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Alex Burnett

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Dr in Palaeoproteomics at Ghent University, Belgium. Interested in everything prehistoric and proteinaceous. 🧪🦴🦷💀🏺

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New 60 ECTS PG Course in #AI for #Archaeology and #Cultural-Heritage Master’s degree or equivalent for admission Application Deadline: 26 November 2026. Live online programme starts: 11 January 2027 More information: www.mappalab.eu/en/master_ai...
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Master_AI_4_Arch&CH | mappalab
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Bharath A. B. Nair (ഭരത് എ. ബി. നായർ) @bharathabnair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1/n Chuffed to have contributed to this new study: We exposed mice to urban air pollution and aircraft noise, alone and combined, then used proteomics to map how the lungs, brain, and heart responded at the protein level. Link below: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Acute co-exposure to urban particulate matter and aircraft noise elicits lung-centered immune-redox proteomic remodeling in mice
Particulate air pollution and transportation noise frequently co-occur, but their combined molecular effects are poorly defined. We used data-independ…
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HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology – Aarhus University, Denmark Kalahari | Botswana | Ethnography | Archaeology 🐄 DFF project on cattle production, landscapes and anthropological knowledge of the Kalahari Desert higherjobz.com/postdoctoral... #Acadhiring #Academicjobs #Anthropology #Postdoc
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology | Aarhus University, Denmark
Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology at Aarhus University, Denmark. Open to PhD researchers with relevant ethnographic research experience.
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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great news for archaeologists with a new PCI-Friendly journal! The Journal of Archaeological Science now accepts PCI Archaeology-recommended preprints, with fast feedback on *direct publication* or further evaluation. #OpenScience #Archaeology 🧪🏺 A new path for your next paper!
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A first-rate resource for anyone who writes on British and Irish (including colonial and postcolonial) history, from the Romans to the present. Also available via national libraries and individual subscriptions (discounted for members of various associations). And it cannot hallucinate citations!
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Alex Burnett @archaeoalex.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Delightful to see an important new Denisovan site and artefacts recognised. Even more pleasing personally to see that #ClassiCOL was used! Keep your eyes peeled for the new ClassiCOL 2, live on GitHub and with a brand new publication in the coming days. github.com/EngelsI/Clas...
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GitHub - EngelsI/ClassiCOL: Code and usersguide
Code and usersguide. Contribute to EngelsI/ClassiCOL development by creating an account on GitHub.
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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger was born 147 years ago today. She was the driving force behind the creation of the birth control pill, which gave half the population control of its reproductive destiny, and fought for women's access to their own medical information. tinyurl.com/tbm2vesk
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Breaking the Shackles Procreative: Margaret Sanger and the Creation of the Pill
In 1912, it was against the law in the United States to publish a book that contained descriptions of birth control methods. It was against the law to even expound the theoretical benefits of birth co...
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Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You guys! The IZAZ Workshop is tomorrow! Today is the last day to register and join us to chat all things ZooMS and Zooarchaeology!
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There is fun to be had in *not* reviewing a manuscript. @pciarchaeology.bsky.social @cos.io #openaccess
Thank you for your invitation to review a manuscript.  While I value the scholarly community's efforts to disseminate research, I have growing concerns about the publishing model many commercial publishers, including Springer Nature, employ. In my view, the current system heavily relies on taxpayer-funded research, often conducted at public institutions, yet places the resulting work behind expensive paywalls. This practice limits access for scientists and the general public in the Global South, who often cannot afford subscription fees or open-access charges.

To put this in perspective, Springer Nature's most recent financial results (for the fiscal year ending December 2025) show total revenue of €1,926.4 million, adjusted operating profit of €543.6 million, and net income of €356 million. The Research division, which includes its journals, generated €1,517.2 million of that revenue. Shareholders received dividends of approximately €25.9 million, a significant increase from the previous year. These figures show that the current model is highly profitable, but much of that profit goes to investor returns rather than making research accessible to the global scientific community.

I have worked unpaid for you in the past, but this unpaid labour, combined with publicly funded research, generates enormous profits for a publishing industry that gives back relatively little to the public or to scientists in under-resourced regions. I do not believe this is fair or sustainable. I therefore have become a champion of Diamond Open Access and an editor at PCI.
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Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas @monroderik.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New Postdoc opportunity to join my lab @nhm.org working with Phylogenomics of Soft Spiders (Fam. Cybaeidae) in collaboration with @mhedin.bsky.social, help me spread the word! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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Recruitment
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@paastacommunity.bsky.social is developing #metadata standards for #palaeoproteomicis based upon ##USHUPO #Proteomics @us-hupo.org #mzPeak Join the debate on #PAASTA #element github.com/Palaeoprot/Z...
The Metadata Thread in the Paasta community
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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🚨CALL FOR ABSTRACTS🚨 We are excited to announce that this year’s PAASTA symposium “Proteins beyond the Present” will be held on 1 December at the EuPA congress in Würzburg, Germany & virtually (hybrid event). 🗓️ Submission deadline: 20/09/26 🔗 Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Project Supervisor (Post-Excavation), Cambridge Office Oxford Archaeology Location: Cambridge Salary: £32,617 - £35,087 Closing Date: 30th September 2026 www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...
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Project Supervisor (Post-Excavation), Cambridge Office - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
Salary: £32,617 - £35,087Closing Date: 30/09/26Location: Cambridge
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Pol Solé Navais @polsolenavais.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
📣📣📣 The University of Gothenburg (Sweden) is recruiting 25 (yes, 25!) Assistant Professors in a wide range of disciplines (from arts to education to geology to maths), two of these at our Faculty. Happy to talk to anyone interested in knowing more about Sweden, Gothenburg or GU!
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Gothenburg Global Scholars Initiative
The University of Gothenburg is launching the Global Scholars Initiative – a coordinated international recruitment effort comprising 25 research positions across a broad range of disciplines and facul...
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 05/09/2026
This is interesting. You get assigned to being born at a random place and time in history, to see what a typical person's life might have been like then. Unfortunately I was born in 1403 in the valley of Mexico and died at age 4 from dysentery.
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Any Human Ever
One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived.
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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lovely little part-time job looking after prehistoric archaeology collections at Amgueddfa Cymru: nmw.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...
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Curator: Prehistoric Archaeology & Collections Care | Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales iRecruit Careers Portal
The purpose of this job is to provide backfill for our Principal Curator Prehistory while they work on the chariot (2 days a week), and to support our Principal Curator Collections Development (Archaeology) in the review of our collection storage (1 day a week).
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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Brilliant opportunity! ⤵️ Full time, 2yr FTC. Portsmouth / hybrid. #FindsFriday #MartimeArchaeology
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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Project Officer York Archaeology Location: Nottingham Salary: £32,332 – £39,434 per annum (dependant on experience) Closing Date: October 29, 2026 www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...
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Project Officer - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
Salary: £32,332 – £39,434 per annum (dependant on experience)Closing Date: 29/10/26Location: Nottingham
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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Curator: Prehistoric Archaeology & Collections Care (21 hours pw) National Museum Wales Location: Cardiff Salary: Grade D: £17,463.71-£21,514.53 ( for 21 hours a week ) (FTE= from £31,183.92) Closing Date: September 21, 2026 www.bajr.org/job-ad/curat...
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Curator: Prehistoric Archaeology & Collections Care - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
Salary: Grade D: £17,463.71-£21,514.53 ( for 21 hours a week ) (FTE= from £31,183.92)Closing Date: 21/09/26Location: Cardiff
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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Offre d’emploi – (MEDGREENREV) Laboratory Technician in Geoarchaeology and Palaeoecology rmblf.be/2026/08/26/o...
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Offre d’emploi – (MEDGREENREV) Laboratory Technician in Geoarchaeology and Palaeoecology
Job description Full time/fixed term contract for 2 years. The start date is flexible depending on applicant, but to begin as soon as possible. Closing date: 23:59 8th September 2026 This…
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Tobias Richter @toricht.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There's still time left to apply for one of two PhD fellowships our new project on Social Networks Before Agriculture! #PhD #archaeology #geology #anthropology #Copenhagen bsky.app/profile/tori...
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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Pterosaur palaeontology suffers from a high rate of early-career attrition of women. With many leaving the field around completion of their doctorate, or, despite good track record, struggle with future topical employment. Please, collaborate with & platform the young women remaining in this niche.
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(Y|G)iannis P. @ipatramanis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
6) While we think the scenario of AMBN introgressing from Homo erectus to Denisovans is now less likely, we still need to explain *why* these groups share a unique mutation on AMBN! We propose a number of models, from boring ILS to exciting hybridization!
Proposed alternative models. Different datatypes and analysis can support or reject some of them.
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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
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Postdoc of Bioinformatics and Computational Proteomics
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Victoria Mullin @victoriaemullin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Come join our aDNA community at Trinity College Dublin and explore medieval ruminant genomes! Funded PhD studentship in ancient animal genomics at Trinity College Dublin. Deadline 27th May 2026 Please see the information attached for full description and application process.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I love this! The brilliant Holly Dunsworth is reviewing Sapiens, one page at a time, separating myth from fact… Let’s dive in! ecodevoevo.blogspot.com/2026/03/sapi...
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"Sapiens": One page at a time
I've been co-teaching a course for several years in which we read Sapiens . I think I've read it eight times, now. That explains the gumband...
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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 31/03/2026
Speaking of eating archaeological artefacts, I’m still putting it out there that I am willing and able to eat a piece of Irish bog butter in the name of science.
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Alex Burnett @archaeoalex.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Snapshots of wonderful work on the LEAP project by @elliotvanmal.bsky.social, Possum Pincé, and more!
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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Nice aDNA postdoc at York, working on Roman mobility: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQT035/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) on jobs.ac.uk!
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
🧬 NEW JOB: @york-bioarch.bsky.social is hiring a Postdoc in Ancient DNA Work on the RoBMobS project to explore mobility and diversity in Roman Britain using genomic data. 💰 £37k - £39k ⏳ 34 months 📍 York, UK 📅 Apply by 24 March 2026 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
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Jobs - The University of York
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Virginie Sinet-Mathiot @sinet-mathiot.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
📢 Appel à communications Premières Journées de la CRABi - Communauté de Recherche en Archéologie Biomoléculaire et Isotopique. 📍 Bordeaux | 📆 12–13 nov. 2026 📝 Soumissions ouvertes jusqu’au 2 avril, 23h59 (CET). 👉 Infos : crabi.sciencesconf.org #ArchéologieBiomoléculaire #Conférence #CRABi
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Benjamin Vernot @benvernot.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Are you interested in human DNA from ancient sediments? Do you want to do a PhD in Vienna? We have two open positions in our group! You can learn more and apply here (scroll down to the very bottom, ours are the last two listings): careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
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Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution
The Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution is dedicated to educating students to advance our understanding of the ecology and evolution of extant and ancestral organisms, populations, and communities. In Ecology, the focus is on uncovering the mechanistic and evolutionary drivers of patterns and processes across biological scales, from gene regulation to ecosystem structure and function, including the role of communities in biogeochemical cycles and their adaptive responses to environmental change. In Evolution, we investigate the processes shaping changes in organization and dynamics of organisms, populations, and species at molecular, developmental, morphological, and physiological levels.
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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Applications welcome to be a PhD-student in my ancient DNA research programme at @crick.ac.uk: 🏰 Ancient human history in Europe and beyond. ⚕️ Statistical genetics to understand human biology with ancient genomes. 🦠 Pathogen genomics of past infections. Apply at www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
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LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Beware anyone using AI in risk assessments. And if you care about heritage in DBAs and archaeological reporting lest keep it out of that too.
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Alex Burnett @archaeoalex.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Always excited to see great archaeology from home! [imagine Lincolnshire flag here]
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Prof. Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
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Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology at UCL
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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Matthias Trost @mtrost.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I have a 3-year postdoc position available at University of Manchester for a mass spec expert in proteomics. The person will be involved in exciting projects in single cell proteomics, drug discovery and innate immunity - on timsTOF Ultra AIP & HF & Astral Zoom. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ093/r...
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Home - Trost Lab
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Come work with us! 🧬 We're hiring a part-time Biomolecular Lab Tech @cam-archaeology.bsky.social .Join our team in the Henry Wellcome Building working on DNA & proteins. Apply by Feb 2: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/biomole... #ScienceJobs #Cambridge #Archaeology #STEM
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Biomolecular Research Laboratory Technician (Part Time)
The Department of Archaeology seeks to appoint a part-time, permanent Biomolecular Research Laboratory Technician. The post holder will be based in the Department's laboratories, which are spread
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HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Postdoctoral Researcher in Archaeozoology & Biogeochemistry – CNRS, France 🇫🇷 🔬 Archaeozoology, isotopes & environmental archaeology 🎓 PhD required 📅 Deadline: 12 January 2026 Apply here 👉 higherjobz.com/postdoctoral... #PostdoctoralJobs #ArchaeologyJobs #FranceAcademicJobs #HigherJobz @cnrs.fr
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Postdoctoral Archaeozoology Research Job in France | HigherJobz
Apply for a postdoctoral archaeozoology and biogeochemistry research job at CNRS, France. PhD required. Deadline 12 January 2026.
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Archaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🚨ONLINE WORKSHOP🚨 We will be hosting a free online workshop “Maximising Data from Palaeolithic Bone" as part of the the COEXIST project on 10th March 2026. Please submit abstract by 23rd January 2026. Further information in the flyer. See you there!
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HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Southeast-Asia Biocultural Evolution Fellowship – Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Germany. Postdoctoral role in Human Evolution & Palaeoanthropology. Deadline: 31 Dec 2025. Apply: higherjobz.com/southeast-as... #AcademicJobs #HumanEvolutionJobs #SoutheastAsiaJobs @sgn.one
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Southeast-Asia Biocultural Evolution Fellowship 2026 | HigherJobz
Southeast-Asia Biocultural Evolution at Senckenberg, Germany. Open to early-career Southeast Asian researchers. Deadline: 31 Dec 2025.
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Want to join the www.codicum.eu project? 3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills. #Medieval #Manuscript
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3-year postdoc position in medieval studies
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...
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Alex Burnett @archaeoalex.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Inspired by current events. #proteomics
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Alex Burnett @archaeoalex.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Really excited to share the preprint for @halbevi.bsky.social and I’s new paper! Lithic tools from the Mesolithic and Neolithic were analysed with palaeoproteomics, use-wear, radiocarbon and optical microscopy residue analyses to find evidence of bovine butchery!
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Prof. Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New paper by Tamsin O’Connell: This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects. “The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology” doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #stableisotopes
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Redirecting
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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
If you work in #archaeology or related, consider signing this letter to demand @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social to cut ties with Israel and take a position against ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and their heritage! 🧪 #science 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine #BoycottIsrael #eaa2025 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open letter to EAA calling for a boycott of Israel
Please fill out the form below and add your name to over 1200 others on this open letter*, calling on the European Association of Archaeologists to respond to ICOMOS Palestine's appeal for cultural h...
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Jan Dekker @jaadekker.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Happy to announce that the paper on the first of our experiments to better understand how foodcrusts can be used for investigating diet in the past is finally out! Huge thanks to @jessiehendy.bsky.social and @matthewcollins.bsky.social for their support! doi.org/10.1371/jour... 1/2
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An unclean slate, discrepancies between food input and recovered protein signal from experimental foodcrusts
Organic residues are a rich source of biomolecular information on ancient diets. In particular, foodcrusts, charred residues on ceramics, are commonly analysed for their lipid content and to a lesser ...
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Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
What if there was a job where you were paid £33,714 a year to play with Lego and work in an internationally renowned museum, with the aim of inciting curiosity and wonder about the natural world? Applications close end of August. @nhm-london.bsky.social 🧪🧸🏺
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Creative Producer: LEGO Programme:South Kensington
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Zandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Registration deadline is TOMORROW! 🍝 🏺
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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Now recruiting for two positions in my lab: Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud... Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud... Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun... Applications welcome!
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Skoglund Lab - Ancient Genomics
Skoglund lab
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