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Tim Webster

@timwebster.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof at the University of Utah. Genomics, evolution, primatology, anthropology, herpetology, bioinformatics, social networks. All opinions are my own.

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moicoll.bsky.social @moicoll.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Interactive schedule for SMBE2026. Enjoy the conference! #SMBE2026 github.com/MoiColl/SMBE...
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GitHub - MoiColl/SMBE2026_schedule: Interactive SMBE2026 schedule
Interactive SMBE2026 schedule. Contribute to MoiColl/SMBE2026_schedule development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Cedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
“Human ancestors interbred with two distinct populations of distant relatives” nice new preprint by @alanrogers.bsky.social @colinmbrand.bsky.social @timwebster.bsky.social showing that “archaics” & “moderns” interbred with two distinct “superarchaic” populations 🧪🧬💀
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American Association of Anthropological Genetics @anthgen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Are you an anthropological geneticist (or want to be)? Join us and help us build a stronger community seeking to understand genetic/genomic evolution and variability in human and nonhuman primates and their ancestors! To join or renew your AAAG membership, please visit: anthgen.org/join
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Why do AI studies in genomics focus on the scale of their analysis rather than the new discoveries made? #bioinformatics
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Maxime Derex @maximederex.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Population connectivity shapes the distribution and complexity of chimpanzee cumulative culture | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Population connectivity shapes the distribution and complexity of chimpanzee cumulative culture
Although cumulative culture is a hallmark of hominin evolution, its origins can be traced back to our common ancestor with chimpanzees. Here, we investigated the evolutionary origins of chimpanzee cum...
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Jazlyn Mooney @jazlynmooney.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
First major paper from the lab! The work was led by super talented postdoc Maria Akopyan. She explored how reference bias skews estimates of diversity, demography, divergence & recombination rate with help from @elliecat.bsky.social & awesome ungrad Matthew. Full thread coming soon 🤓
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