From the VIII Conference on Interdisciplinary Research on the Pleistocene and Holocene Fauna of Eurasia in Białowieża. Congratulations to @fleotta.bsky.social and @gdamentka.bsky.social on winning the best student presentation awards!

A wonderful week in Malta for the 6th Microvertibrate Working Group Meeting.

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How did the voles get to #Orkney? Did Neolithic farmers really bring them along? @kaaviya.bsky.social at the @palaeogenomics.bsky.social today

@mateuszbaca.bsky.social at @palaeogenomics.bsky.social On the population dynamics of small mammals through the Pleistocene climate change.

6 posters and a talk today at @palaeogenomics.bsky.social today! Come talk to @mateuszbaca.bsky.social @martynamolak.bsky.social @popovicdani.bsky.social @gdamentka.bsky.social @naturalice.bsky.social and Barbara!

Always happy to meet @aarc-community.bsky.social Extra happy @naturalice.bsky.social and @gdamentka.bsky.social got to talk about their research.

AaRC@aarc-community.bsky.social · 3mo ago

From our pre-conference meeting yesterday in Stockholm. We heard about all things big and small 🐀 -> 🦣 It's always wonderful to connect with the community! A big thank you to everyone who made it, and to @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for the opportunity!

We made it to Stockholm for @palaeogenomics.bsky.social 🤩

Featuring two talks from our lab! @naturalice.bsky.social @gdamentka.bsky.social See you in Stockholm! 🐁

AaRC@aarc-community.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Less than a week to go until ICP, and we can't wait to meet everyone! Here's the program for the 22nd, featuring an exciting lineup of animal-focused talks and plenty of networking opportunities. See you in Stockholm! Registration is still open.

New aDNA paper on Eurasian moose 🫎 @popovicdani.bsky.social @mateuszbaca.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Phylogeographic and demographic responses of Eurasian moose to climate change since the Late Pleistocene - Heredity

Heredity - Phylogeographic and demographic responses of Eurasian moose to climate change since the Late Pleistocene

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Standing with the scientific community at the #3%forScience protest to support continued investment in research, education, and evidence-based progress.

The sum of public and private funds for R&D is a mere 1.41% of the GDP in Poland. Let's fight for 3% by 2030!

Kaaviya Balakrishnan@kaaviya.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Passion does not pay our bills Sign the petition 3% for science, 100% for Poland Petycjeonline.com share.google/H0q8qdjVBPP0... Join @lpcg.bsky.social at the protest today!

@martynamolak.bsky.social and Michał Golubiński at #POPGEN2026 Population Genetics from the Baltic Perspective: Past Migrations and Relations Conference in Vilnius.

Neolithic Skara Brae in #Orkney Unfortunately did not spot any voles (yet!) :(

New aDNA research from #Poland on the #Piasts identity remains in Płock & Warsaw, traces the Y-haplogroups of #Konrad I’s line, and reveals new European dynasty links. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genetic genealogy of the Piast dynasty and related European royal families - Nature Communications

House of Piast was one of the royal dynasties that shaped the political structure of medieval Europe in the 10th century CE. Here, the authors use ancient DNA analysis to build the genetic genealogy t...

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An opportunity to join our lab and work with the amazing @popovicdani.bsky.social (🥳) on brown bears! #ancientDNA #BBB #PhD

Danijela Popović@popovicdani.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨PhD opportunity! Study brown bears in the Balkans using ancient DNA 🧬🐻 Interested in paleogenomics & conservation? Apply! @lpcg.bsky.social 🔗 Details here: www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u... #PhD #AncientDNA #Paleogenomics #ConservationGenomics #WildlifeConservation

Got to present a poster at the #MuseomicsSymposium in Vienna and eat lunch at the dinosaur exhibition. Can’t decide what was the better part of the day.

Yesterday we had some enthusiastic students come in to learn about genetics. #DOKO26

Join @popovicdani.bsky.social today to hear about human animal interaction through time!

Sampling for the @BaBBe project at the University of Belgrade! New Pleistocene and Holocene brown bear samples are heading to Warsaw. 🐻🧬 @lpcg.bsky.social

Something to look forward to this Monday! @lovedalen.bsky.social

New #aDNA Paper Alert from @martynamolak.bsky.social and team! In the #LateRomanPeriod #Masłomęcz, now in eastern Poland, gathered people from all corners of Europe! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New Paper Alert 🔊 aDNA shows #LateIronAge Goth community of the #MasłomęczGroup were a genetically heterogenous population with interesting burial customs. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Cosmopolitanism in the depths of Barbaricum evidenced by archaeogenomic data from the Late Iron Age Goth community of the Masłomęcz group - Genome Biology

Background High mobility and extensive trade and military interactions are well recognized throughout the Late Iron Age Europe. The extremely rich archaeological record for the Masłomęcz group – a Got...

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@naturalice.bsky.social is now on Erasmus at Linnaeus University in Kalmar, Sweden, working with Prof. Markus Zöttl to study telomere dynamics in mole-rats. Here’s a great shot by Yannick Francioli of one of the target species—science abroad never looked so cute!

Sampling some #IronAge humans in Lublin

New paper on hamsters! 🐹 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🎉Congratulations🎉 @naturalice.bsky.social and Gabriela Damentka for receiving Preludium-24 Grants! For the next three years, the National Science Centre will support their research on Arvicolinae and Terricola! More details in the thread below

New PhD position with @martynamolak.bsky.social to research population genomics of an Iron Age Goth community from eastern Poland. You get a super supportive PI and fun lab to work with! Details linked. www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...

Happy to share that our interdisciplinary research, exploring the participation of African big cats in provincial Roman amphitheatres, is now online! @lpcg.bsky.social link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...