Jolijn Erven
@jolijnerven.bsky.social
Postdoc @UCD
(Palaeo)Genomics, population genetics, archaeology, evolution, genetic diversity, (animal) behaviour 🐷🐗🐂🐮🐐
(Palaeo)Genomics, population genetics, archaeology, evolution, genetic diversity, (animal) behaviour 🐷🐗🐂🐮🐐
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Jolijn Erven
@jolijnerven.bsky.social
· Apr 21
Inferring domestic goat demographic history through ancient genome imputation
Goats were among the earliest managed animals, making them a natural model to explore the genetic consequences of domestication. However, a challenge in ancient genomic analysis is the relatively low ...
www.biorxiv.org
🐐 New preprint out with @gingerhowley.bsky.social The VarGoats Consortium and many others!
We explore how genotype imputation can enhance low-coverage ancient goat/Capra🐐 genomes, shedding light on early domestication and herd management.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#aDNA #Domestication
We explore how genotype imputation can enhance low-coverage ancient goat/Capra🐐 genomes, shedding light on early domestication and herd management.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#aDNA #Domestication
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Another #aDNA preprint! We recovered DNA from 7,000 year old (!) goat leather from Cueva de los Murciélagos - and see a genetic link with Bermeya goats today!
Credit to Francisco Martínez-Sevilla for seeing me on Youtube(?!) + reaching out to collaborate - there's still value in the internet.
Credit to Francisco Martínez-Sevilla for seeing me on Youtube(?!) + reaching out to collaborate - there's still value in the internet.
Genetic analysis of 7,000 year old preserved goat leather from Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol, Spain).
Advances in ancient DNA research have expanded the range of materials from which genetic information can be recovered, enabling the analysis of atypical materials. These often preserve both host and e...
www.biorxiv.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Another #aDNA preprint! We recovered DNA from 7,000 year old (!) goat leather from Cueva de los Murciélagos - and see a genetic link with Bermeya goats today!
Credit to Francisco Martínez-Sevilla for seeing me on Youtube(?!) + reaching out to collaborate - there's still value in the internet.
Credit to Francisco Martínez-Sevilla for seeing me on Youtube(?!) + reaching out to collaborate - there's still value in the internet.
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Our paper in the PNAS Special Feature on 🐕 is out!
We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes.
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
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our paper in the PNAS Special Feature on 🐕 is out!
We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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I'll be presenting at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social at the School of Biological Sciences, 2nd December, 1pm - please come along to hear about #aDNA, domestication, and disease!
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'll be presenting at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social at the School of Biological Sciences, 2nd December, 1pm - please come along to hear about #aDNA, domestication, and disease!
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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/...
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
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/...
Great place to work at (ok, I am biased), integration with archaeologists and linguists + pretty flexible research topic
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Check out our paper, we now included a comparison between glimse1 and glimpse2!
Our paper on imputation of ancient goat genomes is now available at GBE - congratulations to @jolijnerven.bsky.social #aDNA
Inferring Domestic Goat Demographic History Through Ancient Genome Imputation
Abstract. Goats were among the earliest managed animals, making them a natural model to explore the genetic consequences of domestication. However, a chall
academic.oup.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Check out our paper, we now included a comparison between glimse1 and glimpse2!
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Excited to share our new paper in
@GeneticsGSA
! We developed "Retriever," a novel method that enables high-quality genotype imputation in non-model organisms. 🧬 Congratulations to Charles on his first PhD paper!
Paper: doi.org/10.1093/gene...
A thread 🧵👇
@GeneticsGSA
! We developed "Retriever," a novel method that enables high-quality genotype imputation in non-model organisms. 🧬 Congratulations to Charles on his first PhD paper!
Paper: doi.org/10.1093/gene...
A thread 🧵👇
Chimeric Reference Panels for Genomic Imputation
Abstract. Despite transformative advances in genomic technologies, missing data remains a fundamental constraint that limits the full potential of genomic
doi.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Excited to share our new paper in
@GeneticsGSA
! We developed "Retriever," a novel method that enables high-quality genotype imputation in non-model organisms. 🧬 Congratulations to Charles on his first PhD paper!
Paper: doi.org/10.1093/gene...
A thread 🧵👇
@GeneticsGSA
! We developed "Retriever," a novel method that enables high-quality genotype imputation in non-model organisms. 🧬 Congratulations to Charles on his first PhD paper!
Paper: doi.org/10.1093/gene...
A thread 🧵👇
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🦠💀🦠 Happy to share our (with @gunnar-u-neumann.bsky.social) new preprint on ancient Salmonella enterica genomes! We analysed 53 new genomes along with published ancient and modern datasets to learn about lineage replacements and host adaptation in prehistory: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Evolutionary history and recurrent host adaptation in ancient Salmonella enterica
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica is an extremely diverse bacterial pathogen causing frequent infections and foodborne disease among human populations. More than 1500 different bacterial strains (se...
www.biorxiv.org
September 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🦠💀🦠 Happy to share our (with @gunnar-u-neumann.bsky.social) new preprint on ancient Salmonella enterica genomes! We analysed 53 new genomes along with published ancient and modern datasets to learn about lineage replacements and host adaptation in prehistory: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚀 We’re hiring a #Postdoc!
🔬 Join our group in Copenhagen to study Water Buffalo 🐃 #Population #Genomics
Highly motivated & enthusiastic candidates are welcome!
👉 **Apply:** candidate.hr-manager...
⏰Deadline Oct 15th 2025
#WaterBuffalo #Conservation #EvolutionaryBiology
🔬 Join our group in Copenhagen to study Water Buffalo 🐃 #Population #Genomics
Highly motivated & enthusiastic candidates are welcome!
👉 **Apply:** candidate.hr-manager...
⏰Deadline Oct 15th 2025
#WaterBuffalo #Conservation #EvolutionaryBiology
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Water Buffalo Population Genomics
The Department of Biology, Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is offering a post doc position to work on population genomic analyses in water buffal
candidate.hr-manager.net
September 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🚀 We’re hiring a #Postdoc!
🔬 Join our group in Copenhagen to study Water Buffalo 🐃 #Population #Genomics
Highly motivated & enthusiastic candidates are welcome!
👉 **Apply:** candidate.hr-manager...
⏰Deadline Oct 15th 2025
#WaterBuffalo #Conservation #EvolutionaryBiology
🔬 Join our group in Copenhagen to study Water Buffalo 🐃 #Population #Genomics
Highly motivated & enthusiastic candidates are welcome!
👉 **Apply:** candidate.hr-manager...
⏰Deadline Oct 15th 2025
#WaterBuffalo #Conservation #EvolutionaryBiology
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
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Shameless promotion from #isba11 - I'll be hiring PhDs to start early 2026 (plus postdocs starting later), using #adna to study livestock and pathogen coevolution, particularly looking at inbreeding and immune gene evolution!
Contact me at kevin[at]palaeome.org, full ad to come. Please share!
Contact me at kevin[at]palaeome.org, full ad to come. Please share!
August 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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August 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Interested in measuring genetic load? We have a new paper out providing a modified version of GERP which is more user friendly in wildlife species and with scripts to automate making input files and pulling out derived alleles in your species #consgen #popgen star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4202
Cell Press: STAR Protocols
STAR Protocols is an open access, peer-reviewed journal from Cell Press. We offer structured, transparent, accessible, and repeatable step-by-step experimental and computational protocols from all are...
star-protocols.cell.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Interested in measuring genetic load? We have a new paper out providing a modified version of GERP which is more user friendly in wildlife species and with scripts to automate making input files and pulling out derived alleles in your species #consgen #popgen star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4202
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Postdoctoral Position in Wildlife Palaeogenomics!
Come join us in beautiful Stockholm!
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Come join us in beautiful Stockholm!
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
June 4, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Postdoctoral Position in Wildlife Palaeogenomics!
Come join us in beautiful Stockholm!
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Come join us in beautiful Stockholm!
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Inferring domestic goat demographic history through ancient genome imputation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.18.649576v1
April 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Inferring domestic goat demographic history through ancient genome imputation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.18.649576v1
🐐 New preprint out with @gingerhowley.bsky.social The VarGoats Consortium and many others!
We explore how genotype imputation can enhance low-coverage ancient goat/Capra🐐 genomes, shedding light on early domestication and herd management.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#aDNA #Domestication
We explore how genotype imputation can enhance low-coverage ancient goat/Capra🐐 genomes, shedding light on early domestication and herd management.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#aDNA #Domestication
Inferring domestic goat demographic history through ancient genome imputation
Goats were among the earliest managed animals, making them a natural model to explore the genetic consequences of domestication. However, a challenge in ancient genomic analysis is the relatively low ...
www.biorxiv.org
April 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🐐 New preprint out with @gingerhowley.bsky.social The VarGoats Consortium and many others!
We explore how genotype imputation can enhance low-coverage ancient goat/Capra🐐 genomes, shedding light on early domestication and herd management.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#aDNA #Domestication
We explore how genotype imputation can enhance low-coverage ancient goat/Capra🐐 genomes, shedding light on early domestication and herd management.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#aDNA #Domestication
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A final request for those involved in the Ancient Biomolecule Communities: If you follow the activities of AaRC, HAAM, PAASTA, SPAAM and LAARD, help us improve our understanding of our communities with this short survey!
#aDNA #palaeoproteomics #biomoleculararchaeology #ZooMS #ancientDNA
#aDNA #palaeoproteomics #biomoleculararchaeology #ZooMS #ancientDNA
Ancient Biomolecules Community Survey
SPAAM, HAAM, LAARD, PAASTA, and AaRC are trying to understand if and how they are helping researchers deal with the challenges in their research fields. We aim to use this information to help guide an...
docs.google.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A final request for those involved in the Ancient Biomolecule Communities: If you follow the activities of AaRC, HAAM, PAASTA, SPAAM and LAARD, help us improve our understanding of our communities with this short survey!
#aDNA #palaeoproteomics #biomoleculararchaeology #ZooMS #ancientDNA
#aDNA #palaeoproteomics #biomoleculararchaeology #ZooMS #ancientDNA
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@jolijnerven.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social unlocks the origins of domesticated pigs how they related to wild boar and people in the Dutch wetlands 6000 years ago An nwo project @unigroningen.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social
W implications for #morethanhuman life
W implications for #morethanhuman life
Domestic pigs came to Neolithic Europe from Southwest Asia but, over time, breeding with wild boars largely swamped the Asian genetics, according to an analysis of 11 animals from the Netherlands and Britain dated from 5500 to 2500 BCE. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
@jolijnerven.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social unlocks the origins of domesticated pigs how they related to wild boar and people in the Dutch wetlands 6000 years ago An nwo project @unigroningen.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social
W implications for #morethanhuman life
W implications for #morethanhuman life
Interested in human-pig-boar interactions? Read our new paper on human-pig-boar relationships in Neolithic Europe 🐷🐗🧬.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Archaeogenomic insights into commensalism and regional variation in pig management in Neolithic northwest Europe | PNAS
The relationship between humans and pigs has changed dramatically since their domestication
in southwest Asia and subsequent human-induced introduc...
www.pnas.org
March 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Interested in human-pig-boar interactions? Read our new paper on human-pig-boar relationships in Neolithic Europe 🐷🐗🧬.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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How did Europe's first farmers interact with their pigs and local wild boar? @jolijnerven.bsky.social has a new paper addressing just that using 11 ancient suis genomes!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Archaeogenomic insights into commensalism and regional variation in pig management in Neolithic northwest Europe | PNAS
The relationship between humans and pigs has changed dramatically since their domestication
in southwest Asia and subsequent human-induced introduc...
www.pnas.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
How did Europe's first farmers interact with their pigs and local wild boar? @jolijnerven.bsky.social has a new paper addressing just that using 11 ancient suis genomes!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...