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Ad Astra-Assist. Prof at UCD. Young Academy Ireland. https://t.co/ZQ4XYYxM7H Ancient DNA, goats, sheep (begrudgingly), pathogens, climate, MTG, The Traitors. I watch too many films: http://letterboxd.com/GingerHowley He is openly gay (citation needed)
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Look at how much fun I was having! Incredible privledge to visit @ugiatucl.bsky.social

I've yet to read a piece of commentary in any major outlet that tries to deal with what it might mean for democracy in Europe that governments are so badly out of step with their electorates about how whether war crimes and genocide are to be opposed or ignored.

Disappointing day BUT we got a top 2% #cinematrix

Join us for Sciencebatter on Saturday 14th June 12-2pm, at the Stoneybatter Pride of Place festival! Hear about the exciting science that gets done by your local scientists. #dublin7 #ireland #dublin

Hello, Our paper on enamel proteins from Paranthropus robustus has finally been peer reviewed, please have a read here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Paranthropus robustus has been puzzling scientists since its discovery in 1938 in South Africa, where a high number of fossils have been found.

Join us for Sciencebatter on Saturday 14th June 12-2pm, at the Stoneybatter Pride of Place festival! Hear about the exciting science that gets done by your local scientists. #dublin7 #ireland #dublin

Two days to register for the #AaRConference! Come and learn about the state-of-the-art on animal #aDNA research from our amazing lineup of speakers!

I have cleaned up so much dog pee these past few days.

ok I worked for a social platform that grew juuuuust enough to get sold before dying (and then got mashed up into TikTok along with other acquired apps) so I think I have some expertise relevant to the “why is Bluesky losing active users” conversation I can’t see all the metrics but…

#aDNA

"She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas. 'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”

We're thrilled to announce that the FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26 2026! Topics will span from humans to wildlife and sediments 🧬🦣💀🦠 bring it on! Save the dates! Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for news 👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org

One last push for our animal #adna half-day online conference, the AaRConference! Join us this Friday 13:00-17:00 CET, sign up for it & our seminars below. @aarc-community.bsky.social

Excited to announce our paper on ancient Borrelia genomes is finally out! 🦠💀We document the evolutionary history of louse-borne relapsing fever, published today in @science.org‬ with @lucyvandorp.bsky.social and @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social #aDNA 🏺🧪🧬 Main findings and paper below: 🧵⬇️

Fantastic article on badger culling in Ireland.

Have a look at our new 2025 Blog entry from @AaRC_Community where we interviewed Dr. Alexander Salis and Dr. Anna Penna (@apenna.bsky.social‬) about the research project he presented in February 2025 #AaRCTikTalks. animal-adna.org/blog/2025/05... animal-adna.org/blog/2025/05... #aDNA #museomics

This is my life now...

Interested in learning more about this new research on Late Pleistocene climate change & horse mobility patterns? If you’re in the Stockholm area, one of the authors will be giving a free, public lecture for all ages (kids are very welcome!) on May 30th at 10 am www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

When we discuss the genocide in Gaza, we must choose our words carefully. My letter in today's edition of the @irishtimes.com

Gaza's starving children. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Now THIS coffee might kill me....but...what if it didn't

May 30th is fastly approaching, so it is time now to register for the #AaRConference2025! Come and learn about new cool science on animal #aDNA and how it is being used for varied and interesting applications.

A goat recombination map, plus analysis of the recombination landscape. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I have one ice caramel macchiato and suddenly I'm lining up another coffee like bump #2.

"There are no coincidences" euroweeklynews.com/2016/04/29/t...

Keen to work on the co-evolution of domesticates, humans and their pathogens? Come join us at Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen! We're hiring a postdoc in ancient genomics for a super cool project on Neolithic Sweden: employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... Please share! #AcademicJobs #AncientDNA

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Our updated AaRConference flyer! Sign up to seminar mailing list for this and our other monthly seminar at www.animal-adna.org/projects/ #adna

Join us for the AaRConference on animal #adna ! Half day event Friday 30th May. Sign up at the @aarc-community.bsky.social seminar page!

LOOK HOW CUTE MY BOYS ARE

So glad to see this out! Incredible work by @tpinotti.bsky.social —an outstanding example of how aDNA research can benefit Indigenous communities. Well done! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

“In the past two weeks, the NSF has terminated roughly 1,040 grants that would have awarded US$739 million to researchers and their institutions. The agency’s director, Sethuraman Panchanathan, resigned last month.”

It’s time to ban SUVs. My letter in the Irish Times yesterday. #BanSUVs #SUVBan

Join us for the AaRConference on animal #adna ! Half day event Friday 30th May. Sign up at the @aarc-community.bsky.social seminar page!

For those of you who missed this month's #AaRCTikTalks, we have you covered. Here's the first talk, by Dr. Paige Byerly: Leveraging museum genomics for conservation of endangered bird species. #aDNA 🧪🧬🌎🦤 www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6ti...

Coming to the end of my run of 12 (!) seasons of #thetraitors and feeling bereft.

How I watch Andor: -with my phone out of hand when any of these queens are on screen