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New preprint on bioRxiv!
The sociobiome–oral microbiome pathway in dental caries among Indigenous Australians” by Sonia Nath et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The sociobiome–oral microbiome pathway in dental caries among Indigenous Australians” by Sonia Nath et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The sociobiome–oral microbiome pathway in dental caries among Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians experience disproportionately high rates of dental caries, yet the biological pathways linking socioeconomic disadvantage to oral health remain unclear. This study examined how ...
doi.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New preprint on bioRxiv!
The sociobiome–oral microbiome pathway in dental caries among Indigenous Australians” by Sonia Nath et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The sociobiome–oral microbiome pathway in dental caries among Indigenous Australians” by Sonia Nath et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🎉 New from our team: lab methods can shape what we recover from ancient dental calculus! Extraction & library prep choices influence results, highlighting the importance of careful protocols for reproducible ancient microbiome research.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Check it out today!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Check it out today!!
Wet Lab Protocols Matter: Choice of DNA Extraction and Library Preparation Protocols Bias Ancient Oral Microbiome Recovery
Ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis of archaeological dental calculus has provided a wealth of insights into ancient health, demography and lifestyles. However, the workflow for ancient metagenomics is still...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🎉 New from our team: lab methods can shape what we recover from ancient dental calculus! Extraction & library prep choices influence results, highlighting the importance of careful protocols for reproducible ancient microbiome research.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Check it out today!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Check it out today!!
New preprint on bioRxiv!
The sociobiome–oral microbiome pathway in dental caries among Indigenous Australians” by Sonia Nath et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The sociobiome–oral microbiome pathway in dental caries among Indigenous Australians” by Sonia Nath et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The sociobiome–oral microbiome pathway in dental caries among Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians experience disproportionately high rates of dental caries, yet the biological pathways linking socioeconomic disadvantage to oral health remain unclear. This study examined how ...
doi.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New preprint on bioRxiv!
The sociobiome–oral microbiome pathway in dental caries among Indigenous Australians” by Sonia Nath et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The sociobiome–oral microbiome pathway in dental caries among Indigenous Australians” by Sonia Nath et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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🦠 New Matters Microbial with @markowenmartin.bsky.social!
Guest Dr. @lauraweyrich.bsky.social shares how ancient dental plaque DNA reveals:
– Neanderthal diets & health
– Early “medicine” use
– Microbes shared with humans
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bc5...
Guest Dr. @lauraweyrich.bsky.social shares how ancient dental plaque DNA reveals:
– Neanderthal diets & health
– Early “medicine” use
– Microbes shared with humans
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bc5...
Matters Microbial #108: Neanderthal Oral Health, Ancient Bacteria and DNA
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
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September 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🦠 New Matters Microbial with @markowenmartin.bsky.social!
Guest Dr. @lauraweyrich.bsky.social shares how ancient dental plaque DNA reveals:
– Neanderthal diets & health
– Early “medicine” use
– Microbes shared with humans
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bc5...
Guest Dr. @lauraweyrich.bsky.social shares how ancient dental plaque DNA reveals:
– Neanderthal diets & health
– Early “medicine” use
– Microbes shared with humans
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bc5...
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Another week, another episode of #MattersMicrobial podcast! This time, @lauraweyrich.bsky.social of Penn State discusses what bacterial DNA from ancient dental plaque can tell us. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
youtu.be/6Bc5jhCDWg8?...
youtu.be/6Bc5jhCDWg8?...
Matters Microbial #108: Neanderthal Oral Health, Ancient Bacteria and DNA
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Another week, another episode of #MattersMicrobial podcast! This time, @lauraweyrich.bsky.social of Penn State discusses what bacterial DNA from ancient dental plaque can tell us. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
youtu.be/6Bc5jhCDWg8?...
youtu.be/6Bc5jhCDWg8?...
Great to see initiatives working on policy improvements for microbiome conservation! So wonderful to see the forethought to also include broad representation! Exciting!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity - Nature Microbiology
Nature Microbiology - Launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity
www.nature.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Great to see initiatives working on policy improvements for microbiome conservation! So wonderful to see the forethought to also include broad representation! Exciting!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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@microarch-lab.bsky.social was lucky enough to host and work with @bbonucci.bsky.social this summer. Checkout her recent publication on retrieving #ancientDNA from concretions from human remains!
🚨Thrilled to share our new paper!!
We were able to retrieve ancient DNA and proteins from layers of sediment attached to the skeletal remains of individuals from a Neolithic site from Southern Italy 💀🧬🦠
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
We were able to retrieve ancient DNA and proteins from layers of sediment attached to the skeletal remains of individuals from a Neolithic site from Southern Italy 💀🧬🦠
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Ancient microbial DNA and proteins preserve in concretions covering human remains
Microbiome; Omics; Proteomics; Archeology
www.cell.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@microarch-lab.bsky.social was lucky enough to host and work with @bbonucci.bsky.social this summer. Checkout her recent publication on retrieving #ancientDNA from concretions from human remains!
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Checkout this new #ancientDNA research published today on mastodons significantly revising the previous understanding of their evolutionary history!
It lives!!! 🦣🦣🦣🧪
Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons
Coastal mastodon mitochondrial genomes contextualize species distributions and dispersal patterns near southern glacial limits.
www.science.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Checkout this new #ancientDNA research published today on mastodons significantly revising the previous understanding of their evolutionary history!
Meet Shah Imran Hossain, a graduate student in Biotechnology at Penn State. Shah is part of the Oral Microbiome Transplants (OMT) project, where he studies how microbial communities in the mouth can be shifted to help treat oral diseases like caries, periodontal disease, gingivitis, and oral cancers
September 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Meet Shah Imran Hossain, a graduate student in Biotechnology at Penn State. Shah is part of the Oral Microbiome Transplants (OMT) project, where he studies how microbial communities in the mouth can be shifted to help treat oral diseases like caries, periodontal disease, gingivitis, and oral cancers
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OPEN INVITATION to the One Health Microbiome Symposium, May 13-14, 2026!! This is not your typical siloed topic conference. It unifies diverse research fields in microbiome science across Ag, Envtl, and Human Health. 1/n
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2026 One Health Microbiome Symposium
The 2026 One Health Microbiome Symposium will be hosted at Penn State University. Abstract submissions will open early 2026.
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September 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
OPEN INVITATION to the One Health Microbiome Symposium, May 13-14, 2026!! This is not your typical siloed topic conference. It unifies diverse research fields in microbiome science across Ag, Envtl, and Human Health. 1/n
www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-one-h...
www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-one-h...
Congratulations to our PhD student, Christine Ta @ckayeeta.bsky.social on being awarded the One Health Microbiome interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowship!!
We are super proud of you!
We are super proud of you!
Excited to share that the One Health Microbiome Center has selected six fellows for the 2025 Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowship! 🌍🧫
From tropical peatlands to oral microbiomes, their projects represent the breadth of Penn State’s microbiome research.
www.psu.edu/news/huck-in...
From tropical peatlands to oral microbiomes, their projects represent the breadth of Penn State’s microbiome research.
www.psu.edu/news/huck-in...
Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowship awards six trainee-led projects | Penn State University
The One Health Microbiome Center (OHMC) of the Huck Institutes for Life Sciences at Penn State has selected six candidates to receive the 2025 Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowship, a competitive fu...
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September 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Congratulations to our PhD student, Christine Ta @ckayeeta.bsky.social on being awarded the One Health Microbiome interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowship!!
We are super proud of you!
We are super proud of you!
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🚨Thrilled to share our new paper!!
We were able to retrieve ancient DNA and proteins from layers of sediment attached to the skeletal remains of individuals from a Neolithic site from Southern Italy 💀🧬🦠
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
We were able to retrieve ancient DNA and proteins from layers of sediment attached to the skeletal remains of individuals from a Neolithic site from Southern Italy 💀🧬🦠
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Ancient microbial DNA and proteins preserve in concretions covering human remains
Microbiome; Omics; Proteomics; Archeology
www.cell.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🚨Thrilled to share our new paper!!
We were able to retrieve ancient DNA and proteins from layers of sediment attached to the skeletal remains of individuals from a Neolithic site from Southern Italy 💀🧬🦠
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
We were able to retrieve ancient DNA and proteins from layers of sediment attached to the skeletal remains of individuals from a Neolithic site from Southern Italy 💀🧬🦠
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
August 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Ancient DNA reveals farming spread through migration—not local adoption.
Penn State-led study shows migration drove nearly all of Europe’s Neolithic farming transition, with cultural adoption contributing only minimally.
Congratulations to the Huber lab!!!
www.psu.edu/news/researc...
Penn State-led study shows migration drove nearly all of Europe’s Neolithic farming transition, with cultural adoption contributing only minimally.
Congratulations to the Huber lab!!!
www.psu.edu/news/researc...
Ancient DNA reveals farming spread through migration, locals slow to adopt it | Penn State University
Roughly 10,000 years ago, humans started shifting from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to building large agricultural settlements, marking one of the greatest transformations in human history. For deca...
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August 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ancient DNA reveals farming spread through migration—not local adoption.
Penn State-led study shows migration drove nearly all of Europe’s Neolithic farming transition, with cultural adoption contributing only minimally.
Congratulations to the Huber lab!!!
www.psu.edu/news/researc...
Penn State-led study shows migration drove nearly all of Europe’s Neolithic farming transition, with cultural adoption contributing only minimally.
Congratulations to the Huber lab!!!
www.psu.edu/news/researc...
August 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Come to my poster at #ISBA11 today!!
Number 92 🥰🔥
Number 92 🥰🔥
Check out Biancamaria's @bbonucci.bsky.social poster presentation tomorrow at #ISBA11, Aug 29, 12:45–2:25 pm @ Musei Reali, Torino
Session title: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
@isba11.bsky.social
Session title: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
@isba11.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Come to my poster at #ISBA11 today!!
Number 92 🥰🔥
Number 92 🥰🔥
Check out Biancamaria's @bbonucci.bsky.social poster presentation tomorrow at #ISBA11, Aug 29, 12:45–2:25 pm @ Musei Reali, Torino
Session title: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
@isba11.bsky.social
Session title: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
@isba11.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Check out Biancamaria's @bbonucci.bsky.social poster presentation tomorrow at #ISBA11, Aug 29, 12:45–2:25 pm @ Musei Reali, Torino
Session title: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
@isba11.bsky.social
Session title: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
@isba11.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The MicroARCH team is well represented at the #ISBA2025 conference! 🎉
Check out our poster sessions:
Christine Ta @ckayeeta.bsky.social — Aug 28, 1-3 pm, Poster #22 @Musei Reali
Session name: Authentication and reliability of ancient molecular datasets
Check out our poster sessions:
Christine Ta @ckayeeta.bsky.social — Aug 28, 1-3 pm, Poster #22 @Musei Reali
Session name: Authentication and reliability of ancient molecular datasets
August 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The MicroARCH team is well represented at the #ISBA2025 conference! 🎉
Check out our poster sessions:
Christine Ta @ckayeeta.bsky.social — Aug 28, 1-3 pm, Poster #22 @Musei Reali
Session name: Authentication and reliability of ancient molecular datasets
Check out our poster sessions:
Christine Ta @ckayeeta.bsky.social — Aug 28, 1-3 pm, Poster #22 @Musei Reali
Session name: Authentication and reliability of ancient molecular datasets
Cameron Pauly is officially starting the PhD phase of his MD/PhD journey with the microARCH lab! His research will explore how colonialism has shaped the oral microbiomes of Indigenous communities. Welcome back, Cameron—we’re glad to have you with us!
August 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Cameron Pauly is officially starting the PhD phase of his MD/PhD journey with the microARCH lab! His research will explore how colonialism has shaped the oral microbiomes of Indigenous communities. Welcome back, Cameron—we’re glad to have you with us!
Good job to our PhD student, Iyunoluwa Ademola-Popoola on her presentation at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists 2025 conference today!
July 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Good job to our PhD student, Iyunoluwa Ademola-Popoola on her presentation at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists 2025 conference today!
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Meet @willvuyk.bsky.social! An #ecology PhD student in our lab and the @microarch-lab.bsky.social studying the impacts and legacies of past more-than-human ecosystem engineering. Will uses paleolimnological and aDNA techniques to reconstruct ancient and historical human-modified ecosystems. 1/2
July 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Meet @willvuyk.bsky.social! An #ecology PhD student in our lab and the @microarch-lab.bsky.social studying the impacts and legacies of past more-than-human ecosystem engineering. Will uses paleolimnological and aDNA techniques to reconstruct ancient and historical human-modified ecosystems. 1/2
The Penn State Department of Anthropology’s ARISE 2025 program welcomed 25 aspiring undergraduate anthropologists. Read more about the hands-on training they received and hear participants share their experiences: www.psu.edu/news/liberal...
ARISE program provides hands-on training to aspiring anthropologists | Penn State University
Twenty-five students from universities throughout the country were selected to participate in this year's ARISE program hosted by Penn State's Department of Anthropology.
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July 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The Penn State Department of Anthropology’s ARISE 2025 program welcomed 25 aspiring undergraduate anthropologists. Read more about the hands-on training they received and hear participants share their experiences: www.psu.edu/news/liberal...
Check out this new publication featuring @lauraweyrich.bsky.social on guidelines for preventing and reporting contamination in low-biomass microbiome studies www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Guidelines for preventing and reporting contamination in low-biomass microbiome studies - Nature Microbiology
In this Consensus Statement, the authors outline strategies for processing, analysing and interpreting low-biomass microbiome samples, and provide recommendations to minimize contaminants.
www.nature.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Check out this new publication featuring @lauraweyrich.bsky.social on guidelines for preventing and reporting contamination in low-biomass microbiome studies www.nature.com/articles/s41...