It's a royal surprise - check out our new work on the oral microbiome of King Richard III of England! Fun fact: he holds the record for the most ancient DNA we have ever recovered from any archaeological sample ever! doi.org/10.1002/ajpa...

Oh boy! The newest issue of Harvard’s In Situ Magazine is now out! Learn about all the exciting archaeology happening at Harvard! A huge thank you to Mack FitzPatrick and Clara Alexander on the editorial team! Download the issue at archaeology.harvard.edu

Check out our new work on the biodiversity of oral Tannerella! Metagenomic assembly reveals at least four new species with different virulence potential. We also reassign the first reconstructed T. forsythia genome from medieval Dalheim G12 to the newly named T. colubrina.

Oh boy - our new ancient DNA module is available for nf-core/mag! Robustly and reproducibly reconstruct ancient metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) using our new nf-core/mag tooling! doi.org/10.1371/jour...

A huge congratulations to PhD student Keri Burge for winning the Best Student Poster Award at the International Conference on Paleogenomics in Stockholm this week! We are so proud of you!

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Harvard faculty recognized by the National Academy of Sciences

In recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, 15 Harvard faculty have been elected to join the National Academy of Sciences.

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I have the best colleagues! Thank you everyone for the overwhelming support and congratulations ❤️

I was elected yesterday to the US National Academy of Sciences! I feel so honored and grateful! I’m heading to the SAAs right now and I can’t wait to celebrate!

The Adventures in Archaeological Science coloring book is now available in Kyrgyz / Кыргыз. A big thank you to Saltanat Alisher kyzy for making the coloring book available in Kyrgzy! christinawarinner.com/2026/03/27/a...

Check out our new article in Current Anthropology on the changing landscape of archaeological publishing! www.doi.org/10.1086/739789

Congratulations to Akari for completing her postdoc on traditional dairying in Mongolia in the FSU Microverse Cluster at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology and starting a new professorship at Okayama University!

New video of talk by @christinawarinner.bsky.social given at Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny posted by @ucsandiego.bsky.social explaining how advances in #aDNA and #proteomics can investigate the complex and diverse microbial communities from dental calculus

CARTA: Human Microbiome Evolution with Christina Warinner

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New 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...

Jobs - Balance of the Microverse

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Important Announcement: EAA Special Meeting The European Archaeological Association will hold a Special Meeting to discuss the organisation’s governance and future direction. - 🗓 Friday, 9 Jan 2026 - ⏰ 14:00–17:00 CET Online voting will take place on 16–31 Jan 2026 www.e-a-a.org/EAA/News___P...

Check out our new ancient DNA article on the deep time evolution of antimicrobial peptides in the oral microbiome! Learn more about actifensins and test out our new software tool, AMPcombi! A big congratulations especially to Anan and Rosa for all their hard work on this! doi.org/10.1021/jacs...

What an inspiring CARTA Symposium on “Ancient DNA: New Revelations”! Thank you so much to the whole CARTA organizational team for making it possible!

So proud to be among the speakers addressing “What it means to be human” at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology symposium!

We're so excited to share our newest ancient DNA findings on hunter-gatherers and pastoralists in Kazakhstan! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

So excited to learn about the work Henny Piezonka is doing on reindeer!

We're so happy to share our newest ancient DNA findings in Mongolia on the Slab Grave expansion and its consequences for diverse Bronze Age pastoralists! doi.org/10.1038/s414...

We're organizing a new CARTA symposium this November 7 on "Ancient DNA: New Revelations"! We have an amazing lineup of speakers who will showcase the biggest discoveries in ancient DNA over the past 5 years - and offer a sneak peek of what's next. Mark your calendars and don't miss it!

Having the best time at the Stanford Fermented Food Conference! From kimchi to koji to sauerkraut, this was the tastiest conference I’ve ever attended! A big thank you to the Sonnenburg lab for organizing, and it was so great to see Rob Dunn and Rachel Dutton again!

And that’s a wrap! Congratulations to the entire ISBA community for a successful ISBA11!

Oh boy - we opened this year’s ISBA meetings in a Roman amphitheater!

The Warinner Group and collaborators having fun at ISBA11 in Torino, Italy!

We have a new article out in Cell! Learn more about plague in prehistoric livestock: "Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage" www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Ancient Yersinia pestis genome discovered in 4,000-year-old sheep tooth sheds new light on a mysterious infectious disease that plagued prehistoric Eurasia. New research by @keyfm.bsky.social and @i-light-maka.bsky.social now published in @cellpress.bsky.social: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage

A Yersinia pestis genome from a Bronze Age domesticated sheep provides insight into the host range, evolution, and possible transmission scenarios of an ancient lineage of the plague-causing bacteria,...

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New article in the Harvard Gazette about how we’re persevering despite funding cuts news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

I'll be presenting our research on ancient food fermentations at the upcoming Stanford Fermented Food Conference on September 4-5, 2025. Join us to learn more about our recent findings on Roman wine and ancient Himalayan beer! There will be yeast and LAB genomes! med.stanford.edu/nutrition/ev...

Warinner lab undergraduate researcher Juliet Garon recently presented her summer research that builds foundational knowledge for the use of protein mass spectrometry to understand human respiratory diseases and immune response before the antibiotic era. Congratulations Juliet!