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PhD researcher in Palaeoproteomics at Ghent University, Belgium. Working on the ROAM project. Interested in everything ancient and proteinaceous. πŸ§ͺπŸ¦΄πŸ¦·πŸ’€πŸΊ

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Premières Journées de la CRABi - Communauté de Recherche en Archéologie Biomoléculaire et Isotopique.

πŸ“ Bordeaux | πŸ“† 12–13 nov. 2026

πŸ“ Soumissions ouvertes jusqu’au 2 avril, 23h59 (CET).

πŸ‘‰ Infos : crabi.sciencesconf.org

#ArchΓ©ologieBiomolΓ©culaire #ConfΓ©rence #CRABi

03.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution The Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution is dedicated to educating students to advance our understanding of the ecology and evolution of extant and ancestral organisms, populations, and communities. In Ecology, the focus is on uncovering the mechanistic and evolutionary drivers of patterns and processes across biological scales, from gene regulation to ecosystem structure and function, including the role of communities in biogeochemical cycles and their adaptive responses to environmental change. In Evolution, we investigate the processes shaping changes in organization and dynamics of organisms, populations, and species at molecular, developmental, morphological, and physiological levels.

Are you interested in human DNA from ancient sediments? Do you want to do a PhD in Vienna? We have two open positions in our group! You can learn more and apply here (scroll down to the very bottom, ours are the last two listings): careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...

13.02.2026 09:46 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
LinkedIn This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

Applications welcome to be a PhD-student in my ancient DNA research programme at @crick.ac.uk:

🏰 Ancient human history in Europe and beyond.

βš•οΈ Statistical genetics to understand human biology with ancient genomes.

🦠 Pathogen genomics of past infections.

Apply at www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...

19.02.2026 10:48 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Beware anyone using AI in risk assessments. And if you care about heritage in DBAs and archaeological reporting lest keep it out of that too.

10.02.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Always excited to see great archaeology from home! [imagine Lincolnshire flag here]

06.02.2026 06:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology at UCL Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...

04.02.2026 08:56 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Home - Trost Lab

I have a 3-year postdoc position available at University of Manchester for a mass spec expert in proteomics. The person will be involved in exciting projects in single cell proteomics, drug discovery and innate immunity - on timsTOF Ultra AIP & HF & Astral Zoom.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ093/r...

02.02.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Biomolecular Research Laboratory Technician (Part Time) The Department of Archaeology seeks to appoint a part-time, permanent Biomolecular Research Laboratory Technician. The post holder will be based in the Department's laboratories, which are spread

Come work with us! 🧬 We're hiring a part-time Biomolecular Lab Tech @cam-archaeology.bsky.social .Join our team in the Henry Wellcome Building working on DNA & proteins.

Apply by Feb 2: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/biomole...

#ScienceJobs #Cambridge #Archaeology #STEM

07.01.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Postdoctoral Archaeozoology Research Job in France | HigherJobz Apply for a postdoctoral archaeozoology and biogeochemistry research job at CNRS, France. PhD required. Deadline 12 January 2026.

Postdoctoral Researcher in Archaeozoology & Biogeochemistry – CNRS, France πŸ‡«πŸ‡·
πŸ”¬ Archaeozoology, isotopes & environmental archaeology
πŸŽ“ PhD required
πŸ“… Deadline: 12 January 2026

Apply here πŸ‘‰ higherjobz.com/postdoctoral...

#PostdoctoralJobs #ArchaeologyJobs #FranceAcademicJobs #HigherJobz
@cnrs.fr

26.12.2025 04:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨ONLINE WORKSHOP🚨
We will be hosting a free online workshop β€œMaximising Data from Palaeolithic Bone" as part of the the COEXIST project on 10th March 2026. Please submit abstract by 23rd January 2026. Further information in the flyer. See you there!

15.12.2025 09:33 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Southeast-Asia Biocultural Evolution Fellowship 2026 | HigherJobz Southeast-Asia Biocultural Evolution at Senckenberg, Germany. Open to early-career Southeast Asian researchers. Deadline: 31 Dec 2025.

Southeast-Asia Biocultural Evolution Fellowship – Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Germany.
Postdoctoral role in Human Evolution & Palaeoanthropology.
Deadline: 31 Dec 2025. Apply: higherjobz.com/southeast-as...

#AcademicJobs #HumanEvolutionJobs #SoutheastAsiaJobs @sgn.one

15.12.2025 10:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies 3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...

Want to join the www.codicum.eu project?

3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.

#Medieval #Manuscript

16.11.2025 14:53 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inspired by current events. #proteomics

15.10.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really excited to share the preprint for @halbevi.bsky.social and I’s new paper! Lithic tools from the Mesolithic and Neolithic were analysed with palaeoproteomics, use-wear, radiocarbon and optical microscopy residue analyses to find evidence of bovine butchery!

30.09.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Redirecting

New paper by Tamsin O’Connell:

This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.

β€œThe signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”

doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

#stableisotopes

25.09.2025 07:30 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Open letter to EAA calling for a boycott of Israel Please fill out the form below and add your name to over 1200 others on this open letter*, calling on the European Association of Archaeologists to respond to ICOMOS Palestine's appeal for cultural h...

If you work in #archaeology or related, consider signing this letter to demand @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social to cut ties with Israel and take a position against ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and their heritage! πŸ§ͺ #science πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ #FreePalestine #BoycottIsrael #eaa2025

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

25.08.2025 09:08 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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An unclean slate, discrepancies between food input and recovered protein signal from experimental foodcrusts Organic residues are a rich source of biomolecular information on ancient diets. In particular, foodcrusts, charred residues on ceramics, are commonly analysed for their lipid content and to a lesser ...

Happy to announce that the paper on the first of our experiments to better understand how foodcrusts can be used for investigating diet in the past is finally out! Huge thanks to @jessiehendy.bsky.social and @matthewcollins.bsky.social for their support!
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
1/2

23.08.2025 08:39 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Creative Producer: LEGO Programme:South Kensington

What if there was a job where you were paid Β£33,714 a year to play with Lego and work in an internationally renowned museum, with the aim of inciting curiosity and wonder about the natural world?

Applications close end of August.

@nhm-london.bsky.social πŸ§ͺ🧸🏺

20.08.2025 10:27 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Registration deadline is TOMORROW! 🍝 🏺

18.08.2025 08:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Skoglund Lab - Ancient Genomics Skoglund lab

Now recruiting for two positions in my lab:

Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun...

Applications welcome!

16.08.2025 10:02 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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(Senior) Laboratory Research Scientist - Bioarchaeologist Salary for this Role: LRS level from Β£36,535 per annum plus benefits SLRS level from Β£45,700 per annum plus benefits Job Title: (Senior) Laboratory Research Scientist - Bioarchaeologist Reports to: Po...

Also - come and get my job! Which I’m still partially doing, but someone needs to take up the slack/ allow me to send them to far flung locations to retrieve mysterious ancient samples. See the World*!

*mainly Britain.

crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

13.08.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Universitetslektor i mΓ€nniskans palaeo-och populationsgenomik - Uppsala universitet Universitetslektor i mΓ€nniskans palaeo-och populationsgenomik, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala universitet

#Job alert: associate professor (universitetslektor) at the program in Human #Paleogenomics and #Population #Genomics. Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 1st. #vacancy @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social

www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...

12.08.2025 06:51 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

A great opportunity anyone aged 16 to 21 looking to get into archaeology, designed by the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Youth Advisory Board - designed by young people, for young people!

06.08.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Lab Manager | U-M Careers

The Ancient Protein and Isotope Laboratory at the University of Michigan is hiring a manager to start this fall.

@umich.edu @umichresearch.bsky.social

#archaeology #chemistry #michigan #annarbor

28.07.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This looks like a new Olympic event: "100 meter search trench, with a complete Harris" #Archaeology

15.07.2025 19:13 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.

14.07.2025 23:05 πŸ‘ 7587 πŸ” 5276 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 463
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Earliest evidence of Neanderthal multifunctional bone tool production from cave lion (Panthera spelaea) remains - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Earliest evidence of Neanderthal multifunctional bone tool production from cave lion (Panthera spelaea) remains

new lab paper, lead by Dr. Greg Abrams! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

06.07.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Spoken by archaeologists and early historians alike 😎

06.07.2025 22:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Checklist of items researchers can do to improve the reproducibility of their code

Checklist of items researchers can do to improve the reproducibility of their code

Here is my checklist summarising a small set of some of the simplest tasks you can do that have high potential to improve the reproducibility of your analysis code.

This is based on my year of reproducibility reviews for the J. of Archaeological Science:

authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHjN_6yUM... πŸ§ͺ🏺

06.07.2025 01:25 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

These are SO fun. We had a class during my undergrad at the University of York (Archaeology) where we had to make memes - I remember it well. I’m sure I still have the one I made saved somewhere…

01.07.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0