Cesar Fortes-Lima

I’m so thrilled to announce the AfricanNeo Project is out today in @Nature! In this project led by @cschlebu we studied: “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙪-𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖”.🧵nature.com/articles/s4158…

In the recent compilation of Bantu studies "An Archaeology of the Bantu Expansion", @CesarFortesLima et al. did a study focusing on Western DRC Bantu populations

We have team up with @RussCorbett lab to bring the fantastic SARS-CoV-2 UShER to TB phylogenomic data. We explore applications in phylogenetics, public health and aDNA using de novo phylogenies and for placing samples in a >129K genome phylogeny! 👇 medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

The method for revealing ancestry-specific structures in admixed populations is published! Many thanks to my postdoc advisor @CharlestonCWKC and the members in the lab! I'm making this method as easy to use as possible, feel free to try it out at github.com/jitang-github/…

📣New from Tang & @CharlestonCWKC! 📄A genealogy-based approach for revealing ancestry-specific structures in admixed populations cell.com/ajhg/abstract/…

Congrats to @ImkeLankheet , @cschlebu and collaborators for this recent study published in @BMCBiology. Wide-scale geographical analysis of genetic ancestry in the 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Thrilled to announce that our book chapter was published by @routledgebooks in #OpenAccess. This chapter is part of an outstanding 740-page book that examines the early events of the Bantu expansion in Central Africa from multidisciplinary perspectives. 🧵taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-ed…

Webinar alert 🚨 Harnessing the Power of Human Genomics 📅 31 July 2025 | 🕐 13:00–14:30 EAT 🔗 Register: rb.gy/6vxr2o Join leading experts as we explore how to build Africa’s talent pool for precision public health. #Genomics #Africa #WomenInSTEM #HumanGenetics

Now you can also follow me on bsky.app/profile/cesarf… 😉

❗️It's finally out❗️ Our book 'An Archaeology of the Bantu Expansion' is now available. If you are interested in any aspect of the Central African past over the past 40k years, including palaeoenv, archaeo, history, language, and genetics-check it out! routledge.com/An-Archaeology…

The first malaria treatment specifically for babies and very young children has been approved for use and will be rolled out in African countries within weeks. Scientists say the breakthrough will help reduce inequality to healthcare access. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I'm thrilled to announce that our featured article "Herders from the Green Sahara" has been published this week in the 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 magazine. Another great collaboration with Viktor Černý and Carina Schlebusch. Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal…

Our genomics experts have worked with partners from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East to uncover how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the Himalayas - one of the most extreme and challenging environments on Earth birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/geno…

📣New today! 📄Haplotype analysis reveals pleiotropic disease associations in the HLA region 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 @jkpritch @FinnGen_FI & colleagues cell.com/ajhg/abstract/…

This is an interesting review of the groundbreaking contributions of the H3Africa Consortium and the H3ABioNet network. Congrats Dhriti Sengupta, Ananyo Choudhury, and Michèle Ramsay for this great piece. academic.oup.com/hmg/advance-ar…

Our new paper on genetic diversity in the Himalayas, when it began and how it may have supported survival in extreme environments sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our #genome #bioinformatics course is for PhD students and post-doctoral researchers who are starting to use high-throughput sequencing technologies and bioinformatics in their research. Apply by 3 Aug, funding available: ebi.ac.uk/training/event…

🔬 New research published @Nature pushes the boundaries of #paleoproteomics! We've retrieved enamel proteins from a rhinocerotid 21-24 million years old found in Canada's High Arctic. #Paleontology #Evolution #AncientProteins Read the article here: nature.com/articles/s4158…