Nancy Bird
@nancybird_
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Human evolutionary and population genetics | post-doc in the Hellenthal group @UGI_at_UCL
London, England
Joined October 2018
RT @EMBLEvents: It's a wrap! #EESHuman finished lunch time today and everyone is already on their way back š We wish we could all stay forā¦.
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RT @CEEvol: The second speaker is Nancy Bird from UCL on āGenetic data uncovers historical migrations in people from West and Central Africā¦.
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RT @KendraSirak: Our first group output from the #DNAirobi workshop is now published! Written by co-authors from all over the world, we shaā¦.
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RT @g_hellenthal: Currently advertising for a 3-year, Wellcome Trust-funded post-doc position at UCL: aiming to diā¦.
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RT @EvolLetters: Do social behaviors irretrievably decay when they arenāt expressed for many generations?. Read morā¦.
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RT @natAfrica1: š Researchers at @ucl published a new study in @ScienceMagazine that revealed traces of ancient African empires in the DNAā¦.
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Check out this article about our recent paper investigating African history using genetics, also available in French!
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RT @LehtiSaag: Had a great time with amazing colleagues @nancybird_, Catherine Walker and Ruairidh Macleod from @UGI_at_UCL @UCLmacelab yā¦.
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RT @LehtiSaag: With #Pint23 for sure!.Happy to be speaking together with @nancybird_ , Catherine Walker and Ruairidh Macleod!. https://t.co/ā¦.
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RT @KendraSirak: To this group of people who traveled to Nairobi for #DNAirobi, I am grateful for you and inspired by you. We took a hugeā¦.
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RT @KendraSirak: ā¦brilliant talks by @SarahTishkoff @rfregel @nancybird_ and Getnet Yimer. Ready to kick off day 2 at @museumsofkenya š§¬šā¦.
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RT @Eleanor_Bladon: š§µWe have a new open access paper out in @EvolLetters! . The evolutionary demise of a social interaction: experimentallyā¦.
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I passed my PhD viva on Tuesday! ššššThanks so much to my examiners @beleza_sandra and Dallas Swallow for an enjoyable discussion!!!
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'Itās vital that scientists analyse more genomes from African people. As we do so, it will undoubtedly reveal an intricate picture of the continentās rich past.' Check out my article in the Conversation summarising some of the findings of our recent paper!!.
"Our genomes hold information about major events of the past": @nancybird_ @uclbiosciences @UCLLifeSciences shows how evidence of ancient empires and migrations can still be seen embedded within the genomes of Africans living today.
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RT @uclnews: Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain in the DNA of people living on the continent, reveals a new geneā¦.
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this massive piece of work wouldnāt have been possible without all collaborators. Thanks to all co-authors, including @awahpaschal @Saioa_l @smaceachern2 @mikeweale @DavidZeitlyn @mt_genes @g_hellenthal (as well as those without twitter).
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This project has made up most of my PhD and it has been so amazing (as a humble geneticist) to work with anthropologists, archaeologists and linguists in Africa and around the world and learn so much history. (pic is me being a tourist in Foumban, Cameroon)
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We also find intriguing evidence of admixture in southern Cameroon, Nigeria, and Ghana >2000 years ago that we hypothesise might be related to climate change- more genomes needed here!!.
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Finally, we look into the expansion(s?) of Bantu-speaking peoples, potentially one of the largest demographic events in history. We model Cameroonian-like ancestry in Bantu-speaking groups across Africa and favour a 'late split' migration route and potentially multiple waves
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