Time to update my email signature! ✍️
I am excited to step into this new role, and I am looking forward to the things ahead. I am extremely grateful for having worked with great collaborators, and - even more importantly - an awesome team of students and postdocs who made this possible 😊
Our new pipeline for analysing highly degraded genomic DNA data is now available at biorXiv!
Study led by Bilal Sharif
The @scilifelab.se Ancient DNA Unit is recruiting a (permanent) Research Engineer for planning user projects and generating #aDNA 🧬 data:
Application deadline: March 25th 🧪🏺
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Looking forward to this!
We are very excited to host a SMBE satellite meeting about gene-culture co-evolution in Cagliari, Sardinia, Sept 2026! Abstract submission is OPEN! stay tuned for more info and help us spread the news! 🦩 🏖️ 🧬 😎
Research engineer, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
The first release of the metAaRCive is out!!! A resource of metadata for published ancient animal genomes, curated by members of @aarc-community.bsky.social - 1518 complete records for its first release! [missing: equids!]
github.com/AaRC-Animal-...
#adna
How did farming reach the Southern Andes? Through migration or cultural transmission? Our new paper in @nature.com combines ancient DNA, isotopes, archaeology & paleoclimate to reconstruct 2,000+ years of history in Uspallata, Mendoza.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The HAAM summer school is always a fantastic online workshop on popgen analysis via aDNA. Check out the 2026 version!
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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION OPEN
I have a 17‑month postdoc position open in a Research Council of Finland–funded project entitled “Genomics of high‑latitude parallel adaptation”. In this project we use Eurasian Arabidopsis lyrata as model system.
Read more from: oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/what:job/job...
Torsten Günther
Torsten Günther
Pete Heintzman
Torsten Günther
DNAharvester: A Nextflow Pipeline for Analysing Highly Degraded DNA from Ancient and Historical Specimens https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.20.719564v1
Come join our aDNA community at Trinity College Dublin and explore medieval ruminant genomes!
Funded PhD studentship in ancient animal genomics at Trinity College Dublin. Deadline 27th May 2026
Please see the information attached for full description and application process.