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Rachel M. Winter

@rachelmwinter.bsky.social
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Biomolecular (marine) historical ecology + ichthyoarch - current MSCA fellow in Copenhagen working on marine shagreen 🦈

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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Last weekend's marine events included a visit to Helsingør's Øresund Aquarium and Helsingborg for a tuna safari (only lucky enough to have seen one 🐟😅)! En route this weekend for some (mostly) terrestrial adventures! 🇩🇰🇸🇪 --> 🇬🇧🇫🇷
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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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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still time to submit an abstract!!
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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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Marine Morvan, PhD @marinemorvan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Very happy to share our new publication! We developed a high-throughput targeted MS workflow using MALDI-CASI-FTICR for sex estimation in paleoproteomics, combining ultrahigh mass resolution and targeted analysis for faster, scalable analysis of archaeological assemblages. doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Have not been on BlueSky in (checks calendar...) quite some time so let's have a quick catch up! Earlier in 2026 I had some work out (exciting!) covering: Trace element distribution in muskox tissues: doi.org/10.1007/s120... Stable isotope values from fish in the Levant: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
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Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
New PhD opportunity - which I'm delighted to be co-supervising! 'From Catch to Kitchen: Learning from Recreational Anglers to Diversify UK Seafood Choices' www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #phd #seafood #angling #fisheries #recreationalfishing #sustainability @thembauk.bsky.social Please share!
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Oceans Past Initiative @oceanspast.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Our deadline for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions for the OPI XI Conference has been EXTENDED! New closing date: 15th January 2026 Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit! 📍 OPI XI University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada 📅 15-19 June, 2026
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
In case anyone missed it, my love for sharks was an integral part of my 'hat' (crown) for the office Christmas party last week! ❄️🦈✨
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I don’t know who needs to hear this But whale sharks are definitely sharks and definitely not whales. They’re also not half shark half whale hybrids. They’re called that because they’re large and they filter feed. Thank youuuuuuuu for your attention to this matter!
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a whale shark is swimming in the ocean with its mouth open and the words thank you written above it .
ALT: a whale shark is swimming in the ocean with its mouth open and the words thank you written above it .
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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
PAASTA WINTER SCHOOL Now is your chance to provide input on our upcoming PAASTA Winter School on tools and topics you’re keen to learn and teach, please give your thoughts on this short form forms.gle/om48gkCKzTt9... before 9th Jan!
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
And now here we are, after the first round of lab work in November with Yvonne de Rijk, a visiting Master’s student, starting to look at proteomic data from a number of elasmobranch species and further analysing dermal denticle morphologies!
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
October saw my first attendance at a shark conference, with the European Elasmobranch Association, and additional museum visits to collaborators in the Netherlands, @rijksmuseum.bsky.social and Rijksmuseum Boerhaave on the quest to find more marine shagreen objects!
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
September involved visiting many more museums in Denmark including the Marstal Søfartsmuseum on Ærø (which also included a voyage on a replica late 18th c. ship!) and the M/S Museet for Søfart in Helsingør; and lots of preparations for ICAZ-AGPM !
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Project FisHistory @projectfishistory.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Webinar alert! Join us for a project introduction, some early findings & find out how you can get involved. When: Fri 5th Dec, 10am (GMT) Where: Online (Teams) Schedule: 20-30 minute presentation + Q&A Interested? DM for a link to join!
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Early December and I am now 4 months into my project, FINS! It’s been a busy and AMAZING start to this project which is so dear to me! August included what would be my first of many visits up to @nhmdk.bsky.social to look at the elasmobranchs in their collections and attending @isba11.bsky.social !
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Sharks International 2026 @sharks-int.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
📣 Announcement! Abstract Submission Deadline Extended to November 30, 2025 Being guilty of last minute submissions ourselves, we felt that a few more days would help those of you processing your abstract ideas! 👉 si2026.org
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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🦈🌊✨ Interesting discussion during our fifth panel session led by Simon Dedmen and Guuske Tiktak on “New frontiers in elasmobranch data analysis” 🔬 involving a a group of researchers and experts emphasising the new technologies and opportunities for analysing elasmobranch data #sharks #rays #EEA2025
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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
#FINS is using a multidisciplinary approach including dermal denticle analysis and proteomics to study #marineshagreen, which is a material made from the skins of sharks and rays, to explore historic elasmobranch exploitation in the early modern period #EEA2025 @rachelmwinter.bsky.social
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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Postdoc in the Faroes setur.totalview.cloud/recruitment/...
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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I'm hiring!⭐ As part of the DFF Sapere Aude-funded project MiddleEarth, I am looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher and 1 research assistant.
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Looking forward to seeing the OPI community next summer!! 🐙🐟🐬🐳🦀🦑🪼⛵⚓
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
For those of you attending, or interested, in the 11th ICAZ-AGPM meeting (International Council for Archaeozoology-Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics) October 14-17 in Copenhagen, the preliminary programme is available on our website! sites.google.com/palaeome.org...
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ICAZ AGPM 2025 - Programme
Preliminary programme
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🚨🚨Today is the last day to register to join us in October!! 🚨🚨 (See further details in the note and link below)!
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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
🐑Just a few days left!🐐 Registration for the #ICAZ-AGPM Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics working group meeting @icaz-news.bsky.social 🐃 is open until ⚠️Monday September 15th⚠️! ⬇️ sites.google.com/palaeome.org....
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ICAZ AGPM 2025 - Registration
Conference registration has opened as of 04 July 2025; the deadline to register is 15 September 2025. The registration fee includes: access to all sessions, welcome reception, coffee breaks, lunches, ...
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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
For those not at our General Meeting, we have self-nominations for our next Steering Committee open until the end of the month (30 September)! For more details and to nominate yourself: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... With many thanks to @isma-rgz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy for overseeing this!
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PAASTA steering committee self-nomination
Hello! I am Ismael Rodríguez Palomo, a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. I have volunteered to conduct the formation of the next PAASTA steering committee. We will try to avoid formal elections...
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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Following a marvelous time at ISBA11 and our PAASTA conference, we're back to sharing the work of our community with you here! @ipatramanis.bsky.social PAASTA talk from March about PaleoProPhyler a tool for #phylogenies from ancient proteins is now live on our YouTube youtu.be/2gVEQyinL4A
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PAASTA Seminar Series - Ioannis Patramanis
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
🚨Here is your reminder to register by the *15 September* for the 11th ICAZ-AGPM (Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics) happening the 14-17th of October in Copenhagen!! eventsignup.ku.dk/11th-icazagp...
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11th ICAZ AGPM Working Group Meeting
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Very excited for the conference (with added excitement for the Taylor Swift coded post 😂❤️‍🔥)
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Elisabetta Canteri @ecanteri.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🦌 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🦌 Our paper on wild #reindeer and #caribou is out in Science Advances! Thanks to the team: Eric Post, @nmschmidt.bsky.social, Stuart Brown, @noguesbravo.bsky.social and Damien Fordham that co-lead this research. doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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Mismatch in reindeer resilience to past and future warming signals ongoing declines
Rangifer population dynamics over 21,000 years reveal that future climatic warming will cause losses that surpass safe boundaries.
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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Delighted to be bringing you the following PAASTA community-led paper outlining our recommendations for best practices and open science in palaeoproteomics! Congratulations to the authors and for anyone keen to read the paper, it can be found #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Did you know about the small, wild population of #muskox (Ovibos moschatus) in Sweden? To learn more about their current conservation status, ecosystem services, and latest population inventory, check out our latest paper, published #OpenAccess in Polar Research! doi.org/10.33265/pol...
Figure 2 from Winter et al. (2025) showing the geographical extent of the year-round core area of the Swedish muskox population, with the Norwegian–Sweden border noted in white. The map was made using the software QGIS 3.34.11 based on, and updated from, Nilsson (2014).
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
In the words of Taylor Swift, ‘It’s been a long time coming’ and with that, I’m beyond excited to be starting my Marie Curie fellowship on #marineshagreen and historic #elasmobranch exploitation and ecology at the Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen!
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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
✨✨Reminder that we are hosting a (virtual and in-person) pre-ISBA conference✨✨ on the 26th of August (13:00-17:00 CET) which will include talks from members of our community and the PAASTA Annual General Meeting. Additional details can be found here: paasta-community.github.io/events/2025/...
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Pre-ISBA PAASTA Conference · PAASTA Community
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Giulia Zampirolo @giuliazamp93.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Our latest work is out! Ancient DNA from Danube sturgeon fossils dating back 10,000 years reveals that, despite centuries of decline, some populations have preserved high genetic diversity and ancient lineages. doi.org/10.1098/rstb... @royalsociety.org @lukeeholman.bsky.social
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Continuous mitochondrial diversity of Danube sturgeon species over millennia: insights from ancient DNA | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Sturgeons, an iconic group of large fishes inhabiting marine and freshwater ecosystems, have historically had significant economic and cultural value, particularly prized for their meat and roe (cavia...
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Frido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Registration is open for the 11th #ICAZ-AGPM meeting taking place this October in Copenhagen! We're looking forward to four days of #archaeozoology #aDNA #morphometrics & #palaeoproteomics. sites.google.com/palaeome.org...
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ICAZ AGPM 2025 - Registration
Conference registration has opened as of 04 July 2025. The registration fee includes: access to all sessions, welcome reception, coffee breaks, lunches, certificate of attendance. Registration can be...
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
✨REGISTRATION IS OPEN✨ for the 11th International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics (AGPM) Working Group Meeting taking place this autumn in Copenhagen the 14-17th of October! eventsignup.ku.dk/11th-icazagp... @icaz-news.bsky.social
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Oceans Past Initiative @oceanspast.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
A new paper by @rachelwinter.bsky.social used stable isotope data derived from fish bones from Middle to Late Holocene Levantine archaeological sites to explore trophodynamics and foraging ecologies prior to Lessepsian invasions and the overfishing seen in more recent times. doi.org/10.12681/mms...
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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🍝Our next PAASTA Seminar Series talk will be next week Wednesday 02 July at 15:00 CET! 🍝 @mirandaevans.bsky.social will be presenting "The Proteomics of Pottery: What can dirty dishes tell us about ancient diet and cuisine?" As always, DM us for the Zoom link to join!
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Come join us in Turin (or virtually) before @isba11.bsky.social kicks off!!
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Always #TeamFish 🐟😉🐟
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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Last week Meaghan Mackie provided us with an excellent talk about the challenges faced when bridging archaeology and archaeological sciences, fortunately if you missed it, her talk is now available on our YouTube! youtu.be/qZ_RRNPBFO4?...
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PAASTA Seminar Series - June 2025: Meaghan Mackie
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Happy to see this out and it was a treat to work with the co-authors involved! It was also my first time publishing via @pciarchaeology.bsky.social and it's a very clear, transparent, collegial process that I would heartily recommend! And finally, publish your raw data (please!)!!
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Happy to share our latest publication, “Pre-Lessepsian isotopic niche spaces: using #paleoecological proxies to assess the impact of ongoing bioinvasions on fishes in the eastern #Mediterranean Sea” in Mediterranean Marine Science and available OA here: tinyurl.com/3pzuhx53
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PAASTA Community @paastacommunity.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The next talk in our #PAASTACommunity seminar series will be next week Wednesday 06 June at 16:00 CET! And while none of these talks are to be missed, Meaghan will be broaching a really important topic for working in palaeproteomics!
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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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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
One month left at Winterthur Museum and it's been a fruitful and delightful fellowship, I'm so grateful to the great collaborators I have here and to be working on #marine #shagreen objects, including this mid 19th c. sword from Germany! 🦈 Image courtesy of Winterthur, photo by Nat Caccamo.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I'm too tired and busy to pitch this around. Do any public-facing science news outlets want to hire me to write "Everyone's sharing that footage about bottom trawling from the Attenborough documentary trailer, here's the truth about this widely-misunderstood fishing method?" DMs open.
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Rachel M. Winter @rachelmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Abstract submissions closing EOD today! (16 May)
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