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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 📸🎉

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Ernst Johnson @officialernst.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Happy to not wear orange potentially ever again with the 5-1 thrashing still fresh in memory, but what a fun conference this was! Enjoyed meeting old friends, and making new ones. Still buzzing from all the fantastic science presented! #ICP2026

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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Isabelle Feinauer is currently defending their PhD thesis on the genomic consequences of postglacial recolonization of Scandinavian mammals with Morten Tange Olsen as the opponent. Good luck, Isa!

Isa and Morten discussing bear phylogenetic trees.

Isa at the beginning of her presentation.

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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🧬 New paper in Cell! Analysis of 12 cave lion genomes shows that cave lions and modern lions may have diverged more than three times earlier than previously thought – as early as 1.7 million years ago! AND…they interbred when temperatures dropped! Paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/9

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Ernst Johnson @officialernst.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The biggest challenge during my PhD within sedimentary ancient DNA was to figure out how to bioinformatically process several hundreds of sequenced samples. This workflow is optimised for identification of eukaryotes from metagenomic shotgun data. Let me introduce the preprint of metaJAM! 1/6

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ICP2026 Stockholm @palaeogenomics.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Only ONE WEEK left to register for #ICP2026sthlm 👀 Deadline: 8th May Join us for an amazing week full of talks and networking on all things ancient DNA! Check the FULL conference program 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/wp-content/u... Register here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/

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Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

New paper alert 🚨 A study led by #CPGSthlm researchers found DNA from a bear in 9.6k year old lake sediments. This potentially rewrites the history of brown bears in Scandinavia! 🧬🐻🐾🏔️🧊 Check @officialernst.bsky.social thread 👉 bsky.app/profile/offi... OA article 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Ancient environmental genome reveals a migratory brown bear individual in Early Holocene Scandinavia | PNAS

After the last ice age, species migrated into a newly deglaciated Scandinavia. Brown bear recolonization is thought to have occurred from two direc...

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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

It's wonderful to live in an era where you can extract ancient genomes from lake sediments and obtain this kind of information! Amazing what can be revealed with sedaDNA.

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Stockholm University @stockholm-uni.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A single wandering male bear has provided crucial insights into the history of brown bears in Scandinavia after the last ice age. This is shown by DNA analysis of clay from a lake. New study from @cpgsthlm.bsky.social & @zoologysthlm.bsky.social published in @pnas.org www.su.se/english/news...

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Ernst Johnson @officialernst.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Very excited to share our study of an ancient environmental genome extracted from lake sediment! It originates from a brown bear that lived around 9,600 years ago close to the last ice-sheet remains in northern Sweden, and has an unexpected mitochondrial haplogroup. 1/7 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Ancient environmental genome reveals a migratory brown bear individual in Early Holocene Scandinavia | PNAS

After the last ice age, species migrated into a newly deglaciated Scandinavia. Brown bear recolonization is thought to have occurred from two direc...

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Ernst Johnson @officialernst.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Submit your abstracts and come to Stockholm next summer!

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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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Ernst Johnson @officialernst.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Really enjoyed the Association for Environmental Archaeology conference at Keble College in Oxford, presenting some fresh sedaDNA results!

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