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Genes, Language, Immunity: Insights from local ancestry inference leveraging ancient DNA and biobank sources, a seminar with practical workshop by Dan Lawson - Tartu May 5th 2026
Length: ~2h (overview and practical part) Location: r314 in Riia 23, Tartu (Institute of Genomics/Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology) Time: 14:00 - 16:00 Local ancestry inference (LAI) can be used to map disease loci, investigate relationships between modern populations, improve association studies, and study demographic histories. I n the first part, we will explore the insights that LAI can offer in the format of a seminar suitable for interdisciplinary rese


Study Clarifies Genetic Origins of Kiritimati Inhabitants
text by Kai Tätte and Lota Vana, University of Tartu A study with several co-authors from OCSEAN consortium published in Genome Biology and Evolution provides new insights into the settlement of Pacific islands and the migrations of Austronesian-speaking peoples, helping to understand human movement and cultural interactions in the region. The study is a collaboration between Uppsala Unviersity, University of Tartu and Colorado Colleage. Kiribati is one of the first nations f


Lecture series on Open Science in Archaeology in Indonesia and the Philippines
Udayana University hosted the OCSEAN Third International Conference in July 2025. As a follow up to this meeting, I Made Agus Julianto from Udayana University invited Toulouse secondee Sébastien Plutniak to continue this discussion by giving a lecture on open science in archaeology. On Tuesday 10 November, Sébastien presented on “Open-source and Free Software Tools for Archaeology: a State of the Art and a Focus on the archeoViz Ecosystem” to an audience of 110 bachelor stu


Print Materials for communities
Many local teams have worked hard to produce print materials that are useful and needed for the communities. Here is a short summary of them. Loloam Malay Bed-time stories and orthography guide by Udanaya University team: I Gusti Ayu Gde Sosiowati, Ni Luh Nyoman Seri Malini, Novita Mulyana, Putu Wahyu Widiatmika 2025 Book was compiled for the Loloan community with the newly settled orthography. During the initial work in the Lolan community, it became evident there was confu

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