Our Cell Genomics preview “Double or Nothing – Ancient Duplications in the Amylase Locus Drove Human Adaptation” covering Yilmaz F. (Feyza Yilmaz) et al., Science 2024 and Bolognini D. (Davide Bolognini) et al., Nature 2024 is now out. massilani-lab.com/new-publicatio…

We have a postdoc position in Human Population Genetics available at the Center for the Human Past (@HumanPastCenter). Closing date 31 Jan. Please circulate and apply! More info and application available here: uu.se/en/about-uu/jo…

📷 Yale Department of Genetics Yale Department of Genetics SAVE THE DATE! 01/21/25 Genetics Special Seminar Speaker Dr. Sebastian Castillo Hair presenting: "Decoding and engineering cell state-specific regulation with AI and synthetic biology” Link below yalecancercenter.org/event/gensem01…

In a new Science study, researchers present CASTER, a tool that uses arrangements in DNA sequences known as site patterns to infer “species trees,” which are diagrams that depict the evolutionary relationships among species. The tool offers transformative potential for

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Please RT: New Postdoc position in my lab - with great collaborators in France Klervia Jaouen and Canada bataille - App deadline on March 25th Horses, climate change, the Americas... and more! Post-doc Position in paleogenomics and isotope geochemistry euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/320401

The archetype of the scientist who sacrifices everything might’ve been romantic 50 years ago when there weren’t alternative high paying jobs. If we won’t make science FUN, reduce bureaucracy, and make it easier to secure funding and publish, few will stay in academia.

The Sorrells Lab is hiring a recent college graduate interested in neurobiology of mosquitoes! The position is ideal for someone interested in gaining skills for graduate school. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164849

Why #humans have a smaller #face than #Neanderthals: In Homo sapiens, facial growth stops at #puberty. Study by Alexandra Schuh & an intl. team, incl. Philipp Gunz, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Sarah Freidline in the Journal of Human Evolution. tinyurl.com/ywkvwvej & doi.org/10.1016/j.jhev…

This is the most important paper in the circadian field in over a decade. A completely new clock component that is evolutionarily conserved. Erquan Zhang Susan Golden @ Society for Research on Biological Rhythms rdcu.be/efxV8

Walking speed vs. Professors

Today, Yale celebrated a historic milestone with the public installation of President Maurie McInnis as the university’s 24th president. Beginning with a vibrant procession through campus and culminating inside Woolsey Hall, the extended Yale community came together to reflect

We have a new preprint! Mapping and analyzing nearly 5,000 full mitogenomes across Africa First major update on mtDNA distribution since Salas et al 2002 "The making of the African mtDNA landscape" Congrats to Imke Lankheet and thanks to all collaborators! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

If you use Kraken for profiling microbial/environmental/ancient metagenomic data, check this preprint where I benchmark filtering strategies of Kraken output on simulated microbial and environmental metagenomic samples, and provide recommendations for optimal filtering thresholds

A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

We're thrilled to congratulate our very own Dr. Valentina Greco valentina greco on her election to the membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!! 🤩🤩Kudos to all new members amacad.org/news/new-membe…

The Massilani Lab at Yale School of Medicine - The Massilani Lab, led by Diyendo Massilani, PhD, assistant professor of genetics, investigates the evolutionary history of modern and extinct ... - ift.tt/3qhKUCJ

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Happy to share my Journal Club piece in Nature Reviews Genetics, reflecting on the ancient DNA studies from Sima de los Huesos: 'A crossroads in the timeline of human evolution'. nature.com/articles/s4157…

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