Maria Spyrou

Our paper published today @nature describes an ancient epidemic that occurred in central Eurasia in the years 1338-1339. We find that the epidemic was caused by plague (Y. pestis) and that it was associated with the beginnings of the Black Death. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Historical plague pandemics: perspectives from ancient DNA Forum article by Emily Gaul (@emilycsgaul) & Maria Spyrou (@ma_spyrou) dlvr.it/TGTk99

Really happy to share a mini-review article exploring aDNA perspectives on the historical plague pandemics - published today! 🦠🎉cell.com/trends/microbi…

YESSSS!!! Sibhudu has just been declared a World Heritage Site by the @UNESCO ! #Archaeology #science #history #Heritage

So happy to share that our paper exploring the history of malaria using ancient DNA is published in @Nature! Thank you to @SkourEirini, @pie_federica, Evelyn Guevara, and the entire team!! nature.com/articles/s4158…

A study in @Nature provides insights into the burial rituals in the ancient Mayan city Chichén Itzá through the analysis of ancient DNA from 64 people who were likely sacrificed over a period of 500 years. go.nature.com/3VjIhW8

Researchers reconstruct the evolutionary history & global spread of #malaria over the past 5,500 years. New study by @MeganMichel11, Alexander Herbig, Johannes Krause & an intl. team. Image credit: Purna Lama @BoudhaThangka See: tinyurl.com/4ymx5nuv & nature.com/articles/s4158…

Hiring alert! we are looking for a post-doctoral researcher in bioinformatics focused on the analysis of ancient horse genomes This is your chance to join the fantastic HorsePower team and ERC Synergy project (horsepowerproject.org) See the advert below emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR…

Decoding #Avar society using ancient #DNA & archaeological evidence. New paper in @Nature by a multidisciplinary team @HistoGenes, incl. @MPI_EVA_Leipzig researchers Guido Gnecchi Ruscone, Johannes Krause & @dewawer. More: tinyurl.com/2nn6b7zr & nature.com/articles/s4158…

So proud!

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!

The symposium of the DFG Center for Advanced Studies "Words, Bones, Genes, Tools" just started! 🤩 The vice dean Prof. Dr. Fortágh and organizers opened the symposium! @dfg_public @uni_tue We are very excited about the amazing lineup of speakers! Logo design by @Sahelanthrope 🙌

Höhlen als Archive der Vergangenheit: Neuer #Leibniz-#WissenschaftsCampus in #Tübingen offiziell eröffnet. Der „GeoGenomic Archaeology Campus Tübingen (GACT)“ untersucht Einflüsse des Menschen auf #Ökosysteme anhand von #Höhlen #uni_tue @LeibnizWGL @Senckenberg @mwk__bw @MPI_Bio

Anybody still our there? Interested in a postdoc position in human microbiome evolution using longitudinal whole genome and metagenomic data at large scale? Join us in Berlin at the @mpiib_berlin. DM or email me with questions you may have. Please RT. mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2153816/job_fu…

Absolutely thrilled to have been awarded an #ERCStG! PROTOPEST will study the impact of infectious disease epidemics on Middle and Late Bronze Age societies using genomic, archaeological and osteological data. Stay tuned for positions advertised this year! @ERC_Research @uni_tue

DO NOT MISS this PhD opportunity: ancient DNA and gender inequalities with a GREAT supervisor. Join us in sunny Toulouse!

Palaeogenomics PhD position open @CagToulouse @CNRS @Univ_Toulouse to work on gender inequalities in the past. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctora…

Our new paper is out in @NatureEcoEvo! Here we shed light on the history of the ancient people from the Brazilian Coast by studying 34 ancient individuals from 10,000 to 500 yBP. @usponline @geobiodiversity @IBE_Barcelona nature.com/articles/s4155…

📢 New insights into the genomic history of South America! Large set of genome-wide data from 34 ancient individuals, up to 1OK years old, reveals that #Sambaqui societies did not constitute a genetically homogenous population, as previously suggested. 👉 sgn.one/z9w