Alex Hübner
@alexhbnr
computational biologist at MPI EVA interested in human population genetics and microbiome evolution; besides, a cyclist and lover of photography
In our study published today in @ScienceMagazine, we provide a proof of concept for the potential use of ancient microbes as a source for developing new drugs by synthesising previously unknown metabolites from reconstructed gene clusters. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
▪️ Open postdoc position ▪️ 🔎🧬🐘 I'm recruiting a postdoc to work with me on mapping the genomic legacy of the elephant ivory trade in Europe using ancient DNA. Hosted by Lund University 🇸🇪 with @BengtHanssonLU Please RT! Info & apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…
#NationalRoboticsWeek Joining in on @RoboWeek, we want to present our unique robotics platform at @LeibnizHKI. Research for antibiotics isn’t profitable for the industry, so we are stepping in. One example is finding new drugs from Stone Age 🦷 with 🤖 aid. 👇Watch @mdrde report:
Looking forward! Please join us to learn about our recently published ancient metagenomic tool #aMeta
We have an early New Year present for you 🎁 the January #MVIF program with @JenWargoMD @NikolayOskolkov @SondraTurjeman @MireiaVallesc Full program with abstracts: microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/future… Registration: hopin.com/events/microbi… ✨Happy holidays ✨
Please join us at our AncientMetagenomeDir hackathon!
Only a few days are left to register to AncientMetagenomeDir hackathon: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… If you'd like to contribute to a brilliant ancient DNA project and work together with like-minded people, don't hesitate to sign up. Everyone is welcome, from novice to veteran.
PyDamage new version, packed with new features, including super fast base quality rescaling for #aDNA reads ! github.com/maxibor/pydama…
It was a great honour to have gotten the opportunity to present our work at the @AppliedHoloConf - what a diverse and inspiring community! I'm already looking forward to the next one.
Last talk on #Human #Health at #AHC2024: "From Starting #Cultures to #Gut Health: The Importance of Lactic Acid #Bacteria in the Life of #Mongolian Pastoralists"🦠 Dr @alexhbnr at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology gave this great talk: 📽️youtu.be/pNQxcEHdJ6I?si…
So many amazing #hologenomic talks yesterday @AppliedHoloConf in the #human #health session revealing the amazing diversity of our field 🦠 🤩 #holobiont #indigenous #AHC2024 #perspective #food #bacteria #culture #microbiome #phages #holoomics @GrundforskFond @novonordiskfond
The Ancient Environmental Genomics PhD course will be running this September 22nd-27th. Make sure to sign up as there are a limited number of seats. I am really pleased that we will have talks by Benjamin Vernot, Karina Sand, Pete Heintzmann and 🧵 phdcourses.ku.dk/detailkursus.a…
It's been a long time coming :) Incredibly happy and grateful to the @maxplanckpress for the opportunity to come back 'home' to the @MPI_EVA_Leipzig to continue working on #Neandertals and #Palaeolithic humans! 💀❤️🧪
Great news! 🥳 Led by the amazing @MatejaHajdi, a new Max Planck Research Group for Hominin Palaeogenomics started @MPI_EVA_Leipzig. 😊😍 Using cutting-edge #aDNA methods, its goal is to shed light on past encounters between hominin groups. @maxplanckpress eva.mpg.de/press/news/art…
Great news! 🥳 Led by the amazing @MatejaHajdi, a new Max Planck Research Group for Hominin Palaeogenomics started @MPI_EVA_Leipzig. 😊😍 Using cutting-edge #aDNA methods, its goal is to shed light on past encounters between hominin groups. @maxplanckpress eva.mpg.de/press/news/art…
🚨 Postdoc position 🚨 Excited to be recruiting a postdoc to use sedimentary #ancientDNA 🧬 to better understand climate-associated impacts on an Arctic coastal ecosystem Deadline: 15th June 2024 Based at @CpgSthlm & @Stockholm_Uni Come join us! 😀 su.se/english/about-…
Microbial genomics folks: what's the current go-to approach to get a presence/absence matrix of genes in pangenomes of closely related bacterial strains? Roary? Panaroo? (annotations from Prokka).
🏆 Winner 1/4 of the medac research award: An international team reconstructed #StoneAgeMolecules from ancient dental calculus using bioinformatic methods from DNA fragments of previously unknown bacteria from the past!🦷💡 #MedacResearch 👉More here: doi.org/10.1126/scienc…
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, we want to congratulate all of our awarded female researchers of the past year. You are doing wonderful scientific work at our institute! #InternationalWomensDay
Former Leibniz President and member of the WSS scientific advisory board Matthias Kleiner lately visited the Leibniz-HKI! He took a deep dive into #Paleobiotechnology research, generously funded by the WSS, and the new #JenXplor robotics-assisted automation platform.
🚨Job Klaxon🚨 Q: What links biomechanics, human evolution and apes? A: This 2-year post-doc position available in my new Human and Ape Biomechanics group in the Department of Human Origins @MPI_EVA_Leipzig 👇 eva.mpg.de/career/positio…
Für @ElenaEssel gibt es nichts, was näher ans Zeitreisen herankommt als Arbeit mit uralter DNA. Woher wir und die Neandertaler kommen, wohin wir gehen und wie wir überhaupt zu diesen Erkenntnissen kommen. derstandard.at/story/30000002…
Die AfD hat der Vielfalt in Deutschland den Kampf angesagt. #EDEKA zeigt nun eindrucksvoll, wie ein Supermarkt ohne diese Vielfalt für uns aussehen würde! Danke für dieses starke Signal! 🫶 #AfDsindFaschisten #AfDzerstoertDeutschland
I am recruiting a PhD student @uni_tue on ancient pathogen genomics and metagenomics in association with my ERC project “PROTOPEST”. More information here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/… For questions feel free to contact me directly. Application deadline is February 1st. Please share!
Revealing relatives in ancient #DNA w/ unprecedented precision. New computational tool developed by an intl. team @MPI_EVA_Leipzig & @Harvard led by @HaraldRingbauer detects up to 2nd to 3rd degree cousins using ancient genomes. nature.com/articles/s4158… & tinyurl.com/55fwh87m