Reposted by Zoé PochonNikolay Oskolkov @oskolkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Only 2 days left! I'm hiring a computational postdoc to join my group — exciting science, great team, don't wait! Apply now 👇 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/464445 #PostdocPosition #Bioinformatics #AcademicJobseuraxess.ec.europa.euPostDoc of Metabolic Research GroupNational Institute of Research and Innovation (NIRI) - the leading drug discovery centre in the Baltic countries is offering One permanent position of PostDoc of Metabolic Research Group. 054
Reposted by Zoé PochonHugh McColl @hmcccoll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Excited to share our preprint on the spread of megaliths in Neolithic Europe. Trade networks formed in the wake of migrations, and megaliths then spread within those networks. On their own, migration and cultural diffusion tell an incomplete story. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgMigrations facilitated the cultural diffusion of megaliths in Neolithic EuropeAround 6700 BP (years before present), Neolithic Europe saw the emergence of megalithic monuments in northern France, followed by a rapid spread to the rest of the continent1. However, whether this wa... 2116
Reposted by Zoé PochonSPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A #methods paper for #MetagenomicsMonday! 🦠🧬💻 This new primer and #protocol provides practical guidance for assembling and validating #ancient #microbial #genomes. It introduces dedicated #aDNA support in #nf-core/mag. journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... #SPAAM #Metagenomics #Bioinformaticsjournals.plos.orgDe novo assembly and authentication of ancient DNA metagenomes with nf-core/magAuthor summary Advancements in genomic sequencing analyses are increasingly allowing researchers to reconstruct the genomes of microbial ‘dark matter’—those microbial species that are difficult to… 1105
Reposted by Zoé PochonMeriam Guellil PhD @meriamguellil.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I am opening a PhD position at the University of Vienna to work with me on ancient pathogen aDNA 🦠🧬 Please help spread the word to any relevant candidates or contact me if you are interested! Join us here in Vienna! 11712
Reposted by Zoé Pochonmarcelkeller.bsky.social @marcelkeller.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Our paper on the second plague pandemic is now finally published: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... We present 11 new Y. pestis genomes from around Europe and introduce a new approach to refine the dating of ancient genomes that helped us to contextualize 75 plague genomes of the Second Pandemic. 1198
Reposted by Zoé PochonKevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I'm hiring a postdoc as part of my ERC project - the deadline is tomorrow noon GMT, apologies for the little notice If you have interest but can't make the deadline, please DM/email me immediately and i can try extend the deadline a few daysuniversityvacancies.comUniversity & College VacanciesConnecting talent with opportunity in higher education 21714
Reposted by Zoé PochonKevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Our paper on ancient sheeppox virus genomes, including many found from parchment samples, is now published af Science Advances. Congrats to all our co-authors and particularly first author Louis. #aDNA share.google/JqVOTB2lvxcO...share.googleThree thousand five hundred years of sheeppox virus evolution inferred from archaeological and codicological genomesSheeppox virus (SPPV) is a major livestock pathogen causing economic hardship through reduced production and death of vulnerable sheep, with written descriptions of sheeppox-like disease recorded sinc... 26028
Reposted by Zoé PochonAmanda V. Meuser @amanda-meuser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I attended two conferences this summer, the first ever #ICP2026 in Stockholm 🇸🇪 and #SMBE2026 in Copenhagen! 🇩🇰 Both were an amazing opportunity to meet other researchers and professionals in my field and share my doctoral research! 🧬🌟 0132
Reposted by Zoé PochonAlex Hübner @alexhbnr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026🚨 Paper alert: if you are working on #metagenomics, particularly from #ancientDNA, and want to get into de novo #assembly, check out our latest work: 📄 De novo assembly and authentication of ancient DNA metagenomes with nf-core/mag (journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...) (1/4)journals.plos.orgDe novo assembly and authentication of ancient DNA metagenomes with nf-core/magAuthor summary Advancements in genomic sequencing analyses are increasingly allowing researchers to reconstruct the genomes of microbial ‘dark matter’—those microbial species that are difficult to iso... 1219
Reposted by Zoé PochonJ. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 05/08/2026🧵 New preprint: Have you ever tried to perform molecular clock dating of ancient mitogenomes using BEAST? Have you struggled using manual tools to create your input files, run your analyses and extract your results? We hope our pipeline provides a solution to this: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgMitoDate: a Nextflow pipeline for molecular clock dating and phylogenetic inference using ancient mitogenomesSummary Ancient DNA studies are increasingly targeting samples that are beyond the limit of radiocarbon dating (>50 thousand years old) and are often difficult or impossible to date using other geochr... 13012
Reposted by Zoé PochonTorsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026One week left to apply! 0117
Reposted by Zoé PochonCentre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Our #CPGSthlm delegation had great presentations and posters at #SMBE2026! 👏👏👏 ♥️🧬🦣🫎🦠🦋🐝🐀💀🦬🧪 1203
Reposted by Zoé PochonAnne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Thanks to my terrific students and colleagues who nominated me for the #SMBE2026 lifetime achievement award. You make science fun! 6635
Reposted by Zoé PochonTorsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Don't miss the lab's posters at #SMBE2026 today: Marianne Dehasque @maridehasque.bsky.social will present a pangenome graph pipeline for ancient DNA 🧬 (Arkaden 7, 297) Germán Hernández Alonso @germanha.bsky.social will present about the history of Central Asian sheep 🐑 (Arkaden 8, 267) 2206
Reposted by Zoé PochonAdria LeBoeuf @adriatica.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Wise words about the ethics of being a scientist these days from @meauxjuliette.bsky.social #SMBE2026: “Don’t serve the system, serve the community.” Also, it is ok (and healthy!) to feel like an imposter; rather, finding others smarter is a blessing! 04512
Reposted by Zoé Pochonschlebuschgroup.bsky.social @schlebuschgroup.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The Schlebusch Group had a great time at #ICP2026 in Stockholm! Several group members attended, and Maja Vukovikj presented her poster, Ancient Pathogen Genomics in Africa. Great work, Maja! 👏 #AncientDNA #Palaeogenomics 1285
Reposted by Zoé PochonNBIS @nbis.se · 29/06/2026NBIS is at #SMBE2026 🧬 Come talk to us and have a look at our poster in the Arlequin room! 1115
Reposted by Zoé PochonCentre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026After #ICP2026, #CPGsthlm has officially landed in Copenhagen for #SMBE2026! 🇩🇰🧬 We are bringing a delegation from Stockholm to share our latest research. Here is a breakdown of every CPG presentation happening this week 🧵👇 Don't miss out! 163
Reposted by Zoé PochonCentre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026@zoepochon.bsky.social will present her talk "Parvovirus B19 from early modern warships suggests genotype 2 continuity in Europe, bridging a millennium-long gap" tomorrow at 15:50 in the session "L06 From Ancient Pathogen Genomics to Palaeoepidemiology". 121
Reposted by Zoé PochonLucy van Dorp @lucyvandorp.bsky.social · 29/06/2026@ugiatucl.bsky.social microbial genomics are at #SMBE2026! S14 - Marina Escalera-Zamudio - mapping fitness landscape of SARS-CoV-2 🧬 S13 - me/Pooja Swali - tracing 2 centuries of evolution in BFDV 🦜 Open 10a - Cedric Tan - Ranavirus evolution across hosts 🐸 081
Reposted by Zoé PochonICP2026 Stockholm @palaeogenomics.bsky.social · 26/06/2026#ICP2026 Stockholm is over, but ICP will return... in 2028! #ICP2028 will be hosted by Trinity College Dublin 🎉☘️🇮🇪 04713
Reposted by Zoé PochonMarco Capodiferro @marcocapo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026We're still absorbing tons of inspiring notes from #ICP2026, and already planning the next one. #ICP2028 is coming to Dublin 🍀 and we can't wait to welcome the ancient DNA 🧬 community in Ireland. We'll do our best to build on the outstanding work of the Stockholm committee. More info coming soon! 0215
Reposted by Zoé PochonMarkella Moraitou @markella-morait.bsky.social · 21/06/2026My main PhD paper is out on bioRxiv! 🎉 The microbiomes of wild animals, besides the gut, remain unexplored. To help remedy this, we used museum-preserved dental calculus to characterise the oral microbiome of 34 diverse mammal species. 💀🦠🦷 Read here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 5209
Reposted by Zoé PochonCentre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 22/05/2026#CPGStlhm 's PhD candidate @officialernst.bsky.social is currently defending his thesis on using metagenomics sedimentary DNA to reconstruct past ecosystems 🧬🏞️ in Sweden with Laura Epp as opponent. Good luck, Ernst! 0183
Reposted by Zoé PochonSPAAM @spaam-community.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Ancient DNA reveals a wandering #bear. 🐻🧬 A 9,600-year-old genome from Swedish lake #sediments shows a southern brown bear migrating north during #post-glacial recolonization. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #sedaDNA #biodiversitypnas.orgAncient environmental genome reveals a migratory brown bear individual in Early Holocene Scandinavia | PNASAfter the last ice age, species migrated into a newly deglaciated Scandinavia. Brown bear recolonization is thought to have occurred from two direc... 072
Zoé Pochon @zoepochon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Very promising pipeline for eucaryotic discovery in sedaDNA! 🐻 🫐 🌿 🧬 040
Reposted by Zoé PochonICP2026 Stockholm @palaeogenomics.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Only 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/ 0133
Reposted by Zoé PochonFelix M Key @keyfm.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Can we reconstruct ancient pathogen genomes from animal remains? Can paleopathology help prioritize promising specimens? Our new paper demonstrates this by screening more than 300 specimens from across Eurasia over the past 6,000 years. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comProbing the zooarchaeological record across time and space for ancient pathogen DNA - Nature CommunicationsAuthors investigate ancient DNA from animal remains and identify multiple signatures of ancient zoonotic pathogens. They find ancient pathogen genomics from archaeological animal remains may inform zo... 15931
Reposted by Zoé PochonYoussef Tawfik @yotawfik.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I’m happy to share the latest paper by our group in Mainz titled: “Demography and life histories across the Roman frontier in Germany 400–700 CE” that was just published in Nature. I’m proud to have been part of this amazing group effort! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDemography and life histories across the Roman frontier in Germany 400–700 ce - NatureAnalysis of 258 ancient genomes from southern Germany reveals a major demographic shift during the late fifth century, yet family structures persisted from Late Roman times, demonstrating cultural con... 0186
Reposted by Zoé PochonNikolay Oskolkov @oskolkov.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I have an open postdoc position in my group. If you're excited about developing machine learning methods for multi-omics data analysis in metabolic diseases, I’d love to hear from you. Please apply here euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/430305euraxess.ec.europa.euPostDoc of Metabolic Research GroupLatvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (LIOS) - the leading drug discovery centre in the Baltic countries is offering One permanent position of PostDoc of Metabolic Research Group. 065
Reposted by Zoé PochonCentre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026New 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/...pnas.orgAncient environmental genome reveals a migratory brown bear individual in Early Holocene Scandinavia | PNASAfter the last ice age, species migrated into a newly deglaciated Scandinavia. Brown bear recolonization is thought to have occurred from two direc... 02110
Reposted by Zoé PochonCentre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 21/04/2026We present DNAharvester 🎉🦴🚜🧬 A pipeline to process highly degraded ancient DNA data that integrates metagenomic filtering, competitive mapping, multiple alignment strategies, reference bias evaluation and much more. GitHub: github.com/NBISweden/DN... Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 04724
Reposted by Zoé PochonMikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Interested in ancient environmental DNA, metagenomics, and bioinformatics? Sign up for our PhD course in Ancient Environmental Genomics at the University of Copenhagen, 20 to 25 Sept 2026. 5 ECTS Sign-up deadline: 1 Aug 2026 Read more and sign up: phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus... 166
Reposted by Zoé PochonPatrícia Pečnerová @patriciachrzan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Can you believe that until now there were more genomes sequenced for the woolly mammoth than for living African elephants? Today, we bring you the first genomic, continent-scale analyses of 232 high-quality genomes of both species, the savanna and forest elephant. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 515152
Reposted by Zoé PochonErnst Johnson @officialernst.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Very 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/...pnas.orgAncient environmental genome reveals a migratory brown bear individual in Early Holocene Scandinavia | PNASAfter the last ice age, species migrated into a newly deglaciated Scandinavia. Brown bear recolonization is thought to have occurred from two direc... 15225
Reposted by Zoé PochonJ. Camilo Chacón-Duque @jcchacond.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Check this thread about our latest paper, written by one of the lead authors, @officialernst.bsky.social. It was such an exciting project! 072
Reposted by Zoé PochonICP2026 Stockholm @palaeogenomics.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️ KATERINA GUSCHANSKI (@kguschan.bsky.social) Katerina is expert in using genomics of museum collections to explore primate evolution, conservation genetics, and the historical impact of environmental change. Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org 0178
Reposted by Zoé PochonLove Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026How did catastrophic black death and myxomatosis outbreaks on an isolated island affect the genomes of humans & rabbits, respectively? And how did the microbes evolve in response to this? PhD position @cpgsthlm.bsky.social with Anders Götherström and me as supervisors! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... 12422
Reposted by Zoé PochonICP2026 Stockholm @palaeogenomics.bsky.social · 31/03/2026We are looking forward to welcoming you to Stockholm in only 83 days 😍 Our conference will be packed with exciting oral presentations 💁♂️, poster sessions 🧾, coffee breaks ☕, and pre-conference workshops 👷♀️ Take a look at the preliminary program ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 0208
Reposted by Zoé PochonCesarFortesLima @cesarforteslima.bsky.social · 30/03/2026"The Cemetery at the Edge of the Islamic World" www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX1u... Evolutionary Insights by Anthropology net Podcastyoutube.comThe Cemetery at the Edge of the Islamic WorldYouTube video by Kambiz Kamrani 032
Reposted by Zoé PochonCentre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 27/03/2026New paper alert 🚨 Researchers at #CPGStlhm have analyzed ancient genomes from an Islamic cemetery in Ibiza (950–1150 CE) 🏖️ They found a highly diverse community with ancestry from Europe and North Africa! The paper was published in @natcomms.nature.com OA link www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1209
Reposted by Zoé PochonCentre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · 27/03/2026By investigating the presence of pathogens in the remains, the authors detected one individual carrying Mycobacterium leprae 🦠 (the bacteria responsible for leprosy), providing insight into the health of medieval Ibiza societies. 162
Reposted by Zoé PochonICP2026 Stockholm @palaeogenomics.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️ LUCY VAN DORP (@ugiatucl.bsky.social) Lucy is a leading expert in ancient microbe research, using ancient DNA to reconstruct the origins, evolution, and spread of major human pathogens throughout history. Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org 0168
Reposted by Zoé PochonJavier del Campo @fonamental.bsky.social · 10/03/2026The MicrobeAtlas database: Global trends and insights into Earth’s microbial ecosystems www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #microbiome 1135
Reposted by Zoé PochonStockholm University @stockholm-uni.bsky.social · 05/03/2026An undisturbed seventeenth-century shipwreck is a time capsule offering a chance to encounter people of the past mid-step. For maritime archaeologist Niklas Eriksson the underwater world is an archaeological treasure trove rich in stories of everyday life from centuries ago www.su.se/english/news... 152
Reposted by Zoé PochonCarina Schlebusch @cschlebu.bsky.social · 02/03/2026We have a new preprint! - "Ancient Pathogen Genomics in Africa – Current Evidence and Future Directions" A review of current evidence, challenges, and opportunities for studying past epidemics and host–pathogen evolution using ancient DNA from African contexts. www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...preprints.org 0187
Reposted by Zoé PochonAida Andres @aidaandres.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Job alert: open position for a Professor or Associate Professor of Computational Genomics in Health and Disease at University College London. Based in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment of UCL, and UGI, and funded by the UCL Health Strategy. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... 🧪ucl.ac.ukUCL – University College LondonUCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021). 11526