Toño Urban Aragon
@jaurban2204.bsky.social
PhD Candidate Human Genetics @ University of Chicago & Genscape Lab
https://www.genscape-lab.com/
America/Real Madrid/Yankees/Dolphins fan
https://www.genscape-lab.com/
America/Real Madrid/Yankees/Dolphins fan
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✨Thrilled to share that the first chapter of my Ph.D. thesis is NOW OUT in Science Advances! ✨🥳🎉 🧬. This couldn't have been possible without the support of everyone involved
@genscapelab.bsky.social, @nirajrai.bsky.social, @cdelafc.bsky.social, @jaurban2204.bsky.social, @mootspoints.bsky.social
@genscapelab.bsky.social, @nirajrai.bsky.social, @cdelafc.bsky.social, @jaurban2204.bsky.social, @mootspoints.bsky.social
1/n Delighted to share our newly published work in Science Advances, investigating human genetic histories at the northern frontier of the Himalayas 🧬🏔️:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Dynamic human admixture histories over the past ~1300 years at the northern Himalayan frontier
Ancient and present-day human genomes shed light on ~1300 years of genetic admixture and continuity in the northern Himalayas.
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
✨Thrilled to share that the first chapter of my Ph.D. thesis is NOW OUT in Science Advances! ✨🥳🎉 🧬. This couldn't have been possible without the support of everyone involved
@genscapelab.bsky.social, @nirajrai.bsky.social, @cdelafc.bsky.social, @jaurban2204.bsky.social, @mootspoints.bsky.social
@genscapelab.bsky.social, @nirajrai.bsky.social, @cdelafc.bsky.social, @jaurban2204.bsky.social, @mootspoints.bsky.social
Come and check @eshabandyopadhyay.bsky.social super cool project now live in Science Advances! Glad to have contributed a bit into this fun project!
1/n Delighted to share our newly published work in Science Advances, investigating human genetic histories at the northern frontier of the Himalayas 🧬🏔️:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Dynamic human admixture histories over the past ~1300 years at the northern Himalayan frontier
Ancient and present-day human genomes shed light on ~1300 years of genetic admixture and continuity in the northern Himalayas.
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Come and check @eshabandyopadhyay.bsky.social super cool project now live in Science Advances! Glad to have contributed a bit into this fun project!
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🚨 New paper klaxon! 🚨
The History of the Panmictic Population Concept and Its Legacy in Contemporary Population Genetics
Quite niche admittedly, one for the historians of evolutionary thought, and population geneticists.
doi.org/10.1111/ahg....
The History of the Panmictic Population Concept and Its Legacy in Contemporary Population Genetics
Quite niche admittedly, one for the historians of evolutionary thought, and population geneticists.
doi.org/10.1111/ahg....
The History of the Panmictic Population Concept and Its Legacy in Contemporary Population Genetics
ABSTRACT The panmictic population concept is at the heart of population, evolutionary and conservation genetics. However, in nature, true panmictic populations are vanishingly rare. As an idea conce...
doi.org
July 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚨 New paper klaxon! 🚨
The History of the Panmictic Population Concept and Its Legacy in Contemporary Population Genetics
Quite niche admittedly, one for the historians of evolutionary thought, and population geneticists.
doi.org/10.1111/ahg....
The History of the Panmictic Population Concept and Its Legacy in Contemporary Population Genetics
Quite niche admittedly, one for the historians of evolutionary thought, and population geneticists.
doi.org/10.1111/ahg....
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Our newest special issue is now live! Check it out to discover more about diverse and beautiful Fungi🍄🍄🟫🍄 On the cover: the fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, releasing its spores in the early morning light. www.cell.com/current-biol...
June 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Our newest special issue is now live! Check it out to discover more about diverse and beautiful Fungi🍄🍄🟫🍄 On the cover: the fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, releasing its spores in the early morning light. www.cell.com/current-biol...
@mashaals.bsky.social the youtube link is not working
June 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
@mashaals.bsky.social the youtube link is not working
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Come and check out @jaurban2204.bsky.social's PhD project now live in Current Biology!!!
Delighted to share that one of my major PhD projects has been published today in Current Biology.
In this paper, we look into the genetic population structure and demographic histories of two populations in Sri Lanka: the Sinhalese and Adivasi [1/n]. www.cell.com/current-biol...
In this paper, we look into the genetic population structure and demographic histories of two populations in Sri Lanka: the Sinhalese and Adivasi [1/n]. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Population histories of the Indigenous Adivasi and Sinhalese from Sri Lanka using whole genomes
Sri Lanka is home to diverse ethnic groups with different genetic histories. Urban
Aragon et al. find that despite close genetic affinities, Indigenous Adivasi have
more hunter-gatherer ancestry and l...
www.cell.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Come and check out @jaurban2204.bsky.social's PhD project now live in Current Biology!!!
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Thrilled to see the latest work from the lab (@genscapelab.bsky.social) out in Current Biology! Congratulations @jaurban2204.bsky.social ! 🎉
Grateful to have had the chance to contribute to this effort.
Grateful to have had the chance to contribute to this effort.
Delighted to share that one of my major PhD projects has been published today in Current Biology.
In this paper, we look into the genetic population structure and demographic histories of two populations in Sri Lanka: the Sinhalese and Adivasi [1/n]. www.cell.com/current-biol...
In this paper, we look into the genetic population structure and demographic histories of two populations in Sri Lanka: the Sinhalese and Adivasi [1/n]. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Population histories of the Indigenous Adivasi and Sinhalese from Sri Lanka using whole genomes
Sri Lanka is home to diverse ethnic groups with different genetic histories. Urban
Aragon et al. find that despite close genetic affinities, Indigenous Adivasi have
more hunter-gatherer ancestry and l...
www.cell.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Thrilled to see the latest work from the lab (@genscapelab.bsky.social) out in Current Biology! Congratulations @jaurban2204.bsky.social ! 🎉
Grateful to have had the chance to contribute to this effort.
Grateful to have had the chance to contribute to this effort.
Delighted to share that one of my major PhD projects has been published today in Current Biology.
In this paper, we look into the genetic population structure and demographic histories of two populations in Sri Lanka: the Sinhalese and Adivasi [1/n]. www.cell.com/current-biol...
In this paper, we look into the genetic population structure and demographic histories of two populations in Sri Lanka: the Sinhalese and Adivasi [1/n]. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Population histories of the Indigenous Adivasi and Sinhalese from Sri Lanka using whole genomes
Sri Lanka is home to diverse ethnic groups with different genetic histories. Urban
Aragon et al. find that despite close genetic affinities, Indigenous Adivasi have
more hunter-gatherer ancestry and l...
www.cell.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Delighted to share that one of my major PhD projects has been published today in Current Biology.
In this paper, we look into the genetic population structure and demographic histories of two populations in Sri Lanka: the Sinhalese and Adivasi [1/n]. www.cell.com/current-biol...
In this paper, we look into the genetic population structure and demographic histories of two populations in Sri Lanka: the Sinhalese and Adivasi [1/n]. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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It's finally out people ✅🗞️! Check out the final version of our work exploring factors influencing the germline mutation rate and spectra on ~10,000 WGS family trios 🧬👨👩👦!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The impact of ancestral, genetic, and environmental influences on germline de novo mutation rates and spectra - Nature Communications
Here the authors analyze de novo mutations in >10,000 parent-offspring trios and find that ancestry and smoking independently associate with mutation rate, but that common genetic variants likely c...
www.nature.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It's finally out people ✅🗞️! Check out the final version of our work exploring factors influencing the germline mutation rate and spectra on ~10,000 WGS family trios 🧬👨👩👦!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This was a large collaborative piece of work with the lead efforts by student @maggiesteiner.bsky.social and former postdoc Dan Rice. It's well-timed for Maggie especially as she is defending her thesis on Monday!
June 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This was a large collaborative piece of work with the lead efforts by student @maggiesteiner.bsky.social and former postdoc Dan Rice. It's well-timed for Maggie especially as she is defending her thesis on Monday!
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Excited for our publication on how the geographic scale of a sample affects the discovery of rare, deleterious variants to be out this week. With a mix of theory, simulation, and data analysis, we show when samples are narrow vs broad, the number of variants discovered and their frequencies change
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
June 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Excited for our publication on how the geographic scale of a sample affects the discovery of rare, deleterious variants to be out this week. With a mix of theory, simulation, and data analysis, we show when samples are narrow vs broad, the number of variants discovered and their frequencies change