We are a community of researchers focusing on standards, precautions, & advances in ancient #metagenomics (SPAAM)
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📢 Last day to register for SPAAM8!
Join us for the ICP2026 satellite hybrid meeting on 22 June 2026 in Stockholm 🇸🇪
🧬Ancient metagenomics community gathering in person or online!
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We look forward to seeing you!
Ancient DNA reveals a wandering #bear. 🐻🧬 A 9,600-year-old genome from Swedish lake #sediments shows a southern brown bear migrating north during #post-glacial recolonization.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #sedaDNA #biodiversity
Don't forget to submit your abstract for #SPAAM8 ! 🚀
Come share your work and join us in Stockholm on June 22nd 🇸🇪
Online presentations are also possible! 👩🏻💻
www.spaam-community.org/events/news/...
Deadline: May 1st
#aDNA #Metagenomics #seDNA
Animal bones hold clues to past #zoonotic diseases. 🐾🧬 Across 6,000 years of Eurasian #zooarchaeological material, researchers detected 29 opportunistic #pathogens, highlighting the value of lesion-guided sampling.
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #ancientDNA #infection
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📢 Registration now open for SPAAM8!
Join us for the ICP2026 satellite hybrid meeting on 22 June 2026 in Stockholm 🇸🇪
🧬 Ancient metagenomics community gathering in person or online!
🔗 Register here before June 10th: forms.gle/Z1AK5MHaFEfb...
We look forward to seeing you! 🔥
📢 Register now SPAAM8!
Join us for the ICP2026 satellite hybrid meeting on 22 June 2026 in Stockholm 🇸🇪
🧬Ancient metagenomics community gathering in person or online!
🔗Register here before June 10th: forms.gle/Ry6MbZWLQgQR...
We look forward to seeing you!
Genomes record the cost of #overexploitation. 🐾🧬 Chinese #pangolins show severe genetic erosion after decades of decline, with some populations now at critical #extinction risk.
doi.org/10.1093/molb...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #conservation #ancientDNA #museumgenomics #chonesepangolin
SPAAM
📢 Registration now open for SPAAM8!
Join us for the ICP2026 satellite hybrid meeting on 22 June 2026 in Stockholm 🇸🇪
🧬 Ancient metagenomics community gathering in person or online!
🔗 Register here before June 10th: forms.gle/Qk1DjoFPpYxn...
We look forward to seeing you! 🔥
This #MetagenomicsMonday, we’re highlighting two #aDNA studies published in Nature on our beloved human best friend — the #dog! 🐕🧬Together, they reveal early widespread populations and complex ancestry shifts across #Eurasia.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SPAAM
Date
June 22nd, 2026 (prior to ICP 2026) 9:30 AM
Location
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
In-person attendance fee:
Attendance fee: €25. A payment link will be sent to all registered partic...
Abstract. Human-driven biodiversity loss, intensified by illegal hunting and trafficking, has caused severe wildlife population declines and extinctions, n
Date
June 22nd, 2026 (prior to ICP 2026) 9:30 AM
Location
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
In-person attendance fee:
Attendance fee: €25. A payment link will be sent to all registered partic...
Authors investigate ancient DNA from animal remains and identify multiple signatures of ancient zoonotic pathogens. They find ancient pathogen genomics from archaeological animal remains may inform…
Genome-wide analysis shows European dogs existed by 14,200 years ago, were already genetically distinct, received less Neolithic Southwest Asian admixture than humans did and contributed…
Date
June 22nd, 2026 (prior to ICP 2026) 9:30 AM
Location
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
In-person attendance fee:
Attendance fee: €25. A payment link will be sent to all registered partic...