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Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD

@XavierRocaRada

Archaeogenomicist - Beatriu de Pinós Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF)

 Barcelona, Cataluña
Joined November 2010
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🇵🇹Our paper on Portugal's genetic history is now published in @GenomeBiology. We present the largest collection of ancient Portuguese genomes, with deeper analyses than our pre-print, revealing migrations, admixture and remarkable continuity doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-0… @TeixeiraJoaoC
The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years

The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years

Genome Biology - Recent ancient DNA studies uncovering large-scale demographic events in Iberia have presented very limited data for Portugal, a country located at the westernmost edge of...

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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias@padillacccOct 29
🚨Thrilled to see our paper out in @ScienceAdvances!🚨 Together with a fantastic team of collaborators across the world, we report how two hunter-gatherer populations adapt their mobility and cultural norms to maintain high levels of genetic diversity 🧬 science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
Cultural norms of exogamy and mobility shape genetic evolution of Central African hunter-gatherers

Cultural norms of exogamy and mobility shape genetic evolution of Central African hunter-gatherers

Through a hunting and gathering lifestyle, humans have managed to thrive across all terrestrial ecosystems. A key adaptive feature enabling this ecological success is the ability of hunter-gatherer...

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Pere Gelabert@peregx9Oct 23
Huge news from the @ERC_Shadows project!!! By sequencing bones and sediments, we are improving the genetic history of the pre-LGM and LGM populations of SW Europe. Detecting undocumented genetic connections!😍🧬🦴⛰️! An amazing project and team! 🥰science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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🚨 Check out our new paper in Nature! In our new study, we sequenced 128 high-coverage genomes from Indigenous peoples across Latin America and uncovered their unique genetic diversity and history. 👇🧵 nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
The evolutionary history and unique genetic diversity of Indigenous Americans

The evolutionary history and unique genetic diversity of Indigenous Americans

Nature - Analysis of 128 high-coverage Indigenous American genomes shows extensive diversity shaped by several South American dispersals, ancient Australasian admixture, archaic introgression and...

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@DanTabinApr 13
New release of the AADR. In addition to improved curation / group IDs, and more samples (now >23,000), this release include a dataset pulled down on the Fournier et al "compatibility" SNP set which reduces 1240K, TWIST, and shotgun biases to maximize co-analyzability
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Cesar Fortes-Lima@CesarFortesLimaJan 23
🚨 EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS TALKS! 6th HAAM-RADIO Webinar 🌍 African Population Demography and Social Organizations of the Past. 🗓️ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 #AncientDNA #HumanGenetics #AfricanHistory #HAAM #Webinar Register here: 👉docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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So happy to see this work on the genetic history of the Central Southern Cone published in @Nature 🌎🧬 Huge congrats to @javier_maravall and everyone involved!
Javier Maravall-López (@javier_maravall) profile pictureJavier Maravall-López@javier_maravall5 Nov 2025
Happy to see our study on the genetic history of the Central Southern Cone (CSC) of South America, the first piece of work from my PhD, out in @Nature! rdcu.be/eOqpb
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🚨Proud to have co-authored this paper with an incredible team! We propose practical reporting standards to improve transparency, reproducibility, and data stewardship in paleogenomics 🧬🦴
AJHG (@AJHGNews) profile pictureAJHG@AJHGNews5 Nov 2025
📣 New from Souilmi et al! 📄 Lessons learned: Recommendations for reproducible paleogenomic data analyses 👉 bit.ly/494k2ni
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Iosif Lazaridis@iosif_lazaridis24 Oct 2025
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Ancient DNA Database Faces Uncertain Future after Funding Expires

Ancient DNA Database Faces Uncertain Future after Funding Expires

Ancient DNA Database Faces Uncertain Future after Funding Expires

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David Peede@david_peede21 Aug 2025
Chapter 2 of my PhD is officially out !! science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
The MUC19 gene: An evolutionary history of recurrent introgression and natural selection

The MUC19 gene: An evolutionary history of recurrent introgression and natural selection

We study the gene MUC19, for which some modern humans carry a Denisovan-like haplotype. MUC19 is a mucin, a glycoprotein that forms gels with various biological functions. We find diagnostic variants...

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Vanessa Villalba-Mouco@VanessaVMouco1 Sep 2025
New paper by Marina Bretos! Genetic ancestry, kinship, and funerary organization in the last Late Bronze Age communities of NE Iberia. A collaboration between @MPI_EVA_Leipzig , @IUCAunizar and @IBE_Barcelona nature.com/articles/s42003-0…
Genomic insights from a final Bronze Age community buried in a collective tumulus in an Urnfield...

Genomic insights from a final Bronze Age community buried in a collective tumulus in an Urnfield...

Communications Biology - Analysis of Bronze Age aDNA from cremation burial mound in northeastern Iberia suggest ancestry from Central Europe and Southeastern Iberian

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🚨 New paper! 🧬 We explore ancestry shifts, kinship ties & Mediterranean links at Mas d’en Boixos (Catalonia), from the Neolithic to the Iron Age. 👨🏻‍🔬A long journey since my master’s! Huge thanks to @cmpereirasantos Assumpció & Bastien! @ACAD_Research_ shorturl.at/B8TlB
Genetic transitions in the Neolithic and Bronze Age at Mas d’en Boixos (Catalonia, Spain)

Genetic transitions in the Neolithic and Bronze Age at Mas d’en Boixos (Catalonia, Spain)

Human genetics; Biological sciences; Paleobiology

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Excited to share our new paper! We benchmarked the Twist Ancient DNA kit for in-solution enrichment. It’s cost-effective, robust, and shows no allelic bias, even when pooling libraries! @TwistBioscience @ro99i___ @ACAD_Research_ doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-0…
Optimized in-solution enrichment of over a million ancient human SNPs

Optimized in-solution enrichment of over a million ancient human SNPs

Genome Biology - In-solution hybridization enrichment of genetic markers is a method of choice in paleogenomic studies, where the DNA of interest is generally heavily fragmented and contaminated...

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🚨 Don’t miss the 1st HAAM-radio symposium: "Ethics in Human DNA Research" 📅 May 29 (next week!) 🕒 LA (7am) l Berlin (4pm) | Singapore (10pm) 📝 Register by May 28 🔗 shorturl.at/1VScZ
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I’ve joined Bluesky and will be moving there! Find me at bsky.app/profile/xavierrocar… 🦋
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Great working with @Haarkotter on this project! Excited about the results of applying aDNA to forensic samples! 🦴🧬
Dr. Haarkötter (@Haarkotter) profile pictureDr. Haarkötter@Haarkotter27 Dec 2024
Ever wondered if aDNA methods could be applied to forensic samples? Glad to share this work with my fellow @XavierRocaRada done during my stay in @ACAD_Research_ (Spoiler: they could, with magnificent results.) mdpi.com/2073-4425/16/1/23
Exploring the Potential of Genome-Wide Hybridization Capture Enrichment for Forensic DNA Profiling...

Exploring the Potential of Genome-Wide Hybridization Capture Enrichment for Forensic DNA Profiling...

In many human rights and criminal contexts, skeletal remains are often the only available samples, and they present a significant challenge for forensic DNA profiling due to DNA degradation. Ancient...

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Robbi Davidson, PhD@ro99i___17 Dec 2024
🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨 From @shyama_mama and team @ACAD_Research_ academic.oup.com/bib/article…

Filtering out the noise: metagenomic classifiers optimize ancient DNA mapping

Abstract. Contamination with exogenous DNA presents a significant challenge in ancient DNA (aDNA) studies of single organisms. Failure to address contamina

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Twist Bioscience@TwistBioscience8 Oct 2024
Replying to @TwistBioscience @CurrentBiology
From @DNATimeTravel, @XavierRocaRada, @ro99i___ and team using the Twist Human Ancient DNA panel “Optimised in-solution enrichment of over a million ancient human SNPs.” biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Optimised in-solution enrichment of over a million ancient human SNPs

Optimised in-solution enrichment of over a million ancient human SNPs

In-solution hybridisation enrichment of genetic markers is a method of choice in paleogenomic studies, where the DNA of interest is generally heavily fragmented and contaminated with environmental...

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Leonard Taufik@LeonardTaufik28 Sep 2024
Bringing you the 3rd series of HAAM-Radio Webinar! This time we’ll talk about Southeast Asian and Oceanian population. Don’t forget to register yourself to receive the zoom link.
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Adam Werner@AdamWernerSci25 Sep 2024
Excited to be hosting this webinar on Ancient DNA with @DNATimeTravel and @XavierRocaRada . Come and hear all about their research. LIVE NOW linkedin.com/posts/adam-wern…
Excited to be hosting this live with this Webinar featuring Dr Bastien Llamas & Dr Xavier Roca-Ra...

Excited to be hosting this live with this Webinar featuring Dr Bastien Llamas & Dr Xavier Roca-Ra...

Excited to be hosting this live with this Webinar featuring Dr Bastien Llamas & Dr Xavier Roca-Rada, PhD. Please join in now or watch at a later time!

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