Palaeogenomics of mammoths, lemmings and everything inbetween. Professor of Evolutionary Genomics at the Department of Zoology, Stockholm University.
Webpage: https://palaeogenetics.com/ld
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🧬 New paper in Cell!
Analysis of 12 cave lion genomes shows that cave lions and modern lions may have diverged more than three times earlier than previously thought – as early as 1.7 million years ago!
AND…they interbred when temperatures dropped!
Paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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A preliminary, but complete, conference programme is now available on the ICP2026 website:
tinyurl.com/3rhp5u6m
Some 140 talks on everything ancient DNA!
There is still time to register!
Looking for a postdoc to join my group at the NHM London & work on aDNA of dogs/wolves!
jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Funded PhD studentship with me and Dan Bradley @brad-dan.bsky.social at TCD. Medieval cattle and sheep genomics utilising parchment and bones! Deadline to apply is 27th May
🧬🐄🐑🧬 #aDNA
#ICP2026 Programme Update! 📢
You can now find the latest version of the full programme here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/program
We are also thrilled to announce that we now have >400 registered participants joining us in Stockholm! 🦴🧬
We can't wait to see you all soon!
🧬 NEW JOB: @york-bioarch.bsky.social is hiring a Postdoc in Ancient DNA
Work on the RoBMobS project to explore mobility and diversity in Roman Britain using genomic data.
💰 £37k - £39k
⏳ 34 months
📍 York, UK
📅 Apply by 24 March 2026
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
MATTIAS JAKOBSSON (@humanevouu.bsky.social)
Mattias is a leader in employing large-scale genomic datasets to reconstruct the demographic history and evolutionary processes of past human populations.
Check the full conference program👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/program/
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
HE YU (@sls-pku.bsky.social)
He Yu is a specialist in using ancient DNA to reconstruct the evolutionary trajectories of modern and extinct, wild and human-commensal species.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♀️
VICTORIA MULLIN (@victoriaemullin.bsky.social)
Victoria is a leader in using ancient DNA to study the origins of domestication, tracing the genomic changes driven by the interactions between humans and animals.
Conference info & registration👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
Congratulations Christina Warinner @christinawarinner.bsky.social on being elected into the National Academy of Sciences 🎉🎉🎉
Incredibly well deserved!
