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Bhavna Ahlawat @bhavnaahlawat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Really enjoyed sharing my work on biomolecular archaeology and ZooMS that I conducted at IITGN and my current project BI-HATSA with Archaeological Sciences Centre webinar series at IIT Gandhinagar.

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Bhavna Ahlawat @bhavnaahlawat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Last day to submit your abstracts for ICAZ 2027!

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Bhavna Ahlawat @bhavnaahlawat.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We warmly invite students, ECRs, experienced researchers working in zooarchaeology and related disciplines to submit an abstract for our session. 🦏🦓🦙 For session details and abstract submission information,visit: sway.cloud.microsoft/BFTVh4FAbfX6... @bharathabnair.bsky.social @icaz-news.bsky.social

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Bhavna Ahlawat @bhavnaahlawat.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

What a wonderful week of learning and discussion at the PAASTA Bioinformatics Summer School 2026! 🧬💻🌍 Thanks to all the instructors for generously sharing their expertise. Thanks to the participants whose enthusiasm, questions, and discussions made the summer school a vibrant event.

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The program and schedule for the PAASTA Bioinformatics Summer School are now available: paasta-community.github.io/events/2026/...

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PAASTA Bioinformatics Summer School · PAASTA Community

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ICAZ @icaz-news.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The ICAZ Taphonomy Working Group is inviting expressions of interest for a new TWG Coordinator and a Liaison. If you are interested, please send your CV and a one-page motivation letter to icaztwg@gmail.com before 22nd May. #ICAZ #Zooarch

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Join us for the next PAASTA Talk Series seminar by Ioannis Patramanis from the University of Copenhagen, who will present his talk: “Assessing the potential of ancient protein sequences in the study of hominid evolution” 📅 Wednesday 3rd June 2026 🕒 15:00 CET 📍 Zoom (DM us for the link)

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Applications are now open for the PAASTA Bioinformatics Summer School 💻 Lessons will cover theory and practical exercises on a variety of palaeoproteomic analyses, including ZooMS, amelogenin sex estimation and shotgun proteomics. Deadline: 1 June 2026 Registration form: forms.gle/pqmecUpD7Xay...

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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We present DNAharvester 🎉🦴🚜🧬 A pipeline to process highly degraded ancient DNA data that integrates metagenomic filtering, competitive mapping, multiple alignment strategies, reference bias evaluation and much more. GitHub: github.com/NBISweden/DN... Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🧬 Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be Wednesday 1 April at 17:00 CET! 🧬 Fei Yang will be presenting "Refining Deamidation Estimation in MALDI-TOF Data: development and application of the MALDI Deamidation Score (MDS)". DM us for the Zoom link to join!

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🧬🦆 Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be Wednesday 4 March at 16:00 CET! 🦢🧬 Katerina Carlotta Koukzelas will be presenting "Ancient Birds, Unexpected Dates: Zooarchaeological and Biomolecular Evidence of Avian Mobility and Human Interaction in Crete". DM us for the Zoom link to join!

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Excited to share the new Steering Committee of PAASTA 🎉 An ECR-driven community working to foster an open, inclusive, and collaborative space for palaeoproteomics researchers worldwide. Looking forward to building and growing this community together 🧬

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Join us for the next PAASTA Talk Series! Prof. Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social will talk on “ZooMS-3D: a work in progress. Can we think about ZooMS in a 3rd dimension?” 🗓 Wednesday, 4th February 2026 ⏰ 16:00 CET 📍 Zoom DM us for the link.

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

PAASTA WINTER SCHOOL Now is your chance to provide input on our upcoming PAASTA Winter School on tools and topics you’re keen to learn and teach, please give your thoughts on this short form forms.gle/om48gkCKzTt9... before 9th Jan!

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SPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

#MetagenomicsMonday A new study shares 174 archaeological dental calculus metagenomes from across the UK, spanning multiple periods. With rich metadata and rigorous quality control, the dataset opens new doors to exploring ancient microbiome through time. doi.org/10.1016/j.di...

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An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome research

Archaeological dental calculus can provide detailed insights into the ancient human oral microbiome. We offer a multi-period, multi-site, ancient shot…

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Bhavna Ahlawat @bhavnaahlawat.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

This week I had the amazing opportunity to present my work at #SMBE25. I was honored to receive the Young Investigator Attendance Award to participate in the conference. A truly inspiring experience to see the excellent research by other participants! @official-smbe.bsky.social

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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

We are happy to share our pre-print on dating bone using a novel non-destructive protocol we developed. The paper is on the Biorxiv here (Luftensteiner et al. 2025): www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Non-destructive radiocarbon dating of bone

Since the 1950s, radiocarbon measurements have anchored archaeological chronologies dating back to 50,000 years, with bone collagen being a commonly dated material. Despite advances in collagen extrac...

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Prof. Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Double Job Alert!! We are recruiting an archaeobotany technician and an osteology (human & zooarchaeology) technician to help curate and improve access to our collections. Come join us at the Institute for Archaeology, University College London www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...

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Job Vacancies: Two Laboratory Technician posts on AHRC RICHeS project

The UCL Institute of Archaeology currently has two vacancies for Laboratory Technicians on the AHRC-funded RICHeS project (Refs.: B03-02282 and B03-02283). The deadline for applications is 1 January 2...

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

A New Present Tense is out: pieces by anthropologists meeting this moment featuring @anthrofuentes.bsky.social, Carolyn Rouse, Rayna Rapp, Faye Ginsburg, Gregory Warner, & me. My piece, Binary Desires, on gender/sex, EOs, & queer joy, & the whole collection here: americananthro.org/advocacy/pre...

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Death by Data Erasure - The American Anthropological Association

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Bhavna Ahlawat @bhavnaahlawat.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Wonderful and great year 2024. Learned and developed so much. Thanks to SERB, India, EMBL- EMBO events @embl.org @heasvienna.bsky.social @bioanth.org Cheers!!

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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Lab outing to the Belvedere Palace Christmas market! 🍺🍺🎉🎉

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Bhavna Ahlawat @bhavnaahlawat.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I am deeply honored to have had this opportunity. The experience has been truly transformative. I am eagerly looking forward to the impactful outcomes of this visit and the contributions it will bring to paleo proteomics research in South Asia. Thankful to all the staff at Douka/higham Labs.

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