Mathias Currat

Congratulations to my former PhD student, Alexandros Tsoupas, who has been awarded the 2025 PSLS Annual Thesis Prize, in recognition of his outstanding doctoral dissertation on human population paleogenomics. @LifeSciencesPh1 @Biologie_UNIGE @genevunige

🎉 Huge congratulations to Alexandros Tsoupas for winning the prestigious 2025 PSLS Annual Thesis Prize! His PhD work, conducted in @mathiascurrat’s group, sheds new light on population dynamics using ancient DNA and computational models. 👏 @Biologie_UNIGE

Calling bright #Master students from all walks of #Lifesciences Fully-funded #PhD positions ! @UNIGEnews @sciences_UNIGE Apply by November 15th, visit: apply.lifesciencesphd.unige.ch/login

Still a few days left to apply for the PhD position!

In case you missed this: "Who do you think you are? Genetics and identity" blog.oup.com/2024/03/who-do…

Excited to announce that I am joining the Dept. of Genetics and Evolution @genevunige at @UNIGEnews as a tenure-track Asst. Professor! We'll be exploring the gut-brain axis of insects. I am currently offering a fully-funded PhD position! drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/sP… Please RT #newPI

🌍 Just launched the 3rd edition of the Model-based Demographic Inference from Population Genomics course with @isamtalves, @CRouxEvo, and an amazing global cohort! 🌐 Excited to see diverse projects and perspectives unite. Here’s to a journey of discovery and collaboration!

An essay about genetics and identity, related to my book Ancestry Reimagined: "Who do you think you are? Genetics and identity" blog.oup.com/2024/03/who-do…

6th European Conservation Genetics Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland [28-30 August 2024]: Abstract Submission Deadline Extended until May 13!!! eu.eventscloud.com/website/13263/…

Last week to register to the 6th European Conservation Genetics Meeting 2024 in Lausanne (deadline April 30). Don't miss it: eu.eventscloud.com/website/13263/…

I have a postdoc position available on our 'COREX: From correlations to explanations: towards a new European prehistory' grant: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se… ... working at the intersection of archaeology, ancient DNA, computational modelling and stats

New open position at The PSLS: "PhD position (100%) available in Ecology and Evolution of parasites of freshwater fish in Europe". Click below to find all details about the open PhD position in ECOVO Check out our website for more info: lifesciencesphd.unige.ch/jobs

"How can research support pragmatic conservation policies?" eu.eventscloud.com/website/13263/ Abstract submission deadline: April 30, 2024

Don't miss the 6th European Conservation Genetics Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland - August 28-30, 2024: eu.eventscloud.com/website/13263/

Not many comments or reviews so far, but all very good, for Ancestry Reimagined. If you have something to say, please do write a review or post a comment.

A nice book review of Ancestry Reimagined! Book Review: Ancestry Reimagined – Dismantling the Myth of Genetic Ethnicities • PET progress.org.uk/book-review-an…

[New publication] How to use rare ancient genomes to infer past hybridization pulses : doi.org/10.1093/molbev… @Biologie_UNIGE @genevunige @LionelDiSanto

Want to know when the Mantel test is worthwhile? doi.org/10.1111/1755-0… @genevunige @Biologie_UNIGE @sciences_UNIGE

For more details, I encourage you to go have a look at the paper! academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar…

It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I announce the publication in early access of my postdoctoral work at @Biologie_UNIGE @sciences_UNIGE @genevunige in collaboration with @mathiascurrat and Dr Claudio Quilodran in @MolBioEvol .