Category: Outreach
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Nobel Symposium 2025 “Palaeogenomics: charting the future of ancient DNA”
WHERE: Villa Aske (Bro) & StockholmWHEN: 26-30 May 2025 Organizers: Centre for Palaeogenetics, SciLifeLab Ancient DNA unit, Uppsala University Human Evolution research program In this symposium we are bring together leading experts in the field of palaeogenomics (15 invited speakers) and early career researchers (ECRs) from Sweden (Stockholm and Uppsala) to engage in discussions and share insights…
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Explaining human evolution: Ny populärvetenskaplig skrift berättar om människans evolution (Swedish)
Science says – about human evolution is the fifth in a series of popular science writings from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, produced and distributed with the support of the Nature & Culture Foundation. The goal is to spread science-based information on important and current topics to the public, especially those where research has…
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Where do the Scandinavians come from?
Have you ever wondered where Scandinavians came from? Watch a new video from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation about our work on ancient Scandinavians. “A piece of the puzzle is DNA from a man who lived about 9000 years ago, whose remains were found at an excavation in Stora Bjers, Gotland. Wallenberg Academy Fellow Mattias Jakobsson,…
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Love Evolution! Darwin Day 2018
A group from the Jakobsson Lab (Arielle, Nina, James, Tatiana, Alex, Luciana and Gwenna) participated in the Love Evolution! Darwin Day 2018. We prepared an interactive station at which children learned more about ancient DNA and the stories we tell from its analyses. Some impressions of the fun event can be seen here.