Mariana Escobar Rodríguez
@mescobar.bsky.social
🇲🇽
Entusiasta del pan dulce.
PhD student at the Microbial Paleogenomics Unit of the Pasteur Institute 🇫🇷.
Interested in human population genetics and pathogen evolution.
Entusiasta del pan dulce.
PhD student at the Microbial Paleogenomics Unit of the Pasteur Institute 🇫🇷.
Interested in human population genetics and pathogen evolution.
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13/ And since I have you here, it's time for some shameless plugging!
I defend my PhD ( :O ) next week, and if you are interested in more of what I got up to over the past few years, you can check out an @nrc.nl here: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
I defend my PhD ( :O ) next week, and if you are interested in more of what I got up to over the past few years, you can check out an @nrc.nl here: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
De risico’s en voordelen van oudere broers en zussen
Jong Geleerd: Hoe meer kinderen een moeder krijgt, hoe minder lang ze zelf leeft. Tenminste, dat gold voor Finse moeders ten tijde van de Grote Finse Hongersnood. Deze en andere opmerkelijke feiten de...
www.nrc.nl
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
13/ And since I have you here, it's time for some shameless plugging!
I defend my PhD ( :O ) next week, and if you are interested in more of what I got up to over the past few years, you can check out an @nrc.nl here: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
I defend my PhD ( :O ) next week, and if you are interested in more of what I got up to over the past few years, you can check out an @nrc.nl here: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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12/ You can also read the @newscientist.com article here: www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
Having children plays a complicated role in the rate we age
The effort of reproducing may divert energy away from repairing DNA or fighting illness, which could drive ageing, but a new study suggests that is only the case when environmental conditions are toug...
www.newscientist.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
12/ You can also read the @newscientist.com article here: www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
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1/13 New paper out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Historical records across thousands of women showed that mothers with more children had shorter lifespans during a famine, fitting an evolutionary explanation for why we age
@hannahdugdale.bsky.social
@lummaalab.bsky.social
@erikpostma.bsky.social
Historical records across thousands of women showed that mothers with more children had shorter lifespans during a famine, fitting an evolutionary explanation for why we age
@hannahdugdale.bsky.social
@lummaalab.bsky.social
@erikpostma.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
1/13 New paper out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Historical records across thousands of women showed that mothers with more children had shorter lifespans during a famine, fitting an evolutionary explanation for why we age
@hannahdugdale.bsky.social
@lummaalab.bsky.social
@erikpostma.bsky.social
Historical records across thousands of women showed that mothers with more children had shorter lifespans during a famine, fitting an evolutionary explanation for why we age
@hannahdugdale.bsky.social
@lummaalab.bsky.social
@erikpostma.bsky.social
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Hoe meer kinderen een moeder krijgt, hoe minder lang ze zelf leeft. Tenminste, dat gold voor Finse moeders ten tijde van de Grote Finse Hongersnood. Deze en andere opmerkelijke feiten destilleerde Euan Young uit grote historische bevolkingsregisters.
buff.ly/Y1VNbQO
buff.ly/Y1VNbQO
De risico’s en voordelen van oudere broers en zussen
Jong Geleerd: Hoe meer kinderen een moeder krijgt, hoe minder lang ze zelf leeft. Tenminste, dat gold voor Finse moeders ten tijde van de Grote Finse Hongersnood. Deze en andere opmerkelijke feiten…
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Hoe meer kinderen een moeder krijgt, hoe minder lang ze zelf leeft. Tenminste, dat gold voor Finse moeders ten tijde van de Grote Finse Hongersnood. Deze en andere opmerkelijke feiten destilleerde Euan Young uit grote historische bevolkingsregisters.
buff.ly/Y1VNbQO
buff.ly/Y1VNbQO
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DNA from Napoleon’s 1812 army identifies the pathogens likely responsible for the army’s demise during their Russian retreat. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Nicolás Rascovan & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Nicolás Rascovan & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
DNA from Napoleon’s 1812 army identifies the pathogens likely responsible for the army’s demise during their Russian retreat. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Nicolás Rascovan & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Nicolás Rascovan & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
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1/10 Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from?
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Antiviral reverse transcriptases reveal the evolutionary origin of telomerase
Defense-associated reverse transcriptases (DRTs) employ diverse and distinctive mechanisms of cDNA synthesis to protect bacteria against viral infection. However, much of DRT family diversity remains ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
1/10 Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from?
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🎓 Applications for Institut Pasteur's PhD programs open Sept 1-Oct 20, 2025 for October 2026 entry.
Apply to up to 4 projects across 6 programs: PPU, PPU-IMAGINE @institutimagine.bsky.social, PPU-@ox.ac.uk, PPU-EID @upcite.bsky.social & more 🧬
Register now ✍️ www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
Apply to up to 4 projects across 6 programs: PPU, PPU-IMAGINE @institutimagine.bsky.social, PPU-@ox.ac.uk, PPU-EID @upcite.bsky.social & more 🧬
Register now ✍️ www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
September 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🎓 Applications for Institut Pasteur's PhD programs open Sept 1-Oct 20, 2025 for October 2026 entry.
Apply to up to 4 projects across 6 programs: PPU, PPU-IMAGINE @institutimagine.bsky.social, PPU-@ox.ac.uk, PPU-EID @upcite.bsky.social & more 🧬
Register now ✍️ www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
Apply to up to 4 projects across 6 programs: PPU, PPU-IMAGINE @institutimagine.bsky.social, PPU-@ox.ac.uk, PPU-EID @upcite.bsky.social & more 🧬
Register now ✍️ www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
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Well that’s the “highlight” of my week for sure!
Thrilled to see our recent paper covered in Nature’s Research Highlight: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Also see @markspa.bsky.social’s neat explainer below.
Thrilled to see our recent paper covered in Nature’s Research Highlight: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Also see @markspa.bsky.social’s neat explainer below.
September 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Well that’s the “highlight” of my week for sure!
Thrilled to see our recent paper covered in Nature’s Research Highlight: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Also see @markspa.bsky.social’s neat explainer below.
Thrilled to see our recent paper covered in Nature’s Research Highlight: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Also see @markspa.bsky.social’s neat explainer below.
Had a great time at #ISBA11 and #SPAAM7 in beautiful Turin! Exciting science and amazing people! @isbarchaeology.bsky.social @spaam-community.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Had a great time at #ISBA11 and #SPAAM7 in beautiful Turin! Exciting science and amazing people! @isbarchaeology.bsky.social @spaam-community.bsky.social
Great experience with amazing people!
After a week of intense population genomics, lots of tired but still smiley faces. Thank you @embo.org for funding another edition of our Population Genomics course in Naples. And thank you to the trainers and participants for making this eight edition another success! #EMBOpopgen
June 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Great experience with amazing people!
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After a week of intense population genomics, lots of tired but still smiley faces. Thank you @embo.org for funding another edition of our Population Genomics course in Naples. And thank you to the trainers and participants for making this eight edition another success! #EMBOpopgen
June 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
After a week of intense population genomics, lots of tired but still smiley faces. Thank you @embo.org for funding another edition of our Population Genomics course in Naples. And thank you to the trainers and participants for making this eight edition another success! #EMBOpopgen
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#AncientMetagenomeDir is expanding to include C14 dating & detailed archaeological/historical info for all samples! 📜✨
🗓️ Join our Hackathon on April 29th from 10-17 CEST and contribute to this groundbreaking project! 🙌
🗓️ Join our Hackathon on April 29th from 10-17 CEST and contribute to this groundbreaking project! 🙌
April 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
#AncientMetagenomeDir is expanding to include C14 dating & detailed archaeological/historical info for all samples! 📜✨
🗓️ Join our Hackathon on April 29th from 10-17 CEST and contribute to this groundbreaking project! 🙌
🗓️ Join our Hackathon on April 29th from 10-17 CEST and contribute to this groundbreaking project! 🙌
Don't miss out! Deadline is today!
The SPAAM has organized a virtual speed-networking event between PIs and young researchers (MSc/PhD/Postdocs)!
When? Wednesday April 9th 11.00AM-01.00PM CET. Registration deadline: April 2nd. Grab your slot! For more information and registration, check:
When? Wednesday April 9th 11.00AM-01.00PM CET. Registration deadline: April 2nd. Grab your slot! For more information and registration, check:
Speed networking between PIs and young researchers - April 2025 edition
Interest and registration form for PI speed networking for April 9th, 11:00 AM - 01.00 PM CET The following PIs are open to meeting with interested junior researchers (prospective masters, PhDs,…
docs.google.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Don't miss out! Deadline is today!
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🚨Last day to register for our speed-networking event!
Dont' miss out on this great opportunity ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Dont' miss out on this great opportunity ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The SPAAM has organized a virtual speed-networking event between PIs and young researchers (MSc/PhD/Postdocs)!
When? Wednesday April 9th 11.00AM-01.00PM CET. Registration deadline: April 2nd. Grab your slot! For more information and registration, check:
When? Wednesday April 9th 11.00AM-01.00PM CET. Registration deadline: April 2nd. Grab your slot! For more information and registration, check:
Speed networking between PIs and young researchers - April 2025 edition
Interest and registration form for PI speed networking for April 9th, 11:00 AM - 01.00 PM CET The following PIs are open to meeting with interested junior researchers (prospective masters, PhDs,…
docs.google.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🚨Last day to register for our speed-networking event!
Dont' miss out on this great opportunity ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Dont' miss out on this great opportunity ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Still a few days left to register! Don't miss out!
The SPAAM has organized a virtual speed-networking event between PIs and young researchers (MSc/PhD/Postdocs)!
When? Wednesday April 9th 11.00AM-01.00PM CET. Registration deadline: April 2nd. Grab your slot! For more information and registration, check:
When? Wednesday April 9th 11.00AM-01.00PM CET. Registration deadline: April 2nd. Grab your slot! For more information and registration, check:
Speed networking between PIs and young researchers - April 2025 edition
Interest and registration form for PI speed networking for April 9th, 11:00 AM - 01.00 PM CET The following PIs are open to meeting with interested junior researchers (prospective masters, PhDs,…
docs.google.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Still a few days left to register! Don't miss out!
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The SPAAM community needs YOU!
We are gathering demographics and statistics on our community which will help the SPAAM Steering Committee to drive the community according to everyone’s needs! It only takes a few minutes to complete the form:
👉 Form link: forms.gle/uTKJwtEquNSD...
Thank you!
We are gathering demographics and statistics on our community which will help the SPAAM Steering Committee to drive the community according to everyone’s needs! It only takes a few minutes to complete the form:
👉 Form link: forms.gle/uTKJwtEquNSD...
Thank you!
SPAAMstats
Collection of demographics for the SPAAM community to be used for the ISBA annual meeting and SPAAM-related statistic
forms.gle
March 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The SPAAM community needs YOU!
We are gathering demographics and statistics on our community which will help the SPAAM Steering Committee to drive the community according to everyone’s needs! It only takes a few minutes to complete the form:
👉 Form link: forms.gle/uTKJwtEquNSD...
Thank you!
We are gathering demographics and statistics on our community which will help the SPAAM Steering Committee to drive the community according to everyone’s needs! It only takes a few minutes to complete the form:
👉 Form link: forms.gle/uTKJwtEquNSD...
Thank you!
Quisiera ser un pez
March 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Quisiera ser un pez
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The ancient biomolecules communities (HAAM, LAARD, PAASTA, AaRC and SPAAM) have put together a short survey to understand if and how they are helping researchers deal with the challenges in their research fields and how we can improve their benefits.
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The ancient biomolecules communities (HAAM, LAARD, PAASTA, AaRC and SPAAM) have put together a short survey to understand if and how they are helping researchers deal with the challenges in their research fields and how we can improve their benefits.
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March 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The ancient biomolecules communities (HAAM, LAARD, PAASTA, AaRC and SPAAM) have put together a short survey to understand if and how they are helping researchers deal with the challenges in their research fields and how we can improve their benefits.
⬇
The ancient biomolecules communities (HAAM, LAARD, PAASTA, AaRC and SPAAM) have put together a short survey to understand if and how they are helping researchers deal with the challenges in their research fields and how we can improve their benefits.
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Thrilled to share my 1st PhD's 1st publication at
@liigh-unam.bsky.social. Anecdotally it is also my 1st paper as corresponding author from my group / the "Paloegenomics and Evolutionary Biology". shorturl.at/VumOq Let us know what you think about it.
@liigh-unam.bsky.social. Anecdotally it is also my 1st paper as corresponding author from my group / the "Paloegenomics and Evolutionary Biology". shorturl.at/VumOq Let us know what you think about it.
Ancient DNA HLA typing reveals significant shifts in frequency in Europe since the Neolithic - Scientific Reports
Computational HLA typing has surged as a cost-effective strategy to uncover questions regarding the evolution of the HLA system, enabling immunogenic characterization from ancient DNA (aDNA) data. Nev...
shorturl.at
February 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thrilled to share my 1st PhD's 1st publication at
@liigh-unam.bsky.social. Anecdotally it is also my 1st paper as corresponding author from my group / the "Paloegenomics and Evolutionary Biology". shorturl.at/VumOq Let us know what you think about it.
@liigh-unam.bsky.social. Anecdotally it is also my 1st paper as corresponding author from my group / the "Paloegenomics and Evolutionary Biology". shorturl.at/VumOq Let us know what you think about it.
Come join us on Element!
! IMPORTANT ! SPAAM is moving from Slack to Element (Matrix)!
You can find our SPAAM space at
matrix.to#/#spaam:arch...
Please, follow this link for more information and instructions
www.isbarch.org/chat
See you there!
You can find our SPAAM space at
matrix.to#/#spaam:arch...
Please, follow this link for more information and instructions
www.isbarch.org/chat
See you there!
February 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Come join us on Element!
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1/11
New preprint out with @hannahdugdale.bsky.social, @lummaalab.bsky.social, and @erikpostma.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Why do we age? And can a “natural experiment” during the Great Finnish Famine with long-term data help provide some answers?
New preprint out with @hannahdugdale.bsky.social, @lummaalab.bsky.social, and @erikpostma.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Why do we age? And can a “natural experiment” during the Great Finnish Famine with long-term data help provide some answers?
February 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
1/11
New preprint out with @hannahdugdale.bsky.social, @lummaalab.bsky.social, and @erikpostma.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Why do we age? And can a “natural experiment” during the Great Finnish Famine with long-term data help provide some answers?
New preprint out with @hannahdugdale.bsky.social, @lummaalab.bsky.social, and @erikpostma.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Why do we age? And can a “natural experiment” during the Great Finnish Famine with long-term data help provide some answers?
Reposted by Mariana Escobar Rodríguez
! IMPORTANT ! SPAAM is moving from Slack to Element (Matrix)!
You can find our SPAAM space at
matrix.to#/#spaam:arch...
Please, follow this link for more information and instructions
www.isbarch.org/chat
See you there!
You can find our SPAAM space at
matrix.to#/#spaam:arch...
Please, follow this link for more information and instructions
www.isbarch.org/chat
See you there!
February 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
! IMPORTANT ! SPAAM is moving from Slack to Element (Matrix)!
You can find our SPAAM space at
matrix.to#/#spaam:arch...
Please, follow this link for more information and instructions
www.isbarch.org/chat
See you there!
You can find our SPAAM space at
matrix.to#/#spaam:arch...
Please, follow this link for more information and instructions
www.isbarch.org/chat
See you there!
