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Associate professor in population genetics @unibirmingham
Birmingham, England
Joined August 2011
We publish today the first ancient whole-genome sequences from Arabia and show how they inform on ancestry and disease in the Middle East 🧬☠️ #aDNA #MiddleEast #Bahrain
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RT @db_journalism: Analysis of fats and oils on pottery has suggested that Bronze Age communities in eastern Arabia consumed more plants th….
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Study finds Bronze Age diets more diverse than previously assumed
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RT @CesarFortesLima: Thrilled to announce that our book chapter was published by @routledgebooks in #OpenAccess. This chapter is part of an….
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Central Africa hosts populations characterised by diverse linguistic, cultural, and genetic backgrounds. In this study, we have generated new genome-wide
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RT @erikgarrison: Postdoc position opening in my group! Research projects: pangenomes for diverse organisms, genome evolution, biocomputing….
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RT @news_ub: Our genomics experts have worked with partners from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East to uncover how human populations adapted….
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Our new paper on genetic diversity in the Himalayas, when it began and how it may have supported survival in extreme environments.
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RT @vagheesh: Our new paper on ancient DNA to address the spread of Uralic languages now out in @nature (we started working on this in 2018….
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Nature - Genome-wide sequencing of 180 ancient individuals shows a continuous gradient of ancestry in Early-to-Mid-Holocene hunter-gatherers from the Baltic to the Transbaikal region and distinct...
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RT @andersbrgstrm: A 4-year postdoc position in population genomics is available in my group at the University of East Anglia, to work on a….
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"We added previously published sequences for 20 indivdiuals [sic] confidently classified as Phoenician or Punic (7 from 2 Sardinian sites, 1 from Ibiza and 12 from Beirut)" .But 2 of those in Beirut were an Egyptian mom and her admixed son.
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Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors.
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Nature - Levantine Phoenicians made little genetic contribution to Punic settlements in the central and western Mediterranean between the sixth and second centuries bce; instead, the Punic people...
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RT @db_journalism: How the Emirati Genome Project could lead to advances in personalised medicine. Thanks to @MarcHaber of @birminghamdubai….
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Tailoring treatments more precisely to the patient is a vital way in which medicine will improve in coming decades
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Our perspective on pangenomes in diverse populations and their critical role in advancing Precision Medicine.
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Nature Medicine - The creation of pangenome references for the 2.5 billion people in the Middle East and South Asia will advance precision medicine and promote global health equity.
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RT @iosif_lazaridis: Our papers, out today in @nature, show how ancient DNA from the Eneolithic and Bronze Age steppe points to a North Pon….
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Ancient genomics support deep divergence between Eastern and Western Mediterranean Indo-European languages
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The Indo-European languages are among the most widely spoken in the world, yet their early diversification remains contentious[1][1]–[5][2]. It is widely accepted that the spread of this language...
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RT @uob_bear: We're looking for two people to join our Research Data Science Service in the @uob_bear team at @unibirmingham, funded by our….
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We sequenced Himalayan populations to understand how they formed and adapted to their unique environment. Our findings are now posted on bioRxiv for comments and suggestions 🧬🏔️ #Genetics #Himalayas #Tibet.
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Demographic history and genetic variation of the Armenian population: The American Journal of Human Genetics
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A whole-genome study of Armenians shows homogeneous genetic structure across the region, with a recent bottleneck explaining the distinctiveness of the Sasun population. Our findings reject the...
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RT @jkpritch: In a new preprint led by @TheNikhilMilind, we explored a fascinating paradox: .For many traits the number of duplications or….
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RT @brad_dan: Our new paper on the dynamic ancient genomic history of the aurochs is out in Nature. Well done to all, esp. Conor Rossi. Fre….
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RT @trstn_gnthr: Our study on ancient Anatolian sheep 🐑 genomes 🧬 is finally out!!!. Tons of insights into the early domestication processe….
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Abstract. Sheep was one of the first domesticated animals in Neolithic West Eurasia. The zooarchaeological record suggests that domestication first took pl
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