American Association of Anthropological Genetics
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The AAAG promotes the study and training in understanding the role of genetics/genomics underlying adaptation, evolution, and variability in human and non-human primates.
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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
To join or renew your AAAG membership, please visit: anthgen.org/join
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🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
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Are you interested in human evolution? Would you like to work in palaeoproteomics 👩🏻🔬 and live in Copenhagen 🇩🇰🚴🏽♀️? So, apply to these advertised positions. More info 👇
⚠️Just a quick reminder, there are a few days left to apply for these two positions in #palaeoproteomics.
I'm hiring!⭐ As part of the DFF Sapere Aude-funded project MiddleEarth, I am looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher and 1 research assistant.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Are you interested in human evolution? Would you like to work in palaeoproteomics 👩🏻🔬 and live in Copenhagen 🇩🇰🚴🏽♀️? So, apply to these advertised positions. More info 👇
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How time, climate, and storage shape DNA survival in herbarium specimens - and why plants from the tropics face tougher odds 🌿🧬
#AncientDNA
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#AncientDNA
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November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
How time, climate, and storage shape DNA survival in herbarium specimens - and why plants from the tropics face tougher odds 🌿🧬
#AncientDNA
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#AncientDNA
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
AABA/AAAG folks! Want to reach more people with your awesome science 👩🔬👨🏿🏫💀🧬🦍? Check out this upcoming writing workshop by @bioanth.org on Nov 19🗓️ ! A great way to prepare for this year's Politzer Prize op-ed style competition 👩🏿💻 📝(bioanth.org/about/willia...) Register here: shorturl.at/7cf9J
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
AABA/AAAG folks! Want to reach more people with your awesome science 👩🔬👨🏿🏫💀🧬🦍? Check out this upcoming writing workshop by @bioanth.org on Nov 19🗓️ ! A great way to prepare for this year's Politzer Prize op-ed style competition 👩🏿💻 📝(bioanth.org/about/willia...) Register here: shorturl.at/7cf9J
For AnthGen folks at @bioanth.org:
Our Annual Business Meeting will be held TONIGHT from 8.30 - 9.30 PM in the Grand Ballroom, Salons I-II.
The agenda, minutes from the 2024 meeting, and the Treasurer's Report for 2024 are available in your email if you’re a member!
See you there!
Our Annual Business Meeting will be held TONIGHT from 8.30 - 9.30 PM in the Grand Ballroom, Salons I-II.
The agenda, minutes from the 2024 meeting, and the Treasurer's Report for 2024 are available in your email if you’re a member!
See you there!
March 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
For AnthGen folks at @bioanth.org:
Our Annual Business Meeting will be held TONIGHT from 8.30 - 9.30 PM in the Grand Ballroom, Salons I-II.
The agenda, minutes from the 2024 meeting, and the Treasurer's Report for 2024 are available in your email if you’re a member!
See you there!
Our Annual Business Meeting will be held TONIGHT from 8.30 - 9.30 PM in the Grand Ballroom, Salons I-II.
The agenda, minutes from the 2024 meeting, and the Treasurer's Report for 2024 are available in your email if you’re a member!
See you there!
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🥁 Congratulations to the 76 awardees of the 2025 William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award! The Pollitzer Student Travel Awards are designed to help students defray the costs of attending the AABA meetings. bioanth.org/about/willia... #AABA2025
William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award - AABA
The Pollitzer Student Travel Awards are designed to help students defray the costs of attending the AABA meetings. The awards are named in honor of […]
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March 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
🥁 Congratulations to the 76 awardees of the 2025 William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award! The Pollitzer Student Travel Awards are designed to help students defray the costs of attending the AABA meetings. bioanth.org/about/willia... #AABA2025
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💡 AABA supports early career researchers through the Cobb Professional Development Grant. Congratulations to this year’s Cobb Professional Development Grant awardees: Derek Boyd, Stephanie Canington, Arianna Harrington, Sharon Kuo, and Megan Petersdorf! bioanth.org/about/cobb-p... #AABA2025
March 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
💡 AABA supports early career researchers through the Cobb Professional Development Grant. Congratulations to this year’s Cobb Professional Development Grant awardees: Derek Boyd, Stephanie Canington, Arianna Harrington, Sharon Kuo, and Megan Petersdorf! bioanth.org/about/cobb-p... #AABA2025
Attending @bioanth.org in Baltimore this week? Come join us at AAAG events throughout the conference!
Up next: AAAG Speed Networking on Thursday 11 AM in the Grand Ballroom, Dover AB!
Our most popular event, we have already filled all participant slots (if you’re in, we’ve email you with details)!
Up next: AAAG Speed Networking on Thursday 11 AM in the Grand Ballroom, Dover AB!
Our most popular event, we have already filled all participant slots (if you’re in, we’ve email you with details)!
March 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Attending @bioanth.org in Baltimore this week? Come join us at AAAG events throughout the conference!
Up next: AAAG Speed Networking on Thursday 11 AM in the Grand Ballroom, Dover AB!
Our most popular event, we have already filled all participant slots (if you’re in, we’ve email you with details)!
Up next: AAAG Speed Networking on Thursday 11 AM in the Grand Ballroom, Dover AB!
Our most popular event, we have already filled all participant slots (if you’re in, we’ve email you with details)!
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New inheritance mechanism unrelated to DNA is discovered by chance english.elpais.com/science-tech...
New inheritance mechanism unrelated to DNA is discovered by chance
A study originally focusing on cancer has shown that amyloids — proteins typically linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s — influence inherited traits. The discovery could, say the auth...
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March 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
New inheritance mechanism unrelated to DNA is discovered by chance english.elpais.com/science-tech...
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Interesting new pre-print, "A structured coalescent model reveals deep ancestral structure shared by all modern humans" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Interesting new pre-print, "A structured coalescent model reveals deep ancestral structure shared by all modern humans" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🧬 Interested in Population Genomics and working with ancient DNA?
Don’t miss the 2nd edition of our "Population Genomics using aDNA data" course this September — led by @cegamorim.bsky.social & @arunsethuraman.bsky.social
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
Don’t miss the 2nd edition of our "Population Genomics using aDNA data" course this September — led by @cegamorim.bsky.social & @arunsethuraman.bsky.social
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
Population genomics using ancient DNA data
22nd-26th September 2025
www.physalia-courses.org
March 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
🧬 Interested in Population Genomics and working with ancient DNA?
Don’t miss the 2nd edition of our "Population Genomics using aDNA data" course this September — led by @cegamorim.bsky.social & @arunsethuraman.bsky.social
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
Don’t miss the 2nd edition of our "Population Genomics using aDNA data" course this September — led by @cegamorim.bsky.social & @arunsethuraman.bsky.social
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
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Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.03.641249v1
March 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.03.641249v1
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Support our scientists! (in government and beyond!) #StandUpForScience
March 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Support our scientists! (in government and beyond!) #StandUpForScience
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Preferences for genetic testing among populations underrepresented in genomic research: a systematic review - By Taylor Montgomery, Madison R. Hickingbotham & Hadley Stevens Smith | European Journal of Human Genetics www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Preferences for genetic testing among populations underrepresented in genomic research: a systematic review - European Journal of Human Genetics
European Journal of Human Genetics - Preferences for genetic testing among populations underrepresented in genomic research: a systematic review
www.nature.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Preferences for genetic testing among populations underrepresented in genomic research: a systematic review - By Taylor Montgomery, Madison R. Hickingbotham & Hadley Stevens Smith | European Journal of Human Genetics www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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From the Human Condition to Human Conditions: how diverse developmental trajectories & reticulate evolutionary trajectories can inform one another, doing justice to our “mosaic” nature. Brief overview of my ongoing collaboration with G. Testa’s team in “Current Opinion in Genetics & Development” 🧪🧬🧠
Tile by tile: capturing the evolutionary mosaic of human conditions
The collection of Homo sapiens anatomical hallmarks hypothesized to support the ‘human condition’ did not appear at one specific time and place, but g…
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February 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
From the Human Condition to Human Conditions: how diverse developmental trajectories & reticulate evolutionary trajectories can inform one another, doing justice to our “mosaic” nature. Brief overview of my ongoing collaboration with G. Testa’s team in “Current Opinion in Genetics & Development” 🧪🧬🧠
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Intro to Special issue Genetics of Human Origin (2024)
Identification of the genetic variants underlying distinctive human traits provides a new perspective on human origins. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Identification of the genetic variants underlying distinctive human traits provides a new perspective on human origins. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development | Genetics of Human Origin (2024) | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
Identification of the genetic variants underlying distinctive human traits provides a new perspective on human origins. However, complete descriptions of genetic variants under selective pressure alon...
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March 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Intro to Special issue Genetics of Human Origin (2024)
Identification of the genetic variants underlying distinctive human traits provides a new perspective on human origins. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Identification of the genetic variants underlying distinctive human traits provides a new perspective on human origins. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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This paper explores how high-quality reference genomes enhance our understanding of evolution, conservation, and human health.
📖Check it out: bit.ly/41jCMtm
🌱Interested in more conservation genomics content?
Don't miss a chance to read the latest issue of EBP Life : bit.ly/41j7Ido
📖Check it out: bit.ly/41jCMtm
🌱Interested in more conservation genomics content?
Don't miss a chance to read the latest issue of EBP Life : bit.ly/41j7Ido
February 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This paper explores how high-quality reference genomes enhance our understanding of evolution, conservation, and human health.
📖Check it out: bit.ly/41jCMtm
🌱Interested in more conservation genomics content?
Don't miss a chance to read the latest issue of EBP Life : bit.ly/41j7Ido
📖Check it out: bit.ly/41jCMtm
🌱Interested in more conservation genomics content?
Don't miss a chance to read the latest issue of EBP Life : bit.ly/41j7Ido
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**Antarctic POST-DOC announcement incoming!**
Sarah Flanagan, Jong-U Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim & I are teaming up to study population genomics of emperor penguins in the Ross Sea. 20-month position available, will inform the Ross Sea MPA review. Join us in NZ! 🧪🌍🦑🦉
flanagan-lab.github.io/people/open-...
Sarah Flanagan, Jong-U Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim & I are teaming up to study population genomics of emperor penguins in the Ross Sea. 20-month position available, will inform the Ross Sea MPA review. Join us in NZ! 🧪🌍🦑🦉
flanagan-lab.github.io/people/open-...
Open Positions
I am currently seeking a postdoc to study population genetics in emperor penguins!
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February 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
**Antarctic POST-DOC announcement incoming!**
Sarah Flanagan, Jong-U Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim & I are teaming up to study population genomics of emperor penguins in the Ross Sea. 20-month position available, will inform the Ross Sea MPA review. Join us in NZ! 🧪🌍🦑🦉
flanagan-lab.github.io/people/open-...
Sarah Flanagan, Jong-U Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim & I are teaming up to study population genomics of emperor penguins in the Ross Sea. 20-month position available, will inform the Ross Sea MPA review. Join us in NZ! 🧪🌍🦑🦉
flanagan-lab.github.io/people/open-...
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Join us for the first seminar in a new series by @IntlGeneticsFed!
"Biodiversity Genomics – African & European Perspectives"
📅 March 4, 2025 at 12:00 GMT
🔗 Register now: forms.office.com/r/e1MgVyfCvs
"Biodiversity Genomics – African & European Perspectives"
📅 March 4, 2025 at 12:00 GMT
🔗 Register now: forms.office.com/r/e1MgVyfCvs
February 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Join us for the first seminar in a new series by @IntlGeneticsFed!
"Biodiversity Genomics – African & European Perspectives"
📅 March 4, 2025 at 12:00 GMT
🔗 Register now: forms.office.com/r/e1MgVyfCvs
"Biodiversity Genomics – African & European Perspectives"
📅 March 4, 2025 at 12:00 GMT
🔗 Register now: forms.office.com/r/e1MgVyfCvs
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Are you or someone you know interested in research in evolutionary genetics and genomics, but not quite ready to apply to graduate school this cycle? Then you should apply to our post-baccalaureate research program! More information below... 🧵
STEGG-INTERACT Research and Mentoring for Post-Baccalaureates (RaMP) Program
STEGG-INTERACT Research and Mentoring for Post-Baccalaureates (RaMP) Program
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November 8, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Are you or someone you know interested in research in evolutionary genetics and genomics, but not quite ready to apply to graduate school this cycle? Then you should apply to our post-baccalaureate research program! More information below... 🧵
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Lots of fun talking lemur genomics at Concordia University for the Montreal Genomics series last night! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Lots of fun talking lemur genomics at Concordia University for the Montreal Genomics series last night! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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
To join or renew your AAAG membership, please visit: anthgen.org/join
February 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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
To join or renew your AAAG membership, please visit: anthgen.org/join
The AAAG is here on BlueSky just in time to invite you RIGHT NOW to our panel on Career Paths Outside of Academia for Anthropological Geneticists!
Please join us! Details here:
anthgen.org/Non-Academic-Careers-Panel
Please join us! Details here:
anthgen.org/Non-Academic-Careers-Panel
February 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The AAAG is here on BlueSky just in time to invite you RIGHT NOW to our panel on Career Paths Outside of Academia for Anthropological Geneticists!
Please join us! Details here:
anthgen.org/Non-Academic-Careers-Panel
Please join us! Details here:
anthgen.org/Non-Academic-Careers-Panel