Rikai Sawafuji
rikaisawafuji.bsky.social
Rikai Sawafuji
@rikaisawafuji.bsky.social
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🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.

Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025

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September 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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I'm so proud to see this paper published! Hopefully, it can inspire a positive change in the field of #palaeoproteomics, through open science and researchers working together instead of against each other. Huge thanks and congrats to all coauthors! 🎉
Delighted to be bringing you the following PAASTA community-led paper outlining our recommendations for best practices and open science in palaeoproteomics! Congratulations to the authors and for anyone keen to read the paper, it can be found #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
August 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Our latest work is out! Ancient DNA from Danube sturgeon fossils dating back 10,000 years reveals that, despite centuries of decline, some populations have preserved high genetic diversity and ancient lineages. doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
@royalsociety.org @lukeeholman.bsky.social
Continuous mitochondrial diversity of Danube sturgeon species over millennia: insights from ancient DNA | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Sturgeons, an iconic group of large fishes inhabiting marine and freshwater ecosystems, have historically had significant economic and cultural value, particularly prized for their meat and roe (cavia...
doi.org
July 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Yes it's true — "95% of married women in Japan legally change their name to their husband’s."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Japan requires name change after marriage — with big effects on female scientists
Survey finds law requiring married couples to share the same family name causes havoc for researchers.
www.nature.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM