Zoé Pochon
zoepochon.bsky.social
Zoé Pochon
@zoepochon.bsky.social
PhD student in scientific archeology at #CPGSthlm. Ancient pathogens discovery, authentication and genetics. Coauthor of #aMeta pipeline. Studied in 🇨🇭🇺🇲🇸🇪
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Interested in using aDNA time-series datasets to estimate selection?

Our study "Assessing Ancient DNA Sampling Strategies for Natural Selection Inference in Humans Using Allele Frequency Time Series Data" is now out in GBE! doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... @genomebiolevol.bsky.social @cegamorim.bsky.social
Assessing Ancient DNA Sampling Strategies for Natural Selection Inference in Humans Using Allele Frequency Time Series Data
Abstract. The increased availability of genomic data from ancient humans allows estimating the strength of natural selection at a given locus using time se
doi.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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Great news from our research group! 🎉 We congratulate Mustafa Özkan, Kıvılcım Başak Vural, Ezgi Altınışık, and Duygu Deniz Kazancı, who have received significant support for their projects in recent months! 👏
Details below 👇
#Hacettepe #METU #AncientDNA #aDNA #TUBITAK
January 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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📢 We're hiring a postdoc (33 months) in human evolutionary genomics / paleogenomics / statistical genetics, Paris 🇫🇷
Project on selection on disease-associated variants, integrating ancient genomes, GWAS, and Ancestral Rec. Graphs.
Start May 2026 (flexible).
Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoc in human evolutionary genetics and bioinformatics (M/F)
Assurez-vous que votre profil candidat soit correctement renseigné avant de postuler
emploi.cnrs.fr
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Institut Pasteur (@pasteur.fr) is recruiting new young PIs to open new groups in the Institute. Deadline is February 9th! Don't miss the opportunity!
January 27, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Out in @science.org today:

A 5500-year-old Treponema pallidum genome from Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia

Huge congrats to @davidebozzi.bsky.social Naz, Miguel, Lars, Anna, and Betsy for the amazing work. It’s an honor to collaborate with you.
January 24, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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Treponemal diseases might have been with us much longer than previously thought! In our recent study, we used ancient DNA to reconstruct a 5,500-year-old 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘮 genome, revealing a previously unknown divergent subspecies.
You can check it out here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A 5500-year-old Treponema pallidum genome from Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia
Treponematosis, a bacterial infection caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies and T. carateum (yaws, bejel, syphilis, pinta), has afflicted humans for millennia. Despite paleopathological evidence and...
www.science.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Fascinating that the #NobelPeaceCenter felt the need to clarify this today.

Someone clearly needed the memo.
January 16, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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So proud that this is out 🐺⏳🧬🦏. First paper as a senior author (co-shared with @lovedalen.bsky.social; thanks for a great opportunity) and led by my awesome former MSc student @solveiggudjonsd.bsky.social and a brilliant CPG postdoc @edanalord.bsky.social (1/n)

OA: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Read our new paper in Genome Biology & Evolution to learn more about how sequencing the genome from a 14,000 year old wolf puppy's last meal yielded novel insights into the woolly rhino's extinction:
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

📷 Mietje Germonpré
January 16, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Read our new paper in Genome Biology & Evolution to learn more about how sequencing the genome from a 14,000 year old wolf puppy's last meal yielded novel insights into the woolly rhino's extinction:
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

📷 Mietje Germonpré
January 16, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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Thanks to Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer (@scs22.bsky.social) and Carles Lalueza-Fox for their commentary on our work about ancient RNAs in the extinct wolly mammoth

A trunkload of ancient RNA

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
A trunkload of ancient RNA
Ancient DNA has become a workhorse for evolutionary biologists. In contrast, ancient RNA studies have been rare and often methodologically controversial. Mármol-Sánchez et al. provide compelling evide...
www.cell.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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Researchers recover a woolly rhino genome from inside a frozen wolf's stomach. The work marks the first time an Ice Age animal’s complete genome has been recovered from tissue preserved inside another ancient animal.
New study from @cpgsthlm.bsky.social
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Researchers recover a woolly rhino genome from inside a frozen wolf's stomach
The work marks the first time an Ice Age animal’s complete genome has been recovered from tissue preserved inside another ancient animal.
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Guðjónsdóttir, @jcchacond.bsky.social et al. sequenced the genome of a >14kya old woolly rhino from muscle found inside a permafrost-preserved wolf's stomach. Demographic inference suggests a rapid extinction for the woolly rhino.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf239

#genome #evolution #aDNA
January 14, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Dreaming of a de novo assembly of your pesky short ancient sequences? 🧬 A new tool, CarpeDeam, may just help your dreams come true. 🧬🖥️
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#MetagenomicsMonday #ancientDNA #aDNA #paleogenomics #bioinformatics
CarpeDeam: a de novo metagenome assembler for heavily damaged ancient datasets - Genome Biology
De novo assembly of ancient metagenomic datasets is a challenging task. Ultra-short fragment size and characteristic postmortem damage patterns of sequenced ancient DNA molecules leave current tools…
link.springer.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Our paper on the first ancient Human betaherpesvirus 6 A/B (HHV-6) genomes is published in Science Advances! 🥳

In collaboration with @virologyhouldcroft.bsky.social @lucyvandorp.bsky.social @lehtisaag.bsky.social @ktambets.bsky.social & other amazing researchers!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA
First ancient HHV-6 genomes reveal 2500 years of phylogenetic continuity and provide insights into the endogenization of HHV-6A.
www.science.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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What really devastated Napoleon’s army in 1812? ⚔️🧬 A new study uncovers DNA of previously unsuspected pathogens: Salmonella Paratyphi C and Borrelia recurrentis in the teeth of fallen soldiers.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #pathogens #fever #Napoleon
Paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever in 1812 Napoleon's devastated army
During Napoleon’s retreat from Russia in 1812,1 countless soldiers of the French army succumbed to infectious diseases, but the responsible pathogen o…
doi.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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We have opened Early Bird registration for #ICP2026 🚨

And you REALLY want to register early, since it's cheaper 🤑 and the (free) conference dinner at the Town Hall (the same venue as the Nobel banquet) has limited places.

Looking forward to welcoming you next summer in Stockholm!
Early Bird registration for #ICP2026 is now OPEN 🐦📝

IMPORTANT: places for the Conference Dinner at Stockholm City Hall (free of charge) are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Secure your spot by registering soon 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/
December 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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WOW❗🤯

The amount and quality of the abstracts we've received have completely blown us away! More than 300 abstracts from researchers at all levels and from 33 countries.

We will communicate the selected talks and open registration soon 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org

#ICP2026 will be UNMISSABLE 😍💪
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Our manuscript on bovine deep-time paleogenomics at Denisova Cave and in the broader mid-latitude Asia is online! doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... 🦬🦴🧬

Main findings in the 🧵 below ⬇️

@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA
Paleogenomics Reveals a Loss of Bovine Lineages in Mid-latitude Asia Over the Last 200,000 Years
Abstract. Bovines have a complex yet poorly understood evolutionary history that is characterized by admixture and diversity loss during the Late Pleistoce
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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We are recruiting!

If you like evolutionary biology, microbial genomics, and host-pathogen interactions we have a PhD opening at @ugiatucl.bsky.social using population-scale metagenomics to map global phage diversity and uncover evolutionary signatures that could point to new antimicrobials.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🚨 Reminder to send in your abstracts for the palaeogenomics conference in Stockholm! 🧬🦠🐕💃🏼

If your results are still preliminary, my tip is to keep the abstract broad rather than skip submitting altogether 😉

See the post below for the price estimate and looking forward to seeing you there 🥳! #aDNA
⏰ The clock is ticking❗

LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts (30th Nov).

Do it here👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/

Many of you are asking for the registration fees 💸. We are still working out the details, but we estimate 400-500€ for regular attendees and 300-400€ for students.
Abstracts – International Conference on Palaeogenomics 2026
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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🦣🧬🦣🤯💥We are pleased to share our new paper about ancient RNA expression profiles from the Woolly Mammoth, now published in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Become our colleague! - 2yr Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past (UU) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social 🧪

Great place to work at (ok, I am biased), integration with archaeologists and linguists + pretty flexible research topic

www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Meet our plenary speakers 💁‍♂️

CHRISTINA WARINNER (@harvard.edu)

@christinawarinner.bsky.social investigates ancient microbiomes to reveal insights into the diets and health of past human populations.

Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org

⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM