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• Tan Xujie continues with the Jakobsson Lab in a new roleSeptember 7, 2026
  Xujie Tan (he wants to be called Tan), our junior research trainee in the spring, will stay with us for a whole academic year. This time, in the role of a master’s student. He will continue working with mutation spectra models under Per Sjödin’s supervision. Welcome back to our group!
• Mark starts in a new positionSeptember 1, 2026
  Mark Chernyshev, a postdoctoral researcher in the Jakobsson Lab for the past year, is leaving Uppsala University to start the next exciting chapter in his professional life. In his own words: “I’m super thrilled to announce that I started a new role as a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer at MiLaboratories! It feels extremely fulfilling to be… Read more: Mark starts in a new position
• Diachronic reuse of Neolithic burial monuments by Bronze Age newcomers in Southwestern BritainAugust 31, 2026
  A new paper, co-authored by Nikola Vuković, Carolina Bernhardsson and Mattias Jakobsson, has recently been published in Scientific Reports:Vuković, N., Bernhardsson, C., Edlund, H., Delbarre, G., Smith, M., Darvill, T., Green, M., Endicott, P. & & Jakobsson, M. (2026). Diachronic reuse of Neolithic burial monuments by Bronze Age newcomers in Southwestern Britain. Scientific Reports, 16(1), 26819. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-66094-z… Read more: Diachronic reuse of Neolithic burial monuments by Bronze Age newcomers in Southwestern Britain
• We’re saying goodbye to LucianaJune 30, 2026
  After 11 years in various roles at Uppsala University and the Human Evolution Program, Luciana Simões starts a new chapter in her professional career. The VR-funded international postdoc grant allows her to run her own research project with Emilia Huerta-Sanchez at Trinity College Dublin and the Natural History Museum in Stockholm. We certainly hope she’ll… Read more: We’re saying goodbye to Luciana
• What’s on at ICP2026 this weekJune 24, 2026
  For many at the Jakobsson Lab (if not all), the summer starts with the International Paleogenomics Conference in Stockholm, 23-26 June. On Tuesday, Mattias delivered a keynote on The unique genomics of ancient southern Africans. In the afternoon, Nik gave a talk on Local hunter-gatherer legacies in Neolithic Iberian genomes (4300-1700 yrs BCE). We are… Read more: What’s on at ICP2026 this week

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