Anthropology & Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University | Microbiome Sciences, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology | Archaeogenetics, Leibniz Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology | Microbiology, FSU Jenahttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mxf6x2hiq22eHad so much fun filming with FranceTV today! Stay tuned for a forthcoming documentary about the origin and evolution of earth’s microbes!08 Oct 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxf6x2hiq22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mxewgnvc4s2uhttps://www.science.org/content/article/complete-devastation-how-nsf-gutted-its-social-sciences-research08 Oct 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxewgnvc4s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mw55rdntsk25A huge congratulations to Keri Burge for publishing the first research article for her dissertation! Check out her findings on the impact of library method selection on the reconstruction of oral microbiota from the Pleistocene! https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.7020122 Sep 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw55rdntsk25https://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mv7e63khik2uA huge congratulations to Tessa Zeibig for her first dissertation publication about ancient parvovirus B19! It was such a pleasure to collaborate on this study!11 Sep 2026 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7e63khik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mumgv32ebc26It's a royal surprise - check out our new work on the oral microbiome of King Richard III of England! Fun fact: he holds the record for the most ancient DNA we have ever recovered from any archaeological sample ever! https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.7035003 Sep 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumgv32ebc26https://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mukenpeevc26Oh boy! The newest issue of Harvard’s In Situ Magazine is now out! Learn about all the exciting archaeology happening at Harvard! A huge thank you to Mack FitzPatrick and Clara Alexander on the editorial team! Download the issue at archaeology.harvard.edu02 Sep 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukenpeevc26https://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mswsbc33ck2oCheck out our new work on the biodiversity of oral Tannerella! Metagenomic assembly reveals at least four new species with different virulence potential. We also reassign the first reconstructed T. forsythia genome from medieval Dalheim G12 to the newly named T. colubrina.13 Aug 2026 04:22 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswsbc33ck2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mswqlq3l6s2oOh boy - our new ancient DNA module is available for nf-core/mag! Robustly and reproducibly reconstruct ancient metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) using our new nf-core/mag tooling! https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.101459113 Aug 2026 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswqlq3l6s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mpegz7rwx22pA huge congratulations to PhD student Keri Burge for winning the Best Student Poster Award at the International Conference on Paleogenomics in Stockholm this week! We are so proud of you!28 Jun 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpegz7rwx22phttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mkqjxa6tvc2mhttps://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/harvard-faculty-recognized-by-the-national-academy-of-sciences/30 Apr 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqjxa6tvc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mkodb2cths2vI have the best colleagues! Thank you everyone for the overwhelming support and congratulations ❤️30 Apr 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkodb2cths2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mko33njohc2nI was elected yesterday to the US National Academy of Sciences! I feel so honored and grateful! I’m heading to the SAAs right now and I can’t wait to celebrate!29 Apr 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko33njohc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mi2husucn22gThe Adventures in Archaeological Science coloring book is now available in Kyrgyz / Кыргыз. A big thank you to Saltanat Alisher kyzy for making the coloring book available in Kyrgzy! https://christinawarinner.com/2026/03/27/adventures-in-archaeological-science-coloring-book-now-available-in-kyrgyz/27 Mar 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2husucn22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3me35qa76wc2gCheck out our new article in Current Anthropology on the changing landscape of archaeological publishing! www.doi.org/10.1086/73978905 Feb 2026 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3me35qa76wc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3mdv24hrm3226Congratulations to Akari for completing her postdoc on traditional dairying in Mongolia in the FSU Microverse Cluster at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology and starting a new professorship at Okayama University!02 Feb 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdv24hrm3226https://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3maencihhmk26Important Announcement: EAA Special Meeting The European Archaeological Association will hold a Special Meeting to discuss the organisation’s governance and future direction. - 🗓 Friday, 9 Jan 2026 - ⏰ 14:00–17:00 CET Online voting will take place on 16–31 Jan 2026 https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/News___Publications/News_Items/Announcement_Special_Meeting.aspx19 Dec 2025 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3maencihhmk26https://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3maeewom3fc23Check out our new ancient DNA article on the deep time evolution of antimicrobial peptides in the oral microbiome! Learn more about actifensins and test out our new software tool, AMPcombi! A big congratulations especially to Anan and Rosa for all their hard work on this! https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c1433519 Dec 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3maeewom3fc23https://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3m5arfywjzs2lWhat an inspiring CARTA Symposium on “Ancient DNA: New Revelations”! Thank you so much to the whole CARTA organizational team for making it possible!10 Nov 2025 04:19 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5arfywjzs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3m3d3rtbans25So proud to be among the speakers addressing “What it means to be human” at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology symposium!16 Oct 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3d3rtbans25https://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3m3cyru3ylk2kWe're so excited to share our newest ancient DNA findings on hunter-gatherers and pastoralists in Kazakhstan! https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw821916 Oct 2025 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3cyru3ylk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3m2ap4fhyys26So excited to learn about the work Henny Piezonka is doing on reindeer!02 Oct 2025 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ap4fhyys26https://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3lzrcigeh7c2bWe're so happy to share our newest ancient DNA findings in Mongolia on the Slab Grave expansion and its consequences for diverse Bronze Age pastoralists! https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63789-126 Sep 2025 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzrcigeh7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3lyve2mvzx22hWe're organizing a new CARTA symposium this November 7 on "Ancient DNA: New Revelations"! We have an amazing lineup of speakers who will showcase the biggest discoveries in ancient DNA over the past 5 years - and offer a sneak peek of what's next. Mark your calendars and don't miss it!15 Sep 2025 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyve2mvzx22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3lyaon2tofs22Having the best time at the Stanford Fermented Food Conference! From kimchi to koji to sauerkraut, this was the tastiest conference I’ve ever attended! A big thank you to the Sonnenburg lab for organizing, and it was so great to see Rob Dunn and Rachel Dutton again!07 Sep 2025 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyaon2tofs22https://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3lxl7ut7uc22oAnd that’s a wrap! Congratulations to the entire ISBA community for a successful ISBA11!29 Aug 2025 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxl7ut7uc22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3lxhudfbte22kOh boy - we opened this year’s ISBA meetings in a Roman amphitheater!28 Aug 2025 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhudfbte22khttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3lxhtupw7gc2kThe Warinner Group and collaborators having fun at ISBA11 in Torino, Italy!28 Aug 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhtupw7gc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/christinawarinner.bsky.social/post/3lw77zb7zks22We have a new article out in Cell! Learn more about plague in prehistoric livestock: "Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage" https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00851-712 Aug 2025 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:omffkft2ck5lsvus3abdakgs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw77zb7zks22