Our institute aims to explore the genetic history of Eurasia and the Carpathian Basin in particular. www.agi.abtk.hu/en https://bioarch-momentum.hu/en/https://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3mumquecf4c26The end of summer found us at an international conference again: @aszecseny.bsky.social and Krisztián Kiss presented the preliminary results of the Momentum Bioarchaeology Project at the 24th Congress of the European Anthropological Association in Budapest. Read more on our website: bit.ly/3VbJ7re03 Sep 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumquecf4c26https://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3mqjywj5grs2m🧬 In late June, @gerberd.bsky.social and Veronika Csáky represented us at the first International Conference of @palaeogenomics.bsky.social in Stockholm. More photos and details about their presentations on our website: https://agi.abtk.hu/en/news/our-researchers-at-the-first-international-conference-of-palaeogenomics13 Jul 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjywj5grs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3monnthaaa227New study based on combined analysis of #ancientDNA, #isotopes, and the archaeological record from late Roman and #Langobard -period cemeteries in the Little Hungarian Plain (a territory of former #Pannonia) reveals the emergence of a complex new post-Roman society. Read more: bit.ly/4aGc0km https://bit.ly/4aGc0km19 Jun 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3monnthaaa227https://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3mk5xwwkyrk2lWe are looking for prospective #PhD students to work on our open #archaeogenomics and #bioinformatics research topics. Read more on our website: bit.ly/4cHq4KH ❗️ Apply until 15th May, 2026! (We are currently accepting applications from EU citizens only.) #ancientDNA #aDNA23 Apr 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5xwwkyrk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3mhxn7akirc2pWe are delighted to share our new #aDNA preprint on population continuity and shifts in the Early #Medieval Altai region: 91 new ancient individuals associated with successive cultures in a ca. 1400-year-long time transect. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.24.713889 #AncientGenomics #ancientDNA #popgen26 Mar 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxn7akirc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3mgmxurlqjs2aFrom #Genes to #History: between February 25–27, 2026, participants of the #HistoGenes #ERC Synergy Project—including our colleagues— met in Vienna at a final conference to share their most important findings. Read more: bit.ly/4re8DGJ #AncientGenomics #ancientDNA #aDNA #anthropology #archaeology09 Mar 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmxurlqjs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3meqm32cew223📢 Join us at the 10th #Balkan Symposium on #Archaeometry in Budapest in October 2026. The conference will focus on the latest developments in archaeometry, #archaeologicalscience and #heritagescience. 📌 Abstract submission will be open from 16th February. More information: www.bsa2026budapest.com13 Feb 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqm32cew223https://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3mdnsysk4kk2iFaces of Jelena – a #shortfilm about how the facial features of a woman from the #BronzeAge were reconstructed. #ancientDNA analyses coordinated by @gerberd.bsky.social helped to determine eye and hair colour and skin tone. #facialreconstruction #aDNA Watch with subtitles here: bit.ly/4bLAdHB30 Jan 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnsysk4kk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3md4272556k2gNew results on the history of #horse #domestication: a new genome, obtained from a skull from Tompa (Hungary) confirms that an early horse lineage survived into the Middle Bronze Age in the Carpathian Basin. Read more 👇 Article: https://doi.org/10.1556/072.2025.00036 Summary: bit.ly/4abafvy #AncientGenomics #aDNA https://agi.abtk.hu/en/news/new-results-on-the-history-of-horse-domestication23 Jan 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4272556k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3m7rwliy4jc2v🌍 We've had a busy few months: read about all the exciting results our researchers presented at conferences in Hungary and abroad in October-November: https://agi.abtk.hu/en/news/domestic-and-international-conferences-october-november-2025 #AncientGenomics #ancientDNA #aDNA #genome #PopulationGenetics #PopGen12 Dec 2025 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7rwliy4jc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3m7ptcwcoys2rCongratulations to our own @gerberd.bsky.social on winning the Danubius Young Scientist Award from @idmvienna.bsky.social for his research on ancient human populations and contemporary horses in the #CarpathianBasin. More details on our website: bit.ly/4oMzZmc #aDNA #popgen #Danube #paleoecology11 Dec 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ptcwcoys2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3m5ldnxxd222yMomentum #Bioarchaeology Research Group looking for postdocs to join #interdisciplinary study of #Roman #Pannonia in Budapest via MSCA fellowship programme. Application deadline: 10th January, 2026. More info: https://agi.abtk.hu/en/staff/career #aDNA#stableisotope#anthropology#metagenomics#archaeology14 Nov 2025 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ldnxxd222yhttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3m4xvxrbdlk2i@aszecseny.bsky.social and @noemi-borbely.bsky.social were responsible for #genetic analyses in a new study, which successfully identified the remains of #13th-century #Hungarian royal, Béla of Macsó of the #Árpád and #Rurik dynasties. More about his life and brutal assassination: bit.ly/3Jp21FU 1/206 Nov 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xvxrbdlk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3m3ffar24nk2cNew study out now: using Late #IronAge and #EarlyMedieval #genetic data from the region between Western Siberia and the Volga River, we identified one of the most significant genetic sources of the early Hungarians. Find out more: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2025.01.006 #ancientDNA #genome #Urals #Hungarians 1/3 https://bit.ly/4ne4zVd17 Oct 2025 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ffar24nk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3lyxq2lrld22pAt #ICORB2025 in Zagreb @aszecseny.bsky.social and Krisztián Kiss shared results from the Momentum #Bioarchaeology research project exploring life and health in #Roman #Pannonia: https://bioarch-momentum.hu/en/news/our-research-group-at-the-4th-international-congress-on-roman-bioarchaeology #AncientGenomics #ancientDNA #aDNA #PopGen #biologicalanthropology #paleopathology16 Sep 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxq2lrld22phttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3lyi7bvsehk2zConferences back to back: @aszecseny.bsky.social and @ycozdemir.bsky.social are attending the ANSO-MTA Silk Road Forum and the 3rd ATES Open Science Conference here in Budapest between 9-10 September as session chair and keynote speaker, read more on our website: https://agi.abtk.hu/en/news/interdisciplinary-research-along-the-silk-road-forum-and-conference-in-budapest 1/210 Sep 2025 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyi7bvsehk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3ly3jmpk2422fWe are delighted to welcome molecular biologist Chen Kozulin to the Momentum Bioarchaeology Research Group! He will broaden the scope of the interdisciplinary study of the population of Roman Pannonia with epigenetic analyses: https://agi.abtk.hu/en/news/new-researcher-to-join-momentum-bioarchaeology-research-group #epigenetics #aDNA #bioarchaeology05 Sep 2025 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly3jmpk2422fhttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3lxzk5pkk4c2zWhat a great way to end August: read about our presentations at @isba11.bsky.social on our website: https://agi.abtk.hu/en/categories/agi/our-colleagues-at-the-11th-isba-conference-in-torino04 Sep 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzk5pkk4c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3lxfdrvmcrs2tRecent study lead by our director Anna Szécsényi-Nagy and Zsuzsanna Siklósi (MTA-ELTE Momentum Innovation Research Group) revealed biological continuity despite drastic social change on the Great Hungarian Plain in the #Neolithic and Early #CopperAge. #ancientDNA #PopGen https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60368-227 Aug 2025 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfdrvmcrs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/elte-rch-iag.bsky.social/post/3lxc5bgiffc2zHello Bluesky! We are a research team based in Budapest, Hungary. Follow our work if you are interested in human and animal ancient DNA, genetic relationships between archaic populations of the Carpathian Basin and Eurasia and more. #AncientGenomics #ancientDNA #aDNA #PopulationGenetics #PopGen26 Aug 2025 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:abwso2zuac6lztbspd6paybr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxc5bgiffc2z