Biancamaria Bonucci
bbonucci.bsky.social
Biancamaria Bonucci
@bbonucci.bsky.social
PhD Student 🇪🇪 at the University of Tartu (she/her)
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🚨Thrilled to share our new paper!!
We were able to retrieve ancient DNA and proteins from layers of sediment attached to the skeletal remains of individuals from a Neolithic site from Southern Italy 💀🧬🦠
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Ancient microbial DNA and proteins preserve in concretions covering human remains
Microbiome; Omics; Proteomics; Archeology
www.cell.com
So glad to have such brilliant friends ♥️
I had the huge opportunity to share the preliminary results of my research project during the "ancient biomolecules and museums" session at ISBA11. What a great honor! 🥰
#ancientDNA #popgen #museomics #humanevolution #ISBA11 @isba11.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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🚨JOB ALERT!🚨

Postdoc position at #CpgSthlm on Microtine Palaeogenomics!

Join our deep-time genomics project, funded by @erc.europa.eu, and help us explore lemming and vole evolution using ancient DNA from fossils spanning the last 2.6 million years 🐭🦴🧬

Apply here:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
September 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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What a week! 🎉 Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference — so well organized and full of great science.
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Come to my poster at #ISBA11 today!!
Number 92 🥰🔥
Check out Biancamaria's @bbonucci.bsky.social poster presentation tomorrow at #ISBA11, Aug 29, 12:45–2:25 pm @ Musei Reali, Torino

Session title: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology

@isba11.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
It was a blast ♥️
A huge thanks to all the amazing speakers and participants at #SPAAM7 yesterday 🧬🙌

The sessions were full of inspiring talks and great discussions!✨
August 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚨Thrilled to share our new paper!!
We were able to retrieve ancient DNA and proteins from layers of sediment attached to the skeletal remains of individuals from a Neolithic site from Southern Italy 💀🧬🦠
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Ancient microbial DNA and proteins preserve in concretions covering human remains
Microbiome; Omics; Proteomics; Archeology
www.cell.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Please help us improve #SPAAMtisch by filling out the feedback form below!

Also we are looking for new volunteers who are willing to help organising and inviting experts to give seminars. If you are interested please DM me or @bbonucci.bsky.social
Dear SPAAM community, help us improve #SPAAMtisch our longest ongoing initiative!

Whether you're a regular or just joined, we want your feedback to give voice to the community!

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SPAAMtisch evaluation form 2025
Give us your feedback on our SPAAMtisch initiative which runs almost every month alternating seminars and round tables
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August 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Help us give a warm welcome to our newest #SPAAM7 invited speaker, Keri Burge! 🙌

Catch her talk on August 26th — live in Turin or online!
August 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
What are you waiting for?? ⏳⌛️
Join us 🔥🔥
🗣️ Pssst… we’ve got good news!
Missed the deadline for #SPAAM7? No worries! Registration is now open until 4.8. 🎉
That’s your second chance to join the fun. Don’t sleep on it! 😉

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See you in Turin or via zoom! 🔥
Registration form - SPAAM7
SPAAM7 will take place as a hybrid satellite meeting of the ISBA11 in Turin When? 26th August 2025 Where? Accademia Albertina 13 in Turin and online via Zoom. Zoom link will be sent to online partici...
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August 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Go check out @oskolkov.bsky.social project and research if you are interested in working with a great scientist (and in a beautiful city 🇱🇻) ⬇️⬇️
I am starting a computational lab at LIOS, Riga, Latvia, and going to recruit a few people. Please DM if you are interested in a postdoc or PhD position in my Metabolic Research Group within the TARGETWISE project. I can highly recommend Riga, it is a beautiful city with very good living conditions.
July 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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I am starting a computational lab at LIOS, Riga, Latvia, and going to recruit a few people. Please DM if you are interested in a postdoc or PhD position in my Metabolic Research Group within the TARGETWISE project. I can highly recommend Riga, it is a beautiful city with very good living conditions.
July 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Excited about microbes, ancient DNA, methods and meeting other fellow researchers??

Join us in Turin!! 🔥

#aDNA #metagenomics #SPAAM7
📢 Registration Now Open for SPAAM7!

Join as for the pre-ISBA hybrid event, to be held on August 26th, 2025,in Turin, Italy 🇮🇹
Check out our preliminary program 🧬🦠

🔗 Register by the 30th of July using this link!!
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We look forward to seeing you (In person or via zoom)! 🔥🔥
July 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Did leprosy exist in the Americas before European invasion? Our lab #aDNA study at @institutpasteur.bsky.social supervised by @nrascovan.bsky.social in collab with @avanzich.bsky.social (CSU) finds M.lepromatosis in pre-colonial Ancestors from North and South America www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Pre-European contact leprosy in the Americas and its current persistence
Leprosy, primarily caused by Mycobacterium leprae, is considered a disease introduced into the Americas during European colonization. However, the recent discovery of a second pathogen causing leprosy...
www.science.org
May 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Grateful for this opportunity!! 🦠👩‍💻
The microARCH lab has already welcomed me in the best way!
Super excited for the months to come 🤩🔥
#staytuned
We are excited to be hosting Biancamaria Bonucci, a PhD student from the University of Tartu (Estonia 🇪🇪)! She's here to expand her bioinformatics skills and collaborate on a project studying the oral microbiomes of smokers, with the goal of better understanding ancient health and lifestyle patterns
June 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Join us for SPAAM7!!
🔥🦠
Great news ! 🥳 The SPAAM7 abstract submission is extended to May 18th! Submit your abstract before its too late !

Click here to submit your abstact:
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May 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Glad to have this international environment and get to share traditions from all over the world 🥹♥️
March 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Join us in Turin!!!🦠🔥🫡
Abstract submission for #SPAAM7 is now officially OPEN! 🚀

We look forward to your submissions – don't miss the opportunity to share your work! 📝✨

📅 Open until: April 30th
🔗 Submit here: www.spaam-community.org/events/news/...

#SPAAM7 #SPAAM #aDNA #sedaDNA #AncientMetagenomics #abstractsubmission
March 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Ready for SPAAM7?! 😏🦠🔥
📢 Save the Date!

We’re thrilled to announce SPAAM7 – a global gathering of experts in ancient DNA and metagenomes research! 🌍

📅 When: 26th August 2025
📍 Where: Turin, Italy 🇮🇹 (and Zoom)

Stay tuned for more updates and registration details!

#SPAAM7 #aDNA #aeDNA #sedaDNA #ancientmetagenomics
January 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Dear SPAAM community, please fill out this form by Jan 31 to help us gather stats & improve: forms.gle/uTKJwtEquNSD....

Reminder: Slack ends in Feb, switch to Element here matrix.to#/#spaam:arch...
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Collection of demographics for the SPAAM community to be used for the ISBA annual meeting and SPAAM-related statistic
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January 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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You asked and we listened! The ISBA11 abstract submission deadline is extended to January 31st! Submit your abstract before time runs out!
www.isba11.com/abstract-sub...

#archaeology #biomoleculararchaeology #ISBA #ISBA11 #archaeologists
@isbarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeobiomics.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Best community ever here♥️
Hello hello!! 👋 SPAAM is here now, too!!
We are a community of researchers focusing on ancient metagenomics.
November 21, 2024 at 8:44 AM
So trueeeee
And this was my aDNA contribution. A few years old, but somehow still quite correct! 😅
November 18, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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Wonderful to see so many new people here! :-)

Interested in sedaDNA, aDNA, or forensic genetics?
Join me in Copenhagen!
I'm hiring a PhD and a Postdoc to start in 2025. Application deadline 28 November
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
PhD fellowship in Sediment DNA at the Department of Forensic Medicine
employment.ku.dk
November 15, 2024 at 9:36 AM
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So happy to announce that we're now accepting abstracts for the 11th international symposium on biomolecular archaeology! www.isba11.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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🚨🪅 Registration is NOW OPEN for our Symposium on Ancient Pathogen Genomics! 🦠🧬 Join us on April 12-13 2025 in Juriquilla, Mexico. Featuring top speakers & great science in a beautiful venue! Plz RT !
liigh.unam.mx/apg/ 🪅🚨
Ancient Pathogens Genomics International Symposium
liigh.unam.mx
November 18, 2024 at 12:39 AM