Our new paper is out in NatureEcoEvo! Here we shed light on the history of the ancient people from the Brazilian Coast by studying 34 ancient individuals from 10,000 to 500 yBP. USP - Universidade de São Paulo Senckenberg Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) nature.com/articles/s4155…

📢 New insights into the genomic history of South America! Large set of genome-wide data from 34 ancient individuals, up to 1OK years old, reveals that #Sambaqui societies did not constitute a genetically homogenous population, as previously suggested. 👉 sgn.one/z9w

Palaeogenomics PhD position open CAGToulouse CNRS 🌍 Université de Toulouse to work on gender inequalities in the past. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctora…

DO NOT MISS this PhD opportunity: ancient DNA and gender inequalities with a GREAT supervisor. Join us in sunny Toulouse!

Absolutely thrilled to have been awarded an #ERCStG! PROTOPEST will study the impact of infectious disease epidemics on Middle and Late Bronze Age societies using genomic, archaeological and osteological data. Stay tuned for positions advertised this year! European Research Council (ERC) Universität Tübingen

Anybody still our there? Interested in a postdoc position in human microbiome evolution using longitudinal whole genome and metagenomic data at large scale? Join us in Berlin at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology. DM or email me with questions you may have. Please RT. mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2153816/job_fu…

Höhlen als Archive der Vergangenheit: Neuer #Leibniz-#WissenschaftsCampus in #Tübingen offiziell eröffnet. Der „GeoGenomic Archaeology Campus Tübingen (GACT)“ untersucht Einflüsse des Menschen auf #Ökosysteme anhand von #Höhlen #uni_tue Leibniz-Gemeinschaft SENCKENBERG Wissenschaft.Kunst.BW @MPI_Bio

The symposium of the DFG Center for Advanced Studies "Words, Bones, Genes, Tools" just started! 🤩 The vice dean Prof. Dr. Fortágh and organizers opened the symposium! DFG public | @[email protected] Universität Tübingen We are very excited about the amazing lineup of speakers! Logo design by William D. Snyder 🙌

I am recruiting a PhD student Universität Tübingen on ancient pathogen genomics and metagenomics in association with my ERC project “PROTOPEST”. More information here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/… For questions feel free to contact me directly. Application deadline is February 1st. Please share!

So proud!

Decoding #Avar society using ancient #DNA & archaeological evidence. New paper in nature by a multidisciplinary team ERC SyG HistoGenes, incl. MPI-EVA Leipzig researchers Guido Gnecchi Ruscone, Johannes Krause & Zuzana Hofmanova. More: tinyurl.com/2nn6b7zr & nature.com/articles/s4158…

Hiring alert! we are looking for a post-doctoral researcher in bioinformatics focused on the analysis of ancient horse genomes This is your chance to join the fantastic HorsePower team and ERC Synergy project (horsepowerproject.org) See the advert below emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR…

Researchers reconstruct the evolutionary history & global spread of #malaria over the past 5,500 years. New study by Megan Michel, Alexander Herbig, Johannes Krause & an intl. team. Image credit: Purna Lama Boudha Stupa Thanka Centre See: tinyurl.com/4ymx5nuv & nature.com/articles/s4158…

A study in nature provides insights into the burial rituals in the ancient Mayan city Chichén Itzá through the analysis of ancient DNA from 64 people who were likely sacrificed over a period of 500 years. go.nature.com/3VjIhW8

So happy to share that our paper exploring the history of malaria using ancient DNA is published in nature! Thank you to Eirini Skourtanioti, Federica Pierini, Evelyn Guevara, and the entire team!! nature.com/articles/s4158…

YESSSS!!! Sibhudu has just been declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 ! #Archaeology #science #history #Heritage

Really happy to share a mini-review article exploring aDNA perspectives on the historical plague pandemics - published today! 🦠🎉cell.com/trends/microbi…

Historical plague pandemics: perspectives from ancient DNA Forum article by Emily Gaul (Emily Gaul) & Maria Spyrou (Maria Spyrou) dlvr.it/TGTk99