shaicarmi.bsky.social
Associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Statistical, population, and medical genetics; preimplantation genetic testing. Views my own. http://scarmilab.org
👤 Joined on 26 October 2023
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@shaicarmi.bsky.socialI am happy to share the first preprint of my PhD! We developed mixKIN, an ancestry-aware kinship estimation tool for low-coverage genomes. By accounting for ancestries, it allows us to reconstruct genetic kinship accurately even in complex or admixed populations. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Show PostUltimately, we hope our analyses demonstrates the reliability of ancient coalescence-based inference as well as renewing interest in homo-Pan speciation ~5-6Mya. 10/10
Show PostHappy to see my work with Regev Schweiger @regev.bsky.social and Richard Durbin now published in Genetics! Link to paper: academic.oup.com/genetics/adv... (open access). A thread on the main ideas....1/n
Show PostWe have an open tenure-track faculty position in the broad area of quantitative biology. Come join our department in NYC! Deadline has been extended to Nov 23rd, 2026. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/192256
Show PostWell that was the shortest international trip I've ever had. BA overbooked my flight and bumped me at the gate. Absolutely nothing I could do and now I can't make it to IGES in any reasonable time... very sorry I won't be able to see many colleagues, was so looking forward to it.
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