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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez

@mescobar.bsky.social
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🇲🇽 Entusiasta del pan dulce. PhD student at the Microbial Paleogenomics Unit of the Pasteur Institute 🇫🇷. Interested in human population genetics and pathogen evolution.

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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez @mescobar.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Come to Stockholm! #SPAAM8
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SPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📢 Registration now open for SPAAM8! Join us for the ICP2026 satellite hybrid meeting on 22 June 2026 in Stockholm 🇸🇪 🧬 Ancient metagenomics community gathering in person or online! 🔗 Register here before June 10th: forms.gle/Z1AK5MHaFEfb... We look forward to seeing you! 🔥
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SPAAM 8 registration
Date June 22nd, 2026 (prior to ICP 2026) 9:30 AM Location Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden In-person attendance fee: Attendance fee: €25. A payment link will be sent to all registered partic...
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SPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Don't forget to submit your abstract for #SPAAM8 ! 🚀 Come share your work and join us in Stockholm on June 22nd 🇸🇪 Online presentations are also possible! 👩🏻‍💻 www.spaam-community.org/events/news/... Deadline: May 1st #aDNA #Metagenomics #seDNA
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SPAAM8 · SPAAM Community
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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez @mescobar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Come join us in beautiful Stockholm or online! #SPAAM8
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Euan Angus Young @euantheyoung.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
New preprint looking at the associations between maternal mortality and having sons in preindustrial Finland from work with León van Dorp during his master’s project. Also with Mirkka Lahdenpera, @lummaalab.bsky.social, and @hannahdugdale.bsky.social
Photo credits Virpi Lummaa
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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Mothers face immediate, but family-size dependent, costs of sons in preindustrial Finland www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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SPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Abstract submission for #SPAAM8 is now officially OPEN! 🚀 Don't miss the opportunity to share your work and join us in Stockholm on June 22nd 🇸🇪 Online presentations are also possible! 👩🏻‍💻 Submit your abstract: forms.gle/psw9GS3ZyrLV... Deadline: May 1st #aDNA #Metagenomics #seDNA
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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez @mescobar.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Come join us in Stockholm!
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Maria Lopopolo @marialopopolo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Thanks to @mireniraorb.bsky.social for the invaluable training in archaeological sampling and aDNA processing. This work would have not possible without you ❤️
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Maria Lopopolo @marialopopolo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Congratulations to my former lab at @pasteuredu.bsky.social @nrascovan.bsky.social lead authors @ramiro-arqueo.bsky.social and #pierreLuisi and last but not least thanks @bitesizedna.bsky.social for hosting me at Copenhagen Uni for hours of drilling, extractions, and preps! 👩‍🔬
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Nico Rascovan @nrascovan.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
How did farming reach the Southern Andes? Through migration or cultural transmission? Our new paper in @nature.com combines ancient DNA, isotopes, archaeology & paleoclimate to reconstruct 2,000+ years of history in Uspallata, Mendoza. www.nature.com/articles/s41... A Thread🧵 (1/25+)
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Local agricultural transition, crisis and migration in the Southern Andes - Nature
In the Uspallata Valley, agriculture was adopted by local populations, as evidenced by genetic continuity from earlier hunter-gatherers to farmers; maize-dependent groups from the same regional p...
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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez @mescobar.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Amazing work! Congratulations everyone! Be sure to give this one a read ⬇️
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SPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🚨 Save the Date! We’re thrilled to announce #SPAAM8 – a gathering of experts in ancient metagenomics research! 🌎 📅 When: June 22nd 2026 📍Where: Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 (and online) Stay tuned for updates and registration details!
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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Life-history traits as predictors of expected genetic contributions 15 years later in a cooperatively breeding bird www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Euan Angus Young @euantheyoung.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
13/ And since I have you here, it's time for some shameless plugging! I defend my PhD ( :O ) next week, and if you are interested in more of what I got up to over the past few years, you can check out an @nrc.nl here: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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De risico’s en voordelen van oudere broers en zussen
Jong Geleerd: Hoe meer kinderen een moeder krijgt, hoe minder lang ze zelf leeft. Tenminste, dat gold voor Finse moeders ten tijde van de Grote Finse Hongersnood. Deze en andere opmerkelijke feiten de...
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Euan Angus Young @euantheyoung.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
12/ You can also read the @newscientist.com article here: www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
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Having children plays a complicated role in the rate we age
The effort of reproducing may divert energy away from repairing DNA or fighting illness, which could drive ageing, but a new study suggests that is only the case when environmental conditions are toug...
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Euan Angus Young @euantheyoung.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
1/13 New paper out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Historical records across thousands of women showed that mothers with more children had shorter lifespans during a famine, fitting an evolutionary explanation for why we age @hannahdugdale.bsky.social @lummaalab.bsky.social @erikpostma.bsky.social
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NRC @nrc.nl · 08/11/2025
Hoe meer kinderen een moeder krijgt, hoe minder lang ze zelf leeft. Tenminste, dat gold voor Finse moeders ten tijde van de Grote Finse Hongersnood. Deze en andere opmerkelijke feiten destilleerde Euan Young uit grote historische bevolkingsregisters. buff.ly/Y1VNbQO
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De risico’s en voordelen van oudere broers en zussen
Jong Geleerd: Hoe meer kinderen een moeder krijgt, hoe minder lang ze zelf leeft. Tenminste, dat gold voor Finse moeders ten tijde van de Grote Finse Hongersnood. Deze en andere opmerkelijke feiten…
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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
DNA from Napoleon’s 1812 army identifies the pathogens likely responsible for the army’s demise during their Russian retreat. www.cell.com/current-biol... Nicolás Rascovan & colleagues @currentbiology.bsky.social
Napoleon's retreat from Moscow CREDIT Barbieri et al., Current Biology
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Sternberg Lab @sternberglab.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
1/10 Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from? Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Antiviral reverse transcriptases reveal the evolutionary origin of telomerase
Defense-associated reverse transcriptases (DRTs) employ diverse and distinctive mechanisms of cDNA synthesis to protect bacteria against viral infection. However, much of DRT family diversity remains ...
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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 01/09/2025
🎓 Applications for Institut Pasteur's PhD programs open Sept 1-Oct 20, 2025 for October 2026 entry. Apply to up to 4 projects across 6 programs: PPU, PPU-IMAGINE @institutimagine.bsky.social, PPU-@ox.ac.uk, PPU-EID @upcite.bsky.social & more 🧬 Register now ✍️ www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Programme, The call for enrollment of students in October 2026 will be open from September 1st to October 20th, 2025
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Euan Angus Young @euantheyoung.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Well that’s the “highlight” of my week for sure! Thrilled to see our recent paper covered in Nature’s Research Highlight: www.nature.com/articles/d41... Also see @markspa.bsky.social’s neat explainer below.
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Will a child survive? Older siblings have a powerful influence
Swiss birth data from 1750 to 1870 reveal that girls who had lots of older brothers close to their own age were less likely to survive than were those who did not.
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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez @mescobar.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Will a child survive? Older siblings have a powerful influence
Swiss birth data from 1750 to 1870 reveal that girls who had lots of older brothers close to their own age were less likely to survive than were those who did not.
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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez @mescobar.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Had a great time at #ISBA11 and #SPAAM7 in beautiful Turin! Exciting science and amazing people! @isbarchaeology.bsky.social @spaam-community.bsky.social
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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez @mescobar.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Great experience with amazing people!
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Evolutionary Ecology Group, Cambridge @eegcam.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
After a week of intense population genomics, lots of tired but still smiley faces. Thank you @embo.org for funding another edition of our Population Genomics course in Naples. And thank you to the trainers and participants for making this eight edition another success! #EMBOpopgen
Group photo from the EMBO Population Genomics Course in Naples, 2025
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SPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
#AncientMetagenomeDir is expanding to include C14 dating & detailed archaeological/historical info for all samples! 📜✨ 🗓️ Join our Hackathon on April 29th from 10-17 CEST and contribute to this groundbreaking project! 🙌
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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez @mescobar.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Don't miss out! Deadline is today!
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SPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🚨Last day to register for our speed-networking event! Dont' miss out on this great opportunity ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez @mescobar.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Still a few days left to register! Don't miss out!
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SPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The SPAAM community needs YOU! We are gathering demographics and statistics on our community which will help the SPAAM Steering Committee to drive the community according to everyone’s needs! It only takes a few minutes to complete the form: 👉 Form link: forms.gle/uTKJwtEquNSD... Thank you!
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SPAAMstats
Collection of demographics for the SPAAM community to be used for the ISBA annual meeting and SPAAM-related statistic
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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez @mescobar.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Quisiera ser un pez
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SPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
🚨 The ancient biomolecules communities (HAAM, LAARD, PAASTA, AaRC and SPAAM) have put together a short survey to understand if and how they are helping researchers deal with the challenges in their research fields and how we can improve their benefits. ⬇
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Federico Sánchez Quinto @fsanchezquinto.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Thrilled to share my 1st PhD's 1st publication at @liigh-unam.bsky.social. Anecdotally it is also my 1st paper as corresponding author from my group / the "Paloegenomics and Evolutionary Biology". shorturl.at/VumOq Let us know what you think about it.
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Ancient DNA HLA typing reveals significant shifts in frequency in Europe since the Neolithic - Scientific Reports
Computational HLA typing has surged as a cost-effective strategy to uncover questions regarding the evolution of the HLA system, enabling immunogenic characterization from ancient DNA (aDNA) data. Nev...
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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez @mescobar.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Come join us on Element!
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Euan Angus Young @euantheyoung.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
1/11 New preprint out with @hannahdugdale.bsky.social, @lummaalab.bsky.social, and @erikpostma.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Why do we age? And can a “natural experiment” during the Great Finnish Famine with long-term data help provide some answers?
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SPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
! IMPORTANT ! SPAAM is moving from Slack to Element (Matrix)! You can find our SPAAM space at matrix.to#/#spaam:arch... Please, follow this link for more information and instructions www.isbarch.org/chat See you there!
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Mariana Escobar Rodríguez @mescobar.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Hola mundp
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