Alex Burnett
@archaeoalex.bsky.social
PhD researcher in Palaeoproteomics at Ghent University, Belgium. Working on the ROAM project. Interested in everything ancient and proteinaceous. 🧪🦴🦷💀🏺
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Want to join the www.codicum.eu project?
3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.
#Medieval #Manuscript
3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.
#Medieval #Manuscript
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Want to join the www.codicum.eu project?
3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.
#Medieval #Manuscript
3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills.
#Medieval #Manuscript
Inspired by current events. #proteomics
October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Inspired by current events. #proteomics
Really excited to share the preprint for @halbevi.bsky.social and I’s new paper! Lithic tools from the Mesolithic and Neolithic were analysed with palaeoproteomics, use-wear, radiocarbon and optical microscopy residue analyses to find evidence of bovine butchery!
Palaeoproteomics reveals bovine carcass processing with 6,000-year-old flint tools https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.29.679186v1
September 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Really excited to share the preprint for @halbevi.bsky.social and I’s new paper! Lithic tools from the Mesolithic and Neolithic were analysed with palaeoproteomics, use-wear, radiocarbon and optical microscopy residue analyses to find evidence of bovine butchery!
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New paper by Tamsin O’Connell:
This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.
“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
#stableisotopes
This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.
“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
#stableisotopes
Redirecting
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
New paper by Tamsin O’Connell:
This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.
“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
#stableisotopes
This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.
“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
#stableisotopes
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If you work in #archaeology or related, consider signing this letter to demand @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social to cut ties with Israel and take a position against ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and their heritage! 🧪 #science 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine #BoycottIsrael #eaa2025
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter to EAA calling for a boycott of Israel
Please fill out the form below and add your name to over 1200 others on this open letter*, calling on the European Association of Archaeologists to respond to ICOMOS Palestine's appeal for cultural h...
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August 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
If you work in #archaeology or related, consider signing this letter to demand @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social to cut ties with Israel and take a position against ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and their heritage! 🧪 #science 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine #BoycottIsrael #eaa2025
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Happy to announce that the paper on the first of our experiments to better understand how foodcrusts can be used for investigating diet in the past is finally out! Huge thanks to @jessiehendy.bsky.social and @matthewcollins.bsky.social for their support!
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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doi.org/10.1371/jour...
1/2
An unclean slate, discrepancies between food input and recovered protein signal from experimental foodcrusts
Organic residues are a rich source of biomolecular information on ancient diets. In particular, foodcrusts, charred residues on ceramics, are commonly analysed for their lipid content and to a lesser ...
doi.org
August 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Happy to announce that the paper on the first of our experiments to better understand how foodcrusts can be used for investigating diet in the past is finally out! Huge thanks to @jessiehendy.bsky.social and @matthewcollins.bsky.social for their support!
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
1/2
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
1/2
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What if there was a job where you were paid £33,714 a year to play with Lego and work in an internationally renowned museum, with the aim of inciting curiosity and wonder about the natural world?
Applications close end of August.
@nhm-london.bsky.social 🧪🧸🏺
Applications close end of August.
@nhm-london.bsky.social 🧪🧸🏺
Creative Producer: LEGO Programme:South Kensington
jobs.nhm.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
What if there was a job where you were paid £33,714 a year to play with Lego and work in an internationally renowned museum, with the aim of inciting curiosity and wonder about the natural world?
Applications close end of August.
@nhm-london.bsky.social 🧪🧸🏺
Applications close end of August.
@nhm-london.bsky.social 🧪🧸🏺
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Registration deadline is TOMORROW! 🍝 🏺
✨✨Reminder that we are hosting a (virtual and in-person) pre-ISBA conference✨✨ on the 26th of August (13:00-17:00 CET) which will include talks from members of our community and the PAASTA Annual General Meeting. Additional details can be found here: paasta-community.github.io/events/2025/...
Pre-ISBA PAASTA Conference · PAASTA Community
paasta-community.github.io
August 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Registration deadline is TOMORROW! 🍝 🏺
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Now recruiting for two positions in my lab:
Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun...
Applications welcome!
Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun...
Applications welcome!
Skoglund Lab - Ancient Genomics
Skoglund lab
sites.google.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Now recruiting for two positions in my lab:
Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun...
Applications welcome!
Postdoc in computational analysis of ancient human genomes www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Bioarchaeology staff scientist supporting human aDNA projects www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Background: sites.google.com/view/skoglun...
Applications welcome!
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Also - come and get my job! Which I’m still partially doing, but someone needs to take up the slack/ allow me to send them to far flung locations to retrieve mysterious ancient samples. See the World*!
*mainly Britain.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
*mainly Britain.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
(Senior) Laboratory Research Scientist - Bioarchaeologist
Salary for this Role: LRS level from £36,535 per annum plus benefits SLRS level from £45,700 per annum plus benefits Job Title: (Senior) Laboratory Research Scientist - Bioarchaeologist Reports to: Po...
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Also - come and get my job! Which I’m still partially doing, but someone needs to take up the slack/ allow me to send them to far flung locations to retrieve mysterious ancient samples. See the World*!
*mainly Britain.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
*mainly Britain.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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#Job alert: associate professor (universitetslektor) at the program in Human #Paleogenomics and #Population #Genomics. Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 1st. #vacancy @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social
www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...
www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...
Universitetslektor i människans palaeo-och populationsgenomik - Uppsala universitet
Universitetslektor i människans palaeo-och populationsgenomik, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala universitet
www.uu.se
August 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
#Job alert: associate professor (universitetslektor) at the program in Human #Paleogenomics and #Population #Genomics. Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 1st. #vacancy @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social
www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...
www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...
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A great opportunity anyone aged 16 to 21 looking to get into archaeology, designed by the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Youth Advisory Board - designed by young people, for young people!
Curious about archaeology but not sure where to start?
Join us on 13 September for Unearthing Futures, a FREE event created by young people, for young people at the Great North Museum: Hancock. Enjoy skills workshops, network, and have fun!
Travel + lunch covered 🍕
👉 shorturl.at/KYmHV
Join us on 13 September for Unearthing Futures, a FREE event created by young people, for young people at the Great North Museum: Hancock. Enjoy skills workshops, network, and have fun!
Travel + lunch covered 🍕
👉 shorturl.at/KYmHV
August 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A great opportunity anyone aged 16 to 21 looking to get into archaeology, designed by the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Youth Advisory Board - designed by young people, for young people!
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The Ancient Protein and Isotope Laboratory at the University of Michigan is hiring a manager to start this fall.
@umich.edu @umichresearch.bsky.social
#archaeology #chemistry #michigan #annarbor
@umich.edu @umichresearch.bsky.social
#archaeology #chemistry #michigan #annarbor
Lab Manager | U-M Careers
careers.umich.edu
July 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Ancient Protein and Isotope Laboratory at the University of Michigan is hiring a manager to start this fall.
@umich.edu @umichresearch.bsky.social
#archaeology #chemistry #michigan #annarbor
@umich.edu @umichresearch.bsky.social
#archaeology #chemistry #michigan #annarbor
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This looks like a new Olympic event: "100 meter search trench, with a complete Harris" #Archaeology
We made great progress today despite the fact that the director has a tooth abscess and has been in agony since yesterday.
The show must go on...
The show must go on...
July 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This looks like a new Olympic event: "100 meter search trench, with a complete Harris" #Archaeology
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
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new lab paper, lead by Dr. Greg Abrams! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Earliest evidence of Neanderthal multifunctional bone tool production from cave lion (Panthera spelaea) remains - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Earliest evidence of Neanderthal multifunctional bone tool production from cave lion (Panthera spelaea) remains
www.nature.com
July 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
new lab paper, lead by Dr. Greg Abrams! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spoken by archaeologists and early historians alike 😎
fucking archaeology
July 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Spoken by archaeologists and early historians alike 😎
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Here is my checklist summarising a small set of some of the simplest tasks you can do that have high potential to improve the reproducibility of your analysis code.
This is based on my year of reproducibility reviews for the J. of Archaeological Science:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHjN_6yUM... 🧪🏺
This is based on my year of reproducibility reviews for the J. of Archaeological Science:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHjN_6yUM... 🧪🏺
July 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Here is my checklist summarising a small set of some of the simplest tasks you can do that have high potential to improve the reproducibility of your analysis code.
This is based on my year of reproducibility reviews for the J. of Archaeological Science:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHjN_6yUM... 🧪🏺
This is based on my year of reproducibility reviews for the J. of Archaeological Science:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHjN_6yUM... 🧪🏺
These are SO fun. We had a class during my undergrad at the University of York (Archaeology) where we had to make memes - I remember it well. I’m sure I still have the one I made saved somewhere…
Fro the last few years, as part of a final assignment in my senior biophysical chem class I ask students to share a class-related memes, with ones they make themselves highly encouraged!
For everyone's enjoyment, here are some of my favorites!
#chemistry #biochemistry #sigfigs #units 🧪
For everyone's enjoyment, here are some of my favorites!
#chemistry #biochemistry #sigfigs #units 🧪
July 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
These are SO fun. We had a class during my undergrad at the University of York (Archaeology) where we had to make memes - I remember it well. I’m sure I still have the one I made saved somewhere…
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Typos, gender-neutral pronouns and even emotional language in patient messages make large language models more likely to recommend people stay home instead of seek medical care.
This AI bias could be especially problematic for certain patient populations. 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2486...
This AI bias could be especially problematic for certain patient populations. 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2486...
Typos and slang spur AI to discourage seeking medical care
AI models change their medical recommendations when people ask them questions that include colourful language, typos, odd formatting and even gender-neutral pronouns
www.newscientist.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Typos, gender-neutral pronouns and even emotional language in patient messages make large language models more likely to recommend people stay home instead of seek medical care.
This AI bias could be especially problematic for certain patient populations. 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2486...
This AI bias could be especially problematic for certain patient populations. 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2486...
I’ve been living in fearful anticipation of this situation for all of my doctorate so far - and have awe for those who pull through it all! Including colleagues who defended grant applications and #PhD in the same week! #academia
Recently, many people have commented on how hard it must be to simultaneously finish analyses, write my PhD thesis, and apply for fellowships/grants/jobs. It is hard. But it is also nice to be validated by other scientists, particularly those at a higher level. Thank you for the empathy. ❤️🧠⚛️🧑🔬🧪
July 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Today the reconstruction of the 10.000 year old Mesolitic woman has been presented in Dinant (BE) by Isabelle de Groote van UGent
#Margaux #Mesolitic #UGent #reconstruction
#Margaux #Mesolitic #UGent #reconstruction
June 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Today the reconstruction of the 10.000 year old Mesolitic woman has been presented in Dinant (BE) by Isabelle de Groote van UGent
#Margaux #Mesolitic #UGent #reconstruction
#Margaux #Mesolitic #UGent #reconstruction
Great fun yesterday in the Meuse Valley where we showcased the fantastic Kennis brothers and @roam-ugent.bsky.social team's reconstruction of cranium 1 from the #Mesolithic Grotte Margaux! Don't forget to join the public vote - will she be called Margo, Freyà, or Mos'anne? www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
June 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Great fun yesterday in the Meuse Valley where we showcased the fantastic Kennis brothers and @roam-ugent.bsky.social team's reconstruction of cranium 1 from the #Mesolithic Grotte Margaux! Don't forget to join the public vote - will she be called Margo, Freyà, or Mos'anne? www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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📣Job opening: funded PhD position 📣
Interested in Finale Paleolithic and Mesolithic lithic assemblages in the Belgian Meuse Valley and their evolution across time?
Apply before the 27th of June 2025 to be part of an interesting project! All information in the link below www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Interested in Finale Paleolithic and Mesolithic lithic assemblages in the Belgian Meuse Valley and their evolution across time?
Apply before the 27th of June 2025 to be part of an interesting project! All information in the link below www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Doctoral fellow
www.ugent.be
June 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📣Job opening: funded PhD position 📣
Interested in Finale Paleolithic and Mesolithic lithic assemblages in the Belgian Meuse Valley and their evolution across time?
Apply before the 27th of June 2025 to be part of an interesting project! All information in the link below www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Interested in Finale Paleolithic and Mesolithic lithic assemblages in the Belgian Meuse Valley and their evolution across time?
Apply before the 27th of June 2025 to be part of an interesting project! All information in the link below www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
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Meet the Lady from Grotte Margaux! How should we name her? Join the vote ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
📸 copyright 2025: roam-ugent
📸 copyright 2025: roam-ugent
June 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Meet the Lady from Grotte Margaux! How should we name her? Join the vote ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
📸 copyright 2025: roam-ugent
📸 copyright 2025: roam-ugent