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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque

@jcchacond.bsky.social
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Bioinformatician at @scilifelab.se Ancient DNA Unit & @humanevouu.bsky.social 🇸🇪 / Also part of @cpgsthlm.bsky.social / previously 🇬🇧 & 🇨🇴 / Dad, runner, bookworm

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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🧵 New preprint: Have you ever tried to perform molecular clock dating of ancient mitogenomes using BEAST? Have you struggled using manual tools to create your input files, run your analyses and extract your results? We hope our pipeline provides a solution to this: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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MitoDate: a Nextflow pipeline for molecular clock dating and phylogenetic inference using ancient mitogenomes
Summary Ancient DNA studies are increasingly targeting samples that are beyond the limit of radiocarbon dating (>50 thousand years old) and are often difficult or impossible to date using other geochr...
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Selina Brace @selinabrace.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Looking for a postdoc to join my group at the NHM London & work on aDNA of dogs/wolves! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Postdoctoral Researcher ancient DNA:South Kensington
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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...
DNAharvester's workflow.
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Check this thread about our latest paper, written by one of the lead authors, @officialernst.bsky.social. It was such an exciting project!
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It was such a pleasure to talk about our woolly rhino ancient DNA research 🧬⌛ on @livingonearthradio.bsky.social
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Congratulations @amandalindahl.bsky.social and team, so glad to be part of this super interesting research 🐻⌛🧬
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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Two palaeogeneticists traveling to Northern Yukon's wilderness in search of extremely old DNA 🧊🧬🧪 A mysterious permafrost mummy hidden in the collections 🦴🕵️ An Agatha Christie book 📖 @gog1693.bsky.social behind-the-scenes story on his paper has EVERYTHING! Paper 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The mysterious mummified tissue found in the collections, nicknamed "Mr. Parker Pyne".Gonzalo sampling some specimen in Whitehorse collections.It was a porcupine!
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Lisandro Milocco @milocco.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
How does development shape the variation evolution can act on? In our new paper in @pnas.org , we bridge developmental dynamics and quantitative genetics, linking dynamical models of phenotype formation with the statistical parameters used to study evolutionary change www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Bridging developmental and statistical approaches to variation and evolution | PNAS
Phenotypic variation is the raw material for evolutionary diversification and adaptation. However, a critical gap remains in evolutionary theory be...
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the long-extinct woolly rhinoceros from remains found in the stomach of a naturally mummified Pleistocene wolf pup
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Scientists Find Extinct Rhino DNA in Mummified Wolf Puppy's Stomach
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the long-extinct woolly rhinoceros from remains found in the stomach of a naturally mummified Pleistocene wolf pup
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
So proud that this is out 🐺⏳🧬🦏. First paper as a senior author (co-shared with @lovedalen.bsky.social; thanks for a great opportunity) and led by my awesome former MSc student @solveiggudjonsd.bsky.social and a brilliant CPG postdoc @edanalord.bsky.social (1/n) OA: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Also check this one out! Great work led by @marmole6.bsky.social
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Check out this fantastic work led by @alexgilardet.bsky.social. So thrilled to have contributed a little! #ancientDNA and lost bovine lineages in Denisova Cave.
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Come join us at @cpgsthlm.bsky.social!
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Great news article by @mostlymammoths.bsky.social discussing our latest finds on Mexican mammoths 🦣🧬 @fsanchezquinto.bsky.social
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Nice thread from @benjaminguinet.bsky.social
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Check out our latest paper, a huge effort led by @benjaminguinet.bsky.social and @tvdvalk.bsky.social 🦣🔍🦠 Paper: www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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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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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Encantado de haber hecho parte de este maravilloso estudio! Felicidades a @fsanchezquinto.bsky.social y a todos los demás autores
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Definitely recommend working with Nikolay, great opportunity in Riga.
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Edana Lord @edanalord.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I'm super excited to share our new paper on Norwegian lemming genomics just published in @pnas.org!! Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.... Summary ⬇️
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ICP2026 Stockholm @palaeogenomics.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026! Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠 Save the dates ✅ Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Hello everyone, Are you interested in news about research findings, jobs, PhD positions, etc, from the Centre for Palaeogenetics? Or do you simply want to see lots of cool photos from our work (like the 28,000 year old cave lion cub below)? If yes, please give @cpgsthlm.bsky.social a follow!
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
So happy to have the opportunity to do some public engagement with the Beringia Centre Science Talks at @yukonberingia.bsky.social ⬇️ I'll try my best to explain the challenges 🔍 of working with million-years-old DNA 🧬🦣 and what we can learn from it. Check our paper: doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf065
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Mafalda S Ferreira @mafaldaferreira.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Deadline application extended until May 4th #Genomics #PopGen #Evolution #Camouflage #Birds #PhDPosition #PhDStudent
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Looking forward to April's issue of @molbioevol.bsky.social!
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
So nice to see our research covered by @discovermag.bsky.social. I've been reading them since I was a little geek 🤓
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J. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
For my first-ever bsky post, I’m thrilled to share our latest #ancientDNA research, which I co-led with @jessthorpemas.bsky.social OA: doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf065 We recovered and analysed mitochondrial genomes from many #mammoths spanning the last million years 🦣🧬⌛ Check this 🧵 we wrote ⬇️
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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬 @gsegelbacher.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Interested in conservation genetics news? @anitajnorman.bsky.social has started a monthly newsletter on #consgen here: open.substack.com/pub/conserva...
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Conservation Genetics Highlights
January 2025, Issue 1
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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics! Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics. Please spread the word! www.su.se/english/sear...
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Juan Antonio Rodríguez @jrotwitguez.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Hello there! 👋 Sharing our last perspective piece 📄 👀: “Unlocking hidden dimensions of genomic diversity within species” doi.org/10.32942/X2Z... Co-ordinated together with @diegoharta.bsky.social and "not-on-bsky" Marina Brasó-Vives @mbv_marina.bsky.social
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Unlocking the hidden dimensions of genomic diversity within species
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WWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 05/12/2024
We can't afford to take backwards steps. ❌ Soy producers must uphold the Amazon Soy Moratorium & protect the rainforest from irreversible damage. Weakening it could open up large areas of forest for animal feed. 🌎 theguardian.com/environment/... #Amazon #Rainforest
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Protection deal for Amazon rainforest in peril as big business turns up heat
Exclusive: With Brazil’s politicians, agribusiness organisations and global traders piling on the pressure, the highly successful 2006 Soy Moratorium is under threat
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Patrícia Pečnerová @patriciachrzan.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
▪️ Open postdoc position ▪️ 🔎🧬🐘 I'm recruiting a postdoc to work with me on mapping the genomic legacy of the elephant ivory trade in Europe using ancient DNA. Hosted by Lund University 🇸🇪 with Bengt Hansson Please RT! Info and apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
🧬🐭🐴🐻Job Alert🐻🐴🐭🧬 We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers in DeepTime Palaeogenomics! All positions are for 2 years (extension possible), & are fully funded both in terms of employment and project costs. Deadline: 2 Dec 2024 Please RT! Apply: www.su.se/english/abou...
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