We have a new preprint! - "Ancient Pathogen Genomics in Africa – Current Evidence and Future Directions"
A review of current evidence, challenges, and opportunities for studying past epidemics and host–pathogen evolution using ancient DNA from African contexts.
www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
New Publication!
New Article by #HEASVienna member @meriamguellil.bsky.social et al. on 'Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA'
#HEASPublications
www.heas.at/research/pub...
An hourglass with DNA bases, set in front of a Neanderthal skull, with a map in the background showing human migration patterns, superimposed with a few cave paintings. Image Credit: Daniela Velasco/EMBL
Nobel laureate Svante Pääbo, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, will deliver the 2026 EMBL Kafatos lecture.
The lecture will explore how traces of Neanderthal DNA might shape human biology and health today.
www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
The recording of this talk with @rokofler.bsky.social is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.
🦣🧬🦣🤯💥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:
A screen grab of a Guardian article reading "The need to identify victims Identifying the bodies is not just a question of restoring dignity to the dead; it is also necessary for the health of the living. Psychologists described the unresolved grief of relatives of the unidentified dead as an “ambiguous loss” which can generate or contribute to depression, trauma and identity confusion, a situational disorder widespread in Gaza. The few remaining hospitals in the territory lack the equipment for DNA testing, which is desperately needed to help identify thousands of missing or deceased peope. Israel does not allow DNA testing materials to enter Gaza." with the last sentence highlighed in yellow.
fucking hell
✊Italia se paraliza por Gaza: los sindicatos convocan una huelga general tras el asalto israelí a la flotilla
www.elsaltodiario.com/italia/itali...
Wrapping up my first congress #ESEB2025! Incredible insights from leading experts and an inspiring Museomics session. Excited to bring new ideas into my project!
Goodbye #eseb2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social see you next time!
Perhaps what stuck most was powerful talk on resilience and survival by Palestinian researcher, play director, and ESEB EUEA awardee May Shehady. Let's not forget, let's not look away. 🇵🇸
#ESEB2025
great talks in the museomics session, including @amandalindahl.bsky.social giving a great talk on her first (!!) conference 👏 🐻
Attending #ESEB2025 has been an amazing experience!
If you are interested in more ancient DNA and museomics, please consider joining us in Stockholm for the first International Conference on Palaeogenomics (June 23-26 2026)!
Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social
👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
🚨🚨CASUAL GALA DINNER🚨🚨
For those not going to the gala dinner, let’s keep the networking going with a casual beach dinner!
Bring something to eat or drink, and join us.
WhatsApp group: chat.whatsapp.com/E5o0crMZxibD...
Starting 5:30 PM today - position attached.
#ESEB2025
PLEASE REPOST!!!
Ancient Yersinia pestis genome discovered in 4,000-year-old sheep tooth sheds new light on a mysterious infectious disease that plagued prehistoric Eurasia. New research by @keyfm.bsky.social and @i-light-maka.bsky.social now published in @cellpress.bsky.social: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Amazing #eseb2025 talk!
Finally, the #museomics symposium. #ESEB2025
Museums, well known for having exhibits about the future
