CesarFortesLima
@cesarforteslima.bsky.social
Instructor at Johns Hopkins University (USA), Associate Researcher at Uppsala University (Sweden), and Editorial Board Member at Communications Biology (UK).
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So happy after presenting my poster at #ASHG2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. New insights and wonderful questions about key demographic events that have re-shaped the genomic and cultural landscape in Africa. Kudos to my great collaborators and mentors. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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CARTA: Archaic Introgression Reveals Human Dispersals with Janet Kelso @janetk.bsky.social youtu.be/izOaYzMoMA4?...
CARTA: Archaic Introgression Reveals Human Dispersals with Janet Kelso
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
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February 8, 2026 at 2:25 AM
CARTA: Archaic Introgression Reveals Human Dispersals with Janet Kelso @janetk.bsky.social youtu.be/izOaYzMoMA4?...
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New #preprint: #Ancient #tree-topologies and #gene-flow processes among #human lineages in #Africa #humanpast #genetics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
February 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
New #preprint: #Ancient #tree-topologies and #gene-flow processes among #human lineages in #Africa #humanpast #genetics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Slim 5 can now simulate genomes with multiple chromosomes like autosomes, sex chromosomes, mitochondria and chloroplast dna academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
SLiM 5: Eco-evolutionary Simulations Across Multiple Chromosomes and Full Genomes
Abstract. Evolutionary simulations of multiple chromosomes, even up to the scale of full-genome simulations, are becoming increasingly important in populat
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February 3, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Slim 5 can now simulate genomes with multiple chromosomes like autosomes, sex chromosomes, mitochondria and chloroplast dna academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
🙋🏽♂️ I'll be there.
🚨 6th HAAM-RADIO Webinar
🌍 African Population Demography and Social Organizations of the Past
🗓️ Wed, 28 Jan 2026
Register here:
👉 forms.gle/FuBTTX4wreW4...
#AncientDNA #HumanGenetics #AfricanHistory #HAAM #Webinar
@abinstitute.bsky.social @cesarforteslima.bsky.social
@hildegunnink.bsky.social
🌍 African Population Demography and Social Organizations of the Past
🗓️ Wed, 28 Jan 2026
Register here:
👉 forms.gle/FuBTTX4wreW4...
#AncientDNA #HumanGenetics #AfricanHistory #HAAM #Webinar
@abinstitute.bsky.social @cesarforteslima.bsky.social
@hildegunnink.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 11:27 PM
🙋🏽♂️ I'll be there.
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🚨 6th HAAM-RADIO Webinar
🌍 African Population Demography and Social Organizations of the Past
🗓️ Wed, 28 Jan 2026
Register here:
👉 forms.gle/FuBTTX4wreW4...
#AncientDNA #HumanGenetics #AfricanHistory #HAAM #Webinar
@abinstitute.bsky.social @cesarforteslima.bsky.social
@hildegunnink.bsky.social
🌍 African Population Demography and Social Organizations of the Past
🗓️ Wed, 28 Jan 2026
Register here:
👉 forms.gle/FuBTTX4wreW4...
#AncientDNA #HumanGenetics #AfricanHistory #HAAM #Webinar
@abinstitute.bsky.social @cesarforteslima.bsky.social
@hildegunnink.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
🚨 6th HAAM-RADIO Webinar
🌍 African Population Demography and Social Organizations of the Past
🗓️ Wed, 28 Jan 2026
Register here:
👉 forms.gle/FuBTTX4wreW4...
#AncientDNA #HumanGenetics #AfricanHistory #HAAM #Webinar
@abinstitute.bsky.social @cesarforteslima.bsky.social
@hildegunnink.bsky.social
🌍 African Population Demography and Social Organizations of the Past
🗓️ Wed, 28 Jan 2026
Register here:
👉 forms.gle/FuBTTX4wreW4...
#AncientDNA #HumanGenetics #AfricanHistory #HAAM #Webinar
@abinstitute.bsky.social @cesarforteslima.bsky.social
@hildegunnink.bsky.social
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We are looking forward to welcoming Irene Gallego Romero @ee-reh-neh.bsky.social to Vienna next week for the last #HEASSeminar of 2025.
More information and registration on our website 🔗👇
www.heas.at/events/heas-...
More information and registration on our website 🔗👇
www.heas.at/events/heas-...
HEAS Seminar Series - Ancient Genomics - HEAS
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Ancient Genomics Irene Gallego Romero from St. Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research will give a talk on From Ancient DNA to Modern Immunity: Functional Genomic...
www.heas.at
December 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We are looking forward to welcoming Irene Gallego Romero @ee-reh-neh.bsky.social to Vienna next week for the last #HEASSeminar of 2025.
More information and registration on our website 🔗👇
www.heas.at/events/heas-...
More information and registration on our website 🔗👇
www.heas.at/events/heas-...
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Great press coverage by @elsabebrits.bsky.social on our recent publication. Thank you!
@cschlebu.bsky.social and @uj-palaeo.bsky.social article about your Nature paper.
It seems that southern Africa provided an ecological refuge where people adapted successfully for more than 200,000 years – without other hunter-gatherer groups coming in from elsewhere.
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Great press coverage by @elsabebrits.bsky.social on our recent publication. Thank you!
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Our new ancient DNA paper has just been published!
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes - Nature
The genomes of 28 ancient southern African individuals dated to between 10,200 and 150 years before present offer insights into the evolution of Homo sapiens.
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our new ancient DNA paper has just been published!
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio
GitHub - alanrogers/popgen: A course on population genetics
A course on population genetics. Contribute to alanrogers/popgen development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio
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Paper out now: A curated dataset of the great ape genome diversity!
rdcu.be/eQLCi
rdcu.be/eQLCi
A curated dataset of great ape genome diversity
Scientific Data - A curated dataset of great ape genome diversity
rdcu.be
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Paper out now: A curated dataset of the great ape genome diversity!
rdcu.be/eQLCi
rdcu.be/eQLCi
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We are looking forward to welcoming Maria Avila Arcos @paleogenomics.bsky.social to #HEASVienna for a #HEASSeminar in #AncientGenomics next Monday at the later than normal time of 11:45 CET.
@peregx9.bsky.social
Registration for online and in-person participation in on our website 👇🔗
@peregx9.bsky.social
Registration for online and in-person participation in on our website 👇🔗
HEAS Seminar Series - Ancient Genomics - HEAS
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Ancient Genomics Maria C Avila-Arcos from National Autonomous University of Mexico will give a talk on Paleogenomic evidence of patogen introductions to Mexico fo...
www.heas.at
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We are looking forward to welcoming Maria Avila Arcos @paleogenomics.bsky.social to #HEASVienna for a #HEASSeminar in #AncientGenomics next Monday at the later than normal time of 11:45 CET.
@peregx9.bsky.social
Registration for online and in-person participation in on our website 👇🔗
@peregx9.bsky.social
Registration for online and in-person participation in on our website 👇🔗
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To celebrate the publication of the paper about GHIST 2024, the 2025 Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament has been extended to December 1st, 2025.
Read about the 2024 competition in Molecular Biology and Evolution: doi.org/10.1093/molb...
And join the 2025 competition at ghist.bio!
Read about the 2024 competition in Molecular Biology and Evolution: doi.org/10.1093/molb...
And join the 2025 competition at ghist.bio!
GHIST 2024: The First Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament
Abstract. Evaluating population genetic inference methods is challenging due to the complexity of evolutionary histories, potential model misspecification,
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
To celebrate the publication of the paper about GHIST 2024, the 2025 Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament has been extended to December 1st, 2025.
Read about the 2024 competition in Molecular Biology and Evolution: doi.org/10.1093/molb...
And join the 2025 competition at ghist.bio!
Read about the 2024 competition in Molecular Biology and Evolution: doi.org/10.1093/molb...
And join the 2025 competition at ghist.bio!
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Starting the Third Plenary session #ASHG25 with Lingbin Ni from the Eichler Lab at University of Washington presenting Haplotype-resolved chromatin differences and structural variation using 177 Human Pangenome Reference Consortium samples finding haplotype-specific HiC contacts.
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Starting the Third Plenary session #ASHG25 with Lingbin Ni from the Eichler Lab at University of Washington presenting Haplotype-resolved chromatin differences and structural variation using 177 Human Pangenome Reference Consortium samples finding haplotype-specific HiC contacts.
So happy after presenting my poster at #ASHG2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. New insights and wonderful questions about key demographic events that have re-shaped the genomic and cultural landscape in Africa. Kudos to my great collaborators and mentors. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So happy after presenting my poster at #ASHG2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. New insights and wonderful questions about key demographic events that have re-shaped the genomic and cultural landscape in Africa. Kudos to my great collaborators and mentors. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Thrilled to share our study sequencing genetic data from tropical mammoths 🏝️🦣. First DNA recovered from Columbian mammoths southern than USA shorturl.at/xjIvy. Thanks to all collaborators, you were key to this success! See below a fantastic note covering the paper by the great @rpocisv.bsky.social 👇
Columbian mammoth mitogenomes from Mexico uncover the species’ complex evolutionary history
Paleogenomic studies suggest that Mammuthus columbi derives from an ancient hybridization between Mammuthus primigenius and Mammuthus trogontherii. While its habitat spanned from North to Central Amer...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Thrilled to share our study sequencing genetic data from tropical mammoths 🏝️🦣. First DNA recovered from Columbian mammoths southern than USA shorturl.at/xjIvy. Thanks to all collaborators, you were key to this success! See below a fantastic note covering the paper by the great @rpocisv.bsky.social 👇
I'll join a panel discussion next week at Johns Hopkins University to discuss with researchers and medical residents about "Latinx genetic identity and health".
Tuesday, August 26th, 5:30 to 7:30 PM. If you want to join us, here is the FREE registration --> www.eventbrite.com/e/salud-y-ex...
Tuesday, August 26th, 5:30 to 7:30 PM. If you want to join us, here is the FREE registration --> www.eventbrite.com/e/salud-y-ex...
August 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I'll join a panel discussion next week at Johns Hopkins University to discuss with researchers and medical residents about "Latinx genetic identity and health".
Tuesday, August 26th, 5:30 to 7:30 PM. If you want to join us, here is the FREE registration --> www.eventbrite.com/e/salud-y-ex...
Tuesday, August 26th, 5:30 to 7:30 PM. If you want to join us, here is the FREE registration --> www.eventbrite.com/e/salud-y-ex...
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The @scilifelab.se ancient DNA unit is looking for an bioinformatician placed at Uppsala University. This is a great way to be part of diverse #aDNA research projects as a staff scientist with permanent (!!) employment:
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Bioinformatician - Uppsala University
Bioinformatician, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
August 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The @scilifelab.se ancient DNA unit is looking for an bioinformatician placed at Uppsala University. This is a great way to be part of diverse #aDNA research projects as a staff scientist with permanent (!!) employment:
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Meet our newest editorial board member for Genetics & Development: Cesar Fortes-Lima 🧬! Bringing expertise in genomics, biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, and bioinformatics. Welcome aboard!
April 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Meet our newest editorial board member for Genetics & Development: Cesar Fortes-Lima 🧬! Bringing expertise in genomics, biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, and bioinformatics. Welcome aboard!
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New postdoc opening in our lab: crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job... Don't hesitate to send in your details or contact me if interested!
Postdoctoral Fellow - P Skoglund Lab
Salary for this Role: Salary: From £45,500 per annum with benefits, subject to skills and experience. Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow - P Skoglund Lab Reports to: Pontus Skoglund Closing Date: 20/Aug/2...
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New postdoc opening in our lab: crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job... Don't hesitate to send in your details or contact me if interested!
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I wrote about how we must stand and fight against the threat of eugenics.
Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.
This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.
Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.
This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.
Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I wrote about how we must stand and fight against the threat of eugenics.
Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.
This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.
Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.
This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.
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A big congrats to Imke Lankheet + co-authors for this new publication on genetic ancestry in the South African Coloured population. We reveal fine-scale regional differences in SAC, shaped by complex history and social factors @schlebuschgroup.bsky.social
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Wide-scale geographical analysis of genetic ancestry in the South African Coloured population - BMC Biology
Background The South African Coloured (SAC) population, a prominent admixed population in South Africa, reflects centuries of migration, admixture, and historical segregation. Descendants of local Kho...
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A big congrats to Imke Lankheet + co-authors for this new publication on genetic ancestry in the South African Coloured population. We reveal fine-scale regional differences in SAC, shaped by complex history and social factors @schlebuschgroup.bsky.social
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
I'm thrilled to announce that our featured article, "Herders from the Green Sahara", was published in the 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 magazine. Another great collaboration with Viktor Černý and Carina Schlebusch.
Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
July 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that our featured article, "Herders from the Green Sahara", was published in the 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 magazine. Another great collaboration with Viktor Černý and Carina Schlebusch.
Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
Thrilled to announce that Routledge has published our book chapter in #OpenAccess. This chapter is part of an outstanding 740-page book that examines the early events of the Bantu expansion in Africa using multidisciplinary perspectives, including genetics. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...
The Early Bantu Expansion into Central Africa | 9 | New Data and Insig
Central Africa hosts populations characterised by diverse linguistic, cultural, and genetic backgrounds. In this study, we have generated new genome-wide
www.taylorfrancis.com
July 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Thrilled to announce that Routledge has published our book chapter in #OpenAccess. This chapter is part of an outstanding 740-page book that examines the early events of the Bantu expansion in Africa using multidisciplinary perspectives, including genetics. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...
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Cesar Fortes-Lima
Fascinating talk exploring the demographic history of Sub-Saharan Africa's Bantu populations using genetic data from 14 countries. Generated datasets are vital to investigating the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HumanEvo25
Fascinating talk exploring the demographic history of Sub-Saharan Africa's Bantu populations using genetic data from 14 countries. Generated datasets are vital to investigating the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HumanEvo25
April 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Cesar Fortes-Lima
Fascinating talk exploring the demographic history of Sub-Saharan Africa's Bantu populations using genetic data from 14 countries. Generated datasets are vital to investigating the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HumanEvo25
Fascinating talk exploring the demographic history of Sub-Saharan Africa's Bantu populations using genetic data from 14 countries. Generated datasets are vital to investigating the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HumanEvo25
Thanks @liigh-unam.bsky.social once again for organising this lecture and for the invitation. Special kudos to @paleogenomics.bsky.social for making this possible. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
We're very happy to host Cesar Fortes-Lima @uu.se @jhu.edu today @liigh-unam.bsky.social! He's talking about human migration and admixture in #Africa and in the African diaspora
July 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thanks @liigh-unam.bsky.social once again for organising this lecture and for the invitation. Special kudos to @paleogenomics.bsky.social for making this possible. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽