Elise Kerdoncuff
@ekerdoncuff.bsky.social
Postdoc in population genetics at Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
https://ekerdoncuff.github.io/
https://ekerdoncuff.github.io/
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
Exciting new study led by @ekerdoncuff.bsky.social and @meaghanmarohn.bsky.social on the evolution of Lactase Persistence in South Asia.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Revisiting the Evolution of Lactase Persistence: Insights from South Asian Genomes
Lactase persistence (LP), the ability to digest lactose from milk into adulthood, is a classic example of natural selection in humans. Multiple mutations upstream of the LCT gene are associated with L...
www.biorxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Exciting new study led by @ekerdoncuff.bsky.social and @meaghanmarohn.bsky.social on the evolution of Lactase Persistence in South Asia.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
My first preprint of my PhD! Thanks to @ekerdoncuff.bsky.social and @moorjanipriya.bsky.social for their guidance and mentorship in this project!
Revisiting the Evolution of Lactase Persistence: Insights from South Asian Genomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.05.686799v1
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My first preprint of my PhD! Thanks to @ekerdoncuff.bsky.social and @moorjanipriya.bsky.social for their guidance and mentorship in this project!
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
The genetics of South Asia are coming into focus, helping reveal how fast the avalanche of modern humans got going. This region has more Neanderthal genetic variation than any other, and a unique component of Denisovan ancestry never seen before.
www.johnhawks.net/p/deep-histo...
www.johnhawks.net/p/deep-histo...
Deep history from the genomes of India
People carrying Neanderthal mixture entered the subcontinent after 50,000 years ago, meeting Denisovans
www.johnhawks.net
October 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The genetics of South Asia are coming into focus, helping reveal how fast the avalanche of modern humans got going. This region has more Neanderthal genetic variation than any other, and a unique component of Denisovan ancestry never seen before.
www.johnhawks.net/p/deep-histo...
www.johnhawks.net/p/deep-histo...
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
Population Genetics group 59
populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
SINGER, our ARG inference method, is finally published and freely available online:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
It was a long journey – 16 months from initial submission to acceptance. Is it just me, or has peer review gotten more arduous lately? 4+ rounds of review isn't so unusual these days...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
It was a long journey – 16 months from initial submission to acceptance. Is it just me, or has peer review gotten more arduous lately? 4+ rounds of review isn't so unusual these days...
Robust and accurate Bayesian inference of genome-wide genealogies for hundreds of genomes - Nature Genetics
SINGER is a method for creating ancestral recombination graphs to understand the genealogical history of genomes. The method has increased speed, and thus scalability, without sacrificing accuracy.
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
SINGER, our ARG inference method, is finally published and freely available online:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
It was a long journey – 16 months from initial submission to acceptance. Is it just me, or has peer review gotten more arduous lately? 4+ rounds of review isn't so unusual these days...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
It was a long journey – 16 months from initial submission to acceptance. Is it just me, or has peer review gotten more arduous lately? 4+ rounds of review isn't so unusual these days...
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
Our review on the last decade+ of hybrid incompatibility research is now out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Original thread here: bsky.app/profile/moll...
Original thread here: bsky.app/profile/moll...
August 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Our review on the last decade+ of hybrid incompatibility research is now out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Original thread here: bsky.app/profile/moll...
Original thread here: bsky.app/profile/moll...
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
New research from Priya Moorjani's lab offers insights into India’s genomic legacy.
Postdocs @lauritsskov.bsky.social and @ekerdoncuff.bsky.social traced Indian's ancestry to three main sources. Read the findings in this story by grad student Jules Perez: bit.ly/3IK46vh
Postdocs @lauritsskov.bsky.social and @ekerdoncuff.bsky.social traced Indian's ancestry to three main sources. Read the findings in this story by grad student Jules Perez: bit.ly/3IK46vh
July 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
New research from Priya Moorjani's lab offers insights into India’s genomic legacy.
Postdocs @lauritsskov.bsky.social and @ekerdoncuff.bsky.social traced Indian's ancestry to three main sources. Read the findings in this story by grad student Jules Perez: bit.ly/3IK46vh
Postdocs @lauritsskov.bsky.social and @ekerdoncuff.bsky.social traced Indian's ancestry to three main sources. Read the findings in this story by grad student Jules Perez: bit.ly/3IK46vh
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
It’s been 25 years since the UCSC Genome Browser launched. Nature profiles how the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function, and clinical impact. #Academicsky 🧬 🧪
’We couldn’t live without it’: the UCSC Genome Browser turns 25
After a quarter of a century, the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function and clinical impact.
go.nature.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It’s been 25 years since the UCSC Genome Browser launched. Nature profiles how the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function, and clinical impact. #Academicsky 🧬 🧪
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
Genomes from people across modern-day India shed light on 50,000 years of evolutionary history.
http://dlvr.it/TLbY4F
@ekerdoncuff.bsky.social & colleagues
@[email protected]
http://dlvr.it/TLbY4F
@ekerdoncuff.bsky.social & colleagues
@[email protected]
June 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Genomes from people across modern-day India shed light on 50,000 years of evolutionary history.
http://dlvr.it/TLbY4F
@ekerdoncuff.bsky.social & colleagues
@[email protected]
http://dlvr.it/TLbY4F
@ekerdoncuff.bsky.social & colleagues
@[email protected]
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
A new analysis of Indian genomes helps untangle these groups’ complex evolutionary history, uncovering a 50,000-year history of genetic mixing and population bottlenecks that shaped genetic variation, health and disease in South Asia. news.berkeley.edu/2025/06/26/s...
Scientists complete the most thorough analysis yet of India's genetic diversity - Berkeley News
A comparison of more than 2,700 complete genomes from South Asians uncovers a wealth of ancient and recent diversity and genetic links to disease.
news.berkeley.edu
June 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A new analysis of Indian genomes helps untangle these groups’ complex evolutionary history, uncovering a 50,000-year history of genetic mixing and population bottlenecks that shaped genetic variation, health and disease in South Asia. news.berkeley.edu/2025/06/26/s...
Check out our dive into 50,000 years of Indian genetic history!🇮🇳
🧬~2,700 genomes
🦴Neanderthal/Denisovan DNA
🌾Hunter-gatherer, Iranian farmer & Steppe ancestry
🩺Health-linked, population-specific variants
@lauritsskov.bsky.social & Priya Moorjani
#Genomics #India #HumanEvolution #PopulationGenetics
🧬~2,700 genomes
🦴Neanderthal/Denisovan DNA
🌾Hunter-gatherer, Iranian farmer & Steppe ancestry
🩺Health-linked, population-specific variants
@lauritsskov.bsky.social & Priya Moorjani
#Genomics #India #HumanEvolution #PopulationGenetics
June 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Check out our dive into 50,000 years of Indian genetic history!🇮🇳
🧬~2,700 genomes
🦴Neanderthal/Denisovan DNA
🌾Hunter-gatherer, Iranian farmer & Steppe ancestry
🩺Health-linked, population-specific variants
@lauritsskov.bsky.social & Priya Moorjani
#Genomics #India #HumanEvolution #PopulationGenetics
🧬~2,700 genomes
🦴Neanderthal/Denisovan DNA
🌾Hunter-gatherer, Iranian farmer & Steppe ancestry
🩺Health-linked, population-specific variants
@lauritsskov.bsky.social & Priya Moorjani
#Genomics #India #HumanEvolution #PopulationGenetics
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
Packed house at today’s GHIST kickoff meeting. Pop gen folks, join the competition to learn, have fun, and help our community. ghi.st (Thanks to @drk-lo.bsky.social for the pic.) #Evol2025
June 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Packed house at today’s GHIST kickoff meeting. Pop gen folks, join the competition to learn, have fun, and help our community. ghi.st (Thanks to @drk-lo.bsky.social for the pic.) #Evol2025
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
The university of California is a powerhouse of innovation, healthcare, and social mobility for California and the US.
June 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The university of California is a powerhouse of innovation, healthcare, and social mobility for California and the US.
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
We ( @zeniabaek.bsky.social @moicoll.bsky.social and @asgerhobolth.bsky.social ) present a new cool way to visualize the optimal trade off for hmm decoding called Artemis plots!
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.15156
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.15156
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We ( @zeniabaek.bsky.social @moicoll.bsky.social and @asgerhobolth.bsky.social ) present a new cool way to visualize the optimal trade off for hmm decoding called Artemis plots!
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.15156
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.15156
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
Why do Polynesians gave high risk of metabolic disease? Dang Liu tests the thrifty genotype vs population adaprive patterns (considering % Austronesian & Papuan ancestries), demographics (strong bottleneck in Eastern Polynesians!). Results: both!! BMI thrifty, HDL & others under drift & more!! 🤩
April 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Why do Polynesians gave high risk of metabolic disease? Dang Liu tests the thrifty genotype vs population adaprive patterns (considering % Austronesian & Papuan ancestries), demographics (strong bottleneck in Eastern Polynesians!). Results: both!! BMI thrifty, HDL & others under drift & more!! 🤩
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Had the opportunity to present my work on Lactase Persistence in South Asia, in collaboration with Meaghan Maroon, at #probgen25! Excited to share our findings with this amazing community!
March 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Had the opportunity to present my work on Lactase Persistence in South Asia, in collaboration with Meaghan Maroon, at #probgen25! Excited to share our findings with this amazing community!
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
🚨 Applications Open! 🎓
The Master 2 EvoGEM offers training in computational & mathematical modelling to interpret evolutionary mechanisms from genomic data.
📍Taught in English in Paris (MNHN, PSL, Sorbonne Univ., Univ. Paris-Cité & Paris-Saclay)
🔹 Research in leading labs
🔗 Apply now: evogem.fr
The Master 2 EvoGEM offers training in computational & mathematical modelling to interpret evolutionary mechanisms from genomic data.
📍Taught in English in Paris (MNHN, PSL, Sorbonne Univ., Univ. Paris-Cité & Paris-Saclay)
🔹 Research in leading labs
🔗 Apply now: evogem.fr
Inter-institutional Master in evolutionary genetics
evogem.fr
February 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🚨 Applications Open! 🎓
The Master 2 EvoGEM offers training in computational & mathematical modelling to interpret evolutionary mechanisms from genomic data.
📍Taught in English in Paris (MNHN, PSL, Sorbonne Univ., Univ. Paris-Cité & Paris-Saclay)
🔹 Research in leading labs
🔗 Apply now: evogem.fr
The Master 2 EvoGEM offers training in computational & mathematical modelling to interpret evolutionary mechanisms from genomic data.
📍Taught in English in Paris (MNHN, PSL, Sorbonne Univ., Univ. Paris-Cité & Paris-Saclay)
🔹 Research in leading labs
🔗 Apply now: evogem.fr
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
How important are your #postdoc years in the likelihood of you staying & succeeding in #academia?
In our newly published paper in @pnas.org, "Postdoc Publications and Citations Link to Academic Retention and Faculty Success," we study the journey of #CareerSuccess of ~45,000 #postdocs.
🧵1/7
In our newly published paper in @pnas.org, "Postdoc Publications and Citations Link to Academic Retention and Faculty Success," we study the journey of #CareerSuccess of ~45,000 #postdocs.
🧵1/7
January 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
How important are your #postdoc years in the likelihood of you staying & succeeding in #academia?
In our newly published paper in @pnas.org, "Postdoc Publications and Citations Link to Academic Retention and Faculty Success," we study the journey of #CareerSuccess of ~45,000 #postdocs.
🧵1/7
In our newly published paper in @pnas.org, "Postdoc Publications and Citations Link to Academic Retention and Faculty Success," we study the journey of #CareerSuccess of ~45,000 #postdocs.
🧵1/7
Proud to see our work cited as part of these big discoveries ! 🧬🌏
Rapid natural selection across the last 5000 years, a complex speciation to kick off the hominin lineage, and a single pulse of Neandertal ancestry into recent people around 47,000 years ago. Those are some of the big stories coming from DNA this year.
johnhawks.net/weblog/top-1...
johnhawks.net/weblog/top-1...
Top 10 discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2024
New resolution is emerging of some events in ancient human populations, and a clearer view of some parts of the genome.
johnhawks.net
January 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Proud to see our work cited as part of these big discoveries ! 🧬🌏
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
Evolution instructors! I'm adding 'Make an evolution meme' to the extra credit opportunities in my class this semester. I know I've seen some great examples of student-generated memes on here - can you share some of your favorites so I can give them examples of what I'm looking for?
January 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Evolution instructors! I'm adding 'Make an evolution meme' to the extra credit opportunities in my class this semester. I know I've seen some great examples of student-generated memes on here - can you share some of your favorites so I can give them examples of what I'm looking for?
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
Very excited to see our study published today, joint effort with @benmpeter.bsky.social group, co-led by @leonardoiasi.bsky.social & Manjusha Chintalapati. Excitedly, @arevsumer.bsky.social et al. in Nature today show similar timeline of N gene flow. Details👇
Out today in @sciencemagazine, we've journeyed into our shared history with Neandertals by analyzing over 300 present-day and ancient modern humans, including 59 individuals who lived between 2,000 and 45,000 years ago.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Neanderthal ancestry through time: Insights from genomes of ancient and present-day humans
Gene flow from Neanderthals has shaped genetic and phenotypic variation in modern humans. We generated a catalog of Neanderthal ancestry segments in more than 300 genomes spanning the past 50,000 year...
www.science.org
December 12, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Very excited to see our study published today, joint effort with @benmpeter.bsky.social group, co-led by @leonardoiasi.bsky.social & Manjusha Chintalapati. Excitedly, @arevsumer.bsky.social et al. in Nature today show similar timeline of N gene flow. Details👇
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
PhD opportunity in computational population genetics at @MPI_EVA_Leipzig:
Join our fully funded project to develop IBD-segment tools, connecting high-quality genomes from 500 Black Death victims to modern Europeans. 🌍💻🧬
Please spread the word! 📢🙌 #aDNA #PopGen
www.eva.mpg.de/de/karriere/...
Join our fully funded project to develop IBD-segment tools, connecting high-quality genomes from 500 Black Death victims to modern Europeans. 🌍💻🧬
Please spread the word! 📢🙌 #aDNA #PopGen
www.eva.mpg.de/de/karriere/...
December 3, 2024 at 12:52 PM
PhD opportunity in computational population genetics at @MPI_EVA_Leipzig:
Join our fully funded project to develop IBD-segment tools, connecting high-quality genomes from 500 Black Death victims to modern Europeans. 🌍💻🧬
Please spread the word! 📢🙌 #aDNA #PopGen
www.eva.mpg.de/de/karriere/...
Join our fully funded project to develop IBD-segment tools, connecting high-quality genomes from 500 Black Death victims to modern Europeans. 🌍💻🧬
Please spread the word! 📢🙌 #aDNA #PopGen
www.eva.mpg.de/de/karriere/...
Reposted by Elise Kerdoncuff
Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :)
Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
December 2, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :)
Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Join Harald Ringbauer and I to learn about "Haplotype-based methods and frameworks for inference of evolutionary history" at #SMBE2024 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, July 7-11!
🧬🌐💻
Invited Speakers: @amygoldberg.bsky.social and Pier Palamara
Submit your abstracts by March 15th at smbe2024.org #SMBE24
🧬🌐💻
Invited Speakers: @amygoldberg.bsky.social and Pier Palamara
Submit your abstracts by March 15th at smbe2024.org #SMBE24
February 27, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Join Harald Ringbauer and I to learn about "Haplotype-based methods and frameworks for inference of evolutionary history" at #SMBE2024 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, July 7-11!
🧬🌐💻
Invited Speakers: @amygoldberg.bsky.social and Pier Palamara
Submit your abstracts by March 15th at smbe2024.org #SMBE24
🧬🌐💻
Invited Speakers: @amygoldberg.bsky.social and Pier Palamara
Submit your abstracts by March 15th at smbe2024.org #SMBE24