There is fun to be had in *not* reviewing a manuscript. @pciarchaeology.bsky.social @cos.io #openaccess
(Y|G)iannis P.
@ipatramanis.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at Globe, University of Copenhagen, Denmark I'm mostly interested in human history and evolution, but also more general: Bioinformatics, Population genetics, Phylogenetics, aDNA, Simulation tools and Palaeoproteomics.
@paastacommunity.bsky.social is developing #metadata standards for #palaeoproteomicis based upon ##USHUPO #Proteomics @us-hupo.org #mzPeak Join the debate on #PAASTA #element github.com/Palaeoprot/Z...
Happy to share our new paper on DNA preservation in the Caribbean: Open access: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... 🌎 Summaries in Español, Français, Kreyòl Ayisyen and Kréyòl Gwadloup: shorturl.at/FMHNI 🧵👇 @jazminrm.bsky.social @bitesizedna.bsky.social
Ancient DNA preservation in the Caribbean
Abstract. Ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis has transformed how we study human migration, species dispersals and environmental change, but poor preservation rema
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Our paper on archaic introgression in imputed ancient genomes is out. Imputation performs better in archaic regions, making Neanderthal and Denisovan segments detectable in low-coverage data. Thousands of archived genomes become usable. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Archaic ancestry inference in imputed ancient human genomes - Nature Communications
Genotype imputation enables accurate detection of Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry in low-coverage ancient genomes and allows the identification of introgressed haplotypes as well as candidate genes...
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Our new study with @benmpeter.bsky.social is now on biorxiv! Here we present a new computational tool which makes it possible to conduct population genetic analyses from very contaminated and very low quality archaic human genomes. (1/7)
A Method to Analyze Low-Quality Archaic Human Genomes and its Application to the Teshik-Tash 1 Neandertal https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.10.743885v1
We have a new preprint out :D www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Did Denisovans inherit their AMBN gene from Homo erectus? We have released a short preprint trying to answer this question! @lauritsskov.bsky.social @fridowelker.bsky.social ~Summary below~
Had a chance to present our work on assesing the potential of palaeoproteomics for the study of hominid evolution (doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...). Thank you to the @paastacommunity.bsky.social for inviting me and for recording the talk. Happy to be part of this community! :D
The recording is now available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/AosHIwDjNiI?...
Copenhagen job alert 🚨 GLOBE (@ucph.bsky.social) is hiring a 21-mo Postdoc in #Bioinformatics & #ComputationalProteomics Work with @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social, @fridowelker.bsky.social, @brandtgroup.bsky.social & more mapping collagen/keratin diversity across 1000s of genomes. 📅 Deadline Aug 31
Postdoc of Bioinformatics and Computational Proteomics
jobportal.ku.dk
REMINDER: Next 🍝PAASTA🍝 talk this Wednesday! Message us for the link 🔗
Our upcoming PAASTA Talk Series seminar by Ioannis Patramanis has been rescheduled. 🗓 New Date: Wednesday, 8 July 2026 🕒 Time: 15:00 CET 📍 Location: Zoom (DM us for the link) We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you can join us on the new date.
Hello Hello, If you have some downtime and want to read something excitingly odd, read on the enamel proteins of Homo naledi: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Working closely with Alberto, @clairekoenig.bsky.social, @ipatramanis.bsky.social, and the rest of our collaborators was just so wonderful.
Proteomic analysis of dental enamel from 20 Homo naledi individuals shows no male markers
The morphological homogeneity of the middle Pleistocene hominin Homo naledi is reflected in its dental proteome, with no evidence supporting confident identification of male individuals, and the detec...
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Interesting points! If you look at the protein data alone, there are no recovered variants that support these samples being very divergent from modern humans, e.g. 'H.erectus like'. For comparison, the H.antecessor enamel had a variant, placing it as an outgroup to nean, deni, and present day humans
I feel a little heretical in saying that the headlines may say Homo erectus, but the Denisovan connection is pointing me a different direction. The connections over time within China are an old topic, and protein data has made them resurface again. www.johnhawks.net/p/rethinking...
The final chapter of my PhD thesis, is finally published in GBE! academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... You can also read the earlier recommendation by PCI in a nice little summary here: evolbiol.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec... #palaeoproteomics #phylogenetics
Assessing the potential of ancient protein sequences in the study of hominid evolution
Abstract. Palaeoproteomic data can provide invaluable insights into hominid evolution over long timescales. Yet, the potential and limitations of ancient p
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🦷 A new study by @marinemorvan.bsky.social High-throughput paleoproteomics method using MALDI-CASI-FTICR mass spectrometry to estimate biological sex from tooth enamel. Great success on 130 individuals from medieval Great Moravia. #Bioarchaeology #Archaeology #Proteomics #TooMS 😉 #Teammasspec
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Seeing our work on videnskab.dk brings back memories of those fieldwork days. It was a great journey from sampling archaeological and old river sediments in Serbia to the ancient DNA labs in Copenhagen. Read more about the challenges and our findings in the original paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Ancient DNA reconstruction of Late Holocene ecosystems within the Carpathian Basin from paleo-meanders and archaeological deposits - Scientific Reports
The diverse ecology in the Carpathian Basin supported a variety of subsistence strategies throughout the Holocene, ranging from animal husbandry to the management of woodlands, grasslands, and wetland...
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It is fascinating how even small traces of DNA preserved in mud can act as an archive of human–environment interactions across millennia. The article is in Danish, apologies for that 🙂 But there are some great ancient DNA details and pictures in there. videnskab.dk/naturvidensk...
Estén el pendiente y reserven la fecha 🤩🧬🇵🇪
Mi gente latino! Ya llegó ya está aquí. La primera reunión de Biomoleculas antiguas en Latinoamerica patrocinada por el @official-smbe.bsky.social . Reserven la fecha y estén al pendiente de las fechas importantes. Mas info en nuestra pagina web smbeperu.github.io/SMBEperu-esp/
we made a tool! ybyra is a lightweight, flexible Y-chromosome haplogroup caller. It is faster, easier to tune and more robust than other tools particularly for low-coverage or ancient DNA data. And it has lots of detailed output – including plots! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I'm hiring!⭐ As part of the DFF Sapere Aude-funded project MiddleEarth, I am looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher and 1 research assistant.
Following a marvelous time at ISBA11 and our PAASTA conference, we're back to sharing the work of our community with you here! @ipatramanis.bsky.social PAASTA talk from March about PaleoProPhyler a tool for #phylogenies from ancient proteins is now live on our YouTube youtu.be/2gVEQyinL4A
PAASTA Seminar Series - Ioannis Patramanis
YouTube video by PAASTA community
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Are you interested in doing a PhD in Copenhagen? Interested in studying Neanderthals and Denisovans which live on in our genomes? Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :) candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... Please reach out if you have any questions!
Molecules from 20-million-year-old rhino-relative teeth are among the oldest ever sequenced go.nature.com/4lFx4KN
Ancient proteins rewrite the rhino family tree — are dinosaurs next?
Molecules from 20-million-year-old teeth are among the oldest ever sequenced.
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The slander slanders on. Criticizing #ColossalBio and its co-founder Ben Lamm for their de-extinction #DisInformation campaign complete with #DeepFake dire wolves & woolly mammoths has unleashed a slew poorly written AI news stories about me, again 🙄 www.greenmatters.com/news/lynch-s...
Questioning Credibility: Lynch’s Stem Cell Shortcomings
Vincent Lynch, a researcher at the University at Buffalo, has publicly raised doubts about the value and feasibility of de-extinction efforts.
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The Paranthropus paper is out! :D See the post from Palesa for a quick summary. Although technically small in scale (4 specimens🦷), this work took many years and many people to complete... Excited to see how the results we show will be applied to future sample sets, now that we know what works!
Hello, Our paper on enamel proteins from Paranthropus robustus has finally been peer reviewed, please have a read here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Paranthropus robustus has been puzzling scientists since its discovery in 1938 in South Africa, where a high number of fossils have been found.
I am delighted to share with you some new insights into the selection processes that shaped the Spanish population! This work has been led by @ebosch1972.bsky.social @francesccalafell.bsky.social ( @upf.edu ) in collaboration with Rafael de Cid ( @igtp.bsky.social ) and @sabiagini.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Inferring past demography and genetic adaptation in Spain using the GCAT cohort - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Inferring past demography and genetic adaptation in Spain using the GCAT cohort
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We’ve released a preprint on #palaeoproteomics and #phylogenetics ! Over the years, I’ve gotten multiple questions on the usefulness of ancient proteins in resolving phylogenetic questions. This is our attempt to provide some answers: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Assessing the potential of ancient protein sequences in the study of hominid evolution
Palaeoproteomic data can provide invaluable insights into hominid evolution over long timescales. Yet, the potential and limitations of ancient protein sequences to resolve evolutionary relations betw...
biorxiv.org
Incredibly proud that our paper on the #palaeoproteomics analysis of the Penghu mandible, led by @tsutatsuta.bsky.social and in collaboration with Chun-Hsiang Chang, Enrico Cappellini and co, is out now in @science.org! doi.org/10.1126/scie...
A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan
Denisovans are an extinct hominin group defined by ancient genomes of Middle to Late Pleistocene fossils from southern Siberia. Although genomic evidence suggests their widespread distribution through...
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Hi We contributed towards the South African Journal of Science Taung Centennial! some links; the special issue: issuu.com/sajs/docs/so... our paper: sajs.co.za/article/view... and I got featured on where I work from Nature Africa if you are interested in that: www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Sequencing of ancient proteins is the only viable methodology today for retrieving the genetic data required to resolve evolutionary relations between vertebrate species that disappeared millions of years ago. Paleoproteomics sheds light on million-year-old fossils 🏺🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...