Reyhan Yaka
reyhanyaka.bsky.social
Reyhan Yaka
@reyhanyaka.bsky.social
Researcher @cpgsthlm.bsky.social and Archaeology Dept. @stockholmuni.bsky.social | #ancientDNA #humans #kinship #popgen #archaeogenomics
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Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!

June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.

Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!

Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/

Deadline: Nov 30th
October 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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The world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth!

New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!

Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
September 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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New #CpgSthlm paper led by @maridehasque.bsky.social published in Biology Letters!

Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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#CpgSthlm PhD student @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social is coauthor on a new Scientific Data paper:

“Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa”

👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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We're thrilled to announce that the FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26 2026!

Topics will span from humans to wildlife and sediments 🧬🦣💀🦠 bring it on!

Save the dates!

Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for news

👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
May 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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NOBEL SYMPOSIA

We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h.

🦣⬅️ ”Can we bring back the woolly mammoth?” by Beth Shapiro.

🐎✋”The taming of the horse” by Ludovic Orlando.

Free entrance. All welcome!
April 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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”You should be lucky to be in Stockholm where @cpgsthlm.bsky.social has sequenced over 1 million year old DNA”
Ludovic Orlando from University of Toulouse lecturing in Aula Magna on "The Taming of the Horse" about how prehistoric DNA has changed our understanding of horse domestication. #AncientDNA
May 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🌟Happy and honored to receive a Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg (MAW) Foundation grant (SEK 3.6M) at
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social, for the project "A genetic snapshot of a medieval battle and society on Gotland." Excited to advance medieval history through archaeogenomics! 🤩🎉✨
February 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Super happy to be approved as a @scilifelab.se Group Leader 🤩

Looking forward to bringing #ancientDNA, #museomics, and #conservation to the mix, and very excited for new networking and funding opportunities.

www.scilifelab.se/news/scilife...
SciLifeLab welcomes new Group Leaders
On February 11, the SciLifeLab Board approved over two hundred SciLifeLab Group Leaders, marking an important step in strengthening the national research community. This follows the launch of SciLifeL...
www.scilifelab.se
February 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM