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Andrea Soler i Núñez

@a-solernunez.bsky.social
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PhD student at Uppsala University working on diversity, evolution and adaptation of human populations in Africa 🧬🌍📊💻🦴🌞 Aneu a peu, poetes!

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Mark Hibbins, Great Lakes Swashbuckler @rejectresubmit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work on an NSF-funded project developing new models of trait evolution for phylogenetic comparative methods! Info about the lab here: mhibbins.github.io Applications to our grad program are due December 1. Please share!
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Hibbins Lab
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Alex Mackintosh @thymelicus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
New preprint on the effect of ancient admixture / structure on genealogical trees. I introduce a new way of summarising reconstructed genealogies that captures a clear signal of ancient gene flow into the ancestors of modern humans. Feedback welcome!
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Andrea Soler i Núñez @a-solernunez.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This week I participated in my first SMBE conference to present our current work on human AMY1 CNV, and also received one of the Young Investigator awards 🥳🏅 Great work by @official-smbe.bsky.social community and #SMBE2026 🇩🇰 organizing team
Presenting my work in the main conference hall.Presenting my work in the main conference hall.All awardees of the Young Investigator awards of SMBE 2026.Some of the participants coming to SMBE from the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University.
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Gabriela Montejo-Kovacevich @gmkov.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Representing all the amazing research at the Evolutionary Biology Centrum from Uppsala University #SMBE2026 @animecol-uu.bsky.social @evobiouppsala.bsky.social
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schlebuschgroup.bsky.social @schlebuschgroup.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Great talk by Andrea Soler i Núñez at #SMBE2026 on AMY1 CNVs and starch adaptation, highlighting the importance of controlling for demography in adaptation associations. Paper available on BioRxiv! doi.org/10.64898/202...
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schlebuschgroup.bsky.social @schlebuschgroup.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Schlebusch Group had a great time at #ICP2026 in Stockholm! Several group members attended, and Maja Vukovikj presented her poster, Ancient Pathogen Genomics in Africa. Great work, Maja! 👏 #AncientDNA #Palaeogenomics
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Finally some good climate news!
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The Ticks That Cause Red-Meat Allergies Are Spreading Across the U.S.
The lone-star tick is expanding across the U.S., leading to more cases of alpha-gal syndrome.
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Andrea Soler i Núñez @a-solernunez.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Studies aside –now we have finally completed the true Uppsala University student curriculum #Valborg2026 With amazing rafters Alfred, Lais and Csongor! 🍿💦🚣🌸
All of us (successfully) going down the first waterfallWaving at kids while sailing a very calm river midway between waterfallsCutting styrofoam at the construction siteTeam popcorn poses next to the almost-finished raft
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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
EGP1K: Whole-Genome Sequencing of 1,024 Egyptians Characterizes Population Structure and Genetic Diversity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
How did catastrophic black death and myxomatosis outbreaks on an isolated island affect the genomes of humans & rabbits, respectively? And how did the microbes evolve in response to this? PhD position @cpgsthlm.bsky.social with Anders Götherström and me as supervisors! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
FINDING THE BIG PICTURE FOR GENETIC DIVERSITY! We are offering a 2-year POSTDOC JOB to work on genetic diversity synthesis & metrics across species, as part of a larger @bexplo.bsky.social project on multi-species genetic diversity. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social
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Andrea Soler i Núñez @a-solernunez.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I'm so honored to have received one of the Young Investigator Awards! 🎊🎉🥳😱 Looking forward to the conference!
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Lee Hsiang Liow (廖珕庠) @lhliow.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
2 PhD & 1 postdoc available at BioM in Oslo www.uio.no/english/rese... Interdisciplinary methods to model and govern biodiversity under uncertainty. Re-post widely! Work with statistical ecologists Olav Skarpaas (Natural History Museum Oslo @uio.no) @t-ergon.bsky.social
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Methods for knowledge-based biodiversity monitoring and management under uncertainty (BioM) - UiO:Life Science
BioM develops new interdisciplinary methods to model and govern biodiversity under uncertainty, combining ecology, statistics, and philosophy. The project delivers predictive tools, normative framewor...
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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Men studying a dragon
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Andrea Soler i Núñez @a-solernunez.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This week we have put out a new pre-print (first of my PhD but also first ever 🎉) on the human AMY1 gene and its relationship to agricultural practice and demographic history. Looking forward to the review process and my upcoming PhD projects!
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Carina Schlebusch @cschlebu.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
New preprint! with @a-solernunez.bsky.social Rethinking a textbook example of human adaptation "AMY1 copy number evolution in light of demographic history" Once population structure is accounted for, the classic starch–agriculture narrative becomes much less clear www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Chris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Imagination in bonobos! I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
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Apes Share Human Ability to Imagine
YouTube video by Johns Hopkins University
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Center for the Human Past (CHP) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Check this out! #Panaf2026 #conference Discovering #African #Archaeology and #Heritage Without Borders, 26-31 July 2026, Maputo, #Mozambique. Abstract submission until 30 March 2026. Share! panaf2026moz.com #humanpast #linguistics #genetics #panafrican #interdisciplinary @haam-community.bsky.social
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Andrea Soler i Núñez @a-solernunez.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
This July 26-31, we are organizing two sessions at the 2026 PanAfrican Archaeological Association conference in Maputo, Mozambique 🇲🇿🏺🧬🦷🌍 We are hoping that you will be interested in submitting an abstract! (see descriptions below) > Abstract deadline: March 30th > Website: panaf2026moz.com
The 2026 conference of the PanAfrican Archaeological Association will take place from 26th to 31st of July in Maputo, Mozambique. The abstract submission deadline is March 30th.
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Alena Sucháčková @alenasuchackova.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Some butterflies may seem more beautiful than others. And believe it or not, this is influencing their conservation and researchers' interest! - Take this 10-min test to contribute to a research into our perception of butterfly beauty: www.unveiling.eu/en_US/introd...
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
A young PI here in Mainz has a fabulous PhD position that will be filled soon! By you? Keywords: Social insects, ageing, gene expression. www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evoluti...
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Behavioural Ecology and Social Evolution
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
New fully funded PhD! 🦛🦴 Explore the "Hippo & Hyena Haven" of MIS5e Britain w/ @whatkatiedigs.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social. Use isotope analysis & proteomics to study this unique Ice Age ecosystem. Apply by Jan 14: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
A young scientist in a white lab coat, holding a pipette and smiling in a laboratory. A large window behind her shows a surreal Scottish landscape with a hippopotamus. Image definately created with AI!
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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
JOB: 1–2 PhD Positions in Philosophy | Uppsala University (Sweden) www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... #philosophy #job #PhilosophySky #philsky
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1–2 PhD Positions in Philosophy - Uppsala University
1–2 PhD Positions in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University
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Nicolas Dussex @nicolasdussex.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🌊 🐟🦭🐋🐧 I have a PhD position available (4 years, start Mid-2026) at NRM Stockholm to work on the macrogenomics of sea warming. Apply here: recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a... #PhD #MarineGenomics #ClimateChange #EvolutionaryBiology #PopGen #Bioinformatics #conservationgenomics
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Aaron Quinlan (he/him) @aaronquinlan.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
We are thrilled to announce the first official release (v0.1.8) of #𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿, the successor to one of our flagship tool, #𝗯𝗲𝗱𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀! Based on ideas we conceived of long ago (!), this was achieved thanks to the dedication of Brent Pedersen. 1/n
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Intro to Bedder – The Quinlan Lab
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Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE) @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
El projecte Psyche situa les papallones a l’avantguarda de la genòmica de la biodiversitat 🦋 📕L’ #IBE_Barcelona participa en el projecte Psyche, la primera iniciativa transnacional destinada a generar i estudiar genomes de referència d’un ordre animal complet.🧵 👉https://shorturl.at/9ofIE
L’equip d’investigació de l’IBE i col·laboradors recol·lectant papallones per al Projecte Psyche. Crèdit a Gerard Talavera.
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Fabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2
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Center for the Human Past (CHP) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
#Vacancies: we are looking for not just one but three #postdoctoral researchers interested in bridging #genetics, #archaeology and #linguistics in exploring the #humanpast. shorturl.at/B3Qdd @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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Center for the Human Past (CHP) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Linguistics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral Researcher in Linguistics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University
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Center for the Human Past (CHP) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Archaeology at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral Researcher in Archaeology at the Center for the Human Past, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala ...
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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
StanCon 2026 in Uppsala, Sweden statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/10/13/s...
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StanCon 2026 in Uppsala, Sweden | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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Human Evolution Research Program Uppsala University @humanevouu.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Application deadline in less than a week! Apply to join the Uppsala Human Evolution team!
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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The European Declaration of Conscientious Objection is live and has surpassed 1,600 signatories. I have signed and you should sign too. Faculty and staff formally associated with a European (EU, EEA, Swiss or UK) institution of higher education and research can sign at uppsaladeclaration.se/europe/
Screenshot showing the European Declaration
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Uppsala University seeks an Associate Professor in Human Paleogenomics and Population Genomics. Responsibilities include research, teaching, and collaboration. Apply by Sept 30, 2025. More info: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/jobs-…. #job
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Associate Professor in Human Paleo- and Population Genomics - Uppsala University
Associate Professor in Human Paleo- and Population Genomics, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Massive sibling regression study finds that human traits are largely environmentally driven (average heritability = 0.3)
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Within-family heritability estimates for behavioural and disease phenotypes from 500,000 sibling pairs of diverse ancestries
Quantification of the direct effect of genetic variation on human behavioural traits is important for understanding between-individual variation in socio-economic and health outcomes but estimates of ...
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Dr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
De-extinction be like.
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Human Evolution Research Program Uppsala University @humanevouu.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
🚨 Join us in Uppsala and the lab of @trstngnthr.bsky.social as a 2 year fully funded bioinformatics postdoc with all Swedish social benefits etc!🧪 The project involves modern and #aDNA 🧬 in humans and sheep 🐑 to study adaptation. Application deadline: Oct 21st www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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Samantha López Clinton (she/her) @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Our new study is out! We analysed 40 Malaise trap samples collected across Sweden by the Insect Biome Atlas project using #metabarcoding and #metagenomics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @cpgsthlm.bsky.social @tvdvalk.bsky.social
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Small Bugs, Big Data: Metagenomics for Arthropod Biodiversity Monitoring
We used metagenomic sequencing of 40 bulk arthropod samples collected across Sweden to classify taxa and compare results with metabarcoding from the same samples. While metabarcoding was more sensiti...
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics at Uppsala University, focusing on human prehistory and livestock genomics. Apply by Oct 21, 2025. More at: www.uu.se/en/department/organismal-… #postdoc
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Human Evolution - Uppsala University
We have a broad interest in human evolution, human history and population genetics. Our research focus on understanding population history and human evolution using genetic information. We analyze the population-genomic information from current-day individuals and ancient human remains to gain access to information about human past that was previously hidden.
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Torsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I have funding for a 2-year dry-lab postdoc to join our team @humanevouu.bsky.social 🧪 (Deadline Oct 21st) The project will utilize modern and #aDNA data from humans and sheep to study environmental adaptation (including method development and simulations). Please share! www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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Pável Matos @pavelmatosm.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
New PhD position: Butterfly Conservation Genomics 🦋 The project focuses on threatened butterflies in Czech dry grasslands and steppes. Deadline: September 12, 2025 More info: pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/
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Join us
Opportunities Below are the positions currently open in our lab. PhD position (full-time doctoral funding) We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join our team. The goal of the project is…
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Germán Hernández-Alonso @germanha.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
New rock dove paper!🕊️ Bit by bit, we are disentangling their evolutionary history and adding evidence to recognise the elusive West African rock doves as a different species *please ignore the little typo in the title, livia should be lowercase @trstngnthr.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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Gone With the Wind: Exploring a Vanished Rock Dove, Columba Livia, Hybrid Zone in the Sahara Desert
In this study, we tested the hypothesis of the existence of a hybrid zone between two differentiated rock dove lineages, which may contribute significantly to their divergence. By analyzing newly gen...
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Lisandro Milocco @milocco.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
🚨 We're hiring! PhD position in Evolutionary Systems Biology at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab 🎓 Focus: evolution, development, computational & mathematical modeling, prediction 📍 Stockholm, Sweden 🕒 4 years, fully-funded 🔍 Details: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Please share!
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Torsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The @scilifelab.se ancient DNA unit is looking for an bioinformatician placed at Uppsala University. This is a great way to be part of diverse #aDNA research projects as a staff scientist with permanent (!!) employment: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Bioinformatician - Uppsala University
Bioinformatician, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
New paper out from @johannanvs.bsky.social, @lovedalen.bsky.social and others from #CpgSthlm, using historical DNA to investigate temporal genomic change in the Scandinavian arctic fox! Paper: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
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Center for the Human Past (CHP) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
#Job alert: associate professor (universitetslektor) at the program in Human #Paleogenomics and #Population #Genomics. Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 1st. #vacancy @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...
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Universitetslektor i människans palaeo-och populationsgenomik - Uppsala universitet
Universitetslektor i människans palaeo-och populationsgenomik, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala universitet
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Francesc Calafell @francesccalafell.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Vols fer el doctorat amb l'@ebosch1972.bsky.social i amb mi sobre genòmica de poblacions aïllades? T'apassiona la possibilitat d'entendre la història a partir de l'ADN? Ets un/a crac de la bioinformàtica? Tota la info aquí:https://tinyurl.com/mr4ks44n
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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6 #AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess doi.org/10.32942/X24...
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Time to publish ethically: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology.
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Andrea Soler i Núñez @a-solernunez.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Super fun and lovely program outing to Fjäderholmarna yesterday! ⛴️🏝️🥇🌷🦢🌞
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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
What an incredible time we had last week at the Nobel Symposium "Palaeogenomics: Charting the Future of Ancient DNA" 💀🦣🦠🧬🧪 Connecting with so many leading international researchers in #ancientDNA at beautiful Villa Aske and Stockholm was inspiring ✨🤩 Thank you to all participants!
Group photo of all participants of the symposium.Beth Shapiro in her public lecture on "How to clone a mammoth" at Aula Magna, Stockholm University.The participants watch one of the talks during the symposium.Fika time! (one of many)
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