Do social bird species have more stable demographic histories? We do not find this to be the case in our new preprint doi.org/10.32942/X2N... Together with @ryangermain.bsky.social and many others

Come check out our #SMBE2026 animal #aDNA session tomorrow organised by @aarc-community.bsky.social committee members @germanha.bsky.social, @jolijnerven.bsky.social, Laura Viñas Caron and me at 13:20 in Vandsalen!

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#SMBE2026 L03: Beyond limits: unlocking the potential of ancient animal genomics 🗓️ Wed Jul 1, 1:20pm 🔗 smbe2026.org/programme

If you're you have experience in working in animal / pathogen #aDNA and are interested in a postdoctoral position as part of my ERC Project HERDPATH, please DM/email me kevin[at]palaeome.org

I am recruiting a PhD student (fully funded, 4yrs) to analyze modern 🧬 and ancient 🦴 genomic data from humans and domestic animals 🐑 Please share, I am happy to chat at #ICP2026 or #SMBE2026 this summer www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

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.

#SMBE2026 L03: Beyond limits: unlocking the potential of ancient animal genomics 🗓️ Wed Jul 1, 1:20pm 🔗 smbe2026.org/programme

As we get closer to ICP, here's a reminder that AaRC is hosting an in-person meet on the afternoon of the 22nd. There will be interesting talks, discussions, and networking opportunities. You can register / submit an abstract here: forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...

The oldest DNA retrieved from an animal fossil is ~1.6 million years old - a mammoth from icy Siberia where cold temperatures preserve DNA well. But have you ever wondered how long #ancientDNA is preserved in animal remains from sunny & warm Africa? Well, wonder now more! doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...

Are you interested in doing local ancestry inference (LAI) using imputed #aDNA? Take a look at our preprint, together with @bodkan.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Promises and limitations of local ancestry inference in imputed ancient genomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.19.725905v1

Still time to register and attend our next #AaRC virtual conference! We have a super interesting lineup of talks focusing on animal paleogenomics! #aDNA

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

Here's the amazing lineup of speakers for our upcoming virtual conference. There’s still time to register and join us online. We look forward to seeing you there! forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...

In a little bit more than 15 minutes the recording of our last #AaRCademy series, focused on relatedness using #aDNA with @jolijnerven.bsky.social, will be available on our YT channel. Check it out if you missed it! 🧪🧬🏺https://youtu.be/M0Kd9M08H5U

AaRCademy: Relatedness, with Jolijn Erven

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Still time to register and submit an abstract to our next online AaRC conference! #aDNA

AaRC@aarc-community.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Only one month to go until the AaRC Conference! There’s still time to sign up- whether you’d like to give a talk or simply attend. Abstract deadline 30th of April! forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...

Still time to sign up! Register on our website: animal-adna.org/events/2026/...

AaRC@aarc-community.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wanna learn how to explore your genomic data to know how related your samples and populations are to each other? Come and join us and @jolijnerven.bsky.social on our next #AaRCademy workshop! April 16h at 14:00 CET!

Yesterday in @nature.com, we presented the earliest evidence of dogs anywhere in the world — three puppies that were buried by Stone Age hunter-gatherers in Türkiye almost 16,000 years ago. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join us Friday 27th March at ** 9am GMT ** for our AaRC TikTalk seminar, given this month by two exciting Australian-based researchers Loukas Koungoulos (dingos!) and Siobhan Evans (cave sediment!) #adna @aarc-community.bsky.social

Still time to sign up! Join us in this 3-hour workshop led by @jolijnerven.bsky.social to hear about methods and approaches to explore relatedness in #aDNA datasets.

AaRC@aarc-community.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wanna learn how to explore your genomic data to know how related your samples and populations are to each other? Come and join us and @jolijnerven.bsky.social on our next #AaRCademy workshop! April 16h at 14:00 CET!

Registration is now open for our next online AaRCademy workshop focusing on relatedness! #aDNA

AaRC@aarc-community.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#AaRCademy is back with another animal #aDNA workshop. This time, @jolijnerven.bsky.social will showcase the state-of-the-art methods to explore the relatedness between our samples. Join us online on April 16th, 14:00 CET!

For those of you who were not able to attend our #AaRCademy workshop on Demographic History analysis with the great Pablo Librado, the recording will be available on our YT channel today at 12:00 CET though this link: youtu.be/41YNBIiFZl0

AaRCademy: Demographic history with Pablo Librado Sanz

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Still time to send an abstract! Deadline is February 3rd. #aDNA

Katia Bougiouri@katiabou.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Working with animal #aDNA? 🧬 Apply to our #SMBE2026 symposium by February 3rd and join us in Copenhagen to hear, share, and discuss the latest research and methodological advances in animal #palaeogenomics 🦎🐕🐷🐋🐝🐂🦤🦣🐟🪲🦌🐈 @aarc-community.bsky.social

It's already January 2026, and that means we have a new year of #AaRCTikTalks! Join us on January 30th at 3pm CET to attend 2 amazing talks with @tatianafeuerborn.bsky.social and Arianna Weingarten.

Working with animal #aDNA? 🧬 Apply to our #SMBE2026 symposium by February 3rd and join us in Copenhagen to hear, share, and discuss the latest research and methodological advances in animal #palaeogenomics 🦎🐕🐷🐋🐝🐂🦤🦣🐟🪲🦌🐈 @aarc-community.bsky.social

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 7mo ago

SMBE2026 Symposium L03 | Beyond limits: unlocking the potential of ancient animal genomics 📨 Abstract submission smbe2026.org/abstracts 📋 Programme details smbe2026.org/programme #SMBE2026

❗ Our RemAaRCs: on Mutualism - The Science of Interrelatedness has a new date and time ❗ 3-5pm London time / 4-6pm CET / 10-12am ET @aarc-community.bsky.social #aDNA

Still time to register for the our next AaRCademy workshop on demographic history! Deadline is December 5th! #aDNA

AaRC@aarc-community.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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

Our paper in the PNAS Special Feature on 🐕 is out! We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Imputation of ancient canid genomes reveals inbreeding history over the past 10,000 years | PNAS

The multi-millennia-long history between dogs and humans has placed them at the forefront of archaeological and genomic research. Despite ongoing e...

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Delighted to see our paper characterising the inbreeding history of dogs and wolves over the past 10,000 years published this week in @pnas.org. Work led by the excellent @katiabou.bsky.social, and co-supervised by me, Laurent Frantz and Fernando Racimo www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A PNAS Special Feature exclusively about dogs? Woof! Here are 3 of the 8 that we were involved with. Congrats to @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social & @undeaddandy.bsky.social Dingoes! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... German Shepherds! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Imputation! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Imputation of ancient canid genomes reveals inbreeding history over the past 10,000 years | PNAS

The multi-millennia-long history between dogs and humans has placed them at the forefront of archaeological and genomic research. Despite ongoing e...

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Registration is now open for our next online AaRCademy workshop focusing on demographic history! Sign up by December 5th. #aDNA

AaRC@aarc-community.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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

Join us on 31st October to celebrate Día de los Muertos with some #ancientDNA from Mexico! Two very exciting talks on 🦣 and 🪴, by Federico Sánchez-Quinto and Marcela Sandoval-Velasco of LIIGH UNAM. Note the later 3pm London time! #aDNA @aarc-community.bsky.social

Still one week left to register to our first AaRCademy workshop! Link to registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/1c_c... #aDNA @aarc-community.bsky.social

Katia Bougiouri@katiabou.bsky.social · 12mo ago

📢 We're excited to launch our AaRCademy Workshop Series kicking off October 7th online! 🧬Our first session, "aDNA Data Processing", will be led by Nikolay Oskolkov from Lund University. 📅 Registration closes September 7th! Sign up via the QR code or link below. #aDNA @aarc-community.bsky.social

We had a great time yesterday Boarding the AaRC at #ISBA11! Thanks everybody for coming to our first in-person event!