EPICconference
@epicconference.bsky.social
11-12 August 25 | Conference for all researchers in evolutionary and population genetics in 🇩🇰 | FREE registration & inviting abstract submissions | #EPIC25
Special thanks to the chairs of #EPIC25 day 2!
Session4- @guillramstein.bsky.social (AU), @lauritsskov.bsky.social (KU)
Session5- Mads Fristrup Schou (AU), Anne Krogh Nøhr (AAU, RN)
Session6- Franceen Eshun-Wilson(KU), Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard(AU)
Session7- @mhssinding.bsky.social (KU), Evelyn Todd(KU)
Session4- @guillramstein.bsky.social (AU), @lauritsskov.bsky.social (KU)
Session5- Mads Fristrup Schou (AU), Anne Krogh Nøhr (AAU, RN)
Session6- Franceen Eshun-Wilson(KU), Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard(AU)
Session7- @mhssinding.bsky.social (KU), Evelyn Todd(KU)
August 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Special thanks to the chairs of #EPIC25 day 2!
Session4- @guillramstein.bsky.social (AU), @lauritsskov.bsky.social (KU)
Session5- Mads Fristrup Schou (AU), Anne Krogh Nøhr (AAU, RN)
Session6- Franceen Eshun-Wilson(KU), Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard(AU)
Session7- @mhssinding.bsky.social (KU), Evelyn Todd(KU)
Session4- @guillramstein.bsky.social (AU), @lauritsskov.bsky.social (KU)
Session5- Mads Fristrup Schou (AU), Anne Krogh Nøhr (AAU, RN)
Session6- Franceen Eshun-Wilson(KU), Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard(AU)
Session7- @mhssinding.bsky.social (KU), Evelyn Todd(KU)
And another special thanks to the chairs of #EPIC25 Day1
Session1 - David Duchene (KU) & Jilong Ma (AU)
Session2 - Juraj Bergman (AU) & @hernmoral.bsky.social (KU)
Session3 - Dorte Bekkevold (DTU) & @mikkelschierup.bsky.social (AU)
Session1 - David Duchene (KU) & Jilong Ma (AU)
Session2 - Juraj Bergman (AU) & @hernmoral.bsky.social (KU)
Session3 - Dorte Bekkevold (DTU) & @mikkelschierup.bsky.social (AU)
August 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
And another special thanks to the chairs of #EPIC25 Day1
Session1 - David Duchene (KU) & Jilong Ma (AU)
Session2 - Juraj Bergman (AU) & @hernmoral.bsky.social (KU)
Session3 - Dorte Bekkevold (DTU) & @mikkelschierup.bsky.social (AU)
Session1 - David Duchene (KU) & Jilong Ma (AU)
Session2 - Juraj Bergman (AU) & @hernmoral.bsky.social (KU)
Session3 - Dorte Bekkevold (DTU) & @mikkelschierup.bsky.social (AU)
Special thanks to our dedicated organizers for their time and expertise that shaped an unforgettable program!
Thomas Bataillon
@idamoltke.bsky.social
@aalbrechtsen.bsky.social
@palledr.bsky.social
@mikkelschierup.bsky.social
Dorte Bekkevol & @shyamsg.bsky.social
Thomas Bataillon
@idamoltke.bsky.social
@aalbrechtsen.bsky.social
@palledr.bsky.social
@mikkelschierup.bsky.social
Dorte Bekkevol & @shyamsg.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Special thanks to our dedicated organizers for their time and expertise that shaped an unforgettable program!
Thomas Bataillon
@idamoltke.bsky.social
@aalbrechtsen.bsky.social
@palledr.bsky.social
@mikkelschierup.bsky.social
Dorte Bekkevol & @shyamsg.bsky.social
Thomas Bataillon
@idamoltke.bsky.social
@aalbrechtsen.bsky.social
@palledr.bsky.social
@mikkelschierup.bsky.social
Dorte Bekkevol & @shyamsg.bsky.social
And finally, the last speaker of this session @oskolkov.bsky.social delved into the impact of #microbial #contamination in reference #genomes 🧬 when investigating ancient environmental samples! Disinfecting these genomes seems the way to go! Super!
August 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
And finally, the last speaker of this session @oskolkov.bsky.social delved into the impact of #microbial #contamination in reference #genomes 🧬 when investigating ancient environmental samples! Disinfecting these genomes seems the way to go! Super!
Sara Behnamian (KU) presented a genetic dating method—temporal population structure—for ancient Eurasian genomes spanning the past 10,000 years.
August 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Sara Behnamian (KU) presented a genetic dating method—temporal population structure—for ancient Eurasian genomes spanning the past 10,000 years.
Evelyn Todd (KU) used museum and modern specimens to uncover lost diversity and explore the genomic structure and #population dynamics of European #wolves with a special focus on Karelian and Scandinavian wolves! 🐺
August 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Evelyn Todd (KU) used museum and modern specimens to uncover lost diversity and explore the genomic structure and #population dynamics of European #wolves with a special focus on Karelian and Scandinavian wolves! 🐺
Kirstine Ravn (KU) presented her great work on how they traced the evolutionary history of the CCR5Δ32 #deletion using both ancient and modern genomes.
August 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Kirstine Ravn (KU) presented her great work on how they traced the evolutionary history of the CCR5Δ32 #deletion using both ancient and modern genomes.
Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social (KU) showed us the potential of ancient #EnvironmentalGenomics - #aeDNA - to monitor past #biodiversity! Looking forward to seeing the developments in this field!
August 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social (KU) showed us the potential of ancient #EnvironmentalGenomics - #aeDNA - to monitor past #biodiversity! Looking forward to seeing the developments in this field!
Maria Satti (AU/QGG) presented #MetaMAG Explorer - a modular pipeline for novel metagenome-assembled genome (MAG) discovery and profiling.
August 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Maria Satti (AU/QGG) presented #MetaMAG Explorer - a modular pipeline for novel metagenome-assembled genome (MAG) discovery and profiling.
Shixu He (KU) gave a brilliant talk about the #metagenome of the Greenland population, revealing unique microbial signatures. Seems like ice-cream can improve your health!?
August 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Shixu He (KU) gave a brilliant talk about the #metagenome of the Greenland population, revealing unique microbial signatures. Seems like ice-cream can improve your health!?
@kbohmann.bsky.social (KU) showed how you can literally vacuum animal DNA out of the air for biodiversity monitoring.
August 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
@kbohmann.bsky.social (KU) showed how you can literally vacuum animal DNA out of the air for biodiversity monitoring.
And the last speaker for this session was Shannon D'Urso (AU) that shared her work on the genome-wide scan across 43,829 human trios, ruling out moderate single-locus effects in transmission ratio distortion and highlighting meiosis-related genes.
August 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
And the last speaker for this session was Shannon D'Urso (AU) that shared her work on the genome-wide scan across 43,829 human trios, ruling out moderate single-locus effects in transmission ratio distortion and highlighting meiosis-related genes.
We then continued with Emil Jørsboe (SSI) and explored the genetics of permanent tooth eruption.
August 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We then continued with Emil Jørsboe (SSI) and explored the genetics of permanent tooth eruption.
Jian Zeng (University of Queensland) presented evidence of widespread purifying #selection shaping the genetic architecture of human complex traits.
August 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Jian Zeng (University of Queensland) presented evidence of widespread purifying #selection shaping the genetic architecture of human complex traits.
Cool talk by Anna Maria Langmüller (AU) on inferring #selection on #transposable #elements - where experimental evolution joins forces with machine learning to uncover how these genomic hitchhikers evolve.
August 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Cool talk by Anna Maria Langmüller (AU) on inferring #selection on #transposable #elements - where experimental evolution joins forces with machine learning to uncover how these genomic hitchhikers evolve.
Great talk on new hidden Markov model enhancements for detecting archaic #introgression in modern #humans by Asger Hobolth (AU)
August 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Great talk on new hidden Markov model enhancements for detecting archaic #introgression in modern #humans by Asger Hobolth (AU)
Anders Charmouh (AU) presented his work on their method to estimate #gene conversion tract length and rate from #PacBio HiFi data - tested with #simulations and applied to #human #sperm #sequencing data.
August 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Anders Charmouh (AU) presented his work on their method to estimate #gene conversion tract length and rate from #PacBio HiFi data - tested with #simulations and applied to #human #sperm #sequencing data.