Danijela Popović
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Danijela Popović
@popovicdani.bsky.social
Ancient DNA researcher at Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Poland
#aDNA, #paleogenomics, #domestication, #conservation, #BaBBe
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Deadline for this PhD position is coming on Friday. Please apply and/or share
🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.

Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025

For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD

Reposts appreciated 😁
October 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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
Reposted by Danijela Popović
"According to a study published in @antiquity.ac.uk, the skull belonged to a six-year old brown bear from the Balkans, who chewed on the bars of its cage between fights against gladiators."
#AncientBluesky
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
The Skull of an Ancient Brown Bear Tells a Story of Brutality and Abuse at the Hands of Roman Entertainers
The bear was caught in the Balkans and caged for years to perform in an amphitheater
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
#SMBE2025 in Beijing and @lpcg.bsky.social is here to present our work on small and big mammals! Come to poster sessions 1 and 3 to learn more. #BaBE
July 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Reposted by Danijela Popović
New paper 🧵

A team co-led by #cpgsthlm 's researcher @jcchacond.bsky.social has analysed DNA from a large number of mammoths across a million-year timescale 🦣🧬

The findings include the discovery and analysis of the oldest known woolly #mammoth in North America!

👉 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
April 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Reposted by Danijela Popović
Did llamas make it to southeast South America before Europeans? 🦙

Our manuscript used #archaeology, isotopes, and palaeogenomics #aDNA to find out 🦙🦴🧬

In summary, nope. Just guanacos hanging on into early historical times.

Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kvQy,rVDB...

Reposts appreciated 😁
April 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Reposted by Danijela Popović
We are seeking a PhD student to join our team on an exciting new project focused on the study of brown bears in the Balkans. If you’re interested in ancient DNA and wildlife conservation, come to work with us! @lpcg.bsky.social #NCN #OPUS27 #ancientDNA
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
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February 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#ECM9 is ongoing, and we are here, the first conference of the #BaBBe project! We will be discussing our new project and hope to meet new collaborators and to get new samples for the analysis! Stay tuned!
April 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We are seeking a PhD student to join our team on an exciting new project focused on the study of brown bears in the Balkans. If you’re interested in ancient DNA and wildlife conservation, come to work with us! @lpcg.bsky.social #NCN #OPUS27 #ancientDNA
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
www.uw.edu.pl
February 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Reposted by Danijela Popović
This is going to be good!

Free conference from @aarc-community.bsky.social

AaRConference 2025
30 May 2025 Online

Laurent Frantz (LMU) and Evon Hekkala (Fordham University) are headlining.

Abstracts opening soon

www.animal-adna.org/events/2025/...
AaRConference 2025 · AaRC
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February 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM