By integrating #phylogenetic information with #radiocarbon dates, a new modelling approach narrows the dating intervals of #Yersinia #pestis #genomes, linking 75 Second #Pandemic genomes to historically documented outbreaks.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #Plague
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #Plague
November 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
By integrating #phylogenetic information with #radiocarbon dates, a new modelling approach narrows the dating intervals of #Yersinia #pestis #genomes, linking 75 Second #Pandemic genomes to historically documented outbreaks.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #Plague
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #Plague
Agriculture and sedentism reshaped the entire #ecosystem of Crawford Lake. 🌿🧬
#sedaDNA reveals corresponding shifts in plants, animals, algae, fungi, and bacteria over the last ~1,300 years.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #Paleoecology #AncientDNA
#sedaDNA reveals corresponding shifts in plants, animals, algae, fungi, and bacteria over the last ~1,300 years.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #Paleoecology #AncientDNA
October 26, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Agriculture and sedentism reshaped the entire #ecosystem of Crawford Lake. 🌿🧬
#sedaDNA reveals corresponding shifts in plants, animals, algae, fungi, and bacteria over the last ~1,300 years.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #Paleoecology #AncientDNA
#sedaDNA reveals corresponding shifts in plants, animals, algae, fungi, and bacteria over the last ~1,300 years.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #Paleoecology #AncientDNA
Shotgun data from #dental #calculus 🦷🧬of 67 #ancient individuals reveal differences in oral #microbial communities across sites and social contexts, highlighting how lifestyle can shape the oral microbiome.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientDNA
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientDNA
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70357
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 19, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Shotgun data from #dental #calculus 🦷🧬of 67 #ancient individuals reveal differences in oral #microbial communities across sites and social contexts, highlighting how lifestyle can shape the oral microbiome.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientDNA
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientDNA
The group that started it all, @spaam-community.bsky.social, was up next. You can read more about them here: www.spaam-community.org
October 15, 2026 at 11:56 AM
The group that started it all, @spaam-community.bsky.social, was up next. You can read more about them here: www.spaam-community.org
📸🧬 Help us bring SPAAM’s Instagram to life!
Have exciting research, a new publication, an upcoming event, or photos from the lab or field? We’d love to feature your contributions!
tinyurl.com/SPAAMIG
💚 Let’s make @spaamcommunity a space driven by YOU!
#SPAAM #IG #metagenomics #aDNA #ancientDNA
Have exciting research, a new publication, an upcoming event, or photos from the lab or field? We’d love to feature your contributions!
tinyurl.com/SPAAMIG
💚 Let’s make @spaamcommunity a space driven by YOU!
#SPAAM #IG #metagenomics #aDNA #ancientDNA
October 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM
📸🧬 Help us bring SPAAM’s Instagram to life!
Have exciting research, a new publication, an upcoming event, or photos from the lab or field? We’d love to feature your contributions!
tinyurl.com/SPAAMIG
💚 Let’s make @spaamcommunity a space driven by YOU!
#SPAAM #IG #metagenomics #aDNA #ancientDNA
Have exciting research, a new publication, an upcoming event, or photos from the lab or field? We’d love to feature your contributions!
tinyurl.com/SPAAMIG
💚 Let’s make @spaamcommunity a space driven by YOU!
#SPAAM #IG #metagenomics #aDNA #ancientDNA
SPAAM is officially on Instagram!🎉
Would you like to share your work, ideas, news, publications, positions, events etc. or anything else with the SPAAM community on instagram? 📸 🧫🦠🧬
Please submit your contribution with the submission form below!😊
Would you like to share your work, ideas, news, publications, positions, events etc. or anything else with the SPAAM community on instagram? 📸 🧫🦠🧬
Please submit your contribution with the submission form below!😊
📸🧬 Help us bring SPAAM’s Instagram to life!
Have exciting research, a new publication, an upcoming event, or photos from the lab or field? We’d love to feature your contributions!
tinyurl.com/SPAAMIG
💚 Let’s make @spaamcommunity a space driven by YOU!
#SPAAM #IG #metagenomics #aDNA #ancientDNA
Have exciting research, a new publication, an upcoming event, or photos from the lab or field? We’d love to feature your contributions!
tinyurl.com/SPAAMIG
💚 Let’s make @spaamcommunity a space driven by YOU!
#SPAAM #IG #metagenomics #aDNA #ancientDNA
October 16, 2026 at 7:54 AM
SPAAM is officially on Instagram!🎉
Would you like to share your work, ideas, news, publications, positions, events etc. or anything else with the SPAAM community on instagram? 📸 🧫🦠🧬
Please submit your contribution with the submission form below!😊
Would you like to share your work, ideas, news, publications, positions, events etc. or anything else with the SPAAM community on instagram? 📸 🧫🦠🧬
Please submit your contribution with the submission form below!😊
AncientMetagenomeDir (www.spaam-community.org/AncientMetag...) is a community project that aims to collect all the #metadata for all the published #ancientmetagenomic datasets 🦠
AncientMetagenomeDir
Website for the AncientMetagenomeDir project curated by the SPAAM community
www.spaam-community.org
October 16, 2026 at 12:31 PM
AncientMetagenomeDir (www.spaam-community.org/AncientMetag...) is a community project that aims to collect all the #metadata for all the published #ancientmetagenomic datasets 🦠
🚨 New release of #AncientMetagenomeDir! (v26.09.0, Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes) github.com/SPAAM-commun... It is a community resource of #metadata of >2K shotgun-sequenced #AncientMetagenome or ancient microbial genome enriched samples & >5K libraries. Stats below (🧵 1/5)
Release v26.09: Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) · SPAAM-community/AncientMetagenomeDir
Release v26.09.0 includes 0 new publications. This keeps the repository at a total of 220 publications, 1,733 ancient host-associated metagenome samples, 822 ancient microbial genomes, and 803 anci...
github.com
October 15, 2026 at 9:15 AM
🚨 New release of #AncientMetagenomeDir! (v26.09.0, Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes) github.com/SPAAM-commun... It is a community resource of #metadata of >2K shotgun-sequenced #AncientMetagenome or ancient microbial genome enriched samples & >5K libraries. Stats below (🧵 1/5)
Twenty-one #ancient sheeppox #virus #genomes 🦠🧬show that #SPPV was circulating in sheep 🐑 more than 3,700 years ago and shed new light on its genomic #evolution and host #adaptation.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientPathogens #AncientDNA
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientPathogens #AncientDNA
Three thousand five hundred years of sheeppox virus evolution inferred from archaeological and codicological genomes
Sheeppox virus (SPPV) is a major livestock pathogen causing economic hardship through reduced production and death of vulnerable sheep, with written descriptions of sheeppox-like disease recorded…
www.science.org
October 12, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Twenty-one #ancient sheeppox #virus #genomes 🦠🧬show that #SPPV was circulating in sheep 🐑 more than 3,700 years ago and shed new light on its genomic #evolution and host #adaptation.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientPathogens #AncientDNA
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientPathogens #AncientDNA
Ancient DNA from 16th-century #Medici remains reveals traces of #Plasmodium #falciparum and P. #malariae 🦟🧬, including a previously uncharacterized P. falciparum haplotype.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientPathogens #AncientParasites #Parasites #Malaria
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientPathogens #AncientParasites #Parasites #Malaria
October 5, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Ancient DNA from 16th-century #Medici remains reveals traces of #Plasmodium #falciparum and P. #malariae 🦟🧬, including a previously uncharacterized P. falciparum haplotype.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientPathogens #AncientParasites #Parasites #Malaria
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientPathogens #AncientParasites #Parasites #Malaria
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October 2, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Formation psycho trauma spaam
All the ISBA affiliate groups (@paastacommunity.bsky.social, @spaam-community.bsky.social, @haam-community.bsky.social, @aarc-community.bsky.social, @laard.bsky.social and PITAAA) also gave updates on their activities - stay tuned for highlights from their wonderful presentations!
October 1, 2026 at 2:55 PM
All the ISBA affiliate groups (@paastacommunity.bsky.social, @spaam-community.bsky.social, @haam-community.bsky.social, @aarc-community.bsky.social, @laard.bsky.social and PITAAA) also gave updates on their activities - stay tuned for highlights from their wonderful presentations!
#sedaDNA reveals major shifts in marine food webs over 124,000 years. 🌊🧬 Robust, bottom-up #glacial #ecosystems dominated by #sea-ice adapted producers gave way to more fragile, consumer-driven food webs during warmer, ice-free periods.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM
Past subarctic marine food web shifts recovered by sedaDNA and network analysis - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Past subarctic marine food web shifts recovered by sedaDNA and network analysis
www.nature.com
September 28, 2026 at 7:01 AM
#sedaDNA reveals major shifts in marine food webs over 124,000 years. 🌊🧬 Robust, bottom-up #glacial #ecosystems dominated by #sea-ice adapted producers gave way to more fragile, consumer-driven food webs during warmer, ice-free periods.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM
A #methods paper for #MetagenomicsMonday! 🦠🧬💻
This new primer and #protocol provides practical guidance for assembling and validating #ancient #microbial #genomes. It introduces dedicated #aDNA support in #nf-core/mag.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
#SPAAM #Metagenomics #Bioinformatics
This new primer and #protocol provides practical guidance for assembling and validating #ancient #microbial #genomes. It introduces dedicated #aDNA support in #nf-core/mag.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
#SPAAM #Metagenomics #Bioinformatics
De novo assembly and authentication of ancient DNA metagenomes with nf-core/mag
Author summary Advancements in genomic sequencing analyses are increasingly allowing researchers to reconstruct the genomes of microbial ‘dark matter’—those microbial species that are difficult to…
journals.plos.org
September 21, 2026 at 11:08 AM
A #methods paper for #MetagenomicsMonday! 🦠🧬💻
This new primer and #protocol provides practical guidance for assembling and validating #ancient #microbial #genomes. It introduces dedicated #aDNA support in #nf-core/mag.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
#SPAAM #Metagenomics #Bioinformatics
This new primer and #protocol provides practical guidance for assembling and validating #ancient #microbial #genomes. It introduces dedicated #aDNA support in #nf-core/mag.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
#SPAAM #Metagenomics #Bioinformatics
BRB, trying to convince the office morale officer to get us the ~~dummy SPAAM~~ fun carousel.
"We even added a heated system, you know what I mean"
Absolutely incredible
Absolutely incredible
September 14, 2026 at 3:09 AM
BRB, trying to convince the office morale officer to get us the ~~dummy SPAAM~~ fun carousel.
When #skeletal #lesions tell an ambiguous story, can ancient DNA help? 🦴🧬
This study combines #palaeopathology, #CT imaging and #aDNA to investigate multiple lytic lesions in a 10th-century individual from Latvia.
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #AncientPathogens
This study combines #palaeopathology, #CT imaging and #aDNA to investigate multiple lytic lesions in a 10th-century individual from Latvia.
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #AncientPathogens
Multidisciplinary Exploration of Computed‐Tomographic and Ancient‐<fc>DNA</fc> Data of an Iron Age Skull From Latvia With Multiple Lytic Bone Lesions: Differential Diagnosis Between Metastatic Carcinoma, Multiple Myeloma and Skeletal Tuberculosis
In this study we used a combined computed tomographic and archaeogenetic approach to analyse a skull and vertebra with lytic lesions from a disturbed grave in the Čunkāni-Dreņģeri cemetery in…
doi.org
September 14, 2026 at 7:01 AM
When #skeletal #lesions tell an ambiguous story, can ancient DNA help? 🦴🧬
This study combines #palaeopathology, #CT imaging and #aDNA to investigate multiple lytic lesions in a 10th-century individual from Latvia.
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #AncientPathogens
This study combines #palaeopathology, #CT imaging and #aDNA to investigate multiple lytic lesions in a 10th-century individual from Latvia.
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #AncientPathogens
Ancient #genomes 🧬🦠 reveal possible gene flow between #Funnelbeaker farmers and Pitted Ware foragers, and distinct #Yersinia #pestis strains across cultural groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientPathogens #Paleogenomics
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientPathogens #Paleogenomics
Ancestry, admixture, and pathogens in contemporaneous Neolithic farmers and foragers on the Island of Gotland - Communications Biology
Neolithic farmers and foragers in Gotland coexisted for 500 years, ancient DNA suggests limited intermixing, shared ancestry with mainland groups, isolation, and evidence of distinct Yersinia pestis…
www.nature.com
September 7, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Ancient #genomes 🧬🦠 reveal possible gene flow between #Funnelbeaker farmers and Pitted Ware foragers, and distinct #Yersinia #pestis strains across cultural groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientPathogens #Paleogenomics
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #AncientPathogens #Paleogenomics
🌊🧬 By reconstructing #ancient #phytoplankton communities from Yellow Sea #sediments, this new study shows how ocean circulation reshaped coastal ecosystems over the last ~3,000 years in response to climate change.
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #sedaDNA #MarineEcology
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #sedaDNA #MarineEcology
Warm current intensification altered phytoplankton communities in the Yellow Sea: insights from sedimentary ancient DNA metabarcoding
Abstract. Long-term changes in phytoplankton communities are key to understanding and predicting ecosystem responses to climate-driven circulation change.
academic.oup.com
August 31, 2026 at 7:00 AM
🌊🧬 By reconstructing #ancient #phytoplankton communities from Yellow Sea #sediments, this new study shows how ocean circulation reshaped coastal ecosystems over the last ~3,000 years in response to climate change.
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #sedaDNA #MarineEcology
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #sedaDNA #MarineEcology
#Metagenomic analyses of a ritual #corn #mummy 🌾🧬 from the 3rd century BC uncovered #DNA from plants, microbes, insects, animals, and humans, demonstrating how these unique artefacts can preserve complex biological records of the past.
rdcu.be/fBLM0
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA
rdcu.be/fBLM0
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA
August 24, 2026 at 3:40 PM
#Metagenomic analyses of a ritual #corn #mummy 🌾🧬 from the 3rd century BC uncovered #DNA from plants, microbes, insects, animals, and humans, demonstrating how these unique artefacts can preserve complex biological records of the past.
rdcu.be/fBLM0
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA
rdcu.be/fBLM0
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA
ok I'll stop spaam posting tonight, I just got these done
written English hard, not strong for me 💀
written English hard, not strong for me 💀
August 23, 2026 at 4:23 PM
ok I'll stop spaam posting tonight, I just got these done
written English hard, not strong for me 💀
written English hard, not strong for me 💀
Can cave walls preserve #ancient human DNA? 🎨🧬
This proof-of-concept study recovered ancient human #DNA from rock #art and #cave wall samples, demonstrating that cave surfaces can preserve genetic traces for thousands of years!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #RockArt
This proof-of-concept study recovered ancient human #DNA from rock #art and #cave wall samples, demonstrating that cave surfaces can preserve genetic traces for thousands of years!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #RockArt
Investigating ancient human DNA preservation on cave walls and in rock art - Nature Communications
Ancient DNA can be preserved on materials from archaeological floor deposits such as bones, sediments and artifacts. Here, the authors investigate whether Palaeolithic wall art can preserve human DNA…
www.nature.com
August 17, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Can cave walls preserve #ancient human DNA? 🎨🧬
This proof-of-concept study recovered ancient human #DNA from rock #art and #cave wall samples, demonstrating that cave surfaces can preserve genetic traces for thousands of years!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #RockArt
This proof-of-concept study recovered ancient human #DNA from rock #art and #cave wall samples, demonstrating that cave surfaces can preserve genetic traces for thousands of years!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #RockArt
📢 Final REMINDER for the SPAAM Steering Committee elections! Deadline: 15 August. Cast your vote and help build the community you want to be part of!
www.spaam-community.org/assets/media...
#SPAAM #AncientDNA
www.spaam-community.org/assets/media...
#SPAAM #AncientDNA
SPAAM Steering Committee Elections 2026
Standards, Precautions, and Advances in Ancient Metagenomics
www.spaam-community.org
August 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM
📢 Final REMINDER for the SPAAM Steering Committee elections! Deadline: 15 August. Cast your vote and help build the community you want to be part of!
www.spaam-community.org/assets/media...
#SPAAM #AncientDNA
www.spaam-community.org/assets/media...
#SPAAM #AncientDNA
The first #ancient #smallpox genomes from the Americas! 🦠🧬#Genomes from two #Inca-Colonial individuals in Chile reveal an extinct #Variola lineage, providing direct evidence of smallpox during the early colonial period.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #AncientDNA #aDNA
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #AncientDNA #aDNA
The genomic identity of early smallpox in South America
Smallpox was a major driver of population collapse in the Americas after European contact, yet the genetic identity of the causal strains remains unknown. Here, we report the first ancient smallpox…
www.science.org
August 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
The first #ancient #smallpox genomes from the Americas! 🦠🧬#Genomes from two #Inca-Colonial individuals in Chile reveal an extinct #Variola lineage, providing direct evidence of smallpox during the early colonial period.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #AncientDNA #aDNA
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #AncientDNA #aDNA
November 20, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Motherfucking Don Frye was in this movie. They did everything: Planet X goobers in the dumb glasses, Mothra priests AND THIS SCENE
Don Frye Advocates Gender Equality
YouTube video by Lovely Spaam
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Motherfucking Don Frye was in this movie. They did everything: Planet X goobers in the dumb glasses, Mothra priests AND THIS SCENE