Category: News
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Mattias Jakobsson receives the Tage Erlander Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Tage Erlander Prize is awarded annually as a reward for outstanding scientific work as a stimulus for continued research, every five years in the following subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry, technology and biology. High-quality popular science efforts are also a merit for the award. Recipients of the award are researchers who have not reached the age…
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The Relationship Between FST and the Frequency of the Most Frequent Allele
A new paper was published (and highlighted) in Genetics. Jakobssen et al. 2013. The relationship between FST and the frequency of the most frequent allele. Genetics, vol. 193, issue 2. Abstract FST is frequently used as a summary of genetic differentiation among groups. It has been suggested that FST depends on the allele frequencies at a locus, as it…
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Anisotropic isolation by distance. A new publication.
A new paper is published. Jay et al. 2013. Anisotropic isolation by distance: the main orientations of human genetic differentiation. Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol.30, issue 3 The cover features one of the figures in the same paper. Abstract Genetic differentiation among human populations is greatly influenced by geography due to the accumulation of local…
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Paper on adaptation and complex African history published in Science
Carina Schlebusch is the first author of the paper “Genomic variation in seven Khoe-San groups reveals adaptation and complex African history”, published in Science. The paper received ample attention by scientific and popular media, e.g.: CBS News, Science News, Nature, Science daily, Spiegel, AAAS, Swedish public television (SVT), Kwela (Afrikaans – television), Swedish radio (SR1, SR2), UNT, DN, Business Day, Diamond Fields Advertiser, Die Burger, Die…
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Mattias Jakobsson awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant
The prestigious ERC Starting Grants are awarded to talented early-career scientists who have already produced excellent supervised work, are ready to work independently and show potential to be future research leaders. Mattias Jakobsson has shown to be one of them. Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific…
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The research paper “Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe” published in Science
Skoglund et al. (2012) Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe. Science 336, 466-469(2012). DOI:10.1126/science.1216304The paper, published in Science, was also featured as an issue highlight, podcast and reported in the Science News & Analysis by M Balter. Abstract The farming way of life originated in the Near East some 11,000 years ago and had reached most…