Upcoming Talks and Events
Month: August 2025
Recent Publications
Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage
Light-Maka I, Hermes TR, Raffaela AB, Semerau L, Kosintsev P, Alekseeva V, Kim D, Hanage W, Herbig A, Jeong C, Warinner C, Key F. (2025) Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on […]
News
Harvard Gazette: Funding cuts upend projects piecing together saga of human history
Learn more about how we’re persevering in our study of the human past, despite funding cuts. Harvard Gazette: “Funding cuts upend projects piecing together saga of human history,” by Christy DeSmith, August 9, 2025. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/08/funding-cuts-upend-projects-piecing-together-saga-of-human-history/
News
The Scientist: Ancient dental plaque unearths prehistoric people’s lifestyles
Check out this new article in The Scientist about our ancient dental calculus research! The Scientist: Sneha Khedkar, “Ancient dental plaque unearths prehistoric people’s lifestyles,” August 8, 2025. https://www.the-scientist.com/ancient-dental-plaque-unearths-prehistoric-people-s-lifestyle-73245
Upcoming Talks and Events
Stanford Fermented Food Conference, September 4-5, 2025
I’ll be presenting our research on ancient food fermentations at the upcoming Stanford Fermented Food Conference on September 4-5, 2025. Join us to learn more about our recent findings on Roman wine and ancient Himalayan […]
Recent Publications
Open science, communication, and collaboration for the future of palaeoproteomics
Dekker JAA, Peters C, Winter RM, Collins MJ, Dickinson MR, Harvey VL, Hill E, Nair B, Tsutaya T, Viñas-Caron LC, Warinner C, Welker F, Fagernäs Z. Open science, communication, and collaboration for the future of […]
Announcements
Congratulations to undergraduate Juliet Garon for her paleoproteomics summer research!
Warinner lab undergraduate researcher Juliet Garon presented her summer research on protein preservation in early 20th century influenza and tuberculosis-infected medically prepared lung specimens. Giving a poster at the Harvard PRISE symposium, Juliet’s work is […]
Upcoming Talks and Events
Genomics Standards Consortium meeting, July 29-31, Cambridge, UK
What a fantastic 2025 GSC meeting! So many great ideas for the future of open science and the growth of genomics!
Announcements
James Fellows Yates wins Dawn Award from the Genomics Standards Consortium!
Postdoc James Fellows Yates has won the Dawn Field Award for Outstanding Contributions to Genomic Standards at this year’s Genomics Standards Consortium (GSC) meeting in Cambridge, UK! The award is named after Dr. Dawn Field, […]
Announcements
I-Ting’s PhD defense this Thursday August 7!
Want to learn more about the cutting edge of ancient microbial metagenomics and the evolutionary history of Candidate Phyla Radiation bacteria? Join us this Thursday for I-Ting’s PhD defense on “Microbial evolution through the lens […]