Don't miss our virtual speed-networking event between PIs and young researchers (MSc/PhD/Postdocs) focused on the Americas! 🌎
🗓️ When? Monday April 13th 6pm - 8pm CEST
Registration deadline: April 9th. Grab your slot!
For more information and registration, check:
https://forms.gle/uajZrCyrAoVaSr1B9
#aDNA #Metagenomics #AncientMetagenomics #seDNA
Speed networking between PIs and young researchers - April 2026 edition
Interest and registration form for PI speed networking for April 13th, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CEST
The following PIs are open to meeting with interested junior researchers (prospective masters, PhDs, postdocs, etc.) to discuss anything under the sun (but mainly background, research interests, info about the lab environment/supervision styles, potential projects etc.) -- This is meant to be an informal chat, like those you can have during a conference rather than an interview or anything like that.
Here is a list of the PIs participating and some brief information about them:
- Assoc. Prof. Laura Weyrich (MicroARCH Lab, Pennsylvania State University, https://microarchlab.github.io/index.html)
- Asst. Prof. Maanasa Raghavan (GenSCAPE Lab, University of Chicago, https://www.genscape-lab.com/)
- Dr. María Ávila-Arcos (International Laboratory for Human Genome Research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, https://liigh.unam.mx/)
You can sign up to talk to more than one PI. However, to allow most participants to meet with the PIs they are interested in, we ask you to select your first choice. When assigning people to the PI's time slots we will prioritize the people that have expressed to meet a PI as a first choice over people that have not. Slots will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Each chat with a PI will last roughly 12/13 minutes.
We will send details on how to attend in a follow up email prior to the event confirming who you will talk to and roughly when.
Registration closes on Thursday April 9th.
Data protection: Please note that submission to Google Forms results in data being stored on Google Servers including those located in the United States. If at any point you wish your responses to be removed from use of the SPAAM community, please contact a member of the steering committee for removal of your personal data.
Abstract submission for #SPAAM8 is now officially OPEN! 🚀
Don't miss the opportunity to share your work and join us in Stockholm on June 22nd 🇸🇪
Online presentations are also possible! 👩🏻💻
Submit your abstract: https://forms.gle/psw9GS3ZyrLVPbbo7
Deadline: May 1st
#aDNA #Metagenomics #AncientMetagenomics #seDNA
What affects aDNA recovery from dental calculus? 🦷📊 In 32 mammal species, library success (~74%) was possibly shaped by host diet.
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #ancientmetagenomics #archeogenetics #aDNA #calculushttps://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70039What lived in Arctic Norway ~80,000 years ago? ❄️🦌 Ancient sediments from a cave reveal 46 taxa of mammals, birds & fish — a unique cold-adapted coastal ecosystem.
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #ancientmetagenomics #archeogenetics #sedaDNA #cavehttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415008122What can a million-year-old mammoth teach us about microbes? 🦠 From pathogens to commensals, this new study reconstructs the oldest known host-associated microbial DNA.
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #ancientmetagenomics #microbiome #microbes #mammothhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.08.003#MetagenomicsMonday Unlocking the secrets of ancient microbiome, a new study shares 174 archaeological dental calculus metagenomes from across the UK, spanning multiple periods and sites. With rich metadata and rigorous quality control, the dataset opens new doors to exploring ancient diets, diseases, and antimicrobial resistance through time.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111770#aDNA #SPAAM #ancientmetagenomics #calculus #microbiome Interested in learning more about how researchers analyze ancient DNA? Here you can find the free lectures from the SPAAM Summer School 2025 - Introduction to Ancient Metagenomics:
https://tinyurl.com/3u9mhmd2 The power point slides can be found on our website:
https://tinyurl.com/mkfrvru4 Feel free to ask questions in the comments!
#ancientDNA #aDNA #metagenomics #SPAAM #archeogenetics #summerschool #bioinformatics #ancientmetagenomicsBefore you continue to YouTube
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181 Posts, 154 Following, 199 Followers · National Research Data Infrastructure for the Research of Microbiota, part of
@[email protected], #Microbiology #FAIR #OpenScience #NFDI https://nfdi4microbiota.de/
🚨 Reminder that the @spaam_community will offer its fourth (virtual) summer school course sponsored by the Werner Siemens Foundation and @NFDI4Microbiota this year:
INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT METAGENOMICS (4-8 Aug 2025)
For more info see https://spaam-community.github.io/wss-summer-school/ and this 🧵[1/3]
#aDNA #Paleogenomics #metagenomics #spaam #AncientMetagenomics #AncientDNA #Microbiome #eDNA
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