Germán Hernández-Alonso
@germanha.bsky.social
Postdoc at The University of Edinburgh, UK. Evolution| PopGenomics| Vertebrates| aDNA 🧬
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Come join us to learn how to contribute to, and use, metAaRCive, a community-curated database of published ancient animal genomes!
We'll also cover best-practises for metadata reporting in #aDNA studies and how to archive sequence data on the ENA!
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1E4k...
We'll also cover best-practises for metadata reporting in #aDNA studies and how to archive sequence data on the ENA!
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1E4k...
@anders-bergstrom.bsky.social and @ddj-sa.bsky.social are hosting a workshop on September 17th to walk you through metAaRCive—from what it is to how to contribute.
Open for sign-ups:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1E4k...
Open for sign-ups:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1E4k...
August 3, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Come join us to learn how to contribute to, and use, metAaRCive, a community-curated database of published ancient animal genomes!
We'll also cover best-practises for metadata reporting in #aDNA studies and how to archive sequence data on the ENA!
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1E4k...
We'll also cover best-practises for metadata reporting in #aDNA studies and how to archive sequence data on the ENA!
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1E4k...
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Join us this 31st to hear Michael Campana and
Molly Cassatt-Johnstone talk about some big cats!
Molly Cassatt-Johnstone talk about some big cats!
July 20, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Join us this 31st to hear Michael Campana and
Molly Cassatt-Johnstone talk about some big cats!
Molly Cassatt-Johnstone talk about some big cats!
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
My main PhD paper is out on bioRxiv! 🎉
The microbiomes of wild animals, besides the gut, remain unexplored. To help remedy this, we used museum-preserved dental calculus to characterise the oral microbiome of 34 diverse mammal species. 💀🦠🦷
Read here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The microbiomes of wild animals, besides the gut, remain unexplored. To help remedy this, we used museum-preserved dental calculus to characterise the oral microbiome of 34 diverse mammal species. 💀🦠🦷
Read here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
June 21, 2026 at 5:05 PM
My main PhD paper is out on bioRxiv! 🎉
The microbiomes of wild animals, besides the gut, remain unexplored. To help remedy this, we used museum-preserved dental calculus to characterise the oral microbiome of 34 diverse mammal species. 💀🦠🦷
Read here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The microbiomes of wild animals, besides the gut, remain unexplored. To help remedy this, we used museum-preserved dental calculus to characterise the oral microbiome of 34 diverse mammal species. 💀🦠🦷
Read here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
I am recruiting a PhD student (fully funded, 4yrs) to analyze modern 🧬 and ancient 🦴 genomic data from humans and domestic animals 🐑
Please share, I am happy to chat at #ICP2026 or #SMBE2026 this summer
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Please share, I am happy to chat at #ICP2026 or #SMBE2026 this summer
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
PhD student position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
PhD student position in Population Genomics , Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
June 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I am recruiting a PhD student (fully funded, 4yrs) to analyze modern 🧬 and ancient 🦴 genomic data from humans and domestic animals 🐑
Please share, I am happy to chat at #ICP2026 or #SMBE2026 this summer
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Please share, I am happy to chat at #ICP2026 or #SMBE2026 this summer
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Researchers have identified superparamagnetic macrophages in the livers of rock pigeons to be crucial for magnetic sensing. The finding uncovers an unexpected role for immune cells in sensory perception and may fundamentally change our understanding of animal navigation.
https://scim.ag/4nTQ3nq
https://scim.ag/4nTQ3nq
May 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Researchers have identified superparamagnetic macrophages in the livers of rock pigeons to be crucial for magnetic sensing. The finding uncovers an unexpected role for immune cells in sensory perception and may fundamentally change our understanding of animal navigation.
https://scim.ag/4nTQ3nq
https://scim.ag/4nTQ3nq
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Are you interested in doing local ancestry inference (LAI) using imputed #aDNA? Take a look at our preprint, together with @bodkan.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Promises and limitations of local ancestry inference in imputed ancient genomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.19.725905v1
May 21, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Are you interested in doing local ancestry inference (LAI) using imputed #aDNA? Take a look at our preprint, together with @bodkan.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Need metadata for published ancient animal genomes? The metAaRCive project has recently made its first public release, containing metadata for 1518 published genomes across a range of species, curated by members of @aarc-community.bsky.social
Find the release here: github.com/AaRC-Animal-...
Find the release here: github.com/AaRC-Animal-...
Release v26.05.08 · AaRC-Animal-aDNA-Research-Community/metAaRCive
This is the first release of metAaRCive, containing 1518 complete entries.
metAaRCive: Overview
metAaRCive is a resource of metadata for published ancient animal genomes, curated by members of AaRC...
github.com
May 21, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Need metadata for published ancient animal genomes? The metAaRCive project has recently made its first public release, containing metadata for 1518 published genomes across a range of species, curated by members of @aarc-community.bsky.social
Find the release here: github.com/AaRC-Animal-...
Find the release here: github.com/AaRC-Animal-...
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Can you believe that until now there were more genomes sequenced for the woolly mammoth than for living African elephants?
Today, we bring you the first genomic, continent-scale analyses of 232 high-quality genomes of both species, the savanna and forest elephant.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Today, we bring you the first genomic, continent-scale analyses of 232 high-quality genomes of both species, the savanna and forest elephant.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 16, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Can you believe that until now there were more genomes sequenced for the woolly mammoth than for living African elephants?
Today, we bring you the first genomic, continent-scale analyses of 232 high-quality genomes of both species, the savanna and forest elephant.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Today, we bring you the first genomic, continent-scale analyses of 232 high-quality genomes of both species, the savanna and forest elephant.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
KATERINA GUSCHANSKI (@kguschan.bsky.social)
Katerina is expert in using genomics of museum collections to explore primate evolution, conservation genetics, and the historical impact of environmental change.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
KATERINA GUSCHANSKI (@kguschan.bsky.social)
Katerina is expert in using genomics of museum collections to explore primate evolution, conservation genetics, and the historical impact of environmental change.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
April 7, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
KATERINA GUSCHANSKI (@kguschan.bsky.social)
Katerina is expert in using genomics of museum collections to explore primate evolution, conservation genetics, and the historical impact of environmental change.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
KATERINA GUSCHANSKI (@kguschan.bsky.social)
Katerina is expert in using genomics of museum collections to explore primate evolution, conservation genetics, and the historical impact of environmental change.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
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Our next GSEA winner is Oya Inanli, postdoctoral researcher @ucph.bsky.social, using biomolecular methods to explore the history of fermentation and domestication.
More on Oya ⬇️
#society
More on Oya ⬇️
#society
April 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Our next GSEA winner is Oya Inanli, postdoctoral researcher @ucph.bsky.social, using biomolecular methods to explore the history of fermentation and domestication.
More on Oya ⬇️
#society
More on Oya ⬇️
#society
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Two upcoming events with one sign up!
AaRC Online Conference – Tuesday, May 19 (virtual)
ICP In-Person Meet-Up – Monday, June 22 in Stockholm (in person)
Here is a link to register/submit an abstract forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...
AaRC Online Conference – Tuesday, May 19 (virtual)
ICP In-Person Meet-Up – Monday, June 22 in Stockholm (in person)
Here is a link to register/submit an abstract forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...
March 24, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Two upcoming events with one sign up!
AaRC Online Conference – Tuesday, May 19 (virtual)
ICP In-Person Meet-Up – Monday, June 22 in Stockholm (in person)
Here is a link to register/submit an abstract forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...
AaRC Online Conference – Tuesday, May 19 (virtual)
ICP In-Person Meet-Up – Monday, June 22 in Stockholm (in person)
Here is a link to register/submit an abstract forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Join us Friday 27th March at ** 9am GMT ** for our AaRC TikTalk seminar, given this month by two exciting Australian-based researchers Loukas Koungoulos (dingos!) and Siobhan Evans (cave sediment!) #adna @aarc-community.bsky.social
March 11, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Join us Friday 27th March at ** 9am GMT ** for our AaRC TikTalk seminar, given this month by two exciting Australian-based researchers Loukas Koungoulos (dingos!) and Siobhan Evans (cave sediment!) #adna @aarc-community.bsky.social
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Still time to sign up! Join us in this 3-hour workshop led by @jolijnerven.bsky.social to hear about methods and approaches to explore relatedness in #aDNA datasets.
Wanna learn how to explore your genomic data to know how related your samples and populations are to each other? Come and join us and @jolijnerven.bsky.social on our next #AaRCademy workshop! April 16h at 14:00 CET!
March 11, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Still time to sign up! Join us in this 3-hour workshop led by @jolijnerven.bsky.social to hear about methods and approaches to explore relatedness in #aDNA datasets.
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Still time to send an abstract! Deadline is February 3rd. #aDNA
Working with animal #aDNA? 🧬 Apply to our #SMBE2026 symposium by February 3rd and join us in Copenhagen to hear, share, and discuss the latest research and methodological advances in animal #palaeogenomics 🦎🐕🐷🐋🐝🐂🦤🦣🐟🪲🦌🐈
@aarc-community.bsky.social
@aarc-community.bsky.social
SMBE2026 Symposium L03 | Beyond limits: unlocking the potential of ancient animal genomics
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Still time to send an abstract! Deadline is February 3rd. #aDNA
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
📢 Announcing the speakers for the @aarc-community.bsky.social TikTalk seminar for January 2026! Look forward to hearing from @tatianafeuerborn.bsky.social and Arianna Weingarten, presenting on their work on Greenland Sled Dog 🐶 and Middle Pleistocene (!) horses 🐴 respectively. Exciting! Join us!
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
📢 Announcing the speakers for the @aarc-community.bsky.social TikTalk seminar for January 2026! Look forward to hearing from @tatianafeuerborn.bsky.social and Arianna Weingarten, presenting on their work on Greenland Sled Dog 🐶 and Middle Pleistocene (!) horses 🐴 respectively. Exciting! Join us!
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
SMBE2026 Symposium L03 | Beyond limits: unlocking the potential of ancient animal genomics
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
January 7, 2026 at 8:53 AM
SMBE2026 Symposium L03 | Beyond limits: unlocking the potential of ancient animal genomics
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
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Fabbri et al. studied the Apennine brown bear population, which has coexisted with humans in Central Italy for millennia, showing these bears have reduced genetic diversity and selective signatures at genes associated with reduced aggressiveness.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf292
#evobio #molbio
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf292
#evobio #molbio
December 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fabbri et al. studied the Apennine brown bear population, which has coexisted with humans in Central Italy for millennia, showing these bears have reduced genetic diversity and selective signatures at genes associated with reduced aggressiveness.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf292
#evobio #molbio
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf292
#evobio #molbio
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Our paper in the PNAS Special Feature on 🐕 is out!
We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation of ancient canid genomes reveals inbreeding history over the past 10,000 years | PNAS
The multi-millennia-long history between dogs and humans has placed them at the forefront
of archaeological and genomic research. Despite ongoing e...
www.pnas.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our paper in the PNAS Special Feature on 🐕 is out!
We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
🚨 New paper alert 🚨
Our research, published today in Science, reveals remarkable concordance between human and dog genomes through time, highlighting how deeply intertwined our evolutionary histories have been over the past 11,000 years.
🔗 Read the full paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our research, published today in Science, reveals remarkable concordance between human and dog genomes through time, highlighting how deeply intertwined our evolutionary histories have been over the past 11,000 years.
🔗 Read the full paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Genomic evidence for the Holocene codispersal of dogs and humans across Eastern Eurasia
As the first domestic species, dogs likely dispersed with different cultural groups during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed 73 ancient dog genomes, including 17 ...
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
🚨 New paper alert 🚨
Our research, published today in Science, reveals remarkable concordance between human and dog genomes through time, highlighting how deeply intertwined our evolutionary histories have been over the past 11,000 years.
🔗 Read the full paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our research, published today in Science, reveals remarkable concordance between human and dog genomes through time, highlighting how deeply intertwined our evolutionary histories have been over the past 11,000 years.
🔗 Read the full paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Just over a month left to apply for scholarships on this project. We will run internal pre-selection interviews end of November, so if you consider applying, please reach out now. I can guarantee amazing scientific and intellectual environment at the Institute for Eco Evo @edinburghup.bsky.social
If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in guenons, a diverse group of African monkeys. Funding through DTP. Do reach out with questions! #genomics #genome_assembly
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Just over a month left to apply for scholarships on this project. We will run internal pre-selection interviews end of November, so if you consider applying, please reach out now. I can guarantee amazing scientific and intellectual environment at the Institute for Eco Evo @edinburghup.bsky.social
Reposted by Germán Hernández-Alonso
Western chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau are at threat. Study shows a critically low population size (~500), signaling high extinction risk. Coastal groups are most vulnerable, while inland populations are a key stronghold. Urgent, targeted conservation is needed 🧬🌍
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70162
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70162
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Western chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau are at threat. Study shows a critically low population size (~500), signaling high extinction risk. Coastal groups are most vulnerable, while inland populations are a key stronghold. Urgent, targeted conservation is needed 🧬🌍
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70162
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70162
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Career highlight being interviewed and featured in Science news 👩🏼🔬🧬
Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved
DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio
www.science.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Career highlight being interviewed and featured in Science news 👩🏼🔬🧬
Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Really cool study led by Emily L. Cavill about the last female great auk specimen!! 🕵️ 🔍🐧
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
The hunt for the last great auks: ancient DNA resolves a 180-year-old mystery
Abstract. Over 180 years ago, the last reliably observed pair of great auks (Pinguinus impennis) were killed on a small island off the coast of Iceland. Th
doi.org
September 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Really cool study led by Emily L. Cavill about the last female great auk specimen!! 🕵️ 🔍🐧
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
Great place and people to work with!! 🐏 🐏 🐏
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
September 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Great place and people to work with!! 🐏 🐏 🐏
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Excited to share that I’ve started as Associate Professor at the Technical University of Denmark! 🧑🎓
I also received an a NNF Emerging Investigator grant to use genomics + machine learning to study extinction.
👉 PhD & Postdoc positions coming soon — follow for updates!
Reposts appreciated 🙏
I also received an a NNF Emerging Investigator grant to use genomics + machine learning to study extinction.
👉 PhD & Postdoc positions coming soon — follow for updates!
Reposts appreciated 🙏
September 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Excited to share that I’ve started as Associate Professor at the Technical University of Denmark! 🧑🎓
I also received an a NNF Emerging Investigator grant to use genomics + machine learning to study extinction.
👉 PhD & Postdoc positions coming soon — follow for updates!
Reposts appreciated 🙏
I also received an a NNF Emerging Investigator grant to use genomics + machine learning to study extinction.
👉 PhD & Postdoc positions coming soon — follow for updates!
Reposts appreciated 🙏