CesarFortesLima
@cesarforteslima.bsky.social
Instructor at Johns Hopkins University (USA), Associate Researcher at Uppsala University (Sweden), and Editorial Board Member at Communications Biology (UK).
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I'm thrilled to announce that our featured article, "Herders from the Green Sahara", was published in the 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 magazine. Another great collaboration with Viktor Černý and Carina Schlebusch.
Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
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To celebrate the publication of the paper about GHIST 2024, the 2025 Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament has been extended to December 1st, 2025.
Read about the 2024 competition in Molecular Biology and Evolution: doi.org/10.1093/molb...
And join the 2025 competition at ghist.bio!
Read about the 2024 competition in Molecular Biology and Evolution: doi.org/10.1093/molb...
And join the 2025 competition at ghist.bio!
GHIST 2024: The First Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament
Abstract. Evaluating population genetic inference methods is challenging due to the complexity of evolutionary histories, potential model misspecification,
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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
To celebrate the publication of the paper about GHIST 2024, the 2025 Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament has been extended to December 1st, 2025.
Read about the 2024 competition in Molecular Biology and Evolution: doi.org/10.1093/molb...
And join the 2025 competition at ghist.bio!
Read about the 2024 competition in Molecular Biology and Evolution: doi.org/10.1093/molb...
And join the 2025 competition at ghist.bio!
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Starting the Third Plenary session #ASHG25 with Lingbin Ni from the Eichler Lab at University of Washington presenting Haplotype-resolved chromatin differences and structural variation using 177 Human Pangenome Reference Consortium samples finding haplotype-specific HiC contacts.
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Starting the Third Plenary session #ASHG25 with Lingbin Ni from the Eichler Lab at University of Washington presenting Haplotype-resolved chromatin differences and structural variation using 177 Human Pangenome Reference Consortium samples finding haplotype-specific HiC contacts.
So happy after presenting my poster at #ASHG2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. New insights and wonderful questions about key demographic events that have re-shaped the genomic and cultural landscape in Africa. Kudos to my great collaborators and mentors. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So happy after presenting my poster at #ASHG2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. New insights and wonderful questions about key demographic events that have re-shaped the genomic and cultural landscape in Africa. Kudos to my great collaborators and mentors. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Thrilled to share our study sequencing genetic data from tropical mammoths 🏝️🦣. First DNA recovered from Columbian mammoths southern than USA shorturl.at/xjIvy. Thanks to all collaborators, you were key to this success! See below a fantastic note covering the paper by the great @rpocisv.bsky.social 👇
Columbian mammoth mitogenomes from Mexico uncover the species’ complex evolutionary history
Paleogenomic studies suggest that Mammuthus columbi derives from an ancient hybridization between Mammuthus primigenius and Mammuthus trogontherii. While its habitat spanned from North to Central Amer...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Thrilled to share our study sequencing genetic data from tropical mammoths 🏝️🦣. First DNA recovered from Columbian mammoths southern than USA shorturl.at/xjIvy. Thanks to all collaborators, you were key to this success! See below a fantastic note covering the paper by the great @rpocisv.bsky.social 👇
I'll join a panel discussion next week at Johns Hopkins University to discuss with researchers and medical residents about "Latinx genetic identity and health".
Tuesday, August 26th, 5:30 to 7:30 PM. If you want to join us, here is the FREE registration --> www.eventbrite.com/e/salud-y-ex...
Tuesday, August 26th, 5:30 to 7:30 PM. If you want to join us, here is the FREE registration --> www.eventbrite.com/e/salud-y-ex...
August 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I'll join a panel discussion next week at Johns Hopkins University to discuss with researchers and medical residents about "Latinx genetic identity and health".
Tuesday, August 26th, 5:30 to 7:30 PM. If you want to join us, here is the FREE registration --> www.eventbrite.com/e/salud-y-ex...
Tuesday, August 26th, 5:30 to 7:30 PM. If you want to join us, here is the FREE registration --> www.eventbrite.com/e/salud-y-ex...
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The @scilifelab.se ancient DNA unit is looking for an bioinformatician placed at Uppsala University. This is a great way to be part of diverse #aDNA research projects as a staff scientist with permanent (!!) employment:
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Bioinformatician - Uppsala University
Bioinformatician, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
August 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The @scilifelab.se ancient DNA unit is looking for an bioinformatician placed at Uppsala University. This is a great way to be part of diverse #aDNA research projects as a staff scientist with permanent (!!) employment:
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Meet our newest editorial board member for Genetics & Development: Cesar Fortes-Lima 🧬! Bringing expertise in genomics, biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, and bioinformatics. Welcome aboard!
April 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Meet our newest editorial board member for Genetics & Development: Cesar Fortes-Lima 🧬! Bringing expertise in genomics, biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, and bioinformatics. Welcome aboard!
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New postdoc opening in our lab: crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job... Don't hesitate to send in your details or contact me if interested!
Postdoctoral Fellow - P Skoglund Lab
Salary for this Role: Salary: From £45,500 per annum with benefits, subject to skills and experience. Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow - P Skoglund Lab Reports to: Pontus Skoglund Closing Date: 20/Aug/2...
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August 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New postdoc opening in our lab: crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job... Don't hesitate to send in your details or contact me if interested!
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I wrote about how we must stand and fight against the threat of eugenics.
Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.
This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.
Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.
This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.
Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I wrote about how we must stand and fight against the threat of eugenics.
Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.
This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.
Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.
This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.
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A big congrats to Imke Lankheet + co-authors for this new publication on genetic ancestry in the South African Coloured population. We reveal fine-scale regional differences in SAC, shaped by complex history and social factors @schlebuschgroup.bsky.social
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Wide-scale geographical analysis of genetic ancestry in the South African Coloured population - BMC Biology
Background The South African Coloured (SAC) population, a prominent admixed population in South Africa, reflects centuries of migration, admixture, and historical segregation. Descendants of local Kho...
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July 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A big congrats to Imke Lankheet + co-authors for this new publication on genetic ancestry in the South African Coloured population. We reveal fine-scale regional differences in SAC, shaped by complex history and social factors @schlebuschgroup.bsky.social
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
I'm thrilled to announce that our featured article, "Herders from the Green Sahara", was published in the 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 magazine. Another great collaboration with Viktor Černý and Carina Schlebusch.
Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
July 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that our featured article, "Herders from the Green Sahara", was published in the 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 magazine. Another great collaboration with Viktor Černý and Carina Schlebusch.
Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
Thrilled to announce that Routledge has published our book chapter in #OpenAccess. This chapter is part of an outstanding 740-page book that examines the early events of the Bantu expansion in Africa using multidisciplinary perspectives, including genetics. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...
The Early Bantu Expansion into Central Africa | 9 | New Data and Insig
Central Africa hosts populations characterised by diverse linguistic, cultural, and genetic backgrounds. In this study, we have generated new genome-wide
www.taylorfrancis.com
July 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Thrilled to announce that Routledge has published our book chapter in #OpenAccess. This chapter is part of an outstanding 740-page book that examines the early events of the Bantu expansion in Africa using multidisciplinary perspectives, including genetics. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...
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Cesar Fortes-Lima
Fascinating talk exploring the demographic history of Sub-Saharan Africa's Bantu populations using genetic data from 14 countries. Generated datasets are vital to investigating the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HumanEvo25
Fascinating talk exploring the demographic history of Sub-Saharan Africa's Bantu populations using genetic data from 14 countries. Generated datasets are vital to investigating the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HumanEvo25
April 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Cesar Fortes-Lima
Fascinating talk exploring the demographic history of Sub-Saharan Africa's Bantu populations using genetic data from 14 countries. Generated datasets are vital to investigating the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HumanEvo25
Fascinating talk exploring the demographic history of Sub-Saharan Africa's Bantu populations using genetic data from 14 countries. Generated datasets are vital to investigating the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HumanEvo25
Thanks @liigh-unam.bsky.social once again for organising this lecture and for the invitation. Special kudos to @paleogenomics.bsky.social for making this possible. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
We're very happy to host Cesar Fortes-Lima @uu.se @jhu.edu today @liigh-unam.bsky.social! He's talking about human migration and admixture in #Africa and in the African diaspora
July 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thanks @liigh-unam.bsky.social once again for organising this lecture and for the invitation. Special kudos to @paleogenomics.bsky.social for making this possible. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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New paper and ginormous effort from the Schlebusch lab!!! Cesar Fortes-Lima, Concetta Burgarella, Rickard Hammarén et al. analyzed thousands of modern and ancient samples across Africa to study "The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa" 🧪
The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa - Nature
We gathered genetic data for 1,763 individuals from 147 populations across 14 African countries, and 12 Late Iron Age individuals, to trace the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples over the p...
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December 1, 2023 at 8:28 AM
New paper and ginormous effort from the Schlebusch lab!!! Cesar Fortes-Lima, Concetta Burgarella, Rickard Hammarén et al. analyzed thousands of modern and ancient samples across Africa to study "The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa" 🧪
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A popular science feature in The Conversation—Africa on the recently published #Fulani study (below) is available now. Co-authors: Carina Schlebusch, Cesar Fortes-Lima and Viktor Černý. theconversation.com/fulani-new-s... #genetics #Africa #humanpast #interdisciplinary @haam-community.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A popular science feature in The Conversation—Africa on the recently published #Fulani study (below) is available now. Co-authors: Carina Schlebusch, Cesar Fortes-Lima and Viktor Černý. theconversation.com/fulani-new-s... #genetics #Africa #humanpast #interdisciplinary @haam-community.bsky.social
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Gwenna Breton, Cesar Fortes-Lima and Carina Schlebusch contributed a chapter on central African demographic history to the #OpenAccess eBook "Luca Cavalli-Sforza’s Legacy, 100 Years After His Birth", eds. L. Chichi and G. Barbujani.
Published by Human Population Genetics and Genomics:
Published by Human Population Genetics and Genomics:
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November 25, 2023 at 3:27 PM
Gwenna Breton, Cesar Fortes-Lima and Carina Schlebusch contributed a chapter on central African demographic history to the #OpenAccess eBook "Luca Cavalli-Sforza’s Legacy, 100 Years After His Birth", eds. L. Chichi and G. Barbujani.
Published by Human Population Genetics and Genomics:
Published by Human Population Genetics and Genomics:
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Seminarios de la Unidad de Antropología Física: «Historia genómica de las poblaciones africanas: impacto del periodo colonial a ambos lados de Atlántico». Dr. César Fortes-Lima.
May 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Seminarios de la Unidad de Antropología Física: «Historia genómica de las poblaciones africanas: impacto del periodo colonial a ambos lados de Atlántico». Dr. César Fortes-Lima.
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Great to attend the #HumanEvo25 conference with Cesar Fortes-Lima and @a-solernunez.bsky.social, who gave an excellent talk and poster presentation representing the Schlebusch group and @humanevouu.bsky.social!
May 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Great to attend the #HumanEvo25 conference with Cesar Fortes-Lima and @a-solernunez.bsky.social, who gave an excellent talk and poster presentation representing the Schlebusch group and @humanevouu.bsky.social!
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Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel
Cesar A. Fortes-Lima et al. (2025)
www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
Cesar A. Fortes-Lima et al. (2025)
www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
February 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel
Cesar A. Fortes-Lima et al. (2025)
www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
Cesar A. Fortes-Lima et al. (2025)
www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
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We're very happy to host Cesar Fortes-Lima @uu.se @jhu.edu today @liigh-unam.bsky.social! He's talking about human migration and admixture in #Africa and in the African diaspora
June 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We're very happy to host Cesar Fortes-Lima @uu.se @jhu.edu today @liigh-unam.bsky.social! He's talking about human migration and admixture in #Africa and in the African diaspora
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Very happy that our new article was published today in AJHG @ajhgnews.bsky.social. Great collaboration with Cesar Fortes-Lima, Yoro Diallo, Vaclav Janousek, and Viktor Cerny. "Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel
The Fulani people, one of the most important pastoralist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, are still largely underrepresented in population genomic resear…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Very happy that our new article was published today in AJHG @ajhgnews.bsky.social. Great collaboration with Cesar Fortes-Lima, Yoro Diallo, Vaclav Janousek, and Viktor Cerny. "Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...