Don't miss the lab's posters at #SMBE2026 today: Marianne Dehasque @maridehasque.bsky.social will present a pangenome graph pipeline for ancient DNA 🧬 (Arkaden 7, 297) Germán Hernández Alonso @germanha.bsky.social will present about the history of Central Asian sheep 🐑 (Arkaden 8, 267)

The BEAM lab team lineup for 2026 (except for Carla :) ). Amazing team! beamlabwien.univie.ac.at @heasvienna.bsky.social If you are interested in possible opportunities at the intersection of biology, archaeology and evolution, please get in touch with me!

Amazing to be back at home to organise the first course of Paleogenetics at the University of Barcelona. Strengthening the connections with the archaeological community there, orienting bachelor and MSc students and seeing friends! Great venue :) @heasvienna.bsky.social

Experience in Paleogenomics and looking for a senior position with lab responsibilities? This is for you !!! Apply here: 👍🧪🔖 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...

📢 Curso Básico de #Paleogenética para Arqueólogos 🗓️7-8/5 Reconocido con 0,5 Créditos ECTS Profesorado: @peregx9.bsky.social , JM Tejero #SERPUB, O Cheronet #ViennaUniversity y V Villalba #ViennaUniversity Inscripciones: 📥 JM Tejero #UB

PhD position available in Pleistocene animal genomics, combining cutting-edge deep sequencing and pangenome analysis approaches. Join us! careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...

Now Open: E-STEEM Postdoc Call 2026 20+ fully funded postdoc positions in STEM and Economics at the University of Vienna. Apply Now! careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... Contact me for #aDNA and #mtagenomics projects! beamlabwien.univie.ac.at

Female researchers: interested in a postdoc at @univienna in #sedaDNA, #metagenomics or #ancientDNA? Apply via the E-STEEM fellowship through my group. Projects are flexible and can be shaped together! careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

En route to Dublin after two wonderful days of meetings and back-to-back seminars in Vienna #Heasseminar and at MPI Leipzig. Thanks @peregx9.bsky.social and @jennytung.bsky.social for being terrific hosts. Leaving inspired and sleepy. Soundtrack: youtu.be/xPaSuWrBAQI?...

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Paleogenomics - María Ávila Arcos@paleogenomics.bsky.social · 9mo ago

On my way to Vienna for #heasseminar tomorrow! Soundtrack: youtu.be/3jL4S4X97sQ?...

@peregx9.bsky.social from #HEASVienna introducing @paleogenomics.bsky.social for the #HEASSeminar in #AncientGenomics taking place now online and in-person at @univie.ac.at

HEAS@heasvienna.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We are looking forward to welcoming Maria Avila Arcos @paleogenomics.bsky.social to #HEASVienna for a #HEASSeminar in #AncientGenomics next Monday at the later than normal time of 11:45 CET. @peregx9.bsky.social Registration for online and in-person participation in on our website 👇🔗

We are looking forward to welcoming Maria Avila Arcos @paleogenomics.bsky.social to #HEASVienna for a #HEASSeminar in #AncientGenomics next Monday at the later than normal time of 11:45 CET. @peregx9.bsky.social Registration for online and in-person participation in on our website 👇🔗

HEAS Seminar Series - Ancient Genomics - HEAS

As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Ancient Genomics Maria C Avila-Arcos from National Autonomous University of Mexico will give a talk on Paleogenomic evidence of patogen introductions to Mexico fo...

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We have a new #HEASBlog on our website. This week twenty one HEAS members went to the #NationalMuseumPrague to see #LucyandSelam. www.heas.at/activities/b...

HEAS Members Travel to See the Lucy Skeleton - In Europe for the First Time - HEAS

by Prof. Tom Higham, head of HEAS.   The visit of the world-famous Lucy skeleton to Prague in October 2025 led to the idea of a HEAS fieldtrip to the Czech Republic.   “Lucy” is the remarkably complet...

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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 announce the lineup of speakers here @heasvienna.bsky.social for the 2025/6 academic year! We have some outstanding speakers for our three seminar series in Archaelogical Science, Ancient Genomics and Human Evolution & the Palaeolithic. All hybrid! Register now at HEAS.at

Nice story on Reich's research on ancient DNA "Claims of pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no." 🏺🧪 news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette

Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

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👏👏 Congratulations to our colleague Marjolein D. Bosch on receiving an #ERC Starting Grant for her COPE project. She will explore how Ice Age hunters and gatherers responded to cold temperatures, resource scarcity 💦 🦌 🌱 , and environmental changes 30,000 years ago. More info: buff.ly/EGicG8z

3 @erc.europa.eu Starting Grants, die mit je rund 1,4 bis 1,7 Millionen Euro dotiert sind, gehen an die #univie: Historikerin Eva-Maria Muschik, Mikrobiologin Megan Sørensen & Geschichtssoziologin Agata Zysiak erhalten die prestigeträchtige Förderung für ihre Forschung. Wir gratulieren herzlichst! 🥳

Check out our latest paper, a huge effort led by @benjaminguinet.bsky.social and @tvdvalk.bsky.social 🦣🔍🦠 Paper: www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Ancient host-associated microbes obtained from mammoth remains

A study of 483 mammoth remains spanning over a million years reveals ancient host-associated microbes preserved in bones and teeth, offering new insights into the long-term evolution of Pleistocene mi...

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The world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth! New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell! Paper: www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Lovely new paper by @pennybickle.bsky.social and team, using some NEIF funded dates to suggest European Neolithic cemeteries were a short-lived phenomenon. 20 years on, things are still getting shorter! @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New temporal dimensions of the Linearbandkeramik cemetery horizon in Schwetzingen (Germany) | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

New temporal dimensions of the Linearbandkeramik cemetery horizon in Schwetzingen (Germany)

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Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Michelle did a wonderful job presenting our work at the 11th World Mummy Congress in Cusco! What a venue

The Commission is pushing for a massive increase in funding for Horizon Europe 2028-2034. If I understand correctly, Pillar I, which includes @erc.europa.eu and Marie Sklodowska Curie fellowships, would go from the current €25 billion to €44 billion. Let's hope it happens!

Maria Leptin@marialep.bsky.social · last yr.

Very promising news on the next seven-year EU budget, with a proposed substantial increase for Horizon Europe including the ERC. We are analysing the other parts of this proposal in more detail. @Vonderleyen @EZaharievaEU research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-res...

2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?

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Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost? | Simon Jenkins

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An indentation in a 33,000-year-old right calcaneus of the ground sloth Lestodon (Xenarthra, Folivora) from Uruguay and its possible human agency - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology

Several sites in the Americas are proposed to have evidence of human occupation before the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). The timing of human colonisation of the Americas is a matter of debate due to its...

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Our new contribution for the understanding Gran Dolina TD10 unit at Atapuerca 🔗 kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Saturday express at home. Demo, lobster paella and bicicle trip. Fun! ;) #niunpamdeterra #elPrat

Today it is a very nice day. The BEAM lab has expanded. Looking forward to the comming years of science! @heasvienna.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Position in Wildlife Palaeogenomics! Come join us in beautiful Stockholm! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

We're thrilled to announce that the FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26 2026! Topics will span from humans to wildlife and sediments 🧬🦣💀🦠 bring it on! Save the dates! Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for news 👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org