It was great to visit Penn State and present my research to everyone! Thank you Jake Holland-Lulewicz, @isazooarch and everyone in the Anthropology department for your welcome.

Really happy this next paper from my PhD is out now! We used FTIR, ZooMS and deamidation rates to assess the preservation of collagen in the Australian archaeological and paleontological record. nature.com/articles/s4324…

Really looking forward to this! Come along, online and in person, 11 Jan with the brilliant Katharina Katharina Rebay-Salisbury!

Lab outing! Gluhwein time at the christmas markets! Xmas greetings from the Douka-Higham labs! HEAS Vienna Katerina Douka @Lauravdsluis Annette Oertle

Fully funded opportunity to train and excavate at Boomplaas Cave through the Human Origins Migration and Evolution (HOMER) research group. May-June 2024. More information here: docs.google.com/document/d/1r3…

Excited to announce our new paper with Katerina Douka, introducing SpecieScan, a new open-access algorithm developed in R & Python automating species identification in ZooMS. academic.oup.com/bioinformatics…

Really happy that our latest paper is finally out! 🐣🐔

We are Hiring! Call for a post-doctoral researcher working at the interface between ancient proteins and soil micromorphology with vera aldeias and Frido Welker . Apply and join us ICArEHB icarehb.com/post-doctoral-…

As dad used to say, if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again. 😃 This time fortune smiled on me.. I'm v. pleased to get an European Research Council (ERC) Adv grant and happy for others here at Universität Wien - with 6 grants awarded. I want to thank my group here (and Katerina Douka!).

Interested in applying for a MarieCurie fellowship? In aDNA, computational or wet lab methods, human or primate population genetics, paleoprotemics, or a related topic? In Vienna? Then get in touch! admixture.univie.ac.at/?page_id=70

🌟Join us! vera aldeias and MATRIX - ERC StG are seeking a Post-doctoral Researcher in Archaeology, molecular biology, chemistry, biochemistry, environmental sciences, or similar fields. Ddl: May 14. Explore this opportunity: icarehb.com/post-doctoral-…

🚨Our ideal #archsci PhD candidate has lab experience using bone 🦴, collagen or proteins, is keen on NIR spectroscopy, #radiocarbon dating and #palaeoproteomics🧪 , and has an interest in Palaeolithic archaeology. Is this you? Then apply before May 31st! shorturl.at/isABJ

Upcoming book on the archaeology of New Guinea and the Pacific in honour of Prof Glenn Summerhayes press.anu.edu.au/publications/s…

Looking forward to the Lange Nacht der Forschung this Friday Lange Nacht der Forschung Österreich Come to our Human Evolution Puzzle Station at UBB Universität Wien #LNF

New research provides direct evidence that seafarers travelled along the equator to reach islands off the coast of West Papua more than 50 millennia ago. theconversation.com/new-evidence-f…

A team led by Dylan Gaffney find the oldest plant artefact made by our species outside of Africa in a cave in West Papua, evidence that the Pacific had critical importance for global population movements over 50,000 years ago newscientist.com/article/244353….

Raja Ampat fieldwork 2024! National Geographic Society Smithsonian NMNH Human Origins at SI Oxford School of Archaeology Universität Wien Wageningen U&R ourANU UGM BRIN Indonesia #archaeology #anthropology #rajaampat #waigeo #natgeo #indonesia

Happy world cassowary day! iapwa.org/world-cassowar…

HEAS Vienna trip to Hallstatt was amazing! Learnt a lot about the salt mine and the super interesting archaeology happening there. Thank you to all our tour guides and organisers. #heas #hallstatt #salt