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Official account of the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA). We are an international community of researchers working on degraded biological remains from a range of archaeological and paleontological contexts. For more info, check out our website www.isbarch.org
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*** ANNOUNCEMENT ***
On Friday, 9 January, the #EAA will hold a Special Meeting online, in which all current Members are kindly invited to participate. Please note that the meeting has been rescheduled to 14:00–17:00 CET, instead of 15:00–17:00 CET as previously communicated.
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On Friday, 9 January, the #EAA will hold a Special Meeting online, in which all current Members are kindly invited to participate. Please note that the meeting has been rescheduled to 14:00–17:00 CET, instead of 15:00–17:00 CET as previously communicated.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
*** ANNOUNCEMENT ***
On Friday, 9 January, the #EAA will hold a Special Meeting online, in which all current Members are kindly invited to participate. Please note that the meeting has been rescheduled to 14:00–17:00 CET, instead of 15:00–17:00 CET as previously communicated.
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On Friday, 9 January, the #EAA will hold a Special Meeting online, in which all current Members are kindly invited to participate. Please note that the meeting has been rescheduled to 14:00–17:00 CET, instead of 15:00–17:00 CET as previously communicated.
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🚩 #jobanthropology
Open position as a #Ph.D. candidate (PraeDoc) in the area of #3D #dentalmorphology
at University of Vienna (Prof. Gerhard Weber)
www.heas.at/allgemein/ph...
Open position as a #Ph.D. candidate (PraeDoc) in the area of #3D #dentalmorphology
at University of Vienna (Prof. Gerhard Weber)
www.heas.at/allgemein/ph...
PhD position in Virtual Anthropology Group - HEAS
The Virtual Anthropology group at University of Vienna (Prof. Gerhard Weber) is now offering a position as a Ph.D. candidate (PraeDoc) in the area of 3D dental morphology. The position is funded by th...
www.heas.at
December 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🚩 #jobanthropology
Open position as a #Ph.D. candidate (PraeDoc) in the area of #3D #dentalmorphology
at University of Vienna (Prof. Gerhard Weber)
www.heas.at/allgemein/ph...
Open position as a #Ph.D. candidate (PraeDoc) in the area of #3D #dentalmorphology
at University of Vienna (Prof. Gerhard Weber)
www.heas.at/allgemein/ph...
OPEN BOARD POSITION
💲💸 We have created a new board position: ISBA Fundraiser! 💸💲
If you'd like to join our board, and if you think you are the right person, please reach out! 📩
💲💸 We have created a new board position: ISBA Fundraiser! 💸💲
If you'd like to join our board, and if you think you are the right person, please reach out! 📩
December 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
OPEN BOARD POSITION
💲💸 We have created a new board position: ISBA Fundraiser! 💸💲
If you'd like to join our board, and if you think you are the right person, please reach out! 📩
💲💸 We have created a new board position: ISBA Fundraiser! 💸💲
If you'd like to join our board, and if you think you are the right person, please reach out! 📩
December 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
OPEN BOARD POSITION
💲💸 We have created a new board position: ISBA Fundraiser! 💸💲
If you'd like to join our board, and if you think you are the right person, please reach out! 📩
💲💸 We have created a new board position: ISBA Fundraiser! 💸💲
If you'd like to join our board, and if you think you are the right person, please reach out! 📩
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🦣🧬🦣🤯💥We are pleased to share our new paper about ancient RNA expression profiles from the Woolly Mammoth, now published in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
The results are in!
79% of the ISBA membership voted for the next host of ISBA12...
And ISBA 12 will be hosted by:
The University of Burgos (Spain)!!!
79% of the ISBA membership voted for the next host of ISBA12...
And ISBA 12 will be hosted by:
The University of Burgos (Spain)!!!
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November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The results are in!
79% of the ISBA membership voted for the next host of ISBA12...
And ISBA 12 will be hosted by:
The University of Burgos (Spain)!!!
79% of the ISBA membership voted for the next host of ISBA12...
And ISBA 12 will be hosted by:
The University of Burgos (Spain)!!!
Congratulations 🎉 to the @isba11.bsky.social prize winners.
You can find more info here:
www.isbarch.org/news/2025/10...
You can find more info here:
www.isbarch.org/news/2025/10...
Congratulations to the ISBA11 prize winners! · ISBA
www.isbarch.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Congratulations 🎉 to the @isba11.bsky.social prize winners.
You can find more info here:
www.isbarch.org/news/2025/10...
You can find more info here:
www.isbarch.org/news/2025/10...
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🔔 Recap : Visited two international conferences this summer. @isbarchaeology.bsky.social, hosted by the University of Turin, And SMA conference in Leicester. Met plenty of researchers, working on medieval archaeology and isotopes. 🧪🏰🦴 Came back to Brussels with new ideas and inspiration! 🤔 ✍
September 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🔔 Recap : Visited two international conferences this summer. @isbarchaeology.bsky.social, hosted by the University of Turin, And SMA conference in Leicester. Met plenty of researchers, working on medieval archaeology and isotopes. 🧪🏰🦴 Came back to Brussels with new ideas and inspiration! 🤔 ✍
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grateful for the opportunity to present in this fantastic session on plants animals and epidemics at ISBA last month @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
grateful for the opportunity to present in this fantastic session on plants animals and epidemics at ISBA last month @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
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Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back Homo Sapiens Origins By 400,000 Years www.iflscience.com/million-year...
Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Homo Sapiens Are Nearly Twice As Old As We Thought
And our ancestors may have originated outside of Africa.
www.iflscience.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back Homo Sapiens Origins By 400,000 Years www.iflscience.com/million-year...
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Ancient Yersinia pestis genome discovered in 4,000-year-old sheep tooth sheds new light on a mysterious infectious disease that plagued prehistoric Eurasia. New research by @keyfm.bsky.social and @i-light-maka.bsky.social now published in @cellpress.bsky.social: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage
A Yersinia pestis genome from a Bronze Age domesticated sheep provides insight into
the host range, evolution, and possible transmission scenarios of an ancient lineage
of the plague-causing bacteria,...
www.cell.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Ancient Yersinia pestis genome discovered in 4,000-year-old sheep tooth sheds new light on a mysterious infectious disease that plagued prehistoric Eurasia. New research by @keyfm.bsky.social and @i-light-maka.bsky.social now published in @cellpress.bsky.social: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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We're organizing a new CARTA symposium this November 7 on "Ancient DNA: New Revelations"! We have an amazing lineup of speakers who will showcase the biggest discoveries in ancient DNA over the past 5 years - and offer a sneak peek of what's next. Mark your calendars and don't miss it!
September 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We're organizing a new CARTA symposium this November 7 on "Ancient DNA: New Revelations"! We have an amazing lineup of speakers who will showcase the biggest discoveries in ancient DNA over the past 5 years - and offer a sneak peek of what's next. Mark your calendars and don't miss it!
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Still one week left to register to our first AaRCademy workshop!
Link to registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/1c_c...
#aDNA @aarc-community.bsky.social
Link to registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/1c_c...
#aDNA @aarc-community.bsky.social
📢 We're excited to launch our AaRCademy Workshop Series kicking off October 7th online!
🧬Our first session, "aDNA Data Processing", will be led by Nikolay Oskolkov from Lund University.
📅 Registration closes September 7th! Sign up via the QR code or link below.
#aDNA @aarc-community.bsky.social
🧬Our first session, "aDNA Data Processing", will be led by Nikolay Oskolkov from Lund University.
📅 Registration closes September 7th! Sign up via the QR code or link below.
#aDNA @aarc-community.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Still one week left to register to our first AaRCademy workshop!
Link to registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/1c_c...
#aDNA @aarc-community.bsky.social
Link to registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/1c_c...
#aDNA @aarc-community.bsky.social
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Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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*** The day is here WELCOME to the 31st EAA Annual Meeting #EAA 2025 🎉 ***
Please join us for the Opening Ceremony today at 10:00-13:00 CEST.
Your login details for the web platform can be found in your email. If you encounter any problems, please contact helpdesk.
Please join us for the Opening Ceremony today at 10:00-13:00 CEST.
Your login details for the web platform can be found in your email. If you encounter any problems, please contact helpdesk.
September 2, 2025 at 6:40 AM
*** The day is here WELCOME to the 31st EAA Annual Meeting #EAA 2025 🎉 ***
Please join us for the Opening Ceremony today at 10:00-13:00 CEST.
Your login details for the web platform can be found in your email. If you encounter any problems, please contact helpdesk.
Please join us for the Opening Ceremony today at 10:00-13:00 CEST.
Your login details for the web platform can be found in your email. If you encounter any problems, please contact helpdesk.
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With only a week to go, we are pleased to let you know that the final versions of the #EAA2025 Programme and Abstract Books are now available to download:
www.e-a-a.org/EAA2025/prog...
www.e-a-a.org/EAA2025/prog...
Scientific Programme
We’re pleased to announce that the final versions of the EAA 2025 Programme Book and Abstract Book are now published and can be downloaded below (last updated on 27 August).
www.e-a-a.org
August 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
With only a week to go, we are pleased to let you know that the final versions of the #EAA2025 Programme and Abstract Books are now available to download:
www.e-a-a.org/EAA2025/prog...
www.e-a-a.org/EAA2025/prog...
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A study led by @zhofmanova.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social used ancient DNA to investigate the spread of Slavic language and culture 1,500 years ago. “This wasn’t a migration of elites, or a few male warriors,” 1 co-author says. “This was the migration of an entire population.” @science.org
Ancient skeletons’ genes reveal origin of the Slavic people
DNA connects modern Slavs to a wave of migration following the fall of the Roman Empire
www.science.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A study led by @zhofmanova.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social used ancient DNA to investigate the spread of Slavic language and culture 1,500 years ago. “This wasn’t a migration of elites, or a few male warriors,” 1 co-author says. “This was the migration of an entire population.” @science.org
From one great ISBA team to the next — thank you to our past organizers for building such a strong and connected community!
August 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
From one great ISBA team to the next — thank you to our past organizers for building such a strong and connected community!
What a week! 🎉 Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference — so well organized and full of great science.
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What a week! 🎉 Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference — so well organized and full of great science.
@isba11.bsky.social
Looking back in the past at the Museo Nationale Dell'Automobile for our Social Dinner. Sounds about right!
Looking back in the past at the Museo Nationale Dell'Automobile for our Social Dinner. Sounds about right!
August 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Looking back in the past at the Museo Nationale Dell'Automobile for our Social Dinner. Sounds about right!
Looking back in the past at the Museo Nationale Dell'Automobile for our Social Dinner. Sounds about right!
Science, friends, colleagues and ice lolly. What else?
August 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Science, friends, colleagues and ice lolly. What else?
@isba11.bsky.social
So good to see everyone again at ISBA 2025 — old friends, new faces, and a lot of exciting science ahead!
So good to see everyone again at ISBA 2025 — old friends, new faces, and a lot of exciting science ahead!
August 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@isba11.bsky.social
So good to see everyone again at ISBA 2025 — old friends, new faces, and a lot of exciting science ahead!
So good to see everyone again at ISBA 2025 — old friends, new faces, and a lot of exciting science ahead!
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🏛️ Still unsure how to spend your afternoon in Turin 🇮🇹 before @isba11.bsky.social starts, come to our #HAAMmeeting @Complesso Aldo Moro and meet young & inspiring researchers!
💻 If you're not in Turin, you can join us online, too.
📖 DM us! #aDNA #HAAMcommunity @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
💻 If you're not in Turin, you can join us online, too.
📖 DM us! #aDNA #HAAMcommunity @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🏛️ Still unsure how to spend your afternoon in Turin 🇮🇹 before @isba11.bsky.social starts, come to our #HAAMmeeting @Complesso Aldo Moro and meet young & inspiring researchers!
💻 If you're not in Turin, you can join us online, too.
📖 DM us! #aDNA #HAAMcommunity @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
💻 If you're not in Turin, you can join us online, too.
📖 DM us! #aDNA #HAAMcommunity @isbarchaeology.bsky.social