Lucy van Dorp
@lucyvandorp.bsky.social
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Group Leader in Microbial Genomics at UCL Genetics Institute @ugiatucl.bsky.social.
Reconstructing the evolution of us and our pathogens past, present and future using large-scale genomics.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbpvan
Reconstructing the evolution of us and our pathogens past, present and future using large-scale genomics.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbpvan
Reposted by Lucy van Dorp
Pooja Swali @poojaswali.bsky.social presenting her very interesting work on ancient pathogens. @ugiatucl.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Pooja Swali @poojaswali.bsky.social presenting her very interesting work on ancient pathogens. @ugiatucl.bsky.social
If you like generating genomic data from unusual medical samples, past and contemporary epidemiology and advancing methods in phylo/population genetics please get in touch.
Group website: www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbpvan/
Closing date Sept 25th 2025.
#aDNA #microbialgenomics #ISBA #popgen #UCL
Group website: www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbpvan/
Closing date Sept 25th 2025.
#aDNA #microbialgenomics #ISBA #popgen #UCL
New preprint on the early evolution of BA.2.86
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
If you like generating genomic data from unusual medical samples, past and contemporary epidemiology and advancing methods in phylo/population genetics please get in touch.
Group website: www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbpvan/
Closing date Sept 25th 2025.
#aDNA #microbialgenomics #ISBA #popgen #UCL
Group website: www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbpvan/
Closing date Sept 25th 2025.
#aDNA #microbialgenomics #ISBA #popgen #UCL
And me discussing our findings in BBC Science in Action here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from ~24:00).
Science In Action - WHO Pandemic Agreement reached - BBC Sounds
124 countries have agreed on a global effort to fight future pandemic health threats.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
And me discussing our findings in BBC Science in Action here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from ~24:00).
You can see first author @poojaswali.bsky.social thread on the work here: bsky.app/profile/pooj...
Excited to announce our paper on ancient Borrelia genomes is finally out! 🦠💀We document the evolutionary history of louse-borne relapsing fever, published today in @science.org with @lucyvandorp.bsky.social and @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social #aDNA 🏺🧪🧬
Main findings and paper below: 🧵⬇️
Main findings and paper below: 🧵⬇️
May 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
You can see first author @poojaswali.bsky.social thread on the work here: bsky.app/profile/pooj...
What fun it was to work on this with @poojaswali.bsky.social, @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social and wider team.
@boothicus.bsky.social, @cednotsed.bsky.social, @archaedelle.bsky.social, @alexgilardet.bsky.social, @leospeidel.bsky.social, @frankietait.bsky.social, @maxgg.bsky.social et al.
@boothicus.bsky.social, @cednotsed.bsky.social, @archaedelle.bsky.social, @alexgilardet.bsky.social, @leospeidel.bsky.social, @frankietait.bsky.social, @maxgg.bsky.social et al.
May 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
What fun it was to work on this with @poojaswali.bsky.social, @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social and wider team.
@boothicus.bsky.social, @cednotsed.bsky.social, @archaedelle.bsky.social, @alexgilardet.bsky.social, @leospeidel.bsky.social, @frankietait.bsky.social, @maxgg.bsky.social et al.
@boothicus.bsky.social, @cednotsed.bsky.social, @archaedelle.bsky.social, @alexgilardet.bsky.social, @leospeidel.bsky.social, @frankietait.bsky.social, @maxgg.bsky.social et al.
Crucially, our study also expands the sparse genomic record for this understudied yet important pathogen, which still causes outbreaks today and may have been an important part of disease experienced in the past.
May 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Crucially, our study also expands the sparse genomic record for this understudied yet important pathogen, which still causes outbreaks today and may have been an important part of disease experienced in the past.
By recovering DNA from Iron Age and Medieval Britains, we tracked the bacteria’s evolution as it shed and shuffled genes to specialize in a new host—coinciding with major changes in human behaviour, trade, and maybe even fashion.
May 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
By recovering DNA from Iron Age and Medieval Britains, we tracked the bacteria’s evolution as it shed and shuffled genes to specialize in a new host—coinciding with major changes in human behaviour, trade, and maybe even fashion.