Judith Ballesteros Villascán
@jballesterosv.bsky.social
🇲🇽PhD student at @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
aDNA in the Americas
Passionate about Bioinformatics, popgen & evolution
https://jbv2.github.io/
aDNA in the Americas
Passionate about Bioinformatics, popgen & evolution
https://jbv2.github.io/
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
In a new paper led by Jiaqi Yang we trace the distribution of Denisovan introgressed DNA in ancient modern human genomes over time.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
An early East Asian lineage with unexpectedly low Denisovan ancestry
Yang et al. study Denisovan ancestry in ancient and present-day humans. In contrast
to other East Asians, genomic comparisons suggest that the Jomon derived most of their
ancestry from a deep lineage ...
www.cell.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In a new paper led by Jiaqi Yang we trace the distribution of Denisovan introgressed DNA in ancient modern human genomes over time.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
We're organizing a new CARTA symposium this November 7 on "Ancient DNA: New Revelations"! We have an amazing lineup of speakers who will showcase the biggest discoveries in ancient DNA over the past 5 years - and offer a sneak peek of what's next. Mark your calendars and don't miss it!
September 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We're organizing a new CARTA symposium this November 7 on "Ancient DNA: New Revelations"! We have an amazing lineup of speakers who will showcase the biggest discoveries in ancient DNA over the past 5 years - and offer a sneak peek of what's next. Mark your calendars and don't miss it!
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
❓ Do you develop a #nextflow pipeline for #metagenomics, #metataxonomics, #metatranscriptomics, #metaproteomics, etc?
🧑💻 I'm looking for #bioinformatics developers to give demos of their #opensource pipelines to the scientific community in a ‘Meta-*omics Nextflow pipeline community exhibition […]
🧑💻 I'm looking for #bioinformatics developers to give demos of their #opensource pipelines to the scientific community in a ‘Meta-*omics Nextflow pipeline community exhibition […]
Original post on genomic.social
genomic.social
September 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
❓ Do you develop a #nextflow pipeline for #metagenomics, #metataxonomics, #metatranscriptomics, #metaproteomics, etc?
🧑💻 I'm looking for #bioinformatics developers to give demos of their #opensource pipelines to the scientific community in a ‘Meta-*omics Nextflow pipeline community exhibition […]
🧑💻 I'm looking for #bioinformatics developers to give demos of their #opensource pipelines to the scientific community in a ‘Meta-*omics Nextflow pipeline community exhibition […]
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
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
What a week! 🎉 Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference — so well organized and full of great science.
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
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...
shorturl.at
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 👇
📢 #TropicalArchaeogenomics at #ISBA11 !
If you’re interested in the Americas 🌎 —particularly the ancient Caribbean— keep an eye on our lab’s research presented this week:
@isba11.bsky.social
@haam-community.bsky.social
If you’re interested in the Americas 🌎 —particularly the ancient Caribbean— keep an eye on our lab’s research presented this week:
@isba11.bsky.social
@haam-community.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
📢 #TropicalArchaeogenomics at #ISBA11 !
If you’re interested in the Americas 🌎 —particularly the ancient Caribbean— keep an eye on our lab’s research presented this week:
@isba11.bsky.social
@haam-community.bsky.social
If you’re interested in the Americas 🌎 —particularly the ancient Caribbean— keep an eye on our lab’s research presented this week:
@isba11.bsky.social
@haam-community.bsky.social
🧳 Already on my way to Torino for #ISBA11 🧬 (and the #HAAMmeeting before). Excited to join colleagues from many Institutions.
Looking forward to the week ahead! 🍝
@isba11.bsky.social
Looking forward to the week ahead! 🍝
@isba11.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🧳 Already on my way to Torino for #ISBA11 🧬 (and the #HAAMmeeting before). Excited to join colleagues from many Institutions.
Looking forward to the week ahead! 🍝
@isba11.bsky.social
Looking forward to the week ahead! 🍝
@isba11.bsky.social
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
Ancient #DNA reveals #Papua New Guinea's genetic past. Study @natecoevo.nature.com by an intl. team led by Kathrin Nägele @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social shows the significance of regional dispersals & local interactions in coastal Papua New Guinea. tinyurl.com/2s3sc6ad & www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Papua New Guinea's Genetic Past Through Ancient DNA Analysis
A new study reveals the significance of regional dispersals and local interactions in coastal Papua New Guinea
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June 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Ancient #DNA reveals #Papua New Guinea's genetic past. Study @natecoevo.nature.com by an intl. team led by Kathrin Nägele @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social shows the significance of regional dispersals & local interactions in coastal Papua New Guinea. tinyurl.com/2s3sc6ad & www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
🚨 Don’t miss the 1st HAAM-radio symposium: "Ethics in Human DNA Research"
📅 May 29 (next week!)
🕒 LA (7am) l Berlin (4pm) | Singapore (10pm)
🎙️ With @paleogenomics.bsky.social @jenniferraff.bsky.social @marisolespitia.bsky.social & Tomás Gozález Zarzar
📝 Register by May 28
🔗 shorturl.at/1VScZ
📅 May 29 (next week!)
🕒 LA (7am) l Berlin (4pm) | Singapore (10pm)
🎙️ With @paleogenomics.bsky.social @jenniferraff.bsky.social @marisolespitia.bsky.social & Tomás Gozález Zarzar
📝 Register by May 28
🔗 shorturl.at/1VScZ
May 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🚨 Don’t miss the 1st HAAM-radio symposium: "Ethics in Human DNA Research"
📅 May 29 (next week!)
🕒 LA (7am) l Berlin (4pm) | Singapore (10pm)
🎙️ With @paleogenomics.bsky.social @jenniferraff.bsky.social @marisolespitia.bsky.social & Tomás Gozález Zarzar
📝 Register by May 28
🔗 shorturl.at/1VScZ
📅 May 29 (next week!)
🕒 LA (7am) l Berlin (4pm) | Singapore (10pm)
🎙️ With @paleogenomics.bsky.social @jenniferraff.bsky.social @marisolespitia.bsky.social & Tomás Gozález Zarzar
📝 Register by May 28
🔗 shorturl.at/1VScZ
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
conferencia virtual “The Ghostly Presence of Race Science in
Indigenous Genomics - El fantasma de la ciencia racial en la genómica” donde Emma Kowal hablará de la genomica indígena en el siglo XXI en el contexto Australiano.
Indigenous Genomics - El fantasma de la ciencia racial en la genómica” donde Emma Kowal hablará de la genomica indígena en el siglo XXI en el contexto Australiano.
May 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
conferencia virtual “The Ghostly Presence of Race Science in
Indigenous Genomics - El fantasma de la ciencia racial en la genómica” donde Emma Kowal hablará de la genomica indígena en el siglo XXI en el contexto Australiano.
Indigenous Genomics - El fantasma de la ciencia racial en la genómica” donde Emma Kowal hablará de la genomica indígena en el siglo XXI en el contexto Australiano.
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
🧬 The First Annual HAAM Meeting is coming on August 26, 2025 in Turin🇮🇹 (and online)!
✨ Flash talks, career panel & community updates.
📅 Submit your abstract for a flash talk by June 15
📢 We're looking for volunteers to join the organizing team
#HAAM #ISBA2025 @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
✨ Flash talks, career panel & community updates.
📅 Submit your abstract for a flash talk by June 15
📢 We're looking for volunteers to join the organizing team
#HAAM #ISBA2025 @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🧬 The First Annual HAAM Meeting is coming on August 26, 2025 in Turin🇮🇹 (and online)!
✨ Flash talks, career panel & community updates.
📅 Submit your abstract for a flash talk by June 15
📢 We're looking for volunteers to join the organizing team
#HAAM #ISBA2025 @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
✨ Flash talks, career panel & community updates.
📅 Submit your abstract for a flash talk by June 15
📢 We're looking for volunteers to join the organizing team
#HAAM #ISBA2025 @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
I attended online this year the @nf-co.re #Hackathon and I feel I’ve learned a lot since I joined the eager team.
Looking forward to continuing adding stickers, and merging pull requests without conflicts!
👩💻
Looking forward to continuing adding stickers, and merging pull requests without conflicts!
👩💻
March 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I attended online this year the @nf-co.re #Hackathon and I feel I’ve learned a lot since I joined the eager team.
Looking forward to continuing adding stickers, and merging pull requests without conflicts!
👩💻
Looking forward to continuing adding stickers, and merging pull requests without conflicts!
👩💻
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
PhD position in bean palaeogenomics!🌱
Join our group at @hologenomics.bsky.social , U. of Copenhagen. The PhD, funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation, will study bean domestication and its coevolution with rhizobia using ancient and modern genomes.
Apply by March 16: tinyurl.com/24uzrj2f
Please share!
Join our group at @hologenomics.bsky.social , U. of Copenhagen. The PhD, funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation, will study bean domestication and its coevolution with rhizobia using ancient and modern genomes.
Apply by March 16: tinyurl.com/24uzrj2f
Please share!
PhD fellowship in Evolutionary Biology at the Globe Institute
A PhD fellowship in Evolutionary Biology is being posted in the research team lead by Assistant Prof Jazmín Ramos Madrigal commencing 1 July 2025 or as soon as
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February 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
PhD position in bean palaeogenomics!🌱
Join our group at @hologenomics.bsky.social , U. of Copenhagen. The PhD, funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation, will study bean domestication and its coevolution with rhizobia using ancient and modern genomes.
Apply by March 16: tinyurl.com/24uzrj2f
Please share!
Join our group at @hologenomics.bsky.social , U. of Copenhagen. The PhD, funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation, will study bean domestication and its coevolution with rhizobia using ancient and modern genomes.
Apply by March 16: tinyurl.com/24uzrj2f
Please share!
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
I'm very happy to announce the publication of our work in Carboxypeptidase A; at the Computer Chemistry Center at @fau.de
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25...
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25...
Mode of Metal Ligation Governs Inhibition of Carboxypeptidase A
Carboxypeptidase is a Zn-dependent protease that specifically recognises and hydrolyses peptides with a hydrophobic side chain at the C-terminal residue. According to hydrolysis mechanisms proposed in...
www.mdpi.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:44 PM
I'm very happy to announce the publication of our work in Carboxypeptidase A; at the Computer Chemistry Center at @fau.de
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25...
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25...
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
Out today in @sciencemagazine, we've journeyed into our shared history with Neandertals by analyzing over 300 present-day and ancient modern humans, including 59 individuals who lived between 2,000 and 45,000 years ago.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Neanderthal ancestry through time: Insights from genomes of ancient and present-day humans
Gene flow from Neanderthals has shaped genetic and phenotypic variation in modern humans. We generated a catalog of Neanderthal ancestry segments in more than 300 genomes spanning the past 50,000 year...
www.science.org
December 12, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Out today in @sciencemagazine, we've journeyed into our shared history with Neandertals by analyzing over 300 present-day and ancient modern humans, including 59 individuals who lived between 2,000 and 45,000 years ago.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
I am very happy to share our new paper on the genetics of some of the first modern humans who ever lived in Europe! We sequenced nuclear DNA from 13 specimens from Ranis in Germany, and found that they belonged to at least 6 individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/n)
Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture - Nature
Nature - Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture
www.nature.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM
I am very happy to share our new paper on the genetics of some of the first modern humans who ever lived in Europe! We sequenced nuclear DNA from 13 specimens from Ranis in Germany, and found that they belonged to at least 6 individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/n)
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
Check out our new commentary on strategies for improving ancient DNA data archiving! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
December 10, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Check out our new commentary on strategies for improving ancient DNA data archiving! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This will be my first time attending the EMBL/EMBO Symposium at Heidelberg! 🧬💀
I'm excited to have the opportunity to present our work⚱️.
Looking forward to seeing many familiar faces!
#EESHuman
I'm excited to have the opportunity to present our work⚱️.
Looking forward to seeing many familiar faces!
#EESHuman
September 18, 2024 at 12:02 PM
This will be my first time attending the EMBL/EMBO Symposium at Heidelberg! 🧬💀
I'm excited to have the opportunity to present our work⚱️.
Looking forward to seeing many familiar faces!
#EESHuman
I'm excited to have the opportunity to present our work⚱️.
Looking forward to seeing many familiar faces!
#EESHuman
Reposted by Judith Ballesteros Villascán
Join us at #SMBE2024 in Puerto Vallarta for Symposium 12 on "The Evolutionary Effects of Admixture" from July 7-11, 2024! Invited Speakers:
🔬 Emilia Huerta-Sanchez and Alexander Ioannidis
📅 Deadline Abstract submissions: March 15
🌎 For more info & to register: smbe2024.org
🔬 Emilia Huerta-Sanchez and Alexander Ioannidis
📅 Deadline Abstract submissions: March 15
🌎 For more info & to register: smbe2024.org
February 15, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Join us at #SMBE2024 in Puerto Vallarta for Symposium 12 on "The Evolutionary Effects of Admixture" from July 7-11, 2024! Invited Speakers:
🔬 Emilia Huerta-Sanchez and Alexander Ioannidis
📅 Deadline Abstract submissions: March 15
🌎 For more info & to register: smbe2024.org
🔬 Emilia Huerta-Sanchez and Alexander Ioannidis
📅 Deadline Abstract submissions: March 15
🌎 For more info & to register: smbe2024.org
