GenSCAPE (aka Raghavan) Lab 🧬

Last month, I published part of my PhD thesis in @NatureMedicine : Clinical genetic variation across Hispanic populations in the Mexican Biobank. 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4159… ... and we got the cover of the February issue!

Second time the MX biobank project (mxbiobank.org) gets the cover in a @Nature journal! This time in @NatureMedicine highlighting the work by @BarjonCar on Clinical genetic variation in Mexico. Another amazing cover by @mauguz33! nature.com/nm/volumes/32/…

Our paper on clinically relevant genetic variation in the MX Biobank is out today in @NatureMedicine! Big congrats to @BarjonCar, who led the development of the MexVar platform. A joint effort by @cinvestav @inspmx @incmnszmx @LIIGH_UNAM and @ucsc nature.com/articles/s4159…

In #GENETICS, @JeremyJBerg et al. introduce an evolutionary model of complex disease susceptibility, where a variant's effect on disease risk follows from liability threshold model and a variant's effect on fitness follows from its effect on disease risk. buff.ly/XkB8hPb

🚨 NEW pub in @ScienceMagazine !!! 🚨 🐈‍⬛🐈 The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2,000 years ago 🐈‍⬛🐈 Our article provides novel evidence suggesting new hypotheses about the history of domestic cats! 🧬

After a four-year journey, my PhD work is out in @ScienceMagazine! Endless gratitude to the amazing @felix_erc team, all coauthors and collaborators, and my loved ones. Without you all this could not be real! 💛🐱✨ @ERC_Research @NatGeo @unitorvergata2 #aDNA

Carla Daniela Robles Espinoza, coordinadora del @LIIGH_UNAM, nos comparte su experiencia de hacer el doctorado en el Reino Unido… #AlumniUK ➡️ t.ly/wBxIO

✨Thrilled to share that the first chapter of my Ph.D. thesis is NOW OUT in Science Advances (science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…)! ✨🥳🎉 🧬. This couldn't have been possible without the support of everyone involved @MaanasaRaghavan @NirajRai3 @Conydelafc @mootspoints and others.

6/n This study could not have been possible without the incredible support of the local communities in Himachal Pradesh, our archaeological collaborators, and every co-author who made this work possible - Thank you all! 🥳

5/n This study provides first insights into the admixture dynamics and adaptive histories at the northern frontier of the Himalayas.

1/n Delighted to share our newly published work in Science Advances, investigating human genetic histories at the northern frontier of the Himalayas 🧬🏔️: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Happy to announce our article published in Science Advances on the population history of Himalaya. For the first time, high-quality ancient DNA data have been successfully obtained, marking a significant advance in aDNA research in India. @MaanasaRaghavan science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

🦴🧬🦴🧬🦴 Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics! June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm. Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ posters)! Submit abstracts here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/ Deadline: Nov 30

My poster presentation, thanks to the photographers team #SMBE2025

See you in Copenhagen next year, #SMBE2026 🚴🏽‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️🇩🇰🎉

Outstanding PhD candidate ⁦@BarjonCar⁩ presenting her work on the #MexicanBiobank at #SMBE2025 in China! 🇨🇳 Stay tuned for more popgen and biomedical results on the MX biobank soon!

The #DocEmmys Award for Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary goes to Hunt for the Oldest DNA | NOVA (@PBS).