.org in Baltimore this week? Come join us at AAAG events throughout the conference! Up next: AAAG Speed Networking on Thursday 11 AM in the Grand Ballroom, Dover AB! Our most popular event, we have already filled all participant slots (if you’re in, we’ve email you with details)!

New inheritance mechanism unrelated to DNA is discovered by chance english.elpais.com/science-tech...

Interesting new pre-print, "A structured coalescent model reveals deep ancestral structure shared by all modern humans" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🧬 Interested in Population Genomics and working with ancient DNA? Don’t miss the 2nd edition of our "Population Genomics using aDNA data" course this September — led by @cegamorim.bsky.social & @arunsethuraman.bsky.social www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.03.641249v1

Support our scientists! (in government and beyond!) #StandUpForScience

Preferences for genetic testing among populations underrepresented in genomic research: a systematic review - By Taylor Montgomery, Madison R. Hickingbotham & Hadley Stevens Smith | European Journal of Human Genetics www.nature.com/articles/s41...

From the Human Condition to Human Conditions: how diverse developmental trajectories & reticulate evolutionary trajectories can inform one another, doing justice to our “mosaic” nature. Brief overview of my ongoing collaboration with G. Testa’s team in “Current Opinion in Genetics & Development” 🧪🧬🧠

Intro to Special issue Genetics of Human Origin (2024) Identification of the genetic variants underlying distinctive human traits provides a new perspective on human origins. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

This paper explores how high-quality reference genomes enhance our understanding of evolution, conservation, and human health. 📖Check it out: bit.ly/41jCMtm 🌱Interested in more conservation genomics content? Don't miss a chance to read the latest issue of EBP Life : bit.ly/41j7Ido

**Antarctic POST-DOC announcement incoming!** Sarah Flanagan, Jong-U Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim & I are teaming up to study population genomics of emperor penguins in the Ross Sea. 20-month position available, will inform the Ross Sea MPA review. Join us in NZ! 🧪🌍🦑🦉 flanagan-lab.github.io/people/open-...

Join us for the first seminar in a new series by @IntlGeneticsFed! "Biodiversity Genomics – African & European Perspectives" 📅 March 4, 2025 at 12:00 GMT 🔗 Register now: forms.office.com/r/e1MgVyfCvs

Are you or someone you know interested in research in evolutionary genetics and genomics, but not quite ready to apply to graduate school this cycle? Then you should apply to our post-baccalaureate research program! More information below... 🧵

Lots of fun talking lemur genomics at Concordia University for the Montreal Genomics series last night! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Are you an anthropological geneticist (or want to be)? Join us and help us build a stronger community seeking to understand genetic/genomic evolution and variability in human and nonhuman primates and their ancestors! To join or renew your AAAG membership, please visit: anthgen.org/join

The AAAG is here on BlueSky just in time to invite you RIGHT NOW to our panel on Career Paths Outside of Academia for Anthropological Geneticists! Please join us! Details here: anthgen.org/Non-Academic-Careers-Panel