Interested in ancient environmental DNA, metagenomics, and bioinformatics? Sign up for our PhD course in Ancient Environmental Genomics at the University of Copenhagen, 20 to 25 Sept 2026. 5 ECTS Sign-up deadline: 1 Aug 2026 Read more and sign up: phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus...

We are looking forward to welcoming you to Stockholm in only 83 days 😍 Our conference will be packed with exciting oral presentations 💁‍♂️, poster sessions 🧾, coffee breaks ☕, and pre-conference workshops 👷‍♀️ Take a look at the preliminary program ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I am really excited, first to take part in the first ever International Conference in Paleogenomics!! Second, I will give a keynote on ancient environmental genomics. Hope to see you in Stockholm in June!

Sedimentary Ancient DNA and Paleogenomics: Tracing Ecosystem Change and Climate Dynamics Through Time Conveners: @mikkelwp.bsky.social and @heikezimm.bsky.social www.inquaindia2027.in/sessions/s-0...

UPDATE: The application period for these (amazing, fun, really cool!) sedaDNA PhD positions in our group is March 2-27, but we will start screening applications after the first week. If you are interested, please try to submit *between March 2nd and 8th!* Not by March 1st as I originally wrote..

How can river mud tell stories about people who lived 6,000 years ago? I co-wrote a popular science article about @giuliazamp93.bsky.social’s PhD research, where ancient environmental DNA from Danube sediments reveals past human activity and environmental change. 1 of 2

Our new study is out! We analysed DNA preserved in buried river sediments and Neolithic sites (Serbia), uncovering past landscapes and traces of sturgeon populations. Read more about our findings and the challenges in such complex and dynamic contexts: doi.org/10.1038/s415... @mikkelwp.bsky.social

On my way to Vienna for #heasseminar tomorrow! Soundtrack: youtu.be/3jL4S4X97sQ?...

I wrote a new tutorial on competitive metagenomic read recruitment (and profiling of the results with #anvio), for those of us nerds who would like to get their hands dirty with data: anvio.org/tutorials/co...

Ancient DNA from Neolithic chewing gum reveals how Europe’s first farmers lived, worked, and ate. Birch tar preserves the intimacy of their daily lives in astonishing molecular detail. #Archaeology #Neolithic #AncientDNA #Anthropology www.anthropology.net/p/the-resin-...

My amazing co-guest editors @ruththurstan.bsky.social @kbohmann.bsky.social @mikkelwp.bsky.social @tangeolsen.bsky.social & non-Bskyers Ol Craig, David Orton, James Scourse and I found only enthusiasm and interest from our networks - the amazing research rolled in!

How have we impacted the seas around us? and for how long? This series of papers use a wide array of multidisciplinary approaches to address these questions. Super proud to be part of this special issue.!!

🚨The early bird deadline is ending May 7th! 🚨 Spread the word, and make sure to register now to benefit from the reduced rate! isba11.com/registration #archaeology #biomoleculararchaeology #ISBA11 #archaeologists @isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social

Excited to share our study on and with Picuris Pueblo! It’s a true honor to have worked alongside the community. Combining oral history and genomics, we show a long-standing continuity in the US Southwest and challenge ideas of pre-Columbian population collapse. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔬 As of April 29, the @canadianbiogenome.bsky.social has assembled 167 high-quality reference genomes — and counting! 🧬 Explore the live sequencing progress and learn how this national effort is helping decode Canada’s biodiversity: earthbiogenome.ca/status.mhtml

The extended deadline for abstract submission for the next #ICAZ working group meeting on #Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics and Morphometrics (AGPM) is Friday, 16th of May. You have just over two weeks! sites.google.com/palaeome.org... sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

De Cashan et al. utilize 37 historic and 25 modern koala genomes to show a clear decline in genome-wide heterozygosity over time, and loss of mitochondrial haplotypes. This loss of genetic diversity may compromise the species' resilience. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molb... #evobio #koala #extinction

This study was a great collaboration of a team from both Denmark and Tajikistan - huge thanks to all coauthors, including @zandraselina.bsky.social, @vvillaislas.bsky.social, @jespervolsen.bsky.social, @mikkelwp.bsky.social and @fridowelker.bsky.social 🎉

I am happy to share that our review has now been published in @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social!🎉 @indianadiez.bsky.social @lovedalen.bsky.social @palaeopete.bsky.social Laura Epp @sanneboessenkool.bsky.social @mikkelwp.bsky.social @selinabrace.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Our new paper in @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social reviewing the use of aDNA data in biodiversity research is out 🎉 @amandalindahl.bsky.social LauraEpp @selinabrace.bsky.social @sanneboessenkool.bsky.social @mikkelwp.bsky.social @palaeopete.bsky.social @lovedalen.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Meanwhile, 150,000 years ago: hunter-gatherers thrived in rain forests, once considered too harsh for early Homo sapiens to survive. Here's my story [Gift link] nyti.ms/3EThoDL 🧪

🙌 Thanks to amazing co-authors @kbohmann.bsky.social sky.social, @mikkelwp.bsky.social @seachange-erc.bsky.social, many others not on 💙☁️, & our funders @erc.europa.eu. Dive into the full study here: doi.org/10.1111/1755... Lots more detail in the supplements!

Very excited to share the first paper from my PhD thesis. It was a pleasure to work with such amazing people. Check out the thread and paper below. Keen to hear your thoughts.

new @science.org bio just dropped www.science.org/content/auth...

In this comment piece with James Fellows Yates and Christina Warinner (@christinawarinner.bsky.social), we highlight the mounting problems with data archiving and metadata reporting in ancient DNA research. The field cannot afford to keep neglecting this issue. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I think we all should take time this morning to read through this peace, get your coffee!! This is important.

The 3rd Ancient Environmental Genomics PhD course (2025) is now open for registration. This has been a true pleasure to teach (and hard work) both times. Come join us and have a week of in-depth hands-on work with ancient metagenomic data and the latest analysis tools. phdcourses.dk/Course/124659

2nd day of Globe institutes PhD retreat. @alexanderholm.bsky.social is giving his take on the importance of Science for society.! #PhDlife #Science #Debate

The #Globe_institute PhD retreat kicks off this morning. 2-day workshop/retreat talking and discussing #PhDlife and interaction with the institutes PhD supervisors.

Linking GitHub and Zenodo is new to me, but seems very useful in the current publishing landscape requiring open data and code 🧪

I love this new open sky, already!! 2nd day here and so many interesting people, friends and content here already! Don’t think I will miss my x!

🐟 Now at #IZAZ2024: Teodora Mladenović presents groundbreaking work on sturgeon identification using #ZooMS. These endangered ancient fish have been crucial in European history, but their archaeological remains are notoriously hard to identify to species level.

Ancient DNA sheds light on adaptation of early Europeans at the dawn of the agricultural revolution phys.org/news/2024-11...

Whole-Genome Sequencing of the Wild Barley Diversity Collection: A Resource for Identifying and Exploiting Genetic Variation for Cultivated Barley Improvement https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.18.624148v1

Thank you @AnnaLinderholm1 for a nice overview of the importance our recent results can have on the use of #sedaDNA in archaeology. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982224012363?via%3Dihub#sedaDNA @GiuliaZampirolo @luke_earl @CurrentBiology

Today we are continuing into the microbial space at the PhD course in Ancient environmental genomics. With Antonio Fernandez Guerra and @menendezserra! 🦠🧬📉📈. #phdlife

The PhD course in Ancient environmental Genomics runs at full speed, yesterday was great phylogenetic placement and genome analysis from ancient metagenomes! With a series of cool hands-on exercises🤲 by @miwipe81, @nicola_alexa_, @PalaeoPete and @melanoidin. @Globe_UCPH 🧵

🧬 Our new study in Current Biology reveals that early European pastoralists grazed sheep & pigs in forests as early as 6,000 years ago! This practice has lasting effects on the structure of Central European...

The Ancient Environmental Genomics PhD course will be running this September 22nd-27th. Make sure to sign up as there are a limited number of seats. I am really pleased that we will have talks by Benjamin Vernot, Karina Sand, Pete Heintzmann and 🧵...

I believe the september issue of Molecular Biology and Evolution @MolBioEvol will be a very interesting and revealing one. Not only did @EnRose89 make this beautiful cover but she is also first author on the study about the loss of population diversity in black rhinoceros.

I really hope this is true, as it will be a cool and novel source of DNA. However, with the current data I am not convinced and fear more that this is a repeat like previous unsupported claims. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-38191-w

Want to learn ancient metagenomic analysis?? There is now less than a month before the sign-up deadline for our course closes on September 1st. Seats are still available, please RT/repost or what it now is called! And if you are interested sign-up here...

#PhDcourse in ancient environmental genomics!! Interested? Come to Copenhagen 1st-8th October and learn bioinformatics of ancient metagenomes with @siko76, Antonio Fernandez-Guerra, Thorfinn Korneliussen #angsd and more. Please RT!! ...

Post doc position available with @evaegelyng in beautiful #Aarhus. please RT! https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/re-advertisement-postdoc-position-in-environmental-dna-edna-and-bioassessment

Job Alert! Staff bioinformatician needed. We are looking for skilled people who are experienced in programming, ngs data and who would like to work with large ancient metagenomic datasets. Look at this advert. Due June 20th. @SedimentaryDNA...

2-million-year-old microbial and viral communities disentangled using ancient environmental DNA. This was far from straightforward. Why? Take a read of our new preprint out today. Fantastic work by Antonio Fernandez-Guerra and team. @SedimentaryDNA...

For all of you human population genetics lovers: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011148

Going to the @SedimentaryDNA society meeting is appareantly not easy! But I will get there, don’t worry!

Really glad to see this out, this is an important read for the ancient environmental DNA community, please retweet. Congratulations @IceAgeEcologist @trishaspanbauer @PalaeoPete @ericcapo12 @MEMonchamp @lauparducci @JordanVonEggers!!...

This is neat, ancient DNA adds another tool to high resolution archaeology! Nice read, congrats ⁦@ElenaIreneZ⁩ ⁦@melanoidin⁩ and the rest of the team! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06035-2