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Kai Tätte
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PhD student at the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu 🇪🇪
indigenous populations⛵️ • population genetics🧬 • evolution🌳 • nature🍃 • board games🎲 • movies🎥 • guinea pigs🐹 • mother of 3👧🏼👦🏼🧒🏼
#ISBA11, where great science met old friends, new connections and a delightfully chaotic Italian vibe. Turin’s coffee, #MuseoEgizio and #Bardonecchia mountains sealed the deal.
September 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Thank you #SMBE2025 and #Beijing for a perfect conference and adventure! I loved presenting my work, getting inspired by talks (especially Molly Przeworski and Qiaomei Fu 😍), and meeting cool scientists (@huizhentan.bsky.social🦤)
with @rutvirajpara.bsky.social🧣 and @danatyermakovich.bsky.social 🍵🫖🗿
August 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This Mother’s Day, I cherished time with my mother, my kids, and Mother Earth. There’s something deeply grounding about fresh soil when life gets too busy or overwhelming. 🥰🙏💚 Even Berta the dog knows it! 🐾

#MothersDay #SlowLiving #MomLife #Grounding #Labrador
May 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
For some reason, on Earth Day, I was reminded of my great role model, Dr. Suzanne Simard. I went to check her channel – and surprise! – she’s giving a talk tonight! So exciting! I was lucky enough to meet her last year 😍
🌍🌲💚
#EarthDay #SuzanneSimard #MotherTree #WomenInScience #Inspiration
April 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🇮🇳As I write in my thesis the part about India's genetic history, my talented friend @rutvirajpara.bsky.social drew me a picture of Saraswati - a goddess of wisdom, learning, and the arts - as a birthday gift. Feels like she’s watching over my footnotes now 🙏
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
When our paper about Kiritimati got accepted, on the very same week, the local cinema decided to show a film about Kiribati. I feel like the universe is trying to make sure I pronounce it right. 😄🌴🧬🎥
I helped to make a layman summary about it: genomics.ut.ee/en/news/stud...
April 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
March 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Happy 107th Independence Day, #Estonia! 🇪🇪
Somehow, all the pictures that I took today, were blue-black-white 🤷‍♀️
February 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Did you know? 🧬 #IBD analysis can tell apart sibling-sibling and parent-child pairs by how their DNA segments are arranged!
Had an interesting week long #ancientDNA imputation workshop with amazing prof Toomas Kivisild, Dr Ludovica Molinaro and Sara Becelaere from #Leuven University, Belgium.
February 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Celebrating Darwin’s birthday the best way possible–by playing Evolution! 🎉
This game always impresses me with how seamlessly its mechanics work together while also simulating evolution with remarkable accuracy without losing the fun!
February 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Big thanks to Erik Abner for an engaging talk on evolution, fossils and genes—plus a signed copy of the hottest book in Santa’s bag last Christmas on Estonian fossils and beautiful star-shaped crinoid stem pieces! 🔥📖⭐

Now even more excited to go fossil hunting on 💚Vilsandi💚 Island! 🗿🦕🪸 #Fossils
February 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Throwback to presenting my research on Austronesian genetics at a PhD conference in January! ⛵🌍 Great discussions and valuable connections with fellow researchers.

Marking World #WomenInScience Day with this memory. 👩‍🔬💡
February 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM