Oben: Foto auf dem Justine Nakintu und Miklós Bálint Sedimentkerne aus einem tropischen See entnehmen. Darunter die Überschrift des im Post verlinkten Artikels „Mit Schlamm in die Vergangenheit“, gefolgt von dessen Vorspann „Alte Umwelt-DNA ermöglicht einen Einblick in vergangene Ökosysteme. Im feuchtwarmen Klima der Tropen zerfällt DNA allerdings schnell – jedoch nicht immer.“ Links daneben befindet sich ein Icon mit Smartphone und Magazinseite sowie der Schriftzug „Kostenlos online lesen!“. In der rechten unteren Ecke befindet sich das Laborjournal-Logo.

Ausschnitt aus dem verlinkten Artikel.

#aeDNA bleibt in Tropenseen erstaunlich lange stabil– und gibt Auskunft über #Ökosysteme, #Evolution & #Menschheitsgeschichte.
Details im Artikel von Larissa Tetsch: www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3...
@sgn.one
@jlugiessen.bsky.social
#LifeSci #Biodiversität #Tropenforschung #Koopertaion #Forschung

Postdoctoral positions in ancient environmental genomics within the Ancient Environmental Genomics Initiative for Sustainability (AEGIS)

🧬 #Bioinformatics AEGIS #PostdocJobs in metagenomic pipelines & HPC: Ancient Environmental Genomics at @ucph.bsky.social to reconstruct ecosystems and develop climate-resilient crops. 🌍
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026.

Mikkel Winther Pedersen (mwpedersen@sund.ku.dk)

#AcademicJobs #aeDNA #ClimateChange

WANG Yucheng - Baikal Archaeology Project wang-yucheng

November's featured team member is Dr Yucheng Wang (@cam.ac.uk). Dr Wang's work on ancient environmental DNA #aeDNA is a relatively new addition to the project and we're all excited about the possibilities! Check out his page to learn more.

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!

So much stuff going on! We’re getting ready to finish uploading a database of European ostracodes, building tools to work with #speleothem researchers around the world, and getting ready to meet a fantastic group of #aeDNA folks for one of our next grants. Neotoma really is one big packrat midden!

📢 Save the Date!

We’re thrilled to announce SPAAM7 – a global gathering of experts in ancient DNA and metagenomes research! 🌍

📅 When: 26th August 2025
📍 Where: Turin, Italy 🇮🇹 (and Zoom)

Stay tuned for more updates and registration details!

#SPAAM7 #aDNA #aeDNA #sedaDNA #ancientmetagenomics

Thrilled to share that @nicolaavogel.bsky.social just became the very first PhD graduate in our group! 🎉🎓 huge congrats to her! Onwards to an even brighter future! ✨ #eDNA #sedaDNA #aDNA #aeDNA

Come on ancient DNA community! We need more in-silico simulations that test the validity and expand our inference capabilities. Especially in ancient environmental DNA #aeDNA. Check out the latest ancient DNA simulator #ngsngs by the people at @Globe_UCPH....

I have always thought about what it means for the #ancientDNA or #aeDNA that might also be present!? But I don't know of any studies published do you? Does the ancient DNA degrade / simply diluted by bacterial growth / would there be little-no change in the sample composition?