Lachie Scarsbrook
@LJScarsbrook
Postdoctoral Researcher in Palaeogenomics @UniofOxford and @LMU_Muenchen | Fulford JRF @SomervilleOx | 🇳🇿
After successfully defending my DPhil thesis on ancient dog genomics, I’m now officially a Doctor! Thanks to everyone who’s been a part of this almost 10-year academic journey, which started in @otago and finished in @UniofOxford!
Wait… this isn’t Tesco! Went shopping for Victorian breed dogs @NMBern
🚨 Calling all ancient DNA researchers 🚨 Abstract submissions for the inaugural AaRC conference are open until March 7th! Get your talks in! 🦴🧬
Abstract submission is open for the online #AaRConference! Join us and invited speakers Laurent Frantz and Evon Hekkala on May 30th to present your research about animal #aDNA and discuss them with the community. All topics #aDNA related are welcomed!
Stoked to have been awarded “Best Presentation” at the 12th International Conference of Canine and Feline #Genetics and #Genomics in #Helsinki! Huge thanks goes to the scientific organising committee for coordinating such an outstanding conference #ICCFGG
As my first academic mentor, Ewan Fordyce always encouraged me to follow passion rather practicality. His sage advice still guides my choices to this day. You will be deeply missed.
Extinction is forever, except when you’re Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna! Huge discovery by fellow Mertonian @JamesKempton8, showing the value of preserving Earth’s remaining wilderness! bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…
We’re about unravel the complicated evolutionary histories of mokomoko in Aotearoa! So excited to be a part of this research!
Stoked & humbled to be awarded a $942,000 @MarsdenFund grant focusing on "unlocking the past: a novel approach to quantifying biodiversity loss in the fossil record". Bring on lots more paleontology, #fossils, & #ancientDNA otago.ac.nz/news/news/otag…. 🙏 @MarsdenFund. 1/6. 🦴🦎🧬
What are the odds that @nosuchthing’s fact was on discovering new gecko species, including those in Aotearoa! Couldn’t pass up the opportunity for a spot of science communication from the audience.
Forget mammoths, it’s “time for ancient DNA to sweat the small stuff”. @BunceDNA’s brilliant perspective piece in Molecular Ecology reminds us that big stories are hiding in tiny critters onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.111…
Can you spot the difference? Our research out in Zootaxa describes te mokomoko a Tohu (Hoplodactylus tohu) – a new species of New Zealand gecko hidden in plain site! Read more below: theconversation.com/meet-te-mokomo…
Spent the last two days #microCT scanning historic breed dogs at the @NHM_London with the help of Brett Clark. Here’s the skull of ‘Chesham Silvio’ — a King Charles Cavalier born in the late 19th century!
Guess it’s time to crack out the oil paints and fake a Picasso! Excellent @TheEconomist piece by @TalbotCaitlin economist.com/graphic-detail…
