Ape data paper published!

We published in Scientific Data our curated great ape genome diversity paper. We collected high coverage whole genomes, report some inconsistencies in previously published metadata, and present curated sets of genotypes as well as mapped sequences. A lot of effort, which will hopefully be useful […]

4 years – tenure

Four years ago, the admixlab was established. In summer, I got tenured. So, we went to celebrate, that is Sojung, the PhD students (Aigerim, Josef, Michelle and Ina), and me. This time, it was a special group activity, we went to a concert at Musikverein […]

SMBE 2025

We were at the SMBE conference 2025 in Beijing. A fantastic conference, meeting many colleagues, learning a lot of things. I presented work on great ape data and introgression, and Sojung presented bonobo substructure work.

Felix Key visit

We had Felix Key from the MPI for Infection Biology Berlin visiting this week. He gave a talk on “Decoding the Evolutionary Past of Pathogens” as part of the HEAS genomics seminars, and we had some nice discussions around pathogens etc. This time at least […]

Visit to MPI Leipzig

On 10th of June, I was visiting the MPI in Leipzig to give a talk at the Department of Primate Behavior and Evolution on Great Ape genomic diversity and pathogens, spending a great day with Jenny, Genevieve and many others, discussing science around primates and […]

Spring 2025 updates

It has been a while since the last updates, but the lab has been busy.In January, we had a group dinner to celebrate the paper of Xin and Josef. Also in January, we had Ilan Gronau from Reichman University visiting to give a HEAS genomics […]