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Stephan Schiffels @stschiff.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

Two papers to which I contributed came out back to back in Antiquity recently, which discuss African ancestry in early medieval individuals from England. Even though the data has been available since 2023, we now dedicated more space to these two special samples, and highlight this unusual […]

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Stephan Schiffels @stschiff.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 9

There is a very nice documentary about the ancient Saxons on Arte and YouTube available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzwMzEEnKEE

It features our genetic study from 2022 (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05247-2), with prominent interviews of lead authors Joscha Gretzinger and […]

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Alexander Winkler @awinkler.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 3

Faszinierender Einblick in die Populationsgenetik von @stschiff im #deutschlandfunk Nova Hörsaal: https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/populationsgenetik-menschheitsgeschichte-in-den-genen-ablesen

Menschheitsgeschichte in den Genen ablesen

Die DNA ist eine Art Gedächtnis unserer Geschichte. Von Generation zu Generation vererben Menschen Eigenschaften weiter. Das Genom wird so zu einem Archiv.

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Stephan Schiffels @stschiff.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

Mein Vortrag bei der langen Nacht der Wissenschaften ist nun verfügbar als Podcast bei Deutschlandfunk Nova, z.b. hier (https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/populationsgenetik-menschheitsgeschichte-in-den-genen-ablesen) oder hier (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1s6N6Yv9tUQu5X20noqcrg) […]

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Stephan Schiffels @stschiff.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

Excited to share our new preprint "High resolution analysis of population structure using rare variants" https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.18.665597v1 where we investigate and formalise using rare allele sharing to quantify population structure, with application and examples in […]

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Lei Huang @huanglei-artif.bsky.social · Jul 24

#SMBE #SMBE2025
Just notice the preprint of Rare Allele Sharing (RAS) statistics was out on the same day of my talk in @official-smbe.bsky.social . Great thanks to my supervisor @stschiff.bsky.social and co-author Thiseas Christos Lamnidis!

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Mauricio Rocha @rocha-lab.bsky.social · Jul 10

Pls spread the word! We have a postdoc position available in the Rocha Lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social. Join our team to study mechanisms underlying robust organ development using zebrafish embryos and human organoids.

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Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine @mpi-muenster.bsky.social · Jul 10

We are looking for a #Postdoc with a great interest in biological robustness to lead a project investigating the self-correction capabilities of the developing nervous system. Join us at the @rocha-lab.bsky.social Rocha lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social!

jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...

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Dilek Koptekin @dilekopter.bsky.social · Jun 26

Happy to share our new study from my PhD on the spread of farming across Anatolia and into the Aegean and then into Europe. @compevohumang.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Out-of-Anatolia: Cultural and genetic interactions during the Neolithic expansion in the Aegean

West Anatolia has been a crucial yet elusive element in the Neolithic expansion from the Fertile Crescent to Europe. In this work, we describe the changing genetic and cultural landscapes of early Hol...

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Leo Speidel @leospeidel.bsky.social · Jun 25

Postdoc position in my group in Tokyo!
Please get in touch if you are interested.

And happy to discuss projects - these would range from developing new methods to analysis of new genomes that we are now sequencing in the lab.

Job Ad: www.riken.jp/en/careers/r...
Lab page: speidellab.github.io

Seeking a few Postdoctoral Researchers at Mathematical Genomics RIKEN ECL Research Unit (25-695)

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Stephan Schiffels @stschiff.bsky.social · Jun 19

Morgen auf der langen Nacht der Wissenschaften gibt's von mir um 22:00 Uhr einen Vortrag mit dem Titel "Gene und Geschichte – Wie alte DNA unsere bewegte Vergangenheit erzählt". Herzliche Einladung ans @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social

MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Jun 18

Am 20. Juni ist es soweit: Das @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social lädt zur Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften ein! 😊 Ab 18 Uhr erwarten Euch spannende Vorträge & eine bunte Vielfalt an Mitmachstationen rund um #Menschheitsgeschichte 🧬🧪 & #Primatenevolution. 🐒 Unser Programm: www.eva.mpg.de/de/veranstal...

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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Jun 18

Am 20. Juni ist es soweit: Das @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social lädt zur Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften ein! 😊 Ab 18 Uhr erwarten Euch spannende Vorträge & eine bunte Vielfalt an Mitmachstationen rund um #Menschheitsgeschichte 🧬🧪 & #Primatenevolution. 🐒 Unser Programm: www.eva.mpg.de/de/veranstal...

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PopGen Vienna @popgenviennaphd.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our #PhD students are excited to hear @stschiff.bsky.social speak about "Spatial inference of population structure and prehistoric human mobility from ancient and modern #genomes" tomorrow for our #PopGen Seminar series.
Full schedule and streaming signup at www.popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Jun 12

Abstract deadline 30th June for the London ancient genome and human biology event of the year this November! @gensocuk.bsky.social

Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Apr 14

Join us at the Royal Society in London 14 November for a day on Ancient genomes, human biology and medicine!

Many slots are reserved for talks from submitted abstracts related to the topic, alongside speakers Svante Pääbo, Priya Moorjani, @mathiesoniain.bsky.social and Lluis Quintana-Murci.

Genetics Society UK @gensocuk.bsky.social · Apr 14

Registration now open! Join us for our Autumn Meeting:
“Ancient genomes: perspectives on human biology and medicine” organised by @janetk.bsky.social and @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social.

Explore how ancient DNA informs migration, adaptation & disease.

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HAAM-community @haam-community.bsky.social · Jun 9

🧵1/n ✨🔮✨ Meet (y)our instructors of this year's #HAAMsummerschool 👇 #aDNA #course #humanpopgen

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Stephan Schiffels @stschiff.bsky.social · Jun 3

Open position at @unileipzig.bsky.social for professor of archaeology of the antique Mediterranean! www.uni-leipzig.de/stellenaussc...

Professur für Archäologie des antiken Mittelmeerraumes und seiner Umwelt (W2)

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Andrew Curry @spoke32.bsky.social · Jun 2

For my German Leserschaft: New story on the crypts of Milan's Ca' Granda hospital in ‪@szde.bsky.social‬ this weekend / neue Geschichte im @szde.bsky.social über die Krypten von Ca' Granda in Mailand, reprinted from @science.org and translated by @jakwet.bsky.social:

Mailand: Die Toten im Untergrund

In Gewölben unter einem alten Krankenhaus in Mailand liegen die Gebeine Tausender Menschen. Sie erzählen von Hunger, Leid - und Drogen.

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · May 31

90% of doing science is being open to new ideas.

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Andreas Püttmann @puettmann.bsky.social · May 20

Hallo Oberbergischer Kreis! Am 27. Mai spreche ich in der #Demokratiekirche Oberberg: www.demokratiekirche-oberberg.de/veranstaltun...

Weshalb der Rechtspopulismus christlichen Werten fundamental widerspricht - 27.05.25, 18:30

Anmeldung bis zum 21.5.2025 erforderlich, bitte hier klicken! Die liberale Demokratie ist ja weit mehr als nur ein politisches System. Sie schützt grundlegende Werte wie Freiheit, Menschenwürde und Ge...

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Andrew Curry @spoke32.bsky.social · May 22

Scientists used to think diseases that jump from animals to people really took off when people started domesticating cattle, sheep and goats 11,000 years ago. A new look at ancient bacterial DNA in @science.org by @poojaswali.bsky.social and colleagues suggests the pivotal moment came much later.

Clothing—not agriculture—helped spread a tick disease 5000 years ago

New study of a pathogen’s Bronze Age spread challenges longstanding links between disease and early agriculture

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Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · May 17

Really impressive and moving interview by @baym.lol about the Harvard cuts.

Lynn Jolicoeur @lynnjolicoeur.bsky.social · May 16

"I'm still in shock. I know that there have been political issues around Harvard in recent weeks, but antibiotic resistance isn't one of them." My conversation with Harvard microbiologist @baym.lol, one of many researchers there who just lost millions in fed. grants. www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

Antibiotic research at Harvard lab threatened by federal funding cuts

Microbiologist Michael Baym studies antibiotic resistance at Harvard Medical School. He lost millions in federal funding this week.

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Stephan Schiffels @stschiff.bsky.social · May 14

Poseidon now supports VCF files (and pileupCaller does, too)! blog.poseidon-adna.org/posts/vcf_po...

Poseidon Blog - Embracing the Variant Call Format in Ancient Genomics

VCF files supported by Poseidon

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PopGen Vienna @popgenviennaphd.bsky.social · Apr 16

Call for #PhD students open! Apply by 14 May to start your research career in #evolution #genetics in beautiful #Vienna among a fun international and interdisciplinary crowd of peers #evolVienna #bioinformatics #bigdata #Drosophila #adaptation #popgen

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Zuzana Hofmanova @zhofmanova.bsky.social · Mar 25

Happy to see that Max Planck institute for Evolutionary Anthropology is on @bsky.app as well! @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social welcome! Also great that the weather slowly starts to allow lunch outside by the pond at the institute ;)

photo of MPI-EVA's pond in the courtyard

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Feb 5

If you need another break from current news, come with me 7000 years ago to search for the first speakers of Indo-European languages. 🧪 Gift link: nyti.ms/42ILio5

Ancient DNA Points to Origins of Indo-European Language (Gift Article)

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and hundreds of others.

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Stephan Schiffels @stschiff.bsky.social · Feb 4

Sorry: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain - Nature

An analysis of ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA shows evidence of matrilocal communities in Iron Age Britain.

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