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Brown bears participated in Roman spectacles, read more in our latest paper! @lpcg.bsky.social #BaBBe
At the Roman legionary fortress and provincial capital of Viminacium, modern Serbia, was an amphitheatre #RomanFortThursday
Analysis of a bear cranium found there provides the first direct evidence for the participation of brown bears in Roman spectacles.

(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology
October 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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This #FestiwalNauki at CeNT, we have two aDNA sessions to feed your curiosity!

Take this opportunity to learn about the methods and achievements in aDNA with @martynamolak.bsky.social and @mateuszbaca.bsky.social

Register with sekretariat@cent.uw.edu.pl from the 15th of September. Details in 🧵
September 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Saturday, September 27, 2025 - 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
During the last ice age, Europe was inhabited by many species of animals, such as mammoths and cave hyenas. We can learn about their history by examining the DNA preserved in their remains with @mateuszbaca.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Last week at the 7th conference on Species and genetic diversity of the Pleistocene and Holocene fauna in Eurasia in Smoleń, Poland.
September 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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September 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Are you attending ISBA & working on ancient animal DNA? On Tuesday 26th ~2-4pm we will Board the AaRC with an in-person event! Join us for seminars, a round table event, and of course networking!

If you'd like to attend and/or present, sign up below

@isba11.bsky.social @aarc-community.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026!

Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠

Save the dates ✅

Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
June 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Thanks to #NationalMuseumofScotland for being such wonderful hosts to our students and fantastic collaborators. Your support makes research like this possible!
Was at the National Museum of Scotland to pick up some vole samples and got a tour of their inventory collections. Absolutely amazed by what’s behind the scenes!
May 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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@mateuszbaca.bsky.social at the CeNT Symposium yesterday, following the ceremonial naming of the main auditorium as the Piotr Węgleński Auditorium, in honor of the late Prof. Piotr Węgleński.

A meaningful tribute to a remarkable scientist and mentor.
May 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Huge congratulations to @naturalice.bsky.social, one of our PhD students, for winning the Best Oral Presentation at Młodzi w Paleontologii XIII in Kraków last week!

Her talk on bats🦇stole the show, and we couldn’t be prouder. Way to go!

#WomenInScience #BatScience #LPCG
April 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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@mateuszbaca.bsky.social at #ECM9 Did you catch his talk on field voles?
April 1, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Wrapped up an amazing public outreach event at UW!

Our lab ran a hands-on workshop on aDNA for #DOKO —starting with a lecture by @naturalice.bsky.social and then some real lab work with Gabriela and @kaaviya.bsky.social

Introducing aDNA to curious minds! #ScienceForEveryone
March 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New preprint alert🚨

We posted the first version our reconstruction of the evolutionary history of field vole species complex. We generated more than a 100 mitochondrial and 26 nuclear genomes from ancient and modern field voles.

Here is what we found, a 🧵

#ancientDNA

t.co/hHy1vakGr0
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4848610/v1
t.co
January 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Have a look at our first 2025 Blog entry from @aarc-community.bsky.social where we interviewed @maridehasque.bsky.social and Ophélie Lebrasseur about the research projects they presented in the November 2024 #AaRCTikTalks.

animal-adna.org/blog/2025/01...

#ancientDNA #aDNA #mammoth #chicken
Interview to our November AaRCTikTalks speakers Marianne Dehasque and Ophelie Lebrasseur · AaRC
animal-adna.org
January 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics!

Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics.

Please spread the word!

www.su.se/english/sear...
January 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Want to become a palaeogeneticist?

🧬🧪🦷💀🦣🧬

This MSc programme coult be a good start!
At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics!

Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics.

Please spread the word!

www.su.se/english/sear...
January 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM