Jolijn Erven
Postdoc @UCD
(Palaeo)Genomics, population genetics, archaeology, evolution, genetic diversity, (animal) behaviour 🐷🐗🐂🐮🐐
- Reposted by Jolijn ErvenWorking with animal #aDNA? 🧬 Apply to our #SMBE2026 symposium by February 3rd and join us in Copenhagen to hear, share, and discuss the latest research and methodological advances in animal #palaeogenomics 🦎🐕🐷🐋🐝🐂🦤🦣🐟🪲🦌🐈 @aarc-community.bsky.social
- SMBE2026 Symposium L03 | Beyond limits: unlocking the potential of ancient animal genomics 📨 Abstract submission smbe2026.org/abstracts 📋 Programme details smbe2026.org/programme #SMBE2026
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- 🚨PhD position available!🚨🧪 I am seeking a talented PhD student to join my ERC StG project GEMINI, to explore the exciting world of vertebrate genomics and comparative genomics, seeking to understand the genomics of miniaturisation! 🦇🦎🦜🐸🐟🦈 🤏🧬 Deadline: 4 Jan 2026! employment.ku.dk/phd?show=153...
- Reposted by Jolijn ErvenAnother #aDNA preprint! We recovered DNA from 7,000 year old (!) goat leather from Cueva de los Murciélagos - and see a genetic link with Bermeya goats today! Credit to Francisco Martínez-Sevilla for seeing me on Youtube(?!) + reaching out to collaborate - there's still value in the internet.
- Reposted by Jolijn ErvenOur paper in the PNAS Special Feature on 🐕 is out! We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Jolijn ErvenI'll be presenting at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social at the School of Biological Sciences, 2nd December, 1pm - please come along to hear about #aDNA, domestication, and disease!
- Reposted by Jolijn ErvenBecome our colleague! - 2yr Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past (UU) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social 🧪 Great place to work at (ok, I am biased), integration with archaeologists and linguists + pretty flexible research topic www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
- Check out our paper, we now included a comparison between glimse1 and glimpse2!
- Our paper on imputation of ancient goat genomes is now available at GBE - congratulations to @jolijnerven.bsky.social #aDNA
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- Reposted by Jolijn ErvenExcited to share our new paper in @GeneticsGSA ! We developed "Retriever," a novel method that enables high-quality genotype imputation in non-model organisms. 🧬 Congratulations to Charles on his first PhD paper! Paper: doi.org/10.1093/gene... A thread 🧵👇
- Reposted by Jolijn Erven🦠💀🦠 Happy to share our (with @gunnar-u-neumann.bsky.social) new preprint on ancient Salmonella enterica genomes! We analysed 53 new genomes along with published ancient and modern datasets to learn about lineage replacements and host adaptation in prehistory: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Jolijn Erven🚀 We’re hiring a #Postdoc! 🔬 Join our group in Copenhagen to study Water Buffalo 🐃 #Population #Genomics Highly motivated & enthusiastic candidates are welcome! 👉 **Apply:** candidate.hr-manager... ⏰Deadline Oct 15th 2025 #WaterBuffalo #Conservation #EvolutionaryBiology
- Interested in goats 🐐? Read our pre-print on ancient Irish goats and their connection to the Old Irish goat breed Just look at this dashing individual, courtesy of the Old Irish Goat society
- Very happy to see our pre-print on ancient Irish goat genetics on bioRxiv #aDNA #spiergorm I want to acknowledge this was only possible through the work of the late Dr. Judith Findlater, along with Prof. Eileen Murphy at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Jolijn ErvenShameless promotion from #isba11 - I'll be hiring PhDs to start early 2026 (plus postdocs starting later), using #adna to study livestock and pathogen coevolution, particularly looking at inbreeding and immune gene evolution! Contact me at kevin[at]palaeome.org, full ad to come. Please share!
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- Reposted by Jolijn ErvenInterested in measuring genetic load? We have a new paper out providing a modified version of GERP which is more user friendly in wildlife species and with scripts to automate making input files and pulling out derived alleles in your species #consgen #popgen star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4202
- Reposted by Jolijn ErvenPostdoctoral Position in Wildlife Palaeogenomics! Come join us in beautiful Stockholm! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
- Reposted by Jolijn ErvenInferring domestic goat demographic history through ancient genome imputation biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- 🐐 New preprint out with @gingerhowley.bsky.social The VarGoats Consortium and many others! We explore how genotype imputation can enhance low-coverage ancient goat/Capra🐐 genomes, shedding light on early domestication and herd management. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #aDNA #Domestication
- By imputing ancient downsampled genomes utilizing the VarGoats dataset (www.goatgenome.org/vargoats.html), we achieved high concordance at 0.5× coverage for common variants.
- 📊 Insights into early goat domestication: Analyzing 36 previously published ancient goat genomes, we observed that runs-of-homozygosity (ROH) increased with distance from the Zagros Mountains during the Neolithic, suggesting effects from the initial dispersal of managed herds. #Neolithic #Goats
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View full threadOur results demonstrate that genotype imputation is a valuable tool for maximizing information from low-coverage goat palaeogenomes. This approach offers new opportunities to investigate the genetic impacts of early domestication and herd dispersal—directions we will be continuing to explore!
- Reposted by Jolijn ErvenA final request for those involved in the Ancient Biomolecule Communities: If you follow the activities of AaRC, HAAM, PAASTA, SPAAM and LAARD, help us improve our understanding of our communities with this short survey! #aDNA #palaeoproteomics #biomoleculararchaeology #ZooMS #ancientDNA
- Reposted by Jolijn Erven@jolijnerven.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social unlocks the origins of domesticated pigs how they related to wild boar and people in the Dutch wetlands 6000 years ago An nwo project @unigroningen.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social W implications for #morethanhuman life
- Interested in human-pig-boar interactions? Read our new paper on human-pig-boar relationships in Neolithic Europe 🐷🐗🧬. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- We found that during the Neolithic, pig management in Europe was highly variable. By integrating paleogenomics and zooarchaeology, we uncovered a commensal relationship between humans, pigs and wild boar at the Early Neolithic settlement of Swifterbant
