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Kaaviya Balakrishnan

@kaaviya.bsky.social
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Studying mammal paleogenetics and conservation. Doctoral student @lpcg.bsky.social Personal blog : purebyheartsinnedbysoulblog.wordpre… Alumnus Uppsala University & University of Vienna

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Laboratory of Paleogenetics and Conservation Genetics @lpcg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A wonderful week in Malta for the 6th Microvertibrate Working Group Meeting.
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If you are working on microvertebrates (fieldwork, curation, biomolecular, etc.), please fill out this short survey. This would help us put together best-practice guidelines that reflect current practices. forms.gle/kJaf9D4U6FHE...
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Towards Standardised Practice in Microvertebrate Research
This questionnaire is intended to capture current practices across the microvertebrate research community. Your responses will inform the development of best-practice recommendations by the Microverte...
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Don’t reach for ChatGPT Images or Nano Banana as your first option when creating scientific images There are multiple free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations. #plantscience @stephenturner.us blog.stephenturner.us/p/free-open-...
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Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations
Phylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics
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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M… I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #EFP2026
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ICP2026 Stockholm @palaeogenomics.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What a fantastic conference dinner we had yesterday at the Golden Hall 🪙 of Stockholms City Hall! 🏫 Even the full-delegate (>380) conference group picture we thought we couldn't pull out, happened organically 📸🎉
Conference dinner at ICP2026Full delegate group picture at ICP2026
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Laboratory of Paleogenetics and Conservation Genetics @lpcg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
How did the voles get to #Orkney? Did Neolithic farmers really bring them along? @kaaviya.bsky.social at the @palaeogenomics.bsky.social today
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Laboratory of Paleogenetics and Conservation Genetics @lpcg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
We made it to Stockholm for @palaeogenomics.bsky.social 🤩
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Laboratory of Paleogenetics and Conservation Genetics @lpcg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Standing with the scientific community at the #3%forScience protest to support continued investment in research, education, and evidence-based progress.
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Passion does not pay our bills Sign the petition 3% for science, 100% for Poland Petycjeonline.com share.google/H0q8qdjVBPP0... Join @lpcg.bsky.social at the protest today!
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Last day to send in your abstracts!
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Neolithic Skara Brae in #Orkney Unfortunately did not spot any voles (yet!) :(
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Lachie Scarsbrook @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Next Thursday (April 16th) the @aarc-community.bsky.social is hosting an online workshop on #ancientDNA #imputation and #relatedness with @jolijnerven.bsky.social! Keen to sign up? Here's the link! docs.google.com/forms/d/1kUg...
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Got to present a poster at the #MuseomicsSymposium in Vienna and eat lunch at the dinosaur exhibition. Can’t decide what was the better part of the day.
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AaRC @aarc-community.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Two upcoming events with one sign up! AaRC Online Conference – Tuesday, May 19 (virtual) ICP In-Person Meet-Up – Monday, June 22 in Stockholm (in person) Here is a link to register/submit an abstract forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
My favourite day of the year to be in the lab <3 #DOKO #ScienceDay
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Laboratory of Paleogenetics and Conservation Genetics @lpcg.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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Joe Yracheta (A ∩ & ∪ Ω) @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Please Repost! We are in an era of huge gains in technology, discovery and data "sequestration". We need to be honest about what's happening and the terrible outcomes that could happen if we continue the 533 years of colonial extraction. www.science.org/content/arti...
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How scientists are confronting the lingering imprint of colonialism
Science series to spotlight efforts to reduce parachute science, empower Global South countries
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Laboratory of Paleogenetics and Conservation Genetics @lpcg.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
@gnomoboleto.bsky.social hosted a super fun owl pellet workshop today! Owl pellets are regurgitated balls of indigestible material like bones, fur, and feathers. We found a few different voles and frogs in ours today.
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
What a course!🧬🦣 Thanks to this amazing team of instructors @claudiafontsere.bsky.social @jazminrm.bsky.social & @hernmoral.bsky.social for delivering such a great first edition of the #Museomics course. Thanks to everyone who has joined us this week and good luck with your data!💯
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Laboratory of Paleogenetics and Conservation Genetics @lpcg.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
@isba11.bsky.social !!
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Laboratory of Paleogenetics and Conservation Genetics @lpcg.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Did you catch @kaaviya.bsky.social's vole talk? @aarc-community.bsky.social @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
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Laboratory of Paleogenetics and Conservation Genetics @lpcg.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Our phd student @kaaviya.bsky.social will give a flash talk on #OrkneyVoles. We apologies in advance for all the terrible puns she will make. It is inevitable 🥲
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
As part of the 4EU+ spring school we put together a policy brief on ecosystem management. The need for an appropriate disturbance regime as part of management is the crux of it. More info here! www.hce.uni-heidelberg.de/en/education...
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Collegio Futuro - Heidelberg Center for the Environment
Collegio futuro is a joint educational project of the 4EU+ member universities. Participants have the chance to tackle environmental issues in an manner and and
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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
From the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Apart from the overwhelmingly largest cause of population declines - habitat loss and destruction - what are the other big killers of birds? A reason to consider keeping cats inside.🪶🌎
A chart showing that cats kill around 2.6 billion birds annually in North America, compared to 624 million killed hitting windows, 214m by cars and 64m by collisions with industrial installations (e.g. wind turbines, factories, lighthouses, communication towers, etc). Graphic from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Giving back the Koh-i-Noor isn’t a straightforward argument. Here's why. A new blog post based on what I learned from working behind the scenes in UK museums. Restitution is messy, necessary, and long overdue. purebyheartsinnedbysoulblog.wordpress.com/behind-the-g...
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Behind the Glass: Museums, Colonial Loot and Reparation
The last few weeks, I’ve been on a research trip across the UK, collecting samples for my PhD in paleogenetics. My work involves extracting and analyzing ancient DNA from archaeological specimens. …
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Next stop, Creswell crags!
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Was at the National Museum of Scotland to pick up some vole samples and got a tour of their inventory collections. Absolutely amazed by what’s behind the scenes!
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Uttryck just published my piece on how genetic ancestry tests have unexpectedly disrupted the notion of nationalism. Pick up a hardcopy in thier office at Uppsala University! www.uttryckmagazine.com/2025/04/28/g...
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On Borders And Belonging - The Genetic Challenge To Nationalism
Nationalism thrives on the idea that a nation-state consists of a homogenous people. Yet, genetic ancestry tests contradict the notion of pure, isolated national identities.
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Laboratory of Paleogenetics and Conservation Genetics @lpcg.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
During last week’s #LPCGJournalClub, PhD students @kaaviya.bsky.social and Gabriela Damentka shared highlights from the policy brief they're developing with 4EU+ Spring School Collegio Futuro. How do we incorporate disturbance regimes into ecosystem restoration and management strategies?
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This was such a fun event to organise. Same time next year?
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The modern Indian women have been told they can do it all. But what they aren't told is they are expected to do it alone. Here's a new post on feminism in urban India - an insidious form of oppression. purebyheartsinnedbysoulblog.wordpress.com/the-burden-o...
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The Burden of Feminism in India
India will adorn its goddesses in gold and fall to her feet. But underneath the veil of worship is the sad story of real, flesh-and-blood women fighting everyday for the right to live a life free f…
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The relationship our generation has with modern and contemporary art is often a disconnect. While the elite invest millions, the majority of us struggle to see their value. But why does the contemporary art trend not appeal to us? purebyheartsinnedbysoulblog.wordpress.com/the-distance...
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The Distance Between Us and Contemporary Art
Last weekend I was in Łódź and managed to visit two locations of the Museum of Art on the same day: ms1 and ms2. Both house curated modern and contemporary art pieces with a weight on young Polish …
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
We are wrapping up an incredible week of Landscape Genomics at the University of Łódź! 🎉 Huge thanks to our amazing instructors and the highly motivated students who joined us. Together, we explored how genetic diversity interacts with the environment, mastering state-of-the-art methods and tools.🧬🌍
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
This has unexpectedly turned out to be my most popular blog post. Also a great sign that the younger generation is in fact ready to step away from the caste system. purebyheartsinnedbysoulblog.wordpress.com/stop-name-dr...
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Stop Name-Dropping Your Caste
A friend of mine, an Indian I met during my master’s in Uppsala, crashed at my place in Warsaw for a night while backpacking through the Baltics. While he was here, I took him to meet some of my In…
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Kaaviya Balakrishnan @kaaviya.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
How relevant is the Rice Vs. Wheat comparison today where global food systems and lifestyle has distanced us from our agricultural roots? A new blog post :) purebyheartsinnedbysoulblog.wordpress.com/rice-vs-whea...
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Rice vs. Wheat: The Culture, Debate, and Evolution
The debate over rice vs. wheat cultures has recently stirred conversations about the ways agriculture shapes societies. This notion, framed as a dichotomy of communalism versus individualism, paint…
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