Welker Group
@welkergroup.bsky.social
We study human evolution across the last one million years, through ancient proteins and associated biomolecules in skeletal remains. PI @fridowelker.bsky.social.
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~
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
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🎉New publication! Ready for some post-Easter palaeoproteomics reading? Our work describing proteome composition variation in the archaeological skeletons of healthy adults, only a few centuries old, is out in JAS🥂! doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
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#FINS is using a multidisciplinary approach including dermal denticle analysis and proteomics to study #marineshagreen, which is a material made from the skins of sharks and rays, to explore historic elasmobranch exploitation in the early modern period #EEA2025 @rachelmwinter.bsky.social
Interested in #palaeoproteomics, #ZooMS and human evolution? We currently have a postdoctoral position and a research position open. Postdoc: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli... Research assistant: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Postdoc in Paleoproteomics
jobportal.ku.dk
Frido Welker@fridowelker.bsky.social · 12mo agoI'm hiring!⭐ As part of the DFF Sapere Aude-funded project MiddleEarth, I am looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher and 1 research assistant.
New paper is out! We and welkergroup.bsky.social show that proteins from resin-impregnated sediment blocks can reveal faunal diversity at the microscale. We thank and congratulate all coauthors! #paleoproteomics #geoarchaeology erc.europa.eu icarehb.bsky.social academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
New methods on the block: Taxonomic identification of archaeological bones in resin-embedded sediments through paleoproteomics
Abstract. The integration of biomolecular studies of past organisms with geoarchaeological studies can significantly improve our understanding of the relat
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📣Paper alert📣 Is it possible to use #palaeoproteomics to identify the taxonomy of bone fragments in resin-embedded sediment blocks, enabling study of past faunal community composition at a microstratigraphic scale? 🦴🐮 🦌 We decided to test this, and the results are now out: doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
New methods on the block: Taxonomic identification of archaeological bones in resin-embedded sediments through paleoproteomics
Abstract. The integration of biomolecular studies of past organisms with geoarchaeological studies can significantly improve our understanding of the relat
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And that's a wrap on Bone Diagenesis 2025! What a lovely conference, full of kind and brilliant scientists. Also the first time my talk has been so 🔥🔥🔥 it set off the fire alarm (I'm choosing to assume that was the reason) 😅
We have arrived in Turin for @isba11.bsky.social and are very excited for the week! Don't miss the following talks and posters from the Welker Group:
Delighted to be bringing you the following PAASTA community-led paper outlining our recommendations for best practices and open science in palaeoproteomics! Congratulations to the authors and for anyone keen to read the paper, it can be found #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
I very much enjoyed #SMBE2025 in Beijing - huge thanks to the organizers, and I look forward to seeing everyone in Copenhagen next year!
For the last six months, we've had Lucas Siero from Utrecht University visiting us for an internship, working on some #palaeoproteomics method development. It was a joy to have you join our group Lucas, and good luck with the rest of your studies!
Come visit beautiful Copenhagen and enjoy this years AGPM meeting! Exciting mixture of interdisciplinary approaches to archaeozoology⬇️
Frido Welker@fridowelker.bsky.social · last yr.Registration is open for the 11th #ICAZ-AGPM meeting taking place this October in Copenhagen! We're looking forward to four days of #archaeozoology #aDNA #morphometrics & #palaeoproteomics. sites.google.com/palaeome.org...
It has truly been a pleasure to train and develop my PhD research on paleoproteomics about Iberia's Late Prehistory with @zandraselina.bsky.social and @welkergroup.bsky.social during my stay at Globe. Grateful for the collaborative spirit and all the inspiring discussions! See you all again soon!
Zandra Fagernäs@zandraselina.bsky.social · last yr.It truly has been a joy to advise @adrianaleite.bsky.social the past six months on some very exciting #palaeoproteomics projects. She made it incredibly easy for me though, by being a very hard working, creative and independent PhD student! 😄
For the last six months, @adrianaleite.bsky.social has been visiting us from @icarehb.bsky.social. Thank you for this time Adriana, it has been a joy to have you in our group and we hope to see you again soon!
New publication! 🎉 Here you can read all about dog drool, bleach, and a probable Central Asian Neanderthal child: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Last week we had a major celebration! 🎉Congratulations to Ragnheiður Diljá Ásmundsdóttir who successfully defended her PhD on skeletal proteome variation in the human skeleton! 🦴 #palaeoproteomics
We managed to solve the puzzles of the escape room before the vikings got us!
Excellent talks about Neanderthals and Denisovans by @lauritsskov.bsky.social and @fridowelker.bsky.social today at Vin & Videnskab!
🧬 Review by @welkergroup.bsky.social (incl @zandraselina.bsky.social @loulemeillour.bsky.social) lays out how ancient protein analysis is revolutionising our understanding of human evolution! #Palaeoproteomics can retrieve molecular data from fossils too old/tropical for ancient DNA #teammassspec 🧵
📣 Paper alert! 📣 In this review, available as early view in @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social, we discuss "Paleoproteomic Contributions, and Current Limitations, to Understanding Middle and Late Pleistocene Human Evolution". Thanks to all coauthors! paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...
Happy holidays to all our colleagues and collaborators! We cannot wait to continue doing amazing research with you again next year ☃️
We are very excited to have our research featured in the Top Stories in Human Evolution of 2024! 🎉
Dr Geoff M Smith@geoffreymsmith.bsky.social · 2y agoExcited that our work from Ranis and Baishiya Karst Cave are anong top stories of 2024 scicomm.plos.org/2024/12/16/t...
I had a great time in Uppsala discussing results from Nordic ECRs in the THOCA (Timing and ecology of the Human Occupation of Central Asia) project. Thank you for inviting me to talk about our palaeoproteomics work!
