Love Dalén
Palaeogenomics of mammoths, lemmings and everything inbetween.
Webpage: palaeogenetics.com/ld
- Reposted by Love DalénRead our new paper in Genome Biology & Evolution to learn more about how sequencing the genome from a 14,000 year old wolf puppy's last meal yielded novel insights into the woolly rhino's extinction: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... 📷 Mietje Germonpré
- Reposted by Love DalénIn case you live under a 🪨: Early Bird registration for #ICP2026 is OPEN 🐦📝 The places for the dinner at the beautiful Stockholm City Hall (free 🤑) are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Secure your spot by registering now 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/
- Reposted by Love DalénNew 2-year Postdoc: Ancient #Metagenomics & #Microbiome Sciences! 🧬🦷 Join Prof. @christinawarinner.bsky.social ’s group at @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social to study the evolution and ecology of ancient oral microbiota. 📅 Apply by Jan 20, 2026: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/career/jo...
- MOF-Mosses 😁 www.nobelprize.org/the-2025-che...
- Have you ever thought of #Moss as #TerrestrialSponges? Trapping #DNA from #Birds, #Amphibians, #Mammals, #Insects, #Microorganisms,....?! Yes, your local #moss holds many secrets! Thanks @kbodawatta.bsky.social for the lead and fun collaboration! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Love DalénEarly Bird registration for #ICP2026 is now OPEN 🐦📝 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 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/
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- Reposted by Love DalénOh, look! My friends around Magdalena Fraser & Federico Sanchez-Quinto et al have a new study analyzing more high-coverage Neolithic #aDNA genomes from the Baltic island of Gotland (including pathogens!!!) 👀 🧪 🏺 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Love DalénWOW❗🤯 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 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org #ICP2026 will be UNMISSABLE 😍💪
- Reposted by Love DalénOur new ancient DNA paper has just been published! We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes. Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Love DalénLAST CALL ☎️ Abstract submission for #ICP2026 closes on November 30th❗ Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your exciting ancient DNA research next summer 🦴🦣🐕👨🔬🧬 Abstract submission and more info here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org We are looking forward to welcoming you to beautiful Stockholm!
- During the earliest stages of domestication, dogs in archaeological sites would be indistinguishable from wolves. Unless you find them on a small island where no wolves would survive on their own, eating things wolves normally don’t eat. Such as here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Love DalénWe are recruiting! If you like evolutionary biology, microbial genomics, and host-pathogen interactions we have a PhD opening at @ugiatucl.bsky.social using population-scale metagenomics to map global phage diversity and uncover evolutionary signatures that could point to new antimicrobials.
- Reposted by Love Dalén🚨 Reminder to send in your abstracts for the palaeogenomics conference in Stockholm! 🧬🦠🐕💃🏼 If your results are still preliminary, my tip is to keep the abstract broad rather than skip submitting altogether 😉 See the post below for the price estimate and looking forward to seeing you there 🥳! #aDNA
- ⏰ The clock is ticking❗ LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts (30th Nov). Do it here👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/ Many of you are asking for the registration fees 💸. We are still working out the details, but we estimate 400-500€ for regular attendees and 300-400€ for students.
- Reposted by Love Dalén⏰ The clock is ticking❗ LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts (30th Nov). Do it here👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/ Many of you are asking for the registration fees 💸. We are still working out the details, but we estimate 400-500€ for regular attendees and 300-400€ for students.
- Reposted by Love DalénOur manuscript on bovine deep-time paleogenomics at Denisova Cave and in the broader mid-latitude Asia is online! doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... 🦬🦴🧬 Main findings in the 🧵 below ⬇️ @cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA
- Reposted by Love DalénBriefly, we identified three extinct mitochondrial bovine lineages in mid-latitude Asia: aurochs basal to haplogroup C, bison clade X, and a previously unknown yak-like clade X sister to all known yak diversity. This yak X mitochondrial lineage diverged around 675,000 years ago from modern yak!
- Reposted by Love DalénA PhD project on historical genomics in the declining red squirrel in Britain is available in my group, through the @aries-dtp.bsky.social. Use historical genomes to track the effects of decline and genetic rescue in this charismatic species. aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
- Reposted by Love Dalén🦣 🤯 🦣 🤯 🦣 Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost! Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
- Reposted by Love DalénMeet our plenary speakers 💁♂️ JOHANNES KRAUSE (eva.mpg.de) Johannes' research has made major contributions to our understanding of human pathogens, hominin evolution, and the peopling of Europe. Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org ⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
- Reposted by Love Dalén🦣🧬🦣🤯💥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 🧵 below:
- Reposted by Love DalénWe met with the “RNA guy” of the study, @marcfriedlander.bsky.social, who teamed up with @lovedalen.bsky.social (@stockholm-uni.bsky.social/@cpgsthlm.bsky.social) & @marmole6.bsky.social (@ucph.bsky.social) 🧪⚒️ Feature article here ↓ 🖥️ 🧬 www.scilifelab.se/news/worlds-...
- ✅ RNA? ✅ Ancient RNA? ✅ Ancient RNA from woolly mammoth! #FossilFriday 🦣 🧪 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
- Reposted by Love DalénNew study on arctic fox genomics shows strong effects of fur farming: reduced diversity, inbreeding, and coastal origins linked to Icelandic foxes. A reminder that domestication leaves deep genetic footprints. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/mec.70166
- Reposted by Love DalénMeet our plenary speakers 💁♂️ CHRISTINA WARINNER (@harvard.edu) @christinawarinner.bsky.social investigates ancient microbiomes to reveal insights into the diets and health of past human populations. Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org ⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
- Reposted by Love DalénMeet our plenary speakers 💁♂️ IAN BARNES, Professor at @nhm-london.bsky.social Ian is a pioneer in the use of #ancientDNA to investigate evolution and extinction in Late Pleistocene mammals and other wild fauna. Full info👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org ⚠️Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov)
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- Reposted by Love DalénInterested in giving a talk at PAG 2026 in the Wildlife Genomics, Comparative Genomics of Animals, OneHealth, Ancient DNA, or Domestication Genomics sessions? We are extending our abstract submission by a few days. We'd love to hear from you! Submit here and please repost! forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
- Reposted by Love Dalén🦴🧬🦴🧬🦴 Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics! June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm. Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)! Submit abstracts here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/ Deadline: Nov 30th
- Interested in giving a talk at the Plant and Animal Genome conference (PAG 33) in San Diego? Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions. To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025: forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
- The sessions are co-organised by: @gregerlarson.bsky.social @elliecat.bsky.social @mishaploid.bsky.social @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social @johnneddermeyer.bsky.social @frozen-zoo.bsky.social @undeaddandy.bsky.social & Jennifer Meadows Evangelos Dimopoulos
- Reposted by Love DalénOur new study is out! We analysed 40 Malaise trap samples collected across Sweden by the Insect Biome Atlas project using #metabarcoding and #metagenomics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @cpgsthlm.bsky.social @tvdvalk.bsky.social
- One week left to apply for our postdoc position on Deep-Time Small Rodent Palaeogenomics! This is a 2-year full-time position that includes Swedish employment benefits, as well as funding for research expenses and work-related travel. More info and application link: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
- Reposted by Love DalénHighly recommended! Hanna’s team is doing ground-breaking research, Stockholm is a lovely city, and a Swedish PhD position is very attractive - an actual job with paid holidays, sick leave, parental leave and pension rights.
- We have several open positions in my group, funded from the ERC Grant on the Early Sequestered Germline of Fungi. We search broadly for applicants at both PhD and master-level, with a dedicated interest in fungal evolutionary biology. Please forward and RT! Find the positions here: su.varbi.com
- After a long and frustrating discussion with the Cell Press ”help”-desk, led by Ben and Tom, the paper is finally made open access (in line with what we had requested and expected from the beginning) 😅
- The world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth! New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell! Paper: www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
- Reposted by Love DalénThe world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth! New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell! Paper: www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
- I'm hiring a postdoc... By combining samples that are more than a million years old with the short generation time of small rodents, we hope to gain a unique window into evolution unfolding across millions of generations!
- 🚨JOB ALERT!🚨 Postdoc position at #CpgSthlm on Microtine Palaeogenomics! Join our deep-time genomics project, funded by @erc.europa.eu, and help us explore lemming and vole evolution using ancient DNA from fossils spanning the last 2.6 million years 🐭🦴🧬 Apply here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
- Reposted by Love DalénLate Iron Age and Roman equine breeding north of the Alps: Genetic insights and cultural implications: iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful... Several members (Azadeh Mohaseb, Thomas Cucchi, Marjan Mashkour) of the UMR BioArch- CNRS/ MNHN contributed to this paper.
- Attending #ESEB2025 has been an amazing experience! If you are interested in more ancient DNA and museomics, please consider joining us in Stockholm for the first International Conference on Palaeogenomics (June 23-26 2026)! Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social 👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
- Reposted by Love Dalén#ESEB2025 great talks in the museomics session, including @amandalindahl.bsky.social giving a great talk on her first (!!) conference 👏 🐻
- Reposted by Love DalénNew paper out from @johannanvs.bsky.social, @lovedalen.bsky.social and others from #CpgSthlm, using historical DNA to investigate temporal genomic change in the Scandinavian arctic fox! Paper: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
- Reposted by Love Dalén#Job alert: associate professor (universitetslektor) at the program in Human #Paleogenomics and #Population #Genomics. Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 1st. #vacancy @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...
- Mammoth tusk on the Old Crow River! 🦣🧬
- Digging out ancient (>250,000 year old) bones from a section on the Old Crow River (Yukon). 🦣🐭🐴 Just back from the first 8-day trip at the CRH47 section. Now on to other sites 😁
- Reposted by Love DalénHappy to announce that our study examining the genetic history of the Qimmeq (Greenland Sled Dog) came out today in Science. @mhssinding.bsky.social #qimmeq #dogs #palaeogenetics #greenland #greenlandsleddog @science.org #Ilisimatusarfik #globeinstitute #ucph #nih
- Reposted by Love DalénI'm super excited to share our new paper on Norwegian lemming genomics just published in @pnas.org!! Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.... Summary ⬇️
- Reposted by Love DalénOur official photo from the Nobel Symposium - what a blast! It was so incredible to learn about all the amazing paleogenomics research happening right now!
- Reposted by Love DalénThe 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 sediments🧬🦣💀🦠 Save the dates ✅ Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
- Save the date, follow ICP2026, update your ABBA playlist, and come join us in Stockholm next year! This is going to be fun!
- 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 sediments🧬🦣💀🦠 Save the dates ✅ Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
- Reposted by Love DalénWe'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 🧬🦣💀🦠 bring it on! Save the dates! Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for news 👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
- Reposted by Love DalénNew 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...
- Hello everyone, Are you interested in news about research findings, jobs, PhD positions, etc, from the Centre for Palaeogenetics? Or do you simply want to see lots of cool photos from our work (like the 28,000 year old cave lion cub below)? If yes, please give @cpgsthlm.bsky.social a follow!
- Reposted by Love Dalén📰 The April issue article on mammoth mitogenome evolution by @jcchacond.bsky.social et al. has been receiving plenty of attention in the media across the world. Check ⬇️ for some of the coverage, and read the original study on MBE's website: doi.org/10.1093/molb... 📷 @lovedalen.bsky.social
- Reposted by Love DalénAre you mad about mammoths? 🦣 Join us and @jcchacond.bsky.social to learn how ancient mammoth DNA reveals insights into their evolution and genetic diversity. 📅 Thurs May 8 ⏰ 11 AM Yukon Time Register on Zoom bit.ly/3GCutCg Register on FB bit.ly/4iFfMLV
- Reposted by Love DalénNOBEL SYMPOSIA We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h. 🦣⬅️ ”Can we bring back the woolly mammoth?” by Beth Shapiro. 🐎✋”The taming of the horse” by Ludovic Orlando. Free entrance. All welcome!
- Reposted by Love DalénThis is finally out out: Medieval genomes from eastern Iberia illuminate the role of Morisco mass deportations in dismantling a long-standing genetic bridge with North Africa doi.org/10.1186/s130... Thread incoming...
- Reposted by Love DalénOne day left to apply! Not seeing many American applications so far, which puzzles me a little bit. If you have a four-year degree including advanced courses in Ecology or Evolution, you are likely eligible. Happy to answer detailed questions over DM or email.
- One week left to apply for this PhD student position on plant evolutionary genomics! 🧪 #StockholmU #ECR #PhD #evolution #genomics #pollen
- Reposted by Love DalénOldest woolly mammoth! This should be on the front page of all newspapers! Yay Grant Zazula! SFU Alumni! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- Reposted by Love DalénApril issue: Review led by @amandalindahl.bsky.social and @indianadiez.bsky.social on the utility of palaeogenomics for exploring past biodiversity trends and exosystem responses to a changing world. 🧪🌎 Web link: go.nature.com/4io2V0K Readcube: rdcu.be/eh0v5
- Reposted by Love Dalén[Please share] 📢‼️ I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History: Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation" recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a... Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution" recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
- Reposted by Love DalénWe are recruiting PhD student to work on genomics of seasonal camouflage in ptarmigan! There is still a week to apply! #Genomics #PopGen #Evolution #Camouflage #Birds #PhDPosition #PhDStudent
- PhD position on Evolution of Seasonal Camouflage in my group. Fully funded 4 year position in Stockholm University and SciLifeLab! :-) su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
- Macroevolutionary insights from million-year-old mammoth mitogenomes: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
- Reposted by Love DalénNew paper 🧵 A team co-led by #cpgsthlm 's researcher @jcchacond.bsky.social has analysed DNA from a large number of mammoths across a million-year timescale 🦣🧬 The findings include the discovery and analysis of the oldest known woolly #mammoth in North America! 👉 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
- The #CoolGenes team from @cpgsthlm.bsky.social is in place in Alicante! Very excited to start the kick-off meeting for our HFSP-funded project, with colleagues from Spain, UK and USA, aimed at disentangling the molecular basis of animal cold adaptation!
- Reposted by Love DalénOur student @bergfeldt.bsky.social is currently defending her PhD thesis on metagenomics 🧬🦠 of ancient human populations, with Carles Lalueza-Fox from @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social as opponent. Good luck, Nora!
- Reposted by Love DalénNew Review online today: Palaeogenomic inference of biodiversity dynamics across Quaternary timescales. From @indianadiez.bsky.social, @lovedalen.bsky.social, and others. #palaeosky #biodiversity 🧪🌎 go.nature.com/41UhYsF
- Reposted by Love DalénNytt nummer av Universitetets nyhetsbrev Läs om ullhåriga möss med mammutgener, 80 år med Mumintrollens lekfulla filosofi, att covidvaccinet räddade tiotusentals liv i Sverige + poddavsnitt om gifter som går i arv mellan människor mm #Mumin #Covid19 Läs & prenumerera: www.su.se/nyhetsbrev
