{"id":770,"date":"2016-04-06T09:46:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T09:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/?page_id=770"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:16:42","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-template-is-layout-constrained\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3433 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-the-media category-outreach tag-formiddag-i-p1 tag-human-past tag-radio tag-sverigeradio\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58f1e44a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure style=\"margin-top:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/3433\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SverigeRadio-loggan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The unknown origins of humans on Swedish radio\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SverigeRadio-loggan.jpg 440w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SverigeRadio-loggan-300x72.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:3.5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-515cda7e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Posted on<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/3433\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-29T15:04:23+02:00\">September 29, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Marzena Norling<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underlined-heading wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/3433\/\" target=\"_self\" >The unknown origins of humans on Swedish radio<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Mattias Jakobsson was featured on Swedish Radio&#8217;s morning program (F\u00f6rmiddag i P1) today, 29 Sept 2026. His conversation with Nicke Nordmark, the program leader, is available at: https:\/\/www.sverigesradio.se\/avsnitt\/manniskans-okanda-ursprung (in Swedish). They talked about Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans and their coexistence; the unknown DNA in our genes; and the possibility that humans as we know&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/3433\/\"><strong>Continue reading<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3424 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-people tag-africa tag-archaeology tag-exchange-students tag-molecular-anthropology tag-phd-student tag-somalia\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58f1e44a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure style=\"margin-top:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/20260915-linda-paresi\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1360\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260914_101256-1360x765.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"New face in the Jakobsson Lab\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260914_101256-1360x765.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260914_101256-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260914_101256-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260914_101256-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260914_101256-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260914_101256-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1360px) 100vw, 1360px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:3.5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-515cda7e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Posted on<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/20260915-linda-paresi\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-15T13:55:23+02:00\">September 15, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Marzena Norling<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underlined-heading wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/20260915-linda-paresi\/\" target=\"_self\" >New face in the Jakobsson Lab<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Linda Pratesi is a PhD student in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology at the University of Florence, Italy. She has a strong background in molecular biology and direct experience in ancient DNA research. During her Master\u2019s internship in forensic molecular anthropology, Linda developed advanced laboratory skills and became increasingly interested in evolutionary molecular anthropology, which is&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/20260915-linda-paresi\/\"><strong>Continue reading<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3421 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-people tag-masters-project tag-student\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58f1e44a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure style=\"margin-top:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/20260907-tan-xujie\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1360\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inlagg-flera-2-In-a-nutshell-1360x765.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tan Xujie continues with the Jakobsson Lab in a new role\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inlagg-flera-2-In-a-nutshell-1360x765.jpeg 1360w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inlagg-flera-2-In-a-nutshell-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inlagg-flera-2-In-a-nutshell-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inlagg-flera-2-In-a-nutshell-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inlagg-flera-2-In-a-nutshell-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inlagg-flera-2-In-a-nutshell.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1360px) 100vw, 1360px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:3.5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-515cda7e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Posted on<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/20260907-tan-xujie\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-07T12:06:39+02:00\">September 7, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Marzena Norling<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underlined-heading wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/20260907-tan-xujie\/\" target=\"_self\" >Tan Xujie continues with the Jakobsson Lab in a new role<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">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&#8217;s student. He will continue working with mutation spectra models under Per Sj\u00f6din&#8217;s supervision. Welcome back to our group!<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/20260907-tan-xujie\/\"><strong>Continue reading<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3411 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-people tag-careers tag-milaboratories\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58f1e44a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure style=\"margin-top:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/mark-starts-in-a-new-position\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1264\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mark starts in a new position\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png 1264w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-1024x497.png 1024w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-768x372.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1264px) 100vw, 1264px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:3.5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-515cda7e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Posted on<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/mark-starts-in-a-new-position\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-01T11:11:22+02:00\">September 1, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Marzena Norling<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underlined-heading wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/mark-starts-in-a-new-position\/\" target=\"_self\" >Mark starts in a new position<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">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: &#8220;I\u2019m super thrilled to announce that I started a new role as a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer at MiLaboratories! It feels extremely fulfilling to be&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/mark-starts-in-a-new-position\/\"><strong>Continue reading<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3406 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-publications category-research tag-bronze-age tag-burials tag-neolithic tag-population-genomics tag-southwestern-england\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58f1e44a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure style=\"margin-top:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/202608-paper-nikvukovic\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1530\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1530x753.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Diachronic reuse of Neolithic burial monuments by Bronze Age newcomers in Southwestern Britain\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1530x753.png 1530w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-766x377.png 766w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1024x504.png 1024w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1536x756.png 1536w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image.png 1977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1530px) 100vw, 1530px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:3.5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-515cda7e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Posted on<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/202608-paper-nikvukovic\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-31T11:41:14+02:00\">August 31, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Marzena Norling<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underlined-heading wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/202608-paper-nikvukovic\/\" target=\"_self\" >Diachronic reuse of Neolithic burial monuments by Bronze Age newcomers in Southwestern Britain<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A new paper, co-authored by Nikola Vukovi\u0107, Carolina Bernhardsson and Mattias Jakobsson, has recently been published in Scientific Reports:Vukovi\u0107, N., Bernhardsson, C., Edlund, H., Delbarre, G., Smith, M., Darvill, T., Green, M., Endicott, P.\u00a0&amp; &amp; Jakobsson, M. (2026). Diachronic reuse of Neolithic burial monuments by Bronze Age newcomers in Southwestern Britain.\u00a0Scientific Reports,\u00a016(1), 26819. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-026-66094-z&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/202608-paper-nikvukovic\/\"><strong>Continue reading<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3439 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-publications tag-archaeology tag-collective-burials tag-genomics tag-kinship tag-sexing\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58f1e44a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure style=\"margin-top:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/equal-in-death-new-publication\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1360\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feature-publications21920x1080-1360x765.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Equal in death: Ancient genomic analysis of children\u2019s early Christian burials\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feature-publications21920x1080-1360x765.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feature-publications21920x1080-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feature-publications21920x1080-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feature-publications21920x1080-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feature-publications21920x1080-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/feature-publications21920x1080-e1741702420442.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1360px) 100vw, 1360px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:3.5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-515cda7e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Posted on<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/equal-in-death-new-publication\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-26T10:37:09+02:00\">August 26, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Marzena Norling<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underlined-heading wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/equal-in-death-new-publication\/\" target=\"_self\" >Equal in death: Ancient genomic analysis of children\u2019s early Christian burials<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Sexing the skeletal remains of young individuals is crucial yet notoriously difficult in archaeology. Children, who cannot be reliably sexed morphologically, are often excluded from gender-related research, limiting our understanding of past childhood. This issue is compounded in contexts lacking grave goods, such as early Christian burials. We conducted genomic screening of 142 individuals from&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/equal-in-death-new-publication\/\"><strong>Continue reading<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3441 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-publications tag-admixture tag-ancestry tag-gotland tag-nelothic tag-pathogens\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58f1e44a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure style=\"margin-top:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/ancestry-admixture-and-pathogens-in-contemporaneous-neolithic-farmers-and-foragers-on-the-island-of-gotland-2\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1530\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260814-post-42003_2026_10498_Fig1_HTML-1530x699.webp\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ancestry, admixture, and pathogens in contemporaneous Neolithic farmers and foragers on the Island of Gotland\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260814-post-42003_2026_10498_Fig1_HTML-1530x699.webp 1530w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260814-post-42003_2026_10498_Fig1_HTML-300x137.webp 300w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260814-post-42003_2026_10498_Fig1_HTML-1024x468.webp 1024w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260814-post-42003_2026_10498_Fig1_HTML-768x351.webp 768w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260814-post-42003_2026_10498_Fig1_HTML-1536x702.webp 1536w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260814-post-42003_2026_10498_Fig1_HTML-600x274.webp 600w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20260814-post-42003_2026_10498_Fig1_HTML.webp 2002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1530px) 100vw, 1530px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:3.5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-515cda7e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Posted on<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/ancestry-admixture-and-pathogens-in-contemporaneous-neolithic-farmers-and-foragers-on-the-island-of-gotland-2\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-07T10:56:00+02:00\">August 7, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Marzena Norling<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underlined-heading wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/ancestry-admixture-and-pathogens-in-contemporaneous-neolithic-farmers-and-foragers-on-the-island-of-gotland-2\/\" target=\"_self\" >Ancestry, admixture, and pathogens in contemporaneous Neolithic farmers and foragers on the Island of Gotland<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Several researchers from the Human Evolution Program and the Jakobsson Lab co-authored a new publication on the Neolithic. Two archaeological cultural complexes; the Neolithic Funnelbeaker culture (FBC) and the Pitted ware culture (PWC), coexisted on Gotland for over 500 years, between ~3300 and 2800 calBCE. The ancestry of the FBC farmers and PWC marine foragers&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/ancestry-admixture-and-pathogens-in-contemporaneous-neolithic-farmers-and-foragers-on-the-island-of-gotland-2\/\"><strong>Continue reading<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3393 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-people tag-goodbye tag-luciana\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58f1e44a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure style=\"margin-top:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/goodbye-to-luciana-20260630\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1360\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616-Farewell-Luciana-IMG_9220-1360x765.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"We&#8217;re saying goodbye to Luciana\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616-Farewell-Luciana-IMG_9220-1360x765.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616-Farewell-Luciana-IMG_9220-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616-Farewell-Luciana-IMG_9220-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616-Farewell-Luciana-IMG_9220-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616-Farewell-Luciana-IMG_9220-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616-Farewell-Luciana-IMG_9220.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1360px) 100vw, 1360px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:3.5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-515cda7e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Posted on<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/goodbye-to-luciana-20260630\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-30T13:17:17+02:00\">June 30, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Marzena Norling<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underlined-heading wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/goodbye-to-luciana-20260630\/\" target=\"_self\" >We&#8217;re saying goodbye to Luciana<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">After 11 years in various roles at Uppsala University and the Human Evolution Program, Luciana Sim\u00f5es 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&#8217;ll&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/goodbye-to-luciana-20260630\/\"><strong>Continue reading<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3397 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-events category-news tag-conference tag-icp2026 tag-palaeogenomics tag-talks\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58f1e44a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure style=\"margin-top:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/icp2026\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ICP2026_blue-300x270-1-e1782292265916.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"What&#8217;s on at ICP2026 this week\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:3.5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-515cda7e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Posted on<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/icp2026\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-24T11:12:22+02:00\">June 24, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Marzena Norling<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underlined-heading wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/icp2026\/\" target=\"_self\" >What&#8217;s on at ICP2026 this week<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">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&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/icp2026\/\"><strong>Continue reading<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3381 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-people category-research tag-mentorship tag-mutation-spectrum tag-research-training tag-tan-xujie\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58f1e44a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure style=\"margin-top:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/tan-xujies-research-training-completed\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1530\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616_Tan1-1530x707.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tan Xujie&#8217;s research training completed\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616_Tan1-1530x707.jpg 1530w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616_Tan1-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616_Tan1-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616_Tan1-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616_Tan1-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260616_Tan1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1530px) 100vw, 1530px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:3.5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-515cda7e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Posted on<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/tan-xujies-research-training-completed\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-18T12:59:58+02:00\">June 18, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Marzena Norling<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"is-style-underlined-heading wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/tan-xujies-research-training-completed\/\" target=\"_self\" >Tan Xujie&#8217;s research training completed<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0px\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Tan&#8217;s research training, supervised by Per Sj\u00f6din, has come to an end prior to the start of studies towards a Master&#8217;s degree. Tan presented the results of his work on &#8220;Differences in Mutation Spectrum Across Human Populations&#8221;, focusing on mutation drivers and methods, at last week&#8217;s group meeting. 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