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- We’re thrilled to launch the BlueSky page for CONTACT 🧪We are using radiocarbon, isotopes, DNA & historical analysis to map the timeline of Norse expansion into North America. Follow along! A 5-year ERC-funded project @rug.nl #Norse #Archaeology #NorthAtlantic #Research
- The Altai wasn’t just home to Denisovans. 🏔️🧬Ancient DNA revealed unexpected bovine diversity 🦬, including a mysterious yak-like lineage (yak "X") now seemingly lost to time. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... #MetagenomicsMonday #ancientDNA #aDNA #paleogenomics #zooarchaeology #denisovacave #altai
- How and when did domestic cats conquer the world? 🐈 The aDNA study recently published in Science tells a fascinating story about the human-mediated dispersal of our purring furry friends. doi.org/10.1126/scie... #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #paleogenomics #cats #zooarcheology #domestication
- REMINDER 🚨🚨🚨 The SPAAM is thrilled to announce a blog post competition! You will get a chance of having your post on the SPAAM website and win a mystery book prize! For more info and how to submit visit: www.spaam-community.org/news/2025/11... #aDNA #writingcontest #sciencecommunication
- Can't be more stoked for this Demographic History workshop led by Pablo Librado. Message myself or AaRC in case you still want to attend! #aDNA
- And the registration is open for our next AaRCademy workshop! Join us on February 3rd to learn how to reconstruct the demographic history of a population with Pablo Librado. Registration through the QR code or following this link: tinyurl.com/2nysdwhv
- Check out this new paper on the inter-species admixture 🧬 within an extinct and yummy-sounding avian species 🦜 - the honeycreeper! 🍯 doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #paleogenomics #museumscience #avian #honeycreeper
- Guðjónsdóttir, @jcchacond.bsky.social et al. sequenced the genome of a >14kya old woolly rhino from muscle found inside a permafrost-preserved wolf's stomach. Demographic inference suggests a rapid extinction for the woolly rhino. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf239 #genome #evolution #aDNA
- Dreaming of a de novo assembly of your pesky short ancient sequences? 🧬 A new tool, CarpeDeam, may just help your dreams come true. 🧬🖥️ link.springer.com/article/10.1... #MetagenomicsMonday #ancientDNA #aDNA #paleogenomics #bioinformatics
- We are excited to share with you the latest SPAAM Newsletter! Inside, you’ll find: announcements, opportunities and publication highlights. www.spaam-community.org/assets/media... We hope you enjoy this edition! #SPAAM #aDNA #Newsletter #paleogenomics #metagenomics
- The SPAAM Community is thrilled to announce our first-ever blog post competition! You will not only get a chance of having your post featured on the SPAAM website but also win a mystery book prize! For more info and how to submit visit: www.spaam-community.org/news/2025/11... #aDNA #writingcontest
- Starting 2026 strong with the first #MetagenomicsMonday 🧬post this year! Its 1976, deer remains are found in a Toronto subway and its antlers look.. well, different! 🦌 Is it an extinct megafauna species that disappeared by the end of ice age?📄 doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #SPAAM #aDNA #paleogenomics
- What really devastated Napoleon’s army in 1812? ⚔️🧬 A new study uncovers DNA of previously unsuspected pathogens: Salmonella Paratyphi C and Borrelia recurrentis in the teeth of fallen soldiers. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #pathogens #fever #Napoleon
- Registration is now open for my 13 Jan 2026 public lecture, "The Transformation of Infectious Disease Histories: Three Decades of Paleogenetics and Historians’ Responses," csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin... Sponsored by @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social. #histmed #aDNA #PandemicThinking
- aDNA from 14 Roman cattle uncovers Group I Clostridium related to toxigenic botulinum producers and an opportunistic Mycolicibacterium. 🐂🧬 Blind spot in ancient livestock health studies? doi.org/10.1080/2150... #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #bioarchaeology #pathogens
- 🦙🧬Pleased to present our new paper out in @natcomms.nature.com 🧬🦙 Palaeogenomics of early camelid use in the Atacama Desert (Chile). We used ancient DNA to revisit animals being hunted/herded >3,000 years ago. Manuscript here: rdcu.be/eVwwl #aDNA #popgen Thread below🧵 Reposts appreciated :)
- What can ancient poop reveal about past health? 💩🧬 Paleofeces from 725–920 CE Mexico show multiple gut pathogens, including Blastocystis, Giardia, Entamoeba, and pathogenic E. coli. Enteric infections were likely common. doi.org/10.1371/jour... #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #paleofeces #pathogens
- Oh, 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...
- Recovering DNA from ancient plants is tough, but this new method makes it work! A new extraction workflow improves recovery of fragmented endogenous plant aDNA while preserving library complexity and read yield. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #archaeobotany
- The SPAAM Community is thrilled to announce our first-ever blog post competition! You will not only get a chance of having your post featured on the SPAAM website but also win a mystery book prize! For more info and how to submit visit: www.spaam-community.org/news/2025/11... #SPAAM #aDNA #contest
- Another #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.
- Ancient microbe DNA as a record of climate change 🦠🧬: mountain lake sedaDNA from the past 430 years reveals major microbial shifts since 1960, following climate shifts. doi.org/10.1007/s002... #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #climate #change #metagenomics #sediment #sedaDNA #mountain #lake
- Despite my insomnia, I'm very happy to share our preprint: a multi-disciplinary assessment of a sheep mass mortality event from ~18th century France. We report the first ancient sheeppox virus (think smallpox) and the Taenia hydatigena (nasty roundworm) genomes. #aDNA
- Our 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
- How much do lab methods shape ancient microbiome results? 🧬 This study compares extraction & library prep protocols on dental calculus from Hungary and Niger, showing that no single workflow fits all. #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #calculus #microbiome doi.org/10.1111/1755...
- Our paper on imputation of ancient goat genomes is now available at GBE - congratulations to @jolijnerven.bsky.social #aDNA
- This new study takes a closer look at eukaryotic reference genomes. 🧬 By mapping microbial-like regions across thousands of plant & animal assemblies, it helps make ancient eDNA analyses more accurate. #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #metagenomics #eDNA doi.org/10.1093/giga...
- A new study links the Harbin cranium to Denisovans using DNA hidden in dental calculus. 🦷🧬 The mtDNA connects to Siberian lineages and suggests Denisovans spread widely across Pleistocene Asia. #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #Denisovan #archaic #mtDNA #calculus doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
- Just a reminder that we have our monthly seminar, the #AaRCTikTalks, this Friday at 4pm CET. Come and hear 2 amazing talks on this special edition where we focus on the amazing work being done by our peers in Mexico. #aDNA 🧪🧬🏺
- In this new paper, researchers extended the sedaDNA analysis beyond cave sediments: bone-adhered deposits preserved human, microbial, plant & animal sequences. #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #sedaDNA #metagenomics #cave #sediment
- Did you miss the ISBA11? Or maybe you want to refresh your memories from the symposium? 🧬 SPAAM members gathered for a debriefing session to share our impressions and feedback on the ISBA conference program. Check it out! www.spaam-community.org/blog/2025/10... #SPAAM #ancientDNA #ISBA11 #aDNA
- A new study explores the secrets hidden in concretions coating ancient teeth. 🦷 The researchers found microbial & protein traces, but human DNA remains elusive… #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #proteomics #metagenomics doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
