Audrey Lin, DPhil
@undeaddandy.bsky.social
👻 molecular evolution, doggies, viruses. NYC and soon Vienna 🇦🇹 https://linktr.ee/undeaddandy
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A legacy of genetic entanglement with wolves shapes modern dogs | PNAS
Dogs evolved through interactions between people and gray wolves during the Late Pleistocene
and have been ubiquitous in human societies ever since...
www.pnas.org
Our paper is out! Although wolves and dogs can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, hybridization between the two is rare. We found that most dogs today have low but detectable levels of post-domestication wolf ancestry that has shaped their evolution in human environments. tinyurl.com/yt4x4r7n
📢 Announcing the speakers for the @aarc-community.bsky.social TikTalk seminar for January 2026! Look forward to hearing from @tatianafeuerborn.bsky.social and Arianna Weingarten, presenting on their work on Greenland Sled Dog 🐶 and Middle Pleistocene (!) horses 🐴 respectively. Exciting! Join us!
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
📢 Announcing the speakers for the @aarc-community.bsky.social TikTalk seminar for January 2026! Look forward to hearing from @tatianafeuerborn.bsky.social and Arianna Weingarten, presenting on their work on Greenland Sled Dog 🐶 and Middle Pleistocene (!) horses 🐴 respectively. Exciting! Join us!
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New York Times, January 16, 1995. For as long as there has been diversity in Star Trek, straight white men have been complaining that it's too woke / PC / whatever. This phenomenon predates VOYAGER, of course, but it hit that series especially hard.
January 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM
New York Times, January 16, 1995. For as long as there has been diversity in Star Trek, straight white men have been complaining that it's too woke / PC / whatever. This phenomenon predates VOYAGER, of course, but it hit that series especially hard.
THANKYOU to our amazing #PAG33 OneHealth Hologenomics speakers @keyfm.bsky.social @dsussfeld.bsky.social @annakovalenko.bsky.social @akang3705.bsky.social Kristina Kordova & Anders Götherström! Ancient plague & parvovirus! AMR genes! Bat ectoparasite microbiomes! & the clap is thriving in the USA! 🎉
January 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
THANKYOU to our amazing #PAG33 OneHealth Hologenomics speakers @keyfm.bsky.social @dsussfeld.bsky.social @annakovalenko.bsky.social @akang3705.bsky.social Kristina Kordova & Anders Götherström! Ancient plague & parvovirus! AMR genes! Bat ectoparasite microbiomes! & the clap is thriving in the USA! 🎉
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A collection of articles from The Genetics of Canine Domestication, Migration, and Behavior Special Feature highlights research on the evolutionary history of dogs and the genetic basis of dog behavior. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/vLlW50XAO6A
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A collection of articles from The Genetics of Canine Domestication, Migration, and Behavior Special Feature highlights research on the evolutionary history of dogs and the genetic basis of dog behavior. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/vLlW50XAO6A
This is Logan Kistler's dog Tilly on the cover of the PNAS this week!!!!
In this issue: Anatomy of the Neanderthal nasal cavity, modulation of annual polar motion and the Chandler Wobble, and prenatal exposure to famine and infectious disease risk. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/HO7150XC3En
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is Logan Kistler's dog Tilly on the cover of the PNAS this week!!!!
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One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “A legacy of genetic entanglement with wolves shapes modern dogs.” Explore the article here: https://ow.ly/o7mB50XC7F4
For more trending articles, visit https://ow.ly/TAVp50XC7F1.
For more trending articles, visit https://ow.ly/TAVp50XC7F1.
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “A legacy of genetic entanglement with wolves shapes modern dogs.” Explore the article here: https://ow.ly/o7mB50XC7F4
For more trending articles, visit https://ow.ly/TAVp50XC7F1.
For more trending articles, visit https://ow.ly/TAVp50XC7F1.
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❗ 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
3-5pm London time / 4-6pm CET / 10-12am ET
@aarc-community.bsky.social #aDNA
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
❗ 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
3-5pm London time / 4-6pm CET / 10-12am ET
@aarc-community.bsky.social #aDNA
So excited for this!!!!!
Important update! RemAaRCs: on Mutualism has a new date and time!
❗ 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
3-5pm London time / 4-6pm CET / 10-12am ET
@aarc-community.bsky.social #aDNA
December 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
So excited for this!!!!!
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Despite my insomnia, I'm very happy to share our preprint: a multi-disciplinary assessment of a sheep mass mortality event from ~18th century France. We report the first ancient sheeppox virus (think smallpox) and the Taenia hydatigena (nasty roundworm) genomes.
#aDNA
#aDNA
Evidence of sheeppox in 17th-19th century France: a multi-disciplinary investigation of a sheep mass mortality assemblage
Epizootic outbreaks posed major threats to food security, economic stability, and animal welfare in past communities. While these events and their impacts are well documented in historical records, ve...
www.biorxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Despite my insomnia, I'm very happy to share our preprint: a multi-disciplinary assessment of a sheep mass mortality event from ~18th century France. We report the first ancient sheeppox virus (think smallpox) and the Taenia hydatigena (nasty roundworm) genomes.
#aDNA
#aDNA
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🚨 PNAS Special Feature 🐕
We analysed genomes of historical German Shepherds to reveal how bottlenecks linked to WWII and the use of popular sires led to significant declines in genomic health. We also found an early 20th century wolf-dog hybrid!
🔗 Full paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We analysed genomes of historical German Shepherds to reveal how bottlenecks linked to WWII and the use of popular sires led to significant declines in genomic health. We also found an early 20th century wolf-dog hybrid!
🔗 Full paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🚨 PNAS Special Feature 🐕
We analysed genomes of historical German Shepherds to reveal how bottlenecks linked to WWII and the use of popular sires led to significant declines in genomic health. We also found an early 20th century wolf-dog hybrid!
🔗 Full paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We analysed genomes of historical German Shepherds to reveal how bottlenecks linked to WWII and the use of popular sires led to significant declines in genomic health. We also found an early 20th century wolf-dog hybrid!
🔗 Full paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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🚨 PNAS Special Feature 2 🐕
We used ancient DNA and dietary isotopes to show that landscape modification and the introduction of European dogs impacted dingo populations across Australia.
🔗 Full paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We used ancient DNA and dietary isotopes to show that landscape modification and the introduction of European dogs impacted dingo populations across Australia.
🔗 Full paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🚨 PNAS Special Feature 2 🐕
We used ancient DNA and dietary isotopes to show that landscape modification and the introduction of European dogs impacted dingo populations across Australia.
🔗 Full paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We used ancient DNA and dietary isotopes to show that landscape modification and the introduction of European dogs impacted dingo populations across Australia.
🔗 Full paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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A PNAS Special Feature exclusively about dogs? Woof!
Here are 3 of the 8 that we were involved with. Congrats to @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social & @undeaddandy.bsky.social
Dingoes!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
German Shepherds!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here are 3 of the 8 that we were involved with. Congrats to @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social & @undeaddandy.bsky.social
Dingoes!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
German Shepherds!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation of ancient canid genomes reveals inbreeding history over the past 10,000 years | PNAS
The multi-millennia-long history between dogs and humans has placed them at the forefront
of archaeological and genomic research. Despite ongoing e...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A PNAS Special Feature exclusively about dogs? Woof!
Here are 3 of the 8 that we were involved with. Congrats to @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social & @undeaddandy.bsky.social
Dingoes!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
German Shepherds!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here are 3 of the 8 that we were involved with. Congrats to @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social & @undeaddandy.bsky.social
Dingoes!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
German Shepherds!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Our paper is out! Although wolves and dogs can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, hybridization between the two is rare. We found that most dogs today have low but detectable levels of post-domestication wolf ancestry that has shaped their evolution in human environments. tinyurl.com/yt4x4r7n
A legacy of genetic entanglement with wolves shapes modern dogs | PNAS
Dogs evolved through interactions between people and gray wolves during the Late Pleistocene
and have been ubiquitous in human societies ever since...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Our paper is out! Although wolves and dogs can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, hybridization between the two is rare. We found that most dogs today have low but detectable levels of post-domestication wolf ancestry that has shaped their evolution in human environments. tinyurl.com/yt4x4r7n
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Come and join us on our special event RemAaRCs: on Mutualism on December 5th! We'll have 2 great speakers showing us how humans and animals can life together and thrive. Registration on the QR code.
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Come and join us on our special event RemAaRCs: on Mutualism on December 5th! We'll have 2 great speakers showing us how humans and animals can life together and thrive. Registration on the QR code.
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And the registration is open for our next AaRCademy workshop! Join us on February 3rd to learn how to reconstruct the demographic history of a population with Pablo Librado. Registration through the QR code or following this link: tinyurl.com/2nysdwhv
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
And the registration is open for our next AaRCademy workshop! Join us on February 3rd to learn how to reconstruct the demographic history of a population with Pablo Librado. Registration through the QR code or following this link: tinyurl.com/2nysdwhv
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The Animal #aDNA Research Community is looking for new members to its steering committee!
If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.
@aarc-community.bsky.social
If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.
@aarc-community.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Animal #aDNA Research Community is looking for new members to its steering committee!
If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.
@aarc-community.bsky.social
If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.
@aarc-community.bsky.social
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Just a reminder that we have our monthly seminar, the #AaRCTikTalks, this Friday at 4pm CET. Come and hear 2 amazing talks on this special edition where we focus on the amazing work being done by our peers in Mexico. #aDNA 🧪🧬🏺
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Just a reminder that we have our monthly seminar, the #AaRCTikTalks, this Friday at 4pm CET. Come and hear 2 amazing talks on this special edition where we focus on the amazing work being done by our peers in Mexico. #aDNA 🧪🧬🏺
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New funded PhD opportunity at Kew Gardens/LSE: Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century. Closes 14/1/26: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
www.lse.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
New funded PhD opportunity at Kew Gardens/LSE: Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century. Closes 14/1/26: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
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Our new paper on Indonesian cattle #genomics is out on @natcomms.nature.com 🎉
Did you know Indonesian #cattle 🐂 were a mix of two species?
🧵
Great work by Xi, @sagitaninta.bsky.social, Casia, Rasmus & co-authors
Read 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#popgen #evolution #agriculture
Did you know Indonesian #cattle 🐂 were a mix of two species?
🧵
Great work by Xi, @sagitaninta.bsky.social, Casia, Rasmus & co-authors
Read 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#popgen #evolution #agriculture
The genetic diversity of Indonesian cattle has been shaped by multiple introductions and adaptive introgression - Nature Communications
Indonesian cattle are unique due to their history of admixture involving both zebu and banteng. Here, Wang et al. identify ~3.5 million novel introgressed SNP variants and provide a genomic map of banteng introgression within and across many cattle breeds, each with unique introgression histories.
www.nature.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Our new paper on Indonesian cattle #genomics is out on @natcomms.nature.com 🎉
Did you know Indonesian #cattle 🐂 were a mix of two species?
🧵
Great work by Xi, @sagitaninta.bsky.social, Casia, Rasmus & co-authors
Read 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#popgen #evolution #agriculture
Did you know Indonesian #cattle 🐂 were a mix of two species?
🧵
Great work by Xi, @sagitaninta.bsky.social, Casia, Rasmus & co-authors
Read 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#popgen #evolution #agriculture
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Interested in goats 🐐? Read our pre-print on ancient Irish goats and their connection to the Old Irish goat breed
Just look at this dashing individual, courtesy of the Old Irish Goat society
Just look at this dashing individual, courtesy of the Old Irish Goat society
September 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Interested in goats 🐐? Read our pre-print on ancient Irish goats and their connection to the Old Irish goat breed
Just look at this dashing individual, courtesy of the Old Irish Goat society
Just look at this dashing individual, courtesy of the Old Irish Goat society
Tomorrow!!!
Join us @aarc-community.bsky.social this Friday 26 Sep. 2pm GMT/3pm CET/9am ET for new exciting research on butterflies and ferrets! Get the Zoom link by joining our Element channel tinyurl.com/2upt6e7s OR our mailing list! tinyurl.com/3rm7s2aj
This seminar is sponsored by @arborbio.bsky.social 🧬
This seminar is sponsored by @arborbio.bsky.social 🧬
September 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Tomorrow!!!
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After a summer packed with events, including our first in-person-only event at #ISBA11 in beautiful Torino, we are back with our regular #AaRCTikTalks online seminar series. If you are not yet registered, follow the link to our webpage: www.animal-adna.org/events/2025/...
September 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
After a summer packed with events, including our first in-person-only event at #ISBA11 in beautiful Torino, we are back with our regular #AaRCTikTalks online seminar series. If you are not yet registered, follow the link to our webpage: www.animal-adna.org/events/2025/...
Join us @aarc-community.bsky.social this Friday 26 Sep. 2pm GMT/3pm CET/9am ET for new exciting research on butterflies and ferrets! Get the Zoom link by joining our Element channel tinyurl.com/2upt6e7s OR our mailing list! tinyurl.com/3rm7s2aj
This seminar is sponsored by @arborbio.bsky.social 🧬
This seminar is sponsored by @arborbio.bsky.social 🧬
September 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Join us @aarc-community.bsky.social this Friday 26 Sep. 2pm GMT/3pm CET/9am ET for new exciting research on butterflies and ferrets! Get the Zoom link by joining our Element channel tinyurl.com/2upt6e7s OR our mailing list! tinyurl.com/3rm7s2aj
This seminar is sponsored by @arborbio.bsky.social 🧬
This seminar is sponsored by @arborbio.bsky.social 🧬
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I have funding for a 2-year dry-lab postdoc to join our team @humanevouu.bsky.social 🧪 (Deadline Oct 21st)
The project will utilize modern and #aDNA data from humans and sheep to study environmental adaptation (including method development and simulations).
Please share!
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project will utilize modern and #aDNA data from humans and sheep to study environmental adaptation (including method development and simulations).
Please share!
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
September 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I have funding for a 2-year dry-lab postdoc to join our team @humanevouu.bsky.social 🧪 (Deadline Oct 21st)
The project will utilize modern and #aDNA data from humans and sheep to study environmental adaptation (including method development and simulations).
Please share!
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project will utilize modern and #aDNA data from humans and sheep to study environmental adaptation (including method development and simulations).
Please share!
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
This was an amazing experience, so grateful for the opportunity to go to Congress and advocate for science funding and increased support for early career researchers!
That’s a wrap on #GeoCVD25!
✔️ 38 participants
✔️ 77 meetings
✔️ 23 states represented
Geoscientists urged Congress to support the RESEARCHER Act. 📣 You can help too: buff.ly/RXLoOaV
Partners: @ametsoc.org, Geological Society of America, Paleontological Society, @seismosocam.bsky.social
✔️ 38 participants
✔️ 77 meetings
✔️ 23 states represented
Geoscientists urged Congress to support the RESEARCHER Act. 📣 You can help too: buff.ly/RXLoOaV
Partners: @ametsoc.org, Geological Society of America, Paleontological Society, @seismosocam.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This was an amazing experience, so grateful for the opportunity to go to Congress and advocate for science funding and increased support for early career researchers!