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Matthew Collins
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Archaeology, University of Cambridge | The Globe, University of Copenhagen
Ancient Proteins | Medieval Manuscripts | Proteomics and AI | 🇺🇦
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cam-archaeology.bsky.social
📣 Work with us! 📣

We are seeking to appoint a part-time, permanent Biomolecular Research Laboratory Technician!

Hear a bit more about the role from @matthewcollins.bsky.social

📅 Closing date: 2 February

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/biomole...
January 15, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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mirandaevans.bsky.social
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🚨 New open access paper out today🚨
The Demodifier: a tool for screening modification-induced alternate peptide taxonomy in palaeoproteomics.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#palaeoproteomics
January 13, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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icarehb.bsky.social
🧬 New study co-authored by #ICArEHB’s Carli Peters identifies collagen markers from New Guinea fauna—improving bone ID in tropical regions: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#Proteomics #Archaeology
January 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
matthewcollins.bsky.social
Come work with us! 🧬 We're hiring a part-time Biomolecular Lab Tech @cam-archaeology.bsky.social .Join our team in the Henry Wellcome Building working on DNA & proteins.

Apply by Feb 2: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/biomole...

#ScienceJobs #Cambridge #Archaeology #STEM
Biomolecular Research Laboratory Technician (Part Time)
The Department of Archaeology seeks to appoint a part-time, permanent Biomolecular Research Laboratory Technician. The post holder will be based in the Department's laboratories, which are spread
www.cam.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
matthewcollins.bsky.social
🎓 Fully funded PhD: AI & Imaging for Ancient Parchments!

Join NTU (UK) & UNamur (Belgium) to develop non-invasive workflows (ML, OCT, hyperspectral) for heritage science & biocodicology. 📜

🗓️ Deadline: Feb 13, 2026 Apply for Project D145: isaac-lab.com

#HeritageScience #AI #PhD #Archaeology
An AI -aided data-driven approach to study the making, degradation and origin of historical parchments at Nottingham Trent University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - An AI -aided data-driven approach to study the making, degradation and origin of historical parchments at Nottingham Trent University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:28 AM
matthewcollins.bsky.social
Love this interview by @hankgreen.bsky.social with @Virginia Postrel, author of The Fabric of Civilisation.👍

A shout-out to CTR @ucph-soa.bsky.social and the TriVaL project ctr.hum.ku.dk/research-pro...

Where are the weavers in the Vikings TV series, when a (woollen) sail was the key technology?
The Second (or perhaps 3rd) Most Important Technology
YouTube video by Hank Green
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December 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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18-month Postdoc in Biomolecular Archaeology at CNRS/CEPAM (Nice).
​Focus: Lipidomics & starch analysis of West African ceramics for the RainForStory project (Congo Basin agriculture).
​📅 Deadline: 12 Jan 2026
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - H/F Chercheur.se en archéologie biomoléculaire lipidomique archéologie africaine
Assurez-vous que votre profil candidat soit correctement renseigné avant de postuler
emploi.cnrs.fr
December 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Why is AAR (Amino Acid Racemisation; by implication #palaeoproteomics) so often overlooked for #geochronology?

New paper by @neaarlab.bsky.social, using Bithynia snails 🐌 to date the last 1Ma: 4 new reference sets for climate & Quaternary Science 🌍

open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-396
December 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
matthewcollins.bsky.social
🧬 #Bioinformatics AEGIS #PostdocJobs in metagenomic pipelines & HPC: Ancient Environmental Genomics at @ucph.bsky.social to reconstruct ecosystems and develop climate-resilient crops. 🌍
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026.

Mikkel Winther Pedersen (mwpedersen@sund.ku.dk)

#AcademicJobs #aeDNA #ClimateChange
Postdoctoral positions in ancient environmental genomics within the Ancient Environmental Genomics Initiative for Sustainability (AEGIS)
employment.ku.dk
December 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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New video of talk by @christinawarinner.bsky.social given at Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny posted by @ucsandiego.bsky.social explaining how advances in #aDNA and #proteomics can investigate the complex and diverse microbial communities from dental calculus
CARTA: Human Microbiome Evolution with Christina Warinner
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
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December 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
matthewcollins.bsky.social
New 2-year Postdoc: Ancient #Metagenomics & #Microbiome Sciences! 🧬🦷

Join Prof. @christinawarinner.bsky.social ’s group at @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social to study the evolution and ecology of ancient oral microbiota.

📅 Apply by Jan 20, 2026: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/career/jo...
Jobs - Balance of the Microverse
www.microverse-cluster.de
December 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
matthewcollins.bsky.social
New fully funded PhD! 🦛🦴 Explore the "Hippo & Hyena Haven" of MIS5e Britain w/ @whatkatiedigs.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social. Use isotope analysis & proteomics to study this unique Ice Age ecosystem.

Apply by Jan 14: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
A young scientist in a white lab coat, holding a pipette and smiling in a laboratory. A large window behind her shows a surreal Scottish landscape with a hippopotamus. Image definately created with AI!
December 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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sarahbarakat.bsky.social
So excited to announce the publication of this paper which is the first to come from my PhD! Combing data from the PleistoHERD and DeerPal project we analyse carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur in ungulate bones from the Aquitaine Basin dating between the Ante-Quina and Quina periods.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Very elegant! Who though tha #ZooMS would be used so creatively by so many 👍
December 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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fridowelker.bsky.social
This is an amazing figure, showing the power of ZooMS taxonomic corrections in isotopic study design.
sarahbarakat.bsky.social Sarah Barakat @sarahbarakat.bsky.social · Dec 17
Sulfur isotope analysis shows differences in range use between ungulates with known differences in home range sizes today. This is shown well in reindeer compared to all other fauna. We also integrate important ZooMS data to optimise palaeoecological interpretations.
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
matthewcollins.bsky.social
Experience in #archaeological #proteomics?
Interested in #Roman economy / organic artefacts?
Background in data analysis for #ZooMS?

Then apply for a 3-year RA post working to join PELLIS project with the wonderful @gtaylortu.bsky.social to investigate Roman leather economy

Apply by 12/01/2026
T: 01642 342201 E: HRrecruitment@tees.ac.uk
tuwpapps.tees.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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archaeoprotein.bsky.social
🚨ONLINE WORKSHOP🚨
We will be hosting a free online workshop “Maximising Data from Palaeolithic Bone" as part of the the COEXIST project on 10th March 2026. Please submit abstract by 23rd January 2026. Further information in the flyer. See you there!
December 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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🧬 MALDI Deamidation Score (MDS) — a fast, scalable method for estimating collagen deamidation directly from ZooMS data. Peptide- and sample-level deamidation from team from @cam-archaeology.bsky.social and @unituebingen.bsky.social

#ZooMS #Paleoproteomics #DenisovaCave
MALDI Deamidation Score (MDS): A fast and flexible method for assessing deamidation in ZooMS data and its application to the Denisova Cave bone assemblage
Estimating deamidation from ZooMS spectra has frequently been achieved using the q2e method due to its high-throughput capacity and ease of use. Despi…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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zandraselina.bsky.social
As of today, I have a new job title: Lab manager! 🎉 I'm so excited to start working with @matthewcollins.bsky.social and the codicum.eu project, as well as running the ancient protein lab at the Globe Institute and helping with any projects where I can be helpful 🧪
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

Archaeology Science Day Copenhagen 9 December.

Register now if in the Copenhagen area!
Event
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December 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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euanritchie.bsky.social
Honestly, when will unis and other research orgs collectively say enough is enough, and invoice them for all our unpaid labour that drives publishers MASSIVE profits?

The Money in Scientific Publishing danielroelfs.com/posts/the-mo... @danielroelfs.com

#KnowledgeSlavery
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
matthewcollins.bsky.social
Deadline for abstract submissions for the International Conference on Palaeogenomics (Stockholm, 23–26 June 2026) is 30 November.

Submit your abstract via the link below

icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/

#aDNA #archaeology #proteomics
Abstracts – International Conference on Palaeogenomics 2026
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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thecelticist.bsky.social
"Tartu University is analysing other historic artefacts ... including an 800-year-old cross depicting genitalia that makes a sound when worn.
The metal cross has a hinged piece in the shape of a vulva that covers and knocks against an engraved penis design when moved around." #MedievalSky
DNA reveals stone age teenager as chewer of 10,500-year-old ‘gum’
The prehistoric birch tar found in Estonia contained traces of saliva that were analysed by genetics experts
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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tsutatsuta.bsky.social
The Python script reported in Mackie et al. 2018 (Angew Chem Int 57:736–7374) for calculating N and Q deamidation rates from proteomic results has now been ported to the R environment.

GitHub
github.com/tsutatsuta/r...

Zenodo
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
GitHub - tsutatsuta/rdeamidation: Calculates deamidation rates of N and Q for proteomic results
Calculates deamidation rates of N and Q for proteomic results - tsutatsuta/rdeamidation
github.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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gingerhowley.bsky.social
❗ Our RemAaRCs: on Mutualism - The Science of Interrelatedness has a new date and time ❗

3-5pm London time / 4-6pm CET / 10-12am ET

@aarc-community.bsky.social #aDNA
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM