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- It’s not really a goodbye, Tina!Tina Saupe, a postdoctoral fellow at the Human Evolution Program and the Jakobsson Lab since March 2023, leaves our group this summer. Tina has worked on the ERC-funded Ancestors Project, and she is moving to Finland to continue in a postdoctoral capacity at the University of Turku and the Human Diversity Consortium there. She will… Read more: It’s not really a goodbye, Tina!
- He traces the genetic history of modern humansThe Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation has just published an update on the research by Mattias Jakobsson, one of the KAW scholars. Mattias Jakobsson’s focus in his new Wallenberg Scholar project is to track the development that occurred between 300,000 and 600,000 years ago, following the genetic line that leads to modern humans. The material… Read more: He traces the genetic history of modern humans
- HEPpers Outing 2025This year, the Human Evolution Program (HEP) group visited Stora Fjäderholmen during our annual outing. The highlight was playing Boule (also known as Petanque). After several rounds and point counting, we know who can hit the bull’s eye! We were lucky with the weather, too!
- HLA diversity and signatures of selection in the Maniq, a nomadic hunter-gatherer population in Southern ThailandA new article co-authored by Mattias Jakobsson and Max Larena has been published in Immunogenetics. Schaschl, H., Herzog, T., Oberreiter, V. et al. HLA diversity and signatures of selection in the Maniq, a nomadic hunter-gatherer population in Southern Thailand. Immunogenetics 77, 23 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00251-025-01380-0 Abstract The Maniq, a small and isolated nomadic hunter-gatherer population from the rainforests of Southern… Read more: HLA diversity and signatures of selection in the Maniq, a nomadic hunter-gatherer population in Southern Thailand
- UppTalk podcast with MattiasMattias Jakobsson was a guest on the podcast series UppTalk, organised by the Science and Technology Domain at Uppsala University. The conversation, under a title: Vad kan forntida DNA avslöja om människans evolution? (What can ancient DNA reveal about human evolution?) will be available to watch on YouTube (more recorded UppTalks can be accessed at… Read more: UppTalk podcast with Mattias