Elis Hempel
@elishempel.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist (PhD) working on palaeogenomics (ancient DNA) and population genomics of African bovids
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Registration is now open for our next online AaRCademy workshop focusing on demographic history! Sign up by December 5th. #aDNA
And the registration is open for our next AaRCademy workshop! Join us on February 3rd to learn how to reconstruct the demographic history of a population with Pablo Librado. Registration through the QR code or following this link: tinyurl.com/2nysdwhv
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Registration is now open for our next online AaRCademy workshop focusing on demographic history! Sign up by December 5th. #aDNA
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Only four #taxidermy bluebuck are known in #museums (Paris, Leiden, Stockholm, Vienna): the only large mammal species to become extinct in Africa in recent centuries. Bluebuck disappeared in ~1800.
(It feels weird to know I've seen them all - the only physical evidence of what bluebuck looked like)
(It feels weird to know I've seen them all - the only physical evidence of what bluebuck looked like)
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Only four #taxidermy bluebuck are known in #museums (Paris, Leiden, Stockholm, Vienna): the only large mammal species to become extinct in Africa in recent centuries. Bluebuck disappeared in ~1800.
(It feels weird to know I've seen them all - the only physical evidence of what bluebuck looked like)
(It feels weird to know I've seen them all - the only physical evidence of what bluebuck looked like)
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We have now opened abstract submissions for the 1st International Conference on #Palaeogenomics 23-26 June 2026 in Stockholm.
Check the lineup of keynote speakers and send your contribution here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
We can't wait to see you in Stockholm next summer ☀️🐬⛱️
🧪 #adna #ancientDNA
Check the lineup of keynote speakers and send your contribution here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
We can't wait to see you in Stockholm next summer ☀️🐬⛱️
🧪 #adna #ancientDNA
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Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
October 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We have now opened abstract submissions for the 1st International Conference on #Palaeogenomics 23-26 June 2026 in Stockholm.
Check the lineup of keynote speakers and send your contribution here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
We can't wait to see you in Stockholm next summer ☀️🐬⛱️
🧪 #adna #ancientDNA
Check the lineup of keynote speakers and send your contribution here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
We can't wait to see you in Stockholm next summer ☀️🐬⛱️
🧪 #adna #ancientDNA
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Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
October 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
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🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
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I will be recruiting two PhDs for my ERC Project HERDPATH - let's discover out how livestock and pathogens evolved together using #aDNA. Projects will be animal or pathogen focused but will be in dialogue.
Details at my quaint website below. Deadline 3rd October.
kevingdaly.github.io
Details at my quaint website below. Deadline 3rd October.
kevingdaly.github.io
Ruminant Palaeogenomics - Kevin G. Daly: Ruminant Palaeogenomics
kevingdaly.github.io
September 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I will be recruiting two PhDs for my ERC Project HERDPATH - let's discover out how livestock and pathogens evolved together using #aDNA. Projects will be animal or pathogen focused but will be in dialogue.
Details at my quaint website below. Deadline 3rd October.
kevingdaly.github.io
Details at my quaint website below. Deadline 3rd October.
kevingdaly.github.io
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Excited to share that I’ve started as Associate Professor at the Technical University of Denmark! 🧑🎓
I also received an a NNF Emerging Investigator grant to use genomics + machine learning to study extinction.
👉 PhD & Postdoc positions coming soon — follow for updates!
Reposts appreciated 🙏
I also received an a NNF Emerging Investigator grant to use genomics + machine learning to study extinction.
👉 PhD & Postdoc positions coming soon — follow for updates!
Reposts appreciated 🙏
September 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Excited to share that I’ve started as Associate Professor at the Technical University of Denmark! 🧑🎓
I also received an a NNF Emerging Investigator grant to use genomics + machine learning to study extinction.
👉 PhD & Postdoc positions coming soon — follow for updates!
Reposts appreciated 🙏
I also received an a NNF Emerging Investigator grant to use genomics + machine learning to study extinction.
👉 PhD & Postdoc positions coming soon — follow for updates!
Reposts appreciated 🙏
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I'm hiring a postdoc... By combining samples that are more than a million years old with the short generation time of small rodents, we hope to gain a unique window into evolution unfolding across millions of generations!
🚨JOB ALERT!🚨
Postdoc position at #CpgSthlm on Microtine Palaeogenomics!
Join our deep-time genomics project, funded by @erc.europa.eu, and help us explore lemming and vole evolution using ancient DNA from fossils spanning the last 2.6 million years 🐭🦴🧬
Apply here:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoc position at #CpgSthlm on Microtine Palaeogenomics!
Join our deep-time genomics project, funded by @erc.europa.eu, and help us explore lemming and vole evolution using ancient DNA from fossils spanning the last 2.6 million years 🐭🦴🧬
Apply here:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
September 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I'm hiring a postdoc... By combining samples that are more than a million years old with the short generation time of small rodents, we hope to gain a unique window into evolution unfolding across millions of generations!
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Are you interested in doing a PhD in Copenhagen? Interested in studying Neanderthals and Denisovans which live on in our genomes?
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Please reach out if you have any questions!
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Please reach out if you have any questions!
August 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Are you interested in doing a PhD in Copenhagen? Interested in studying Neanderthals and Denisovans which live on in our genomes?
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Please reach out if you have any questions!
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Please reach out if you have any questions!
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Shameless promotion from #isba11 - I'll be hiring PhDs to start early 2026 (plus postdocs starting later), using #adna to study livestock and pathogen coevolution, particularly looking at inbreeding and immune gene evolution!
Contact me at kevin[at]palaeome.org, full ad to come. Please share!
Contact me at kevin[at]palaeome.org, full ad to come. Please share!
August 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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📢 Abstract submission deadline for the 2025 meeting extended!
New deadline: 15 June 2025
Don’t miss your chance to present your work and connect with fellow researchers passionate about mammals.
Submit your abstract now!
New deadline: 15 June 2025
Don’t miss your chance to present your work and connect with fellow researchers passionate about mammals.
Submit your abstract now!
98 th Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology
© 2025 98 th Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology
www.congressi.unisi.it
June 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📢 Abstract submission deadline for the 2025 meeting extended!
New deadline: 15 June 2025
Don’t miss your chance to present your work and connect with fellow researchers passionate about mammals.
Submit your abstract now!
New deadline: 15 June 2025
Don’t miss your chance to present your work and connect with fellow researchers passionate about mammals.
Submit your abstract now!
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The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
May 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
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May 30th is fastly approaching, so it is time now to register for the #AaRConference2025! Come and learn about new cool science on animal #aDNA and how it is being used for varied and interesting applications.
May 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
May 30th is fastly approaching, so it is time now to register for the #AaRConference2025! Come and learn about new cool science on animal #aDNA and how it is being used for varied and interesting applications.
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1/3 DGS Meeting 2025 - Travel Grants for early career scientists - application open! 🧪 🦊 🌍 🦤
The DGS offers 5 grants of 300 € each to junior scientists who want to present their work at the 2025 meeting. Every pre-PhD DGS-member without own budget can apply.
The DGS offers 5 grants of 300 € each to junior scientists who want to present their work at the 2025 meeting. Every pre-PhD DGS-member without own budget can apply.
98 th Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology
© 2025 98 th Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology
www.congressi.unisi.it
May 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
1/3 DGS Meeting 2025 - Travel Grants for early career scientists - application open! 🧪 🦊 🌍 🦤
The DGS offers 5 grants of 300 € each to junior scientists who want to present their work at the 2025 meeting. Every pre-PhD DGS-member without own budget can apply.
The DGS offers 5 grants of 300 € each to junior scientists who want to present their work at the 2025 meeting. Every pre-PhD DGS-member without own budget can apply.
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Big day... My book #NaturesMemory: Behind the Scenes at the World's Natural History #Museums is published TODAY.🤩
Over the last 20+ years of working in these incredible institutions, I've noticed some surprising things about them, and this book shares some of these "secrets", as an insider's guide.🧵
Over the last 20+ years of working in these incredible institutions, I've noticed some surprising things about them, and this book shares some of these "secrets", as an insider's guide.🧵
April 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Big day... My book #NaturesMemory: Behind the Scenes at the World's Natural History #Museums is published TODAY.🤩
Over the last 20+ years of working in these incredible institutions, I've noticed some surprising things about them, and this book shares some of these "secrets", as an insider's guide.🧵
Over the last 20+ years of working in these incredible institutions, I've noticed some surprising things about them, and this book shares some of these "secrets", as an insider's guide.🧵
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1/4 Find attached the Meeting Website for our next Meeting in Siena!
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for abstract submission is May 25th, 2025
Abstract acceptance notification will occur in mid-June
Deadline for early conference registration is June 15th, 2025
buff.ly/uXTygZP
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IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for abstract submission is May 25th, 2025
Abstract acceptance notification will occur in mid-June
Deadline for early conference registration is June 15th, 2025
buff.ly/uXTygZP
🌎 🦊 🦤 🧪
98 th Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology
© 2025 98 th Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology
www.congressi.unisi.it
April 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
1/4 Find attached the Meeting Website for our next Meeting in Siena!
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for abstract submission is May 25th, 2025
Abstract acceptance notification will occur in mid-June
Deadline for early conference registration is June 15th, 2025
buff.ly/uXTygZP
🌎 🦊 🦤 🧪
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for abstract submission is May 25th, 2025
Abstract acceptance notification will occur in mid-June
Deadline for early conference registration is June 15th, 2025
buff.ly/uXTygZP
🌎 🦊 🦤 🧪
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AaRC TikTalks on animal #adna are now available on our youtube page! More in the coming weeks. @aarc-community.bsky.social
Thanks to our speakers (@indianadiez.bsky.social and Germán Hernández Alonso) and Pedro @hjorvik.bsky.social for organizing the channel.
www.youtube.com/@aarc-commun...
Thanks to our speakers (@indianadiez.bsky.social and Germán Hernández Alonso) and Pedro @hjorvik.bsky.social for organizing the channel.
www.youtube.com/@aarc-commun...
AaRC
Channel of the Animal aDNA Research Community, an international and open community of animal ancient DNA researchers.
Website: https://www.animal-adna.org/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aarc-comm...
www.youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
AaRC TikTalks on animal #adna are now available on our youtube page! More in the coming weeks. @aarc-community.bsky.social
Thanks to our speakers (@indianadiez.bsky.social and Germán Hernández Alonso) and Pedro @hjorvik.bsky.social for organizing the channel.
www.youtube.com/@aarc-commun...
Thanks to our speakers (@indianadiez.bsky.social and Germán Hernández Alonso) and Pedro @hjorvik.bsky.social for organizing the channel.
www.youtube.com/@aarc-commun...
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We are seeking a PhD student to join our team on an exciting new project focused on the study of brown bears in the Balkans. If you’re interested in ancient DNA and wildlife conservation, come to work with us! @lpcg.bsky.social #NCN #OPUS27 #ancientDNA
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
www.uw.edu.pl
February 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We are seeking a PhD student to join our team on an exciting new project focused on the study of brown bears in the Balkans. If you’re interested in ancient DNA and wildlife conservation, come to work with us! @lpcg.bsky.social #NCN #OPUS27 #ancientDNA
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
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#MammalMonday The Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) is a marsupial native to Australia. With a stocky build and powerful claws adept for burrowing, it navigates the dense Australian bush with ease. Wombats have a surprising feature: its distinctive cubic-shaped feces (2. picture). 🦊 🦤 🌎 💩
February 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
#MammalMonday The Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) is a marsupial native to Australia. With a stocky build and powerful claws adept for burrowing, it navigates the dense Australian bush with ease. Wombats have a surprising feature: its distinctive cubic-shaped feces (2. picture). 🦊 🦤 🌎 💩
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With all the new people migrating into BlueSky, we have created a small starter pack for aDNA (and other molecules) researchers. go.bsky.app/F4EPLJh 🧪🏺 #evosky #PaleoSky
November 13, 2024 at 1:56 PM
With all the new people migrating into BlueSky, we have created a small starter pack for aDNA (and other molecules) researchers. go.bsky.app/F4EPLJh 🧪🏺 #evosky #PaleoSky
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Annual reminder that PhyloPic is your free go-to source for organismal silhouettes for #Jack-o'-lantern designs phylopic.org @tmkeesey.bsky.social 🧪
PhyloPic
PhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi...
phylopic.org
October 19, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Annual reminder that PhyloPic is your free go-to source for organismal silhouettes for #Jack-o'-lantern designs phylopic.org @tmkeesey.bsky.social 🧪
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One thing about bsky is that following more people improves your experience. Here's some people who do science similar to me (phylogeny, or studying the tree of life)
October 17, 2024 at 1:53 AM
One thing about bsky is that following more people improves your experience. Here's some people who do science similar to me (phylogeny, or studying the tree of life)
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1/4 #MammalMonday Meet the Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), also known as the Tasmanian Tiger, a remarkable and now-extinct carnivorous marsupial that once roamed Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. Resembling a cross between a large dog and a tiger, with its striped lower
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October 14, 2024 at 6:23 PM
1/4 #MammalMonday Meet the Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), also known as the Tasmanian Tiger, a remarkable and now-extinct carnivorous marsupial that once roamed Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. Resembling a cross between a large dog and a tiger, with its striped lower
🦊🌍🦤
🦊🌍🦤
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9,999 free silhouettes! What should be the 10,000th? www.phylopic.org
PhyloPic
PhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi...
www.phylopic.org
October 8, 2024 at 11:17 PM
9,999 free silhouettes! What should be the 10,000th? www.phylopic.org
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#MammalMonday Meet the Saiga Antelope (Saiga tatarica), a peculiar and ancient mammal that roams the vast steppes of Central Asia. With its distinctive, oversized, and flexible nose, the saiga is perfectly adapted to its harsh environment. 🦤🦊🌍
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September 30, 2024 at 6:00 AM
#MammalMonday Meet the Saiga Antelope (Saiga tatarica), a peculiar and ancient mammal that roams the vast steppes of Central Asia. With its distinctive, oversized, and flexible nose, the saiga is perfectly adapted to its harsh environment. 🦤🦊🌍
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