We offer a new model for human origins in Africa, positing a weakly structured stem, shallow divergence of contemporary groups and no archaic admixture. Just over a decade since our original work, Simon Gravel Aaron Ragsdale and I thought, time for an update!

nature.com/articles/s4158…

Please encourage folks in your circle to participate in Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics (SISG)!! Last year it will be at University of Washington, so it is a big year!!! There are a wide range of really great modules, check ‘em out, and encourage folks to sign up!! si.biostat.washington.edu

Aaand that’s a wrap, #ICHG2023 ! What a great week it’s been learning about other people’s researchers and getting to talk to people about my own research.

Next on the list before I fly back… fieldwork!

Looking at the devastating earthquake with the weary eyes of trauma and the heartfelt compassion for my people who woke up in the middle of the night thinking they were being bombed or attacked only to find out the irony of it all: the earth is shaking them to the core.

📢Two-year postdoctoral position available immediately at Moreno Lab Langebio Cinvestav UGA-Langebio Mexico. Salary above national fellowship avg plus employee benefits (a rare find!) Interested in human genomics on LatAm pops? Send cover letter & CV before Feb 15: [email protected] 🙏

Who is Latin American, has experience in human GWAS, and wants to help/lead a multi-trait GWAS on Latin American populations? physical relocation to Moreno Lab Langebio in 🇲🇽 is preferred but compensated remote work is also a possibility. DM if interested! Thanks! #GWAS LatinGenomes

Congratulations Natalie Swinford on completing your dissertation and exit seminar! 🎉👏🏽

.University of California Faculty: There's still time to sign! Which campus will make it to the top of the solidarity leaderboard? Can UC Irvine close the gap and unseat UCLA?

Faculty Statement of Support: bit.ly/3hWDJoi
Signees: bit.ly/3ELAvgu

#FairUCNow #UAWonStrike

Some folks and I are collecting donations for providing refreshments (e.g. water, snacks) at UCSF picket lines. You may send donations to my venmo Catherine Tan. Pls RT!

~4,000 workers rallying at UC Berkeley

48,000 academic workers on strike – we are shutting down UCLA

we are the backbone of research & teaching for University of California – $25k is not a fair wage nor a living wage

7% increase doesn't keep up with 2022 inflation, let alone the years since last pay increase
Student Researchers United-UAW UAW 2865 - UCLA

Starting today I'm cancelling live instruction in solidarity with the striking UC Berkeley graduate students, postdocs, and researchers. TA/Grad pay is an equity and justice issue: until grad students are paid more, grad school will remain an intolerably risky bet for too many.

Just dropped off some snacks and water for the strikers at UC Davis. I support the strikers in this action #ucstrike #FairUCNow #ucdavis #UAWstrike

This is what union power looks like across several of the UC campuses 🎉 (featuring UCB, UCSD, UCR, and UCLA)

I’m striking because 92% of UC grad students are rent burdened and inequities in STEM will persist if we do nothing UC San Francisco #FairUCNow

The Zaidi Lab website is up! We are actively recruiting grad students and postdocs so please reach out if you're interested. RT appreciated!

zaidilab.org

The Basque language has always been surrounded by mystery with regards to its origin. Today, there has been a massive breakthrough on its history and origin 🧵

“These are matters of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, which are not simply a set of evaluative standards for our Institution’s faculty and staff but need to be action items for our administrators and executive leadership.” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽