Ezgi Altınışık
Researcher 👩🔬
@Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
I am working on ancient DNA with a special focus on Anatolia. 🦴🧬💀
- Bir süredir işten güçten haber vermemiştik. Geçtiğimiz yıl ERC çıkmasa da en azından 2 yıl labı fonlayacak desteğimiz TÜBİTAK'tan geldi. Son birkaç ayda 3 arkadaşımız daha çeşitli fonlarla desteklendi. Darısı ERC'nin başına 🥰
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkAraştırma grubumuzdan harika haberler var! 🎉 Son aylarda projeleriyle önemli destekler alan Mustafa Özkan, Kıvılcım Başak Vural, Ezgi Altınışık ve Duygu Deniz Kazancı'yı kutluyoruz! 👏 Detaylar zincirin devamında 👇 @Hacettepe1967 @METU_ODTU #Antropoloji #AntikDNA #aDNA #TÜBİTAK
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkWe are delighted to learn that our Çatalhöyük archaeogenetics study published in @science.org was chosen as one of @archaeologymag.bsky.social 's top 10 discoveries of 2025. 💃🏻👩🏻🔬 🧪 🏺 archaeology.org/issues/janua...
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkÇatalhöyük hakkındaki arkeogenetik çalışmamızın Archaeology Magazine tarafından yılın en önemli 10 keşiflerinden biri olarak seçilmiş olması bizi çok mutlu etti! 💃🏻👩🏻🔬🧪🏺 archaeology.org/issues/janua...
- Bir sakızdan tarihe aralanan kapı. Cinsiyete dayalı iş bölümü ve daha neler neler... Bilimi de soL Portal’dan takip edebilirsiniz. haber.sol.org.tr/haber/6-bin-...
- Bugün Nobel Kimya Ödülünü alan Omar Yaghi'nin Filistinli kökenini vikipedi'da sansürlemeye çalıştılar. Temiz suya erişemeyen bir çocuğun, çöldeki nemden su elde eden teknolojiye yolculuğu. İlginç bir hikaye. haber.sol.org.tr/haber/nobel-...
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- Interested in archaeological theory, ancient DNA, and the Roman Mediterranean? 🏺🧬 @ezgimou.bsky.social and I are organizing a session at #TRAC-TiDA2025 to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion and we’d love to have you join us! Call for abstracts is open until August 31st!
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkAt #ESEB2025, Exploring Female Lineages & Mortuary Practices in Neolithic Çatalhöyük with insights from genomic & archaeological data. Don't miss Eren Yüncü’s presentation at 02:00 p.m.!
- Reposted by Ezgi Altınışık💀+🧬+🤖 = 🎬🔥 Makalemiz artık sadece okunmuyor, izleniyor! Kurgu değil, gerçek bilim 😍😎 Teşekkürler Hacettepe ❤️ @science.org 👇 Yapay zeka animasyonumuza acil bakın: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3_C...
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkIt's out! 😀 THE MAP: EXPANSION OF FARMING IN WESTERN EURASIA, 9600-4000 BCE 2025.1 Regional updates, particularly 🇺🇦. Colour and greyscale resolutions, and much asked for colour code and legend. @barbarahorejs.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social zenodo.org/records/1688...
- New paper alert! 🧪 🏺
- Our genetic kinship estimation tool using deep learning is just out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Our models trained on simulated data work effectively on real data from diverse backgrounds and often better than available tools. Congratulations @meerf.bsky.social and team!
- 🧪 🏺 Excited to co-organize a session with @mootspoints.bsky.social at #TRAC2025! 🧬 Integrating Ancient DNA with Archaeological Theory and Practice We welcome papers on mobility, migration, & identity in the Roman world and beyond. 📢 Call for abstracts now open! Please spread the word. #aDNA #science
- TRAC 2025 will be held from 22nd to 24th October 2025 in an online format via the Gather Town platform. Here is the link for further info: www.trac.org.uk/upcoming-con...
- Olaya bak! Öyle canımızın istediği bölümden mezun olabiliyoruz ve 8. günde diploma gelmezse utanma arlanma olmaksızın şikayetvar'a yazabiliyoruz. Kaydını görebildiğine göre yine birileri sistemlere sızmış diye okumluyorum.
- Reposted by Ezgi Altınışıkneolitik dönemde tarımın kulaktan kulağa yayılması @eksisozluk.com eksisozluk.com/neolitik-don...
- Dün akşam @science.org'da iki ayrı makalemiz yayınlandı. Çatalhöyük insanlarının birbirleriyle olan ilişkilerine aşağıdaki akıştan ulaşabilirsiniz.
- İkinci makalenin detayları için şuradan lütfen: bsky.app/profile/comp...
- Details of the second paper that we published in @science.org. Spread of people and ideas 👇 #science 🧪 #ancientdna #neolithic #archaeology 🏺
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkNew genomic research suggests Çatalhöyük was a female-centered society. The discovery builds on past archaeological theories and evidence like this "mother goddess" statue. 🏺🧪
- We published two papers yesterday in @science.org. Here are the details of the magic world in Çatalhöyük! 👇 #science 🧪 #ancientdna #neolithic #archaeology 🏺
- Yey!
- Happy to share our new study from my PhD on the spread of farming across Anatolia and into the Aegean and then into Europe. @compevohumang.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 👇🏽
- Reposted by Ezgi Altınışık📯 [Announcement]: Open call for new members of the steering committee. We're looking for ambitious people who are interested in shaping the future of the community and being actively involved in our projects. 📖 check our website: haam-community.github.io/news/2025/06... #aDNA #HAAMcommunity
- Cool! Does this also cover Turkish researchers who can’t even get a visa appointment to attend conferences? 🤯
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkI'm so happy to see this paper out, as it has a special place in my heart! A weird, silly idea that worked out brilliantly. If you want a serious thread about the results, read the one by @welkergroup.bsky.social. I will instead provide you with a thread about involving your dog in your research:
- New publication! 🎉 Here you can read all about dog drool, bleach, and a probable Central Asian Neanderthal child: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkSizi yalnız bırakır mıyız? :) Gelmesine geldik ama kimse paylaşmadığı için duyuramıyoruz 🤷
- Astrologlar falan takip etmeye başlamış. Acil temizlik için yakında bilimsel paylaşımlara başlamam lazım. Bir de twitter kariyerimde engellemesi makbul herkes tarafından engellenmiştim, hızla o seviyeye ulaşmak gerekecek.
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkBlog yazdım. Başka türlü bir şey oldu. İki öksürük krizi arasında. Gelişine. Başka türlü bir şey: www.zehrataskin.com/index.php/20...
- Öğle rakısı geleneğimiz bugünkü sebebi ♥️💫
- Bilim Akademisi Genç Bilim insanı ödülünü alan, Evrimsel Antropolog @ezgimou.bsky.social @bilimakademisi.bsky.social Kutluyoruz Ankara’da bir Ege meyhanesinde bir öğlen vakti
- Dün Bluesky'a katılan kişi sayısı 187K olmuş. Grafikleri şaşırttık 😅
- Bugün Bluesky'a katılan kişi sayısı düne göre iki kat artmış. Yeni katılımcılar listesinde sürekli Türkçe kullanıcı isimleri akıyor. Şuradan izleyebilirsiniz: www.bskycheck.com #TürkiyeTaşınıyor :)
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkYine muhteşem bir bölüm olmuş... youtu.be/m3-Z5a1SfEA?...
- Same here ✋ So, what’s up with the Turkish timeline? Many people moved here after X censored accounts supporting Turkey’s protests, so I’ll likely post in Turkish more often now. Still, I hope to go bilingual once my country stabilizes. Feel free to unf!
- E skeet mi diyeceğiz şimdi buna? Tweet'i tivit yazıyordum, bunu sikit yazarsam olmaz gibi. 🫣🙄
- Haha 😂 Grok'dan Türkçe terim önerisi istedim. Çıtır iyi fikir aslında 🤭
- Bugün Bluesky'a katılan kişi sayısı düne göre iki kat artmış. Yeni katılımcılar listesinde sürekli Türkçe kullanıcı isimleri akıyor. Şuradan izleyebilirsiniz: www.bskycheck.com #TürkiyeTaşınıyor :)
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkMedusa'nın Salı-4 yayınlanmış. Bugünü anlamak için birebir. Yarın ülke özgürleştiğinde derslerde izleteceğiz. youtu.be/m3-Z5a1SfEA?...
- Bu arada malum siteden takip ettiklerinizi, aşağıdaki eklenti ile ücretsiz bulabilirsiniz. Yanlış pozitifler var ama kontrollü takip edebiliyorsunuz. Block listesi vs de aktarılabiliyor. Giriş yaparken AppPassword kullanmayı unutmayın. share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=368 #skyfollowerbridge
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkEnes Özel serbest bırakılmış (Türkiye Psikiyatri Derneği mesajı)
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkSerbest bırakılan oyuncu Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu: "Yürüyüş yapmakta, sözümüzü, fikrimizi beyan etmekte özgürüz. Özgür olmaya da devam edeceğiz. Bunun önünde bir engel varsa da mücadele etmeye devam edeceğiz"
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkTwitter’ı tamamen bırakmak olmaz, erişim ve etkileşim farkı çok büyük ama gördüğümüz her insana buradan hesap açtırmak lazım. Yavaş yavaş.
- Oh be! Sonunda burada da Türkçe akış oluşmaya başladı. Arama kutusuna lang:tr yazarak Türkçe paylaşımları bulabilir, hesapları takip edebilirsiniz.
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkI made a short video response to the White House's statement this week in which they make the claim that race is biological and they specifically target the Smithsonian American Art for signage saying "race is a human invention" www.tiktok.com/@moots_point...
- The most serious Nazi shit in this extremely Nazi shit executive order may be the idea, just slipped in there, that one of the "divisive narratives that distort our shared history" is that "race is not a biological reality but a social construct." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkCompletely batshit that Harvard has *removed* Cemal Kafadar as head of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies & so shitty to malign one of the great scholars of Ottoman history as antisemitic because the CMES dared to offer programming on ITS AREA OF FOCUS www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
- Personal news: Honored to receive the Science Academy’s Young Scientist Award from The Science Academy, Turkey. A breath of fresh air amid the current challenges in academia! Thank you, @bilimakademisi.bsky.social! #BAGEP2025 #YoungScientistAward #ScienceAcademy #AncientGenomics #AcademicFreedom
- Following ongoing demonstrations against Erdoğan in Turkey, Elon Musk began banning X accounts involved in organizing the protests. X is the most widely used platform in Turkey, where many people rely on it for news, as the government has censored television channels.
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkPhD position still available at the @univie.ac.at apply until the 20/03/2025!!! @heasvienna.bsky.social jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkI just uploaded the first version of {{exactplot}} to github.com/const-ae/exa... 🎉 It produces figures with consistent font size, Latex labels, and millimeter-perfect layouting. It's an alternative to patchwork with less elegant syntax but much more flexibility. #rstats
- Wow!
- Congratulations to @palaeoprotpalesa.bsky.social! 1st successful #palaeoproteomics analysis of a 3.5-2.01 Ma Australopithecus africanus 🦷 reveals male sex! Demonstrates huge potential of minimally invasive enamel analysis #teammassspec Her article in sajs.co.za/article/view... Thread 🧵
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkThe 11th Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium (#EEBST2025) will be hosted by Hacettepe University in Ankara, Türkiye, from July 9–11, 2025. 🌿🐾🧬 Symposium website: eebst.ekoevo.org. Save the date and stay tuned for updates!
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkCheck out our new paper! We studied reference bias in ancient genomes and proposed bamRefine, a new algorithm for PMD-correction. We showed that graph alignment + bamRefine is the most practical solution to mitigate bias, and we urge the community to publish raw data! doi.org/10.1186/s130...
- 🚨New paper alert! Our paper led by @dilekopter.bsky.social is out! #ancientdna #genomics genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkI am very happy to share our new paper on the genetics of some of the first modern humans who ever lived in Europe! We sequenced nuclear DNA from 13 specimens from Ranis in Germany, and found that they belonged to at least 6 individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/n)
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkThe NEOMATRIX team came together in Paris for the AGRIPOP exhibition and symposium, describing how the neolithization spread from Anatolia to Europe. To learn more about our 4-year international scientific collaboration project NEOMATRIX, please visit: neomatrix.metu.edu.tr
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkThis thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives @cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now! bsky.app/starter-pack...at://did:plc:6j23i2fsnkxvparqyeqtcjrp/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3kzuzmwyeix24
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkIf you're into archaeology, the ancient world, and related fields, here are some starter packs you will like 🧵 1/? go.bsky.app/J2BAdwuat://did:plc:tihepmhcytfctvpwjkkhmey4/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3laufthqe6f2r
- Starting a year full of excitement. Here's to years filled with struggle 💫
- 📣 New pre-print alert! Our beloved mouflon study is online! Atağ et al chase up evolutionary history of mouflons with fresh Anatolian and Cyprus mouflon genomic data. 🧪 🐑 🌏 #biodiversity #Conservation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- 🧪 🏺 Two new pre-print is online from our lab! 1) We benchmark the accuracy of widely kinship methods in low-coverage #ancientdna data. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 2) We explore the effect of preprocessing steps in aDNA studies and we release bamRefine. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Our new pre-print is online with this exceptionally amazing illustration! It's an opinion paper and literature review on sedaDNA especially focusing on archaeological questions! Congratulations to @toykanozdogan, @GertjanPlets and all others ♥️ www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3...
- Being a Middle Eastern scientist: You are curious about a book that you cannot afford. One idea is to create a kind of awareness that is not acceptable. Then, you remember the ongoing genocide commitment in your region, innocent children die. So, you feel like a privileged one, at least, alive.
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkWhy #ContextMatters (not only, but particularly) in #archaeology 🏺: An archaeological artifact without its documented find context is … like an image ripped from a book (and the rest of the pages torn into shreds): something nice to look at, but missing the actual story about it.
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkNew from me today: Quantifying Consolidation in the Scholarly Journals Market. How concentrated is the market? What impact did The Big Deal have and what impact is the rise of #openaccess having? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/10/30/q...
- aMeta, a new approach as an ancient metagenomic workflow, is finally online! Great experience for me to dive into the microbe world 🧪 🏺 🦠 Hope to see more users and experience soon! #ancientDNA #anthropology #microbiology #genomics #science genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
- Reposted by Ezgi AltınışıkReally enjoyed writing this review on deep-time paleogenomics 🦣🐴🪨🦬🐀🧬 Will be hiring two PhD students on the subject (ad out soon 👀) Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... OA version: drive.google.com/file/d/1Jvn7...
- 🧬💀💫 Great review of regional questions in ancient DNA research! www.science.org/doi/full/10....
- Finally #HiSciSky 🌍 I am working on population history of Anatolia at Hacettepe University. 💀🧬 Spread science in various languages is crucial. That's why this account will be bilingual, Turkish and English. Hope to see more Turkish speakers here soon to fully move 🟦 #ScienceForAll
