Mick Westbury

We just posted a new paper in @bioRxiv providing the first comprehensive estimates of global genetic diversity loss Just in time for @UNBiodiversity Convention on Biological Diversity @CBD #COP16 Ping me if you are here at Colombia! doi.org/10.1101/2024.1… Read key messages:

How to remove false peaks from your PSMC/MSMC2...now out in @CurrentBiology 🙂🐢🧬🎉! See the OA paper or thread below🧵 cell.com/current-biolog… Thanks to a fantastic team: Shenglin Liu @hillermich @kguschan Tom Brown @axel_jensen @RegevSchweiger and @trevorcousins_ 🙂 !!!

I'm hiring: 4 Postdoc positions (18-23 m) in Palaeoproteomics - 1: Palaeoproteomics mass spectrometrist - 2: Phylo(palaeo)proteomics specialist - 3: Palaeoproteomics-based palaeoanthropologist - 4: Palaeoproteomics-based palaeontologist Apply at: employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=…

Our latest paper is out in @NatureEcoEvo: Inferring DNA methylation in non-skeletal tissues of ancient specimens. A major challenge in studying DNA methylation in ancient samples is that it is tissue-specific. 1/11

I have decided to also look for bluer skies. I have no idea how to find people so please add me

That's Not a Hybrid: How to Distinguish Patterns of Admixture and Isolation By Distance | Molecular Ecology Resources onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17… Very important paper! Indeed, I have also noticed that Structure/Admixture plots are often overinterpreted as introgression.

The detection of methylation in ancient genomes is much cheaper and easier than previously thought! Awesome research led by Susana Sawyer! @HeasVienna doi.org/10.1186/s13059…

Pitfalls and windfalls of detecting demographic declines using population genetics in long‐lived species onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ev…