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 π¦π
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 π icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/
Don't forget to register for ICP2026! π§¬
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/
π§¬SedaDNA Postdoc positionπ₯ 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 π¦π
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 π icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/
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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 π icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
#ICP2026 will be UNMISSABLE ππͺ
Aerial image of Riddarholmen, a small island part of Gamla Stan, the historical centre of Stockholm.
ICP2026 flyer
LAST CALL βοΈ
Abstract submission for #ICP2026 closes on November 30thβ
Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your exciting ancient DNA research next summer π¦΄π¦£ππ¨βπ¬π§¬
Abstract submission and more info here π icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
We are looking forward to welcoming you to beautiful Stockholm!
Final call for abstracts for ICP2026! π§¬
Submit here: icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
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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...
Our guest speaker Dr Peter Heintzman (white male, blue shirt) standing to the right of a projection of his talk on ancient DNA techniques. Itβs not the most thrilling photograph but gives you an idea!
Really enjoyed hosting @palaeopete.bsky.social yesterday for an excellent departmental seminar on applications of sedimentary ancient DNA, and a subsequent PhD viva.
I learnt many things!
What a fascinating and fast moving field π§¬
Thanks Pete!
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Thanks, Kate. This was a lot of fun!
Deadline for abstract submissions for the International Conference on Palaeogenomics (Stockholm, 23β26 June 2026) is 30 November.
Submit your abstract via the link below
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
#aDNA #archaeology #proteomics
@alexgilardet.bsky.social et al. recovered ancient DNA from bovine bones in the Denisova cave to characterize Pleistocene bovine diversity, identifying the Altai Mountains as a hotspot for bovine diversity.
π doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf206
#genome #evolution #aDNA #denisova
9 days left until the abstract deadline for #icp2026! π§¬
See below for our current estimates of the registration fee, which some folks have been enquiring about... β¬οΈ
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
Our manuscript on bovine deep-time paleogenomics at Denisova Cave and in the broader mid-latitude Asia is online! doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... π¦¬π¦΄π§¬
Main findings in the 𧡠below β¬οΈ
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA
π¦£π§¬π¦£π€―π₯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 𧡠below:
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Ancient RNA from woolly mammoth!
#FossilFriday 𦣠π§ͺ
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23β26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here π
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
Application deadline in less than a week! Apply to join the Uppsala Human Evolution team!
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New #CpgSthlm paper led by @maridehasque.bsky.social published in Biology Letters!
Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Mammoth tusk emerging from the permafrost on Wrangel Island (Siberia) in 2017 (photo by Love DalΓ©n)
𧡠Exciting news from our lab #CpgSthlm! π₯³
Thousands of years ago, mammoths roamed, and so did their fascinating microbial companions. Our latest study, published in ππ¦ππ, brings them to light π¦£π¦ π§¬
Read the full paper here π doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
What a week! π Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference β so well organized and full of great science.
Uh oh. What's this? Two unabashed extroverts given guitars and a remit to roast the field of ancient DNA? Sounds like trouble. One can only hope that if there is video footage, the people responsible have the good sense not to upload it for public viewing. No one wants to see this!
Group photo of all participants of the symposium.
Beth Shapiro in her public lecture on "How to clone a mammoth" at Aula Magna, Stockholm University.
The participants watch one of the talks during the symposium.
Fika time! (one of many)
What an incredible time we had last week at the Nobel Symposium "Palaeogenomics: Charting the Future of Ancient DNA" ππ¦£π¦ π§¬π§ͺ
Connecting with so many leading international researchers in #ancientDNA at beautiful Villa Aske and Stockholm was inspiring β¨π€©
Thank you to all participants!
We're thrilled to announce that the FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26 2026!
Topics will span from humans to wildlife and sediments π§¬π¦£ππ¦ bring it on!
Save the dates!
Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for news
πicp2026.palaeogenomics.org
The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sedimentsπ§¬π¦£ππ¦
Save the dates β
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
New review paper on the evolution of cold-adapted species during the Pleistocene, focusing on mammals (but with nods to plants and beetles)! π¦£π΄π¦¬π¦ππΏπͺ²
By John Stewart, Inger Alsos (βͺβ¬@arcecogen.bsky.social), Tony Brown, @lovedalen.bsky.social, and myself
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
New review paper in TREE out!
The Progressive Evolution of Cold-Adapted Species
By John Stewart, @lovedalen.bsky.social, @palaeopete.bsky.social and others
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SedaDNA shows that transhumance of domestic herbivores has enhanced plant diversity over the Holocene in the Eastern European Alps journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
