Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD
@xavierrocarada.bsky.social
Archaeogeneticist - Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University
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The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years - Genome Biology
Background Recent ancient DNA studies uncovering large-scale demographic events in Iberia have presented very limited data for Portugal, a country located at the westernmost edge of continental Eurasi...
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🇵🇹Our paper on Portugal's genetic history is now published in Genome Biology. We present Portugal’s largest ancient genome collection, with deeper analyses than our pre-print, revealing migrations, admixture & continuity shorturl.at/TcErC
@acadresearch.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social
@acadresearch.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social
So happy to see this work on the genetic history of the Central Southern Cone 🌎🧬 Huge congrats to Javier Maravall and everyone involved!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New paper led by Javier Maravall on a time transect from ancient Argentina.
New paper led by Javier Maravall on a time transect from ancient Argentina.
Eight millennia of continuity of a previously unknown lineage in Argentina - Nature
A previously unsampled deep lineage in central Argentina was discovered that had distinctive genetic drift by 8,500 bp and persisted as the main Native American ancestry component in the reg...
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
So happy to see this work on the genetic history of the Central Southern Cone 🌎🧬 Huge congrats to Javier Maravall and everyone involved!
🚨Proud to have co-authored this paper with an incredible team! We propose practical reporting standards to improve transparency, reproducibility, and data stewardship in paleogenomics 🧬🦴
📣 New from @dnatimetravel.bsky.social & co!
📄 Lessons learned: Recommendations for reproducible paleogenomic data analyses
👉 bit.ly/494k2ni
📄 Lessons learned: Recommendations for reproducible paleogenomic data analyses
👉 bit.ly/494k2ni
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨Proud to have co-authored this paper with an incredible team! We propose practical reporting standards to improve transparency, reproducibility, and data stewardship in paleogenomics 🧬🦴
Reposted by Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD
🚨 The first HAAM elections are now open!
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🔒 Voting closes 10 Oct, 23:59 CET!
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⚠ HAAM Election 2025 ⚠ · HAAM Community
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October 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨 The first HAAM elections are now open!
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🔒 Voting closes 10 Oct, 23:59 CET!
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🇵🇹Our paper on Portugal's genetic history is now published in Genome Biology. We present Portugal’s largest ancient genome collection, with deeper analyses than our pre-print, revealing migrations, admixture & continuity shorturl.at/TcErC
@acadresearch.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social
@acadresearch.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social
The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years - Genome Biology
Background Recent ancient DNA studies uncovering large-scale demographic events in Iberia have presented very limited data for Portugal, a country located at the westernmost edge of continental Eurasi...
shorturl.at
September 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🇵🇹Our paper on Portugal's genetic history is now published in Genome Biology. We present Portugal’s largest ancient genome collection, with deeper analyses than our pre-print, revealing migrations, admixture & continuity shorturl.at/TcErC
@acadresearch.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social
@acadresearch.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social
Reposted by Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD
What a week! 🎉 Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference — so well organized and full of great science.
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What a week! 🎉 Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference — so well organized and full of great science.
Reposted by Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD
La historia de cómo secuenciamos los mamtus 🦣 más tropicales 🏝️ secuenciados al momento la pueden leer aquí 👇https://shorturl.at/KE6Ux. Redactadó por el gran @rpocisv.bsky.social. Muchas gracias Rodrigo por cubrir con tanto entusiasmo la nota sobre nuestro trabajo.
Mammoths in Mexico? Huge bone trove reveals giant beasts thrived in warmth, too
Fossils found while building airport contain first mammoth DNA from tropical location
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August 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
La historia de cómo secuenciamos los mamtus 🦣 más tropicales 🏝️ secuenciados al momento la pueden leer aquí 👇https://shorturl.at/KE6Ux. Redactadó por el gran @rpocisv.bsky.social. Muchas gracias Rodrigo por cubrir con tanto entusiasmo la nota sobre nuestro trabajo.
Reposted by Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD
📣 #HAAMcommunity is looking for early career researchers working on human #aDNA & #popgen for the upcoming elections 🌎🌍🌏
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want to chat about this. Apply here (ignore the deadline in the form): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want to chat about this. Apply here (ignore the deadline in the form): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
📣 #HAAMcommunity is looking for early career researchers working on human #aDNA & #popgen for the upcoming elections 🌎🌍🌏
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want to chat about this. Apply here (ignore the deadline in the form): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want to chat about this. Apply here (ignore the deadline in the form): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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🎶📣 ONE WEEK until our #HAAMmeeting
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Agenda:
🧬 HAAM updates
💼 Career panel w/ @lehtisaag.bsky.social, Monica Kelly, @eadaoinharney.bsky.social & @zhofmanova.bsky.social
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Find updates here: haam-community.github.io/events/2025/...
📅 Register here until 23/08/25: forms.gle/6eR2GPkM2fuE...
Agenda:
🧬 HAAM updates
💼 Career panel w/ @lehtisaag.bsky.social, Monica Kelly, @eadaoinharney.bsky.social & @zhofmanova.bsky.social
⚡ Flash talks
Find updates here: haam-community.github.io/events/2025/...
August 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🎶📣 ONE WEEK until our #HAAMmeeting
📅 Register here until 23/08/25: forms.gle/6eR2GPkM2fuE...
Agenda:
🧬 HAAM updates
💼 Career panel w/ @lehtisaag.bsky.social, Monica Kelly, @eadaoinharney.bsky.social & @zhofmanova.bsky.social
⚡ Flash talks
Find updates here: haam-community.github.io/events/2025/...
📅 Register here until 23/08/25: forms.gle/6eR2GPkM2fuE...
Agenda:
🧬 HAAM updates
💼 Career panel w/ @lehtisaag.bsky.social, Monica Kelly, @eadaoinharney.bsky.social & @zhofmanova.bsky.social
⚡ Flash talks
Find updates here: haam-community.github.io/events/2025/...
Reposted by Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD
Submit your flash talks! You’re still on time 🏃🏽♀️🧬
We’re excited to share more about the 1st Annual HAAM Meeting — a hybrid pre-ISBA event!
📅 Aug 26 | 🏛️ Turin & 💻 online
🧬 HAAM updates
💼 Career panel w/ Lehti Saag, Monica Kelly, Éadaoin Harney & Zuzana Hofmanová
⚡ Flash talks — submit your abstract by July 11 (extended deadline‼️)
👉 shorturl.at/8LZsr
📅 Aug 26 | 🏛️ Turin & 💻 online
🧬 HAAM updates
💼 Career panel w/ Lehti Saag, Monica Kelly, Éadaoin Harney & Zuzana Hofmanová
⚡ Flash talks — submit your abstract by July 11 (extended deadline‼️)
👉 shorturl.at/8LZsr
July 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Submit your flash talks! You’re still on time 🏃🏽♀️🧬
🚨 New paper!
🧬 We explore ancestry shifts, kinship ties & Mediterranean links at Mas d’en Boixos (Catalonia), from the Neolithic to the Iron Age.
👨🏻🔬A long journey since my master’s! Huge thanks to Cristina, Assumpció & @dnatimetravel.bsky.social! @acadresearch.bsky.social
shorturl.at/B8TlB
🧬 We explore ancestry shifts, kinship ties & Mediterranean links at Mas d’en Boixos (Catalonia), from the Neolithic to the Iron Age.
👨🏻🔬A long journey since my master’s! Huge thanks to Cristina, Assumpció & @dnatimetravel.bsky.social! @acadresearch.bsky.social
shorturl.at/B8TlB
Genetic transitions in the Neolithic and Bronze Age at Mas d’en Boixos (Catalonia, Spain)
Human genetics; Biological sciences; Paleobiology
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July 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚨 New paper!
🧬 We explore ancestry shifts, kinship ties & Mediterranean links at Mas d’en Boixos (Catalonia), from the Neolithic to the Iron Age.
👨🏻🔬A long journey since my master’s! Huge thanks to Cristina, Assumpció & @dnatimetravel.bsky.social! @acadresearch.bsky.social
shorturl.at/B8TlB
🧬 We explore ancestry shifts, kinship ties & Mediterranean links at Mas d’en Boixos (Catalonia), from the Neolithic to the Iron Age.
👨🏻🔬A long journey since my master’s! Huge thanks to Cristina, Assumpció & @dnatimetravel.bsky.social! @acadresearch.bsky.social
shorturl.at/B8TlB
Excited to share our new paper! We benchmarked the Twist Ancient DNA kit for in-solution enrichment. It’s cost-effective, robust, and shows no allelic bias, even when pooling libraries!
@acadresearch.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social @twistbioscience.com
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
@acadresearch.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social @twistbioscience.com
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
Optimized in-solution enrichment of over a million ancient human SNPs - Genome Biology
Background In-solution hybridization enrichment of genetic markers is a method of choice in paleogenomic studies, where the DNA of interest is generally heavily fragmented and contaminated with enviro...
doi.org
July 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Excited to share our new paper! We benchmarked the Twist Ancient DNA kit for in-solution enrichment. It’s cost-effective, robust, and shows no allelic bias, even when pooling libraries!
@acadresearch.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social @twistbioscience.com
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
@acadresearch.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social @twistbioscience.com
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
Reposted by Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD
We’re excited to share more about the 1st Annual HAAM Meeting — a hybrid pre-ISBA event!
📅 Aug 26 | 🏛️ Turin & 💻 online
🧬 HAAM updates
💼 Career panel w/ Lehti Saag, Monica Kelly, Éadaoin Harney & Zuzana Hofmanová
⚡ Flash talks — submit your abstract by July 11 (extended deadline‼️)
👉 shorturl.at/8LZsr
📅 Aug 26 | 🏛️ Turin & 💻 online
🧬 HAAM updates
💼 Career panel w/ Lehti Saag, Monica Kelly, Éadaoin Harney & Zuzana Hofmanová
⚡ Flash talks — submit your abstract by July 11 (extended deadline‼️)
👉 shorturl.at/8LZsr
June 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We’re excited to share more about the 1st Annual HAAM Meeting — a hybrid pre-ISBA event!
📅 Aug 26 | 🏛️ Turin & 💻 online
🧬 HAAM updates
💼 Career panel w/ Lehti Saag, Monica Kelly, Éadaoin Harney & Zuzana Hofmanová
⚡ Flash talks — submit your abstract by July 11 (extended deadline‼️)
👉 shorturl.at/8LZsr
📅 Aug 26 | 🏛️ Turin & 💻 online
🧬 HAAM updates
💼 Career panel w/ Lehti Saag, Monica Kelly, Éadaoin Harney & Zuzana Hofmanová
⚡ Flash talks — submit your abstract by July 11 (extended deadline‼️)
👉 shorturl.at/8LZsr
Reposted by Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD
🔬 Uploading or finding ancient DNA data a headache? Help fix it!
Join our Standards in Human ancient DNA metadata workshop 🧬
🗓️ June 19, 2025
🕐 13:00–16:00 CET
💻 Online | 💰 Free
💬 Feedback = co-authorship possible!
👉 Register: shorturl.at/D3j6i
Join our Standards in Human ancient DNA metadata workshop 🧬
🗓️ June 19, 2025
🕐 13:00–16:00 CET
💻 Online | 💰 Free
💬 Feedback = co-authorship possible!
👉 Register: shorturl.at/D3j6i
June 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🔬 Uploading or finding ancient DNA data a headache? Help fix it!
Join our Standards in Human ancient DNA metadata workshop 🧬
🗓️ June 19, 2025
🕐 13:00–16:00 CET
💻 Online | 💰 Free
💬 Feedback = co-authorship possible!
👉 Register: shorturl.at/D3j6i
Join our Standards in Human ancient DNA metadata workshop 🧬
🗓️ June 19, 2025
🕐 13:00–16:00 CET
💻 Online | 💰 Free
💬 Feedback = co-authorship possible!
👉 Register: shorturl.at/D3j6i
Reposted by Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD
🚨 Don’t miss the 1st HAAM-radio symposium: "Ethics in Human DNA Research"
📅 May 29 (next week!)
🕒 LA (7am) l Berlin (4pm) | Singapore (10pm)
🎙️ With @paleogenomics.bsky.social @jenniferraff.bsky.social @marisolespitia.bsky.social & Tomás Gozález Zarzar
📝 Register by May 28
🔗 shorturl.at/1VScZ
📅 May 29 (next week!)
🕒 LA (7am) l Berlin (4pm) | Singapore (10pm)
🎙️ With @paleogenomics.bsky.social @jenniferraff.bsky.social @marisolespitia.bsky.social & Tomás Gozález Zarzar
📝 Register by May 28
🔗 shorturl.at/1VScZ
May 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🚨 Don’t miss the 1st HAAM-radio symposium: "Ethics in Human DNA Research"
📅 May 29 (next week!)
🕒 LA (7am) l Berlin (4pm) | Singapore (10pm)
🎙️ With @paleogenomics.bsky.social @jenniferraff.bsky.social @marisolespitia.bsky.social & Tomás Gozález Zarzar
📝 Register by May 28
🔗 shorturl.at/1VScZ
📅 May 29 (next week!)
🕒 LA (7am) l Berlin (4pm) | Singapore (10pm)
🎙️ With @paleogenomics.bsky.social @jenniferraff.bsky.social @marisolespitia.bsky.social & Tomás Gozález Zarzar
📝 Register by May 28
🔗 shorturl.at/1VScZ
Reposted by Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD
🧬 The First Annual HAAM Meeting is coming on August 26, 2025 in Turin🇮🇹 (and online)!
✨ Flash talks, career panel & community updates.
📅 Submit your abstract for a flash talk by June 15
📢 We're looking for volunteers to join the organizing team
#HAAM #ISBA2025 @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
✨ Flash talks, career panel & community updates.
📅 Submit your abstract for a flash talk by June 15
📢 We're looking for volunteers to join the organizing team
#HAAM #ISBA2025 @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🧬 The First Annual HAAM Meeting is coming on August 26, 2025 in Turin🇮🇹 (and online)!
✨ Flash talks, career panel & community updates.
📅 Submit your abstract for a flash talk by June 15
📢 We're looking for volunteers to join the organizing team
#HAAM #ISBA2025 @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
✨ Flash talks, career panel & community updates.
📅 Submit your abstract for a flash talk by June 15
📢 We're looking for volunteers to join the organizing team
#HAAM #ISBA2025 @isbarchaeology.bsky.social
Reposted by Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD
🎶📣 Apply here for our summer school 2025: haam-community.github.io/haam-summer-...
📅 Application deadline: 17th of April
#aDNA #HAAMsummerschool
📅 Application deadline: 17th of April
#aDNA #HAAMsummerschool
March 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🎶📣 Apply here for our summer school 2025: haam-community.github.io/haam-summer-...
📅 Application deadline: 17th of April
#aDNA #HAAMsummerschool
📅 Application deadline: 17th of April
#aDNA #HAAMsummerschool