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The surprise discovery that ancient human DNA can survive in sediments and soil is revolutionising the study of Paleolithic minds, behaviours and lifestyles www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
How DNA in dirt is reshaping our understanding of Stone Age humans
The surprise discovery that ancient human DNA can survive in sediments and soil is revolutionising the study of Paleolithic minds, behaviours and lifestyles
www.newscientist.com
January 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
sedaDNA!
Archaeology meets environmental genomics:
Implementing sedaDNA in the study of the human past 🏺🧪
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Underscores the challenges inherent in the sedaDNA field but also provides a suggested research agenda for essential enhancements needed for archaeological workflow.
Implementing sedaDNA in the study of the human past 🏺🧪
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Underscores the challenges inherent in the sedaDNA field but also provides a suggested research agenda for essential enhancements needed for archaeological workflow.
November 26, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Archaeology meets environmental genomics:
Implementing sedaDNA in the study of the human past 🏺🧪
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Underscores the challenges inherent in the sedaDNA field but also provides a suggested research agenda for essential enhancements needed for archaeological workflow.
Implementing sedaDNA in the study of the human past 🏺🧪
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Underscores the challenges inherent in the sedaDNA field but also provides a suggested research agenda for essential enhancements needed for archaeological workflow.
February 26, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The sedaDNA revolution and archaeology: Progress, challenges, and a research agenda www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The sedaDNA revolution and archaeology: Progress, challenges, and a research agenda
The uptake of sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) in archaeology appears to be rather behind that in areas such as palaeoecology, palaeolimnology and Qu…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The sedaDNA revolution and archaeology: Progress, challenges, and a research agenda www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#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
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#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
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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
It is out! A story about how sedaDNA can help to reveal undocumented fauna presence and be used together with zooarcheology in the Pleistocene context! The preservation of sedaDNA in El Miron Cave is exceptional 😍🪨🐅 @heasvienna.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A sedimentary ancient DNA perspective on human and carnivore persistence through the Late Pleistocene in El Mirón Cave, Spain - Nature Communications
Archaeological contexts in caves provide an opportunity to examine human and animal dynamics through climatic events. Here, the authors present sedaDNA of 28 taxa from El Mirón Cave, Spain, including ...
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January 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It is out! A story about how sedaDNA can help to reveal undocumented fauna presence and be used together with zooarcheology in the Pleistocene context! The preservation of sedaDNA in El Miron Cave is exceptional 😍🪨🐅 @heasvienna.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New paper out on island sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) by Xaali O'Reilly-Berkeley, @patrickweigelt.bsky.social, @biogeokreft.bsky.social, @sandranogue.bsky.social and others!
We show how sedaDNA can unlock past island ecosystem dynamics and open new opportunities for island palaeoecology.
We show how sedaDNA can unlock past island ecosystem dynamics and open new opportunities for island palaeoecology.
The potential of sedimentary ancient DNA to increase our understanding of island ecosystem dynamics
Recent advances in sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) are transforming palaeoecological research and offer new opportunities to study biodiversity change on islands. We assess the potential of sedaDNA ...
biogeography.pensoft.net
May 21, 2026 at 5:51 PM
New paper out on island sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) by Xaali O'Reilly-Berkeley, @patrickweigelt.bsky.social, @biogeokreft.bsky.social, @sandranogue.bsky.social and others!
We show how sedaDNA can unlock past island ecosystem dynamics and open new opportunities for island palaeoecology.
We show how sedaDNA can unlock past island ecosystem dynamics and open new opportunities for island palaeoecology.
The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
June 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
#MetagenomicsMonday A new review highlights the potential of sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) to uncover lost coastal ecologies, human–environment interactions, and biocultural change. #aDNA #sedaDNA
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
August 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
#MetagenomicsMonday A new review highlights the potential of sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) to uncover lost coastal ecologies, human–environment interactions, and biocultural change. #aDNA #sedaDNA
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
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Sedimentary ancient mtDNA successfully obtained from first use of #sedaDNA from #Castlepook Cave sediment in Ireland. First ancient pre-LGM sequences for woolly #mammoth (Clade III & B2) & cave #hyena (haplotype A1) from Ireland. Also Clade 1b brown #bear & Clade 2 which replaced 1b c.32ka.
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Sedimentary ancient mtDNA successfully obtained from first use of #sedaDNA from #Castlepook Cave sediment in Ireland. First ancient pre-LGM sequences for woolly #mammoth (Clade III & B2) & cave #hyena (haplotype A1) from Ireland. Also Clade 1b brown #bear & Clade 2 which replaced 1b c.32ka.
July 13, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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Sedimentary ancient mtDNA successfully obtained from first use of #sedaDNA from #Castlepook Cave sediment in Ireland. First ancient pre-LGM sequences for woolly #mammoth (Clade III & B2) & cave #hyena (haplotype A1) from Ireland. Also Clade 1b brown #bear & Clade 2 which replaced 1b c.32ka.
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Sedimentary ancient mtDNA successfully obtained from first use of #sedaDNA from #Castlepook Cave sediment in Ireland. First ancient pre-LGM sequences for woolly #mammoth (Clade III & B2) & cave #hyena (haplotype A1) from Ireland. Also Clade 1b brown #bear & Clade 2 which replaced 1b c.32ka.
📣 We are hiring! 📣
Are you a #microbiome enthusiast? And would you like to explore the deep biosphere in #Arctic marine sediments? Then we hope you apply!
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Are you a #microbiome enthusiast? And would you like to explore the deep biosphere in #Arctic marine sediments? Then we hope you apply!
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Three-year postdoc position – Exploring the deep biosphere in Arctic marine sediments
Are you interested in environmental microbiology, the deep biosphere, and Arctic climate change? We are looking for a postdoctoral microbiologist to join our in
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March 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New blog post! 🚨
Read our new blog post 'From replicate detection to DNA concentration: What can ddPCR tell us about sedaDNA metabarcoding?' 🧬🐟️ 🧪
Find it here 🌏️ 👇️
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Read our new blog post 'From replicate detection to DNA concentration: What can ddPCR tell us about sedaDNA metabarcoding?' 🧬🐟️ 🧪
Find it here 🌏️ 👇️
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From replicate detection to DNA concentration: What can ddPCR tell us about sedaDNA metabarcoding?
Post provided by Elena Baños Lara I am currently completing my PhD at the Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) in Spain, where I use environmental and sedimentary ancient DNA to explor…
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September 21, 2026 at 12:02 PM
New blog post! 🚨
Read our new blog post 'From replicate detection to DNA concentration: What can ddPCR tell us about sedaDNA metabarcoding?' 🧬🐟️ 🧪
Find it here 🌏️ 👇️
buff.ly/q4r1ASq
Read our new blog post 'From replicate detection to DNA concentration: What can ddPCR tell us about sedaDNA metabarcoding?' 🧬🐟️ 🧪
Find it here 🌏️ 👇️
buff.ly/q4r1ASq
Whales, Greenland, and some really old mud. My first PhD chapter now published in @natcomms.nature.com reveals 12,000 years of marine mammal history around Northern Greenland through DNA hidden in marine mud. Check it out: rdcu.be/emdYS
#sedaDNA #Greenland #Arctic #whales #seals
#sedaDNA #Greenland #Arctic #whales #seals
May 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Whales, Greenland, and some really old mud. My first PhD chapter now published in @natcomms.nature.com reveals 12,000 years of marine mammal history around Northern Greenland through DNA hidden in marine mud. Check it out: rdcu.be/emdYS
#sedaDNA #Greenland #Arctic #whales #seals
#sedaDNA #Greenland #Arctic #whales #seals
Wonderful to see so many new people here! :-)
Interested in sedaDNA, aDNA, or forensic genetics?
Join me in Copenhagen!
I'm hiring a PhD and a Postdoc to start in 2025. Application deadline 28 November
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
Interested in sedaDNA, aDNA, or forensic genetics?
Join me in Copenhagen!
I'm hiring a PhD and a Postdoc to start in 2025. Application deadline 28 November
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
PhD fellowship in Sediment DNA at the Department of Forensic Medicine
employment.ku.dk
November 15, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Glad to share the first sedaDNA (sedimentary ancient DNA) based study+classical pollen data on the development of vegetation during deglaciation and the Holocene of Lithuania headed by my post-doc Laura Gedminienė.
Download it for free for 50 days:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lL7V3ic-F...
🧪 ⚒️ #Geology
Download it for free for 50 days:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lL7V3ic-F...
🧪 ⚒️ #Geology
June 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Glad to share the first sedaDNA (sedimentary ancient DNA) based study+classical pollen data on the development of vegetation during deglaciation and the Holocene of Lithuania headed by my post-doc Laura Gedminienė.
Download it for free for 50 days:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lL7V3ic-F...
🧪 ⚒️ #Geology
Download it for free for 50 days:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lL7V3ic-F...
🧪 ⚒️ #Geology
Looking forward today to the “Paleoenvironmental DNA and Human Evolution” Symposium here in our department, featuring talks by Viviane Slon, Mikel Pedersen, Karina Sand, Ben Vernot, Pere Gelabert, Mareike Stahlschmidt and Susanna Sawyer. sedaDNA, so exciting! @univie.ac.at @heasvienna.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Looking forward today to the “Paleoenvironmental DNA and Human Evolution” Symposium here in our department, featuring talks by Viviane Slon, Mikel Pedersen, Karina Sand, Ben Vernot, Pere Gelabert, Mareike Stahlschmidt and Susanna Sawyer. sedaDNA, so exciting! @univie.ac.at @heasvienna.bsky.social
Interesting new review paper on reconstructing ancient genomes from sediment aka sedaDNA or eDNA. Appreciating the review given how fast this method is growing and changing 🏺 🧪 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Redirecting
doi.org
February 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Interesting new review paper on reconstructing ancient genomes from sediment aka sedaDNA or eDNA. Appreciating the review given how fast this method is growing and changing 🏺 🧪 doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Female researchers: interested in a postdoc at @univienna in #sedaDNA, #metagenomics or #ancientDNA? Apply via the E-STEEM fellowship through my group. Projects are flexible and can be shaped together!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
careers.univie.ac.at
January 6, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Female researchers: interested in a postdoc at @univienna in #sedaDNA, #metagenomics or #ancientDNA? Apply via the E-STEEM fellowship through my group. Projects are flexible and can be shaped together!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
A reminder of the aDNA feed - follow it! and for inclusion use #aDNA, #aRNA, #sedaDNA, #Palaeoprot or #AncientGenomics
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bsky.app/profile/did:...
December 18, 2024 at 11:58 AM
A reminder of the aDNA feed - follow it! and for inclusion use #aDNA, #aRNA, #sedaDNA, #Palaeoprot or #AncientGenomics
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Several exciting PhD opportunities here in the University of Vienna STEM-call. In our department fully funded positions in biomolecular zooarch, Pleistocene felid diversity and admixture, sedaDNA and popgen, and archsci and AMS 14C dating.
Apply below now!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
Apply below now!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
careers.univie.ac.at
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Several exciting PhD opportunities here in the University of Vienna STEM-call. In our department fully funded positions in biomolecular zooarch, Pleistocene felid diversity and admixture, sedaDNA and popgen, and archsci and AMS 14C dating.
Apply below now!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
Apply below now!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
Wonderful to see so many new people here! :-)
Interested in sedaDNA, aDNA, or forensic genetics?
Join me in Copenhagen!
I'm hiring a PhD and a Postdoc to start in 2025. Application deadline 28 November
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
Interested in sedaDNA, aDNA, or forensic genetics?
Join me in Copenhagen!
I'm hiring a PhD and a Postdoc to start in 2025. Application deadline 28 November
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
PhD fellowship in Sediment DNA at the Department of Forensic Medicine
employment.ku.dk
November 15, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Wonderful to see so many new people here! :-)
Interested in sedaDNA, aDNA, or forensic genetics?
Join me in Copenhagen!
I'm hiring a PhD and a Postdoc to start in 2025. Application deadline 28 November
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
Interested in sedaDNA, aDNA, or forensic genetics?
Join me in Copenhagen!
I'm hiring a PhD and a Postdoc to start in 2025. Application deadline 28 November
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
Reminder 🚨 Early bird registration for the #SedaDNA Scientific Society conference in Tromsø June 2025 closes on the 14th of March nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/2nd-se...
2nd SedaDNA Scientific Society conference | Nordic Society Oikos
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February 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Reminder 🚨 Early bird registration for the #SedaDNA Scientific Society conference in Tromsø June 2025 closes on the 14th of March nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/2nd-se...
In this new paper, researchers extended the sedaDNA analysis beyond cave sediments: bone-adhered deposits preserved human, microbial, plant & animal sequences. #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #sedaDNA #metagenomics #cave #sediment
Bone Adhered Sediments as a Source of Target and Environmental DNA and Proteins
Abstract. In recent years, sediments from cave environments have provided invaluable insights into ancient hominids, as well as past fauna and flora. Unfor
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
In this new paper, researchers extended the sedaDNA analysis beyond cave sediments: bone-adhered deposits preserved human, microbial, plant & animal sequences. #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #sedaDNA #metagenomics #cave #sediment
Yes agreed, especially for big mortuary assemblages. Animal aDNA and sedaDNA also likely to become more commonplace and influential.
March 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Yes agreed, especially for big mortuary assemblages. Animal aDNA and sedaDNA also likely to become more commonplace and influential.