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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 1h

🤩 Congratulations to our former Chair @zandraselina.bsky.social for being elected to the @isbarchaeology.bsky.social Board of Trustees 🤩

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 9h

Join us for this fascinating talk this afternoon 🧬🦷 DM us for the link.

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨REMINDER🚨 The next PAASTA talk is just a week away! To get the link, send us a message or sign up to our mailing list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨REMINDER🚨 The next PAASTA talk is just a week away! To get the link, send us a message or sign up to our mailing list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Deadline reminder! Don’t miss your chance to submit your abstract for the PAASTA Annual Symposium. Submissions close 27 September 2026!

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HAAM-community @haam-community.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📢 8th HAAM-Radio Webinar and Workshop! 🗣️⚒️ 🧬 Genes, Ancestry, Immunity: Insights from local ancestry inference leveraging aDNA and biobank sources - Dr. Daniel Lawson 📅 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 Register here: shorturl.at/Jkcxt #Paleogenomics #Bioinformatics #AncientDNA #PopulationGenetics

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🦷🧬 Join us for the next PAASTA Talk Series! 🧬🦷 🗓️ 7 October 2026 | 14:00 CET 🎙️Fan Bai & Zhongyou Wu, IVPP, Chinese Academy of Sciences “Rapid and robust sex determination from ancient enamel proteomes using protSexInferer” 👉Online via Zoom- DM for the link!

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED!🚨 We are excited to announce that this year’s PAASTA symposium “Proteins beyond the Present” will be held on 1 December at the EuPA congress in Würzburg, Germany & virtually (hybrid event). 🗓️ Submission deadline: 27/09/26 🔗 Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Please check the new linked, we have posted as a comment

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🎓 Missed the PAASTA Bioinformatics Summer School? Good news! The recordings from our virtual Bioinformatics Summer School, held from 8–12 June 2026, are now available online. 🧬💻

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Sam Brown @drsambrown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We have four invited speakers joining us at IZAZ next week, to share their thoughts on the theme of our workshop, Integrating ZooMS and Zooarchaeology! They are Tiina Manne, Sharada Visweswara Channarayapatna, Anneke Janzen, and Britt Starkovich! 🦴🦬👩🏼‍🔬 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Nature @nature.com · 09/09/2026

An abandoned quarry in southwestern China has given scientists an unprecedented glimpse into the lives and abilities of the mysterious ancient humans called Denisovans go.nature.com/46NsuVp

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Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints new picture

Objects found in a cave in southwestern China suggest that these enigmatic ancient humans were accomplished hunters.

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

@paastacommunity.bsky.social is developing #metadata standards for #palaeoproteomicis based upon ##USHUPO #Proteomics @us-hupo.org #mzPeak Join the debate on #PAASTA #element github.com/Palaeoprot/Z...

The Metadata Thread in the Paasta community

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Submission for the annual ✨PAASTA symposium✨ is still open!

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ICAZ @icaz-news.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The ZOOARCH listserv was created by Umberto Albarella and Jacqui Mulville, and is a JISCmail list that promotes the flow of ideas, skills, information, and offers support to fellow zooarchaeologists. To join, you can find more information by following the link; www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/weba...

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

✨ MEET & GREET: PAASTA STEERING COMMITTEE ✨ Meet Jan Dekker, Chair, PAASTA Community! @jaadekker.bsky.social Jan’s research explores bird remains, focusing on bone & eggshell biomarkers and improving bird species identification in archaeology. 🐦🥚🔬 Stay tuned to meet the rest of the committee! ✨

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

REMINDER: Next 🍝PAASTA🍝 talk this Wednesday! Message us for the link 🔗

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Center for the Human Past (CHP) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The application for the interdisciplinary course “Reducing the Gap Between Linguistics and Genetics” is open until 7 September. Please spread the word and notify any MA/PhD students you think might benefit! Link: sites.utu.fi/humandiversi... @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

REMINDER: Next 🍝PAASTA🍝 talk this Wednesday! Message us for the link 🔗

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Join us for the next PAASTA Talk Series! 🗓️ 2 September 2026 | 15:00 CET 🎙️Luise Ørsted Brandt, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen “ZooMS-identifying skins associated with the mummified individuals from Uunartoq, Greenland with local high school students” 👉Online via Zoom- DM for the link!

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🚨CALL FOR ABSTRACTS🚨 We are excited to announce that this year’s PAASTA symposium “Proteins beyond the Present” will be held on 1 December at the EuPA congress in Würzburg, Germany & virtually (hybrid event). 🗓️ Submission deadline: 20/09/26 🔗 Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

‼️ Here's another great Early Career opportunity within our cluster: ‼️ Come work with us as an Independent Junior Research Group Lead in the field of Archeo- and Paleoproteomics! #paleosky 🏺 uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...

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Job advertisment: Independent Junior Research Group Leader (m/f/d, 100 %)

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Want to stay up to date with what’s happening in the PAASTA community? We share monthly talks, job & fellowship opportunities, events, conferences, & new articles Follow us and join the conversation! 🤝 Web: paasta-community.github.io Element: #paasta:archaeo.social Instagram: @paasta.community

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OGU Bristol @ogu-bristol.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If anyone is interested in accessing the Bristol NEIF facility to conduct compound-specific analyses, the deadline for the next application round is the 7th Oct 2026. Please get in touch to discuss projects prior to submission. Submissions via the application portal: www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html

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How to apply - Project submission | National Environmental Isotope Facility

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are still open. The scheme gives researchers in the humanities and social sciences the opportunity to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in an academic environment. Find out more: bit.ly/4xWduAS

A colour block banner promoting Postdoctoral Fellowships funding. Deadline: Wednesday 30 September 2026

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ICAZ @icaz-news.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Friendly reminder that abstract submission for the ICAZ Conference in Vancouver, 2027 will close next Wednesday 25th of August! Make sure you get your abstract in before the deadline. You can find more details by following the link sway.cloud.microsoft/BFTVh4FAbfX6... #ICAZ #Zooarch #Vancouver2027

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

ZooMS identification of the earliest cattle bones from Ireland reveals that they belong to bear and wild boar instead. Read more: www.prehistoricsociety.org/publications...

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PAST 113 - Summer 2026 | The Prehistoric Society

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Deon de Jager @ddj-sa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Come join us to learn how to contribute to, and use, metAaRCive, a community-curated database of published ancient animal genomes! We'll also cover best-practises for metadata reporting in #aDNA studies and how to archive sequence data on the ENA! Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1E4k...

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Virginie Sinet-Mathiot @sinet-mathiot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📢 Registration for #CRABi 2026 is now open! 📍 Bordeaux, France 📆 12–13 November 2026 Find the programme and practical information here: crabi.sciencesconf.org 📝 Registration deadline: 4 September 2026, 5:00 PM (Paris time). #BiomolecularArchaeology #Proteomics #AncientDNA #Isotopes

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Première conférence de la Communauté de Recherche en Archéologie Biomoléculaire et isotopique - Sciencesconf.org

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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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SPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

SPAAM belongs to its community! And now you have the chance to help shape its future. 💜 Voting for the first SPAAM Steering Committee elections is open until 15 August. Cast your vote and help build the community you want to be part of! www.spaam-community.org/assets/media... #SPAAM #AncientDNA

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SPAAM Steering Committee Elections 2026

Standards, Precautions, and Advances in Ancient Metagenomics

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

another Postdoc opportunity! 🦴🔬 Join Steve Ashby and @york-bioarch.bsky.social to study Northern European combs & combmaking using #ZooMS #proteomics. Seeking someone with proteomics/chemistry experience #viking and or #archaeology knowledge a plus. Apply: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

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Jobs - The University of York

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Copenhagen job alert 🚨 GLOBE (@ucph.bsky.social) is hiring a 21-mo Postdoc in #Bioinformatics & #ComputationalProteomics Work with @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social, @fridowelker.bsky.social, @brandtgroup.bsky.social & more mapping collagen/keratin diversity across 1000s of genomes. 📅 Deadline Aug 31

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Postdoc of Bioinformatics and Computational Proteomics

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Dr Emese Végh @emesevegh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The first paper of my FWF-funded @humevcol.bsky.social project entitled 'Tiny Hopes - Assessing Protein Preservation in Collagen-Depleted Bones' is out! Read now (open access) in the Journal of Proteome Research: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Tiny Hopes─Assessing Protein Preservation in Collagen-Depleted Bones

Understanding human evolution relies on biomolecular data from ancient skeletal tissues, yet warm climates often cause complete collagen loss, excluding many regions from the study. This research inve...

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Archaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

🚨Job alert🚨We are hiring a Laboratory Technician (24 months) to support our research in Archaeological Proteomics (ZooMS) at the University of Reading (UK), including our COEXIST project. More info here: tinyurl.com/bdfvawh8 #palaeoproteomics #ZooMS

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

REMINDER: Next 🍝PAASTA🍝 talk this Wednesday! Message us for the link 🔗

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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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Zandra Fagernäs @zandraselina.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The summer school has started, with 100+ participants already for the introductory talks! We have a very exciting week ahead 🤩 For those who registered, check your email for details.

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Our upcoming PAASTA Talk Series seminar by Ioannis Patramanis has been rescheduled. 🗓 New Date: Wednesday, 8 July 2026 🕒 Time: 15:00 CET 📍 Location: Zoom (DM us for the link) We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you can join us on the new date.

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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The recording of the talk is now available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/sejUDEL2MZE?...

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PAASTA Seminar Series - Elena Armaroli

YouTube video by PAASTA community

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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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Anders Bergström @anders-bergstrom.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Need metadata for published ancient animal genomes? The metAaRCive project has recently made its first public release, containing metadata for 1518 published genomes across a range of species, curated by members of @aarc-community.bsky.social Find the release here: github.com/AaRC-Animal-...

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Release v26.05.08 · AaRC-Animal-aDNA-Research-Community/metAaRCive

This is the first release of metAaRCive, containing 1518 complete entries. metAaRCive: Overview metAaRCive is a resource of metadata for published ancient animal genomes, curated by members of AaRC...

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HAAM-community @haam-community.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🚨7th HAAM-RADIO Webinar next month! 🧬Advances in bioinformatics methods for paleogenomic analysis: Testing the limits of low coverage and imputation! 🗓️Mon, 15 June 2026 Two fantastic speakers and a Q&A specifically designed for ECRs to engage in the topic! Register here: forms.gle/9KGQXWVBZj2t...

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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 13/05/2026

Proteins recovered from 400,000-year-old fossils show humans living today may have inherited genes from Homo erectus: "There’s far greater complexity in terms of hominins across Eurasia than previously recognized," says @york.ac.uk geochemist Kirsty Penkman. @science.org

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Ghost of long-extinct ancestor lives on in people today

Ancient Homo erectus teeth from China yield protein variants seen in Denisovans—and us

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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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