Andy Walton 🧬

Population Genetics PhD student @UGI_at_UCL. Combining statistics, computer simulation and history of science, with varying levels of success. 🤿 🚴 ⛰️

[Andy Walton 🧬 @andyjmwalton]

Out today, we present high quality ancient DNA data for Beachy Head Woman (BHW) for the first time. Hers is a story about changing interpretations, science communication, and cutting-edge genetic technology...🧵
https://t.co/3Mr2EvslGA

[Natural History Museum @NHM_London]

It was the Romans!

Our understanding of Beachy Head Woman has changed a lot over the past decade as new technology has improved our knowledge of her life.

Find out what's been revealed 👇
https://t.co/tegY3oDecF

[Andy Walton 🧬 @andyjmwalton]

Thanks to Selina Brace, William Marsh, and the whole team!

[Andy Walton 🧬 @andyjmwalton]

Out today, we present high quality ancient DNA data for Beachy Head Woman (BHW) for the first time. Hers is a story about changing interpretations, science communication, and cutting-edge genetic technology...🧵
https://t.co/3Mr2EvslGA

[Andy Walton 🧬 @andyjmwalton]

It's an immense privilege to be able to study samples from people's remains and it was important that we worked hard to uncover as much of Beachy Head Woman's story as possible.

Have a read of the whole story here: https://t.co/sBm4N66uWc

[Andy Walton 🧬 @andyjmwalton]

Thanks so much to @AdamRutherford , @mt_genes and @aylwardam for the fantastic supervision and making this a great first PhD project!

[Andy Walton 🧬 @andyjmwalton]

Really excited to share the first paper from my PhD - it’s all about assumptions in modelling and the history of early population genetics… 🧵

https://t.co/iL5JycEa00

[Andy Walton 🧬 @andyjmwalton]

As a geneticist by training it was daunting setting out to write a paper about the history of science, but it has been really thought provoking considering how theoretical models are conceived and what embedded assumptions we continue to apply.

[Andy Walton 🧬 @andyjmwalton]

@andersbrgstrm @jessrpeto @GenSocUK If this sounds like you and you’d like find out more or come along, shoot me a DM and I can add you our mailing list!

[Andy Walton 🧬 @andyjmwalton]

A year ago @Pooja_Swali, @StrangAlex, @Mattias_Sherman, Pia Aanstad and I restarted the London Ancient DNA Network. Last week we hosted our first symposium at @NHM_London - Ancient Canine Evolution 🧵

[Andy Walton 🧬 @andyjmwalton]

@andersbrgstrm @jessrpeto @GenSocUK The goal of the Network is to bring together people at all career stages and disciplines working on Ancient DNA in (and around) London. Every few months we host informal talks about new research followed by great pub chats