New paper alert 🚨
A study led by #CPGSthlm researchers found DNA from a bear in 9.6k year old lake sediments. This potentially rewrites the history of brown bears in Scandinavia! 🧬🐻🐾🏔️🧊
Check @officialernst.bsky.social thread 👉
bsky.app/profile/offi...
OA article 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
This was a fun study to be a part of, especially as the findings/story developed
Great collaboration between @cpgsthlm.bsky.social and the Geological Sciences department at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Led by @officialernst.bsky.social and Isa Feinauer
Check out our study!
DNAharvester's workflow.
We present DNAharvester 🎉🦴🚜🧬
A pipeline to process highly degraded ancient DNA data that integrates metagenomic filtering, competitive mapping, multiple alignment strategies, reference bias evaluation and much more.
GitHub: github.com/NBISweden/DN...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Our new pipeline for analysing highly degraded genomic DNA data is now available at biorXiv!
Study led by Bilal Sharif
Cristina smiling
ICP2026 flyer
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
CRISTINA VALDIOSERA (@universidadburgos.bsky.social)
Cristina is a leading expert in ancient human DNA, focusing on the genomic history of past populations and the impact of cultural shifts on human evolution.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
Ed showing a replica of a skull.
ICP2026 flyer
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
RICHARD GREEN (UCSC Paleogenomics Lab)
Ed is a pioneer in developing novel molecular and computational approaches to recover, sequence, and analyze DNA from challenging, low-quality samples.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
Very excited to share our study of an ancient environmental genome extracted from lake sediment! It originates from a brown bear that lived around 9,600 years ago close to the last ice-sheet remains in northern Sweden, and has an unexpected mitochondrial haplogroup. 1/7 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A single wandering male bear has provided crucial insights into the history of brown bears in Scandinavia after the last ice age. This is shown by DNA analysis of clay from a lake. New study from @cpgsthlm.bsky.social & @zoologysthlm.bsky.social published in @pnas.org
www.su.se/english/news...
Katja sampling a gorilla skull.
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Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
KATERINA GUSCHANSKI (@kguschan.bsky.social)
Katerina is expert in using genomics of museum collections to explore primate evolution, conservation genetics, and the historical impact of environmental change.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
We are looking forward to welcoming you to Stockholm in only 83 days 😍
Our conference will be packed with exciting oral presentations 💁♂️, poster sessions 🧾, coffee breaks ☕, and pre-conference workshops 👷♀️
Take a look at the preliminary program ⬇️⬇️⬇️
A photo of Mikkel.
ICP2026 flyer
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
MIKKEL WINTHER PEDERSEN (@mikkelwp.bsky.social)
Mikkel is a pioneer in the use of sedimentary ancient DNA to reconstruct past ecosystems and track changes in biodiversity.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
Abstract submission for #SPAAM8 is now officially OPEN! 🚀
Don't miss the opportunity to share your work and join us in Stockholm on June 22nd 🇸🇪
Online presentations are also possible! 👩🏻💻
Submit your abstract: forms.gle/psw9GS3ZyrLV...
Deadline: May 1st
#aDNA #Metagenomics #seDNA
This fall and winter we conducted paleoenvironmental coring in Menorca & Eivissa lagoons with @revellespalaeo.bsky.social & @palaeopete.bsky.social . Now to the lab to uncover 8,000 years of landscape & climate history 🌿🏺🔬
Projects: PID2023-148651NB-I00 & RYC2022-038153-I. #Paleoecology #ArqueoUIB
SedaDNA-based reconstruction of paleoecosystems
Conveners: @palaeopete.bsky.social and @hlszette.bsky.social
www.inquaindia2027.in/sessions/s-094
Sedimentary Ancient DNA and Paleogenomics: Tracing Ecosystem Change and Climate Dynamics Through Time
Conveners: @mikkelwp.bsky.social and @heikezimm.bsky.social
www.inquaindia2027.in/sessions/s-0...
SedaDNA-based reconstruction of paleoecosystems
Conveners: @palaeopete.bsky.social and @hlszette.bsky.social
www.inquaindia2027.in/sessions/s-094
The deadline for submitting abstracts to the INQUA congress is coming up in 11 days (on 31st March)!
There are two sessions from the @sedadnasociety.bsky.social:
www.inquaindia2027.in/sessions/s-094
www.inquaindia2027.in/sessions/s-0...
Please consider submitting an abstract!
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
LUCY VAN DORP (@ugiatucl.bsky.social)
Lucy is a leading expert in ancient microbe research, using ancient DNA to reconstruct the origins, evolution, and spread of major human pathogens throughout history.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
PONTUS SKOGLUND (@crick.ac.uk)
Pontus is a leader in developing cutting-edge computational methods and statistical tools for the analysis of highly degraded ancient DNA.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
UPDATE: The application period for these (amazing, fun, really cool!) sedaDNA PhD positions in our group is March 2-27, but we will start screening applications after the first week. If you are interested, please try to submit *between March 2nd and 8th!* Not by March 1st as I originally wrote..
Just one week until the Early Bird registration for #ICP2026 closes 🐦📝
We still have spots for the (free) gala dinner at the Stockholm City Hall, but they are running out *fast*.
You don't want to miss out!
Register now 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/
Don't forget to register for ICP2026! 🧬
Early Bird registration deadline is close: March 1st 2026
(limited spots still available for the *free* gala dinner at Stockholm City Hall...)
Register here: icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/
🧬SedaDNA Postdoc position💥 2 years Starts 2026, apply by 1st March.
Join Aleks Pluskowski at Reading & me at NHM. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Information on registration fees for ICP2026
Picture of Stockholms City Hall.
Early Bird registration for #ICP2026 is now OPEN 🐦📝
IMPORTANT: places for the Conference Dinner at Stockholm City Hall (free of charge) are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Secure your spot by registering soon 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/
WOW❗🤯
The amount and quality of the abstracts we've received have completely blown us away! More than 300 abstracts from researchers at all levels and from 33 countries.
We will communicate the selected talks and open registration soon 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
#ICP2026 will be UNMISSABLE 😍💪
Aerial image of Riddarholmen, a small island part of Gamla Stan, the historical centre of Stockholm.
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LAST CALL ☎️
Abstract submission for #ICP2026 closes on November 30th❗
Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your exciting ancient DNA research next summer 🦴🦣🐕👨🔬🧬
Abstract submission and more info here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
We are looking forward to welcoming you to beautiful Stockholm!
Final call for abstracts for ICP2026! 🧬
Submit here: icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
⏰ 4.5 hrs remaining... ⏰
Cool work from my colleagues @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social just dropped! Merlin Szymanski, @janetk.bsky.social et al. developed quicksand, a fast, accurate and beautifully designed Nextflow pipeline for taxonomic classification of mammalian mtDNA from ancient sediment DNA. doi.org/10.1093/molb...
