Just one week until the Early Bird registration for #ICP2026 closes 🐦📝
We still have spots for the (free) gala dinner at the Stockholm City Hall, but they are running out *fast*.
You don't want to miss out!
Register now 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/
Read our new paper in Genome Biology & Evolution to learn more about how sequencing the genome from a 14,000 year old wolf puppy's last meal yielded novel insights into the woolly rhino's extinction:
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
📷 Mietje Germonpré
In case you live under a 🪨:
Early Bird registration for #ICP2026 is OPEN 🐦📝
The places for the dinner at the beautiful Stockholm City Hall (free 🤑) are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Secure your spot by registering now 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/
New 2-year Postdoc: Ancient #Metagenomics & #Microbiome Sciences! 🧬🦷
Join Prof. @christinawarinner.bsky.social ’s group at @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social to study the evolution and ecology of ancient oral microbiota.
📅 Apply by Jan 20, 2026: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/career/jo...
MOF-Mosses 😁
www.nobelprize.org/the-2025-che...
Information on registration fees for ICP2026
Picture of Stockholms City Hall.
Early Bird registration for #ICP2026 is now OPEN 🐦📝
IMPORTANT: places for the Conference Dinner at Stockholm City Hall (free of charge) are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Secure your spot by registering soon 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/
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Oh, look! My friends around Magdalena Fraser & Federico Sanchez-Quinto et al have a new study analyzing more high-coverage Neolithic #aDNA genomes from the Baltic island of Gotland (including pathogens!!!) 👀 🧪 🏺
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
WOW❗🤯
The amount and quality of the abstracts we've received have completely blown us away! More than 300 abstracts from researchers at all levels and from 33 countries.
We will communicate the selected talks and open registration soon 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
#ICP2026 will be UNMISSABLE 😍💪
Our new ancient DNA paper has just been published!
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Aerial image of Riddarholmen, a small island part of Gamla Stan, the historical centre of Stockholm.
ICP2026 flyer
LAST CALL ☎️
Abstract submission for #ICP2026 closes on November 30th❗
Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your exciting ancient DNA research next summer 🦴🦣🐕👨🔬🧬
Abstract submission and more info here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
We are looking forward to welcoming you to beautiful Stockholm!
During the earliest stages of domestication, dogs in archaeological sites would be indistinguishable from wolves.
Unless you find them on a small island where no wolves would survive on their own, eating things wolves normally don’t eat.
Such as here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We are recruiting!
If you like evolutionary biology, microbial genomics, and host-pathogen interactions we have a PhD opening at @ugiatucl.bsky.social using population-scale metagenomics to map global phage diversity and uncover evolutionary signatures that could point to new antimicrobials.
Maybe a great grey owl?
🚨 Reminder to send in your abstracts for the palaeogenomics conference in Stockholm! 🧬🦠🐕💃🏼
If your results are still preliminary, my tip is to keep the abstract broad rather than skip submitting altogether 😉
See the post below for the price estimate and looking forward to seeing you there 🥳! #aDNA
⏰ The clock is ticking❗
LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts (30th Nov).
Do it here👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Many of you are asking for the registration fees 💸. We are still working out the details, but we estimate 400-500€ for regular attendees and 300-400€ for students.
Our manuscript on bovine deep-time paleogenomics at Denisova Cave and in the broader mid-latitude Asia is online! doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... 🦬🦴🧬
Main findings in the 🧵 below ⬇️
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA
Briefly, we identified three extinct mitochondrial bovine lineages in mid-latitude Asia: aurochs basal to haplogroup C, bison clade X, and a previously unknown yak-like clade X sister to all known yak diversity.
This yak X mitochondrial lineage diverged around 675,000 years ago from modern yak!
A PhD project on historical genomics in the declining red squirrel in Britain is available in my group, through the @aries-dtp.bsky.social. Use historical genomes to track the effects of decline and genetic rescue in this charismatic species. aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
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Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Meet our plenary speakers 💁♂️
JOHANNES KRAUSE (eva.mpg.de)
Johannes' research has made major contributions to our understanding of human pathogens, hominin evolution, and the peopling of Europe.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
🦣🧬🦣🤯💥We are pleased to share our new paper about ancient RNA expression profiles from the Woolly Mammoth, now published in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:
We met with the “RNA guy” of the study, @marcfriedlander.bsky.social, who teamed up with @lovedalen.bsky.social (@stockholm-uni.bsky.social/@cpgsthlm.bsky.social) & @marmole6.bsky.social (@ucph.bsky.social) 🧪⚒️
Feature article here ↓ 🖥️ 🧬
www.scilifelab.se/news/worlds-...
✅ RNA?
✅ Ancient RNA?
✅ Ancient RNA from woolly mammoth!
#FossilFriday 🦣 🧪
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
New study on arctic fox genomics shows strong effects of fur farming: reduced diversity, inbreeding, and coastal origins linked to Icelandic foxes. A reminder that domestication leaves deep genetic footprints.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/mec.70166
Christina Warinner posing for a picture.
ICO2026 info flyer
Meet our plenary speakers 💁♂️
CHRISTINA WARINNER (@harvard.edu)
@christinawarinner.bsky.social investigates ancient microbiomes to reveal insights into the diets and health of past human populations.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
Professor Ian Barnes casually poses for a picture
ICP2026 flyer
Meet our plenary speakers 💁♂️
IAN BARNES, Professor at
@nhm-london.bsky.social
Ian is a pioneer in the use of #ancientDNA to investigate evolution and extinction in Late Pleistocene mammals and other wild fauna.
Full info👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov)
Interested in giving a talk at PAG 2026 in the Wildlife Genomics, Comparative Genomics of Animals, OneHealth, Ancient DNA, or Domestication Genomics sessions? We are extending our abstract submission by a few days. We'd love to hear from you! Submit here and please repost! forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
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Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!
June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.
Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!
Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Deadline: Nov 30th
