Lithuanian Mummy Project
Investigating health and disease in Vilnius through the study of preserved remains
Team members involved: Ana Duggan, Debi Poinar
Project in collaboration with Dario Piombino-Mascali (Vilnius University) and Rimantas Jankauskas
(Vilnius University)
(Vilnius University)
Project also in collaboration with VU Osteo
HIV: Origins and Evolution
Using DNA from archival specimens to study the origins and evolution of HIV: implications for the design of more effective vaccines
Team members involved: Melanie Kuch and Debi Poinar
Previous team members involved: Michael Bunce, John Okello
Project also in collaboration with Ken Rosenthal
Funding provided by: CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Previous team members involved: Michael Bunce, John Okello
Project also in collaboration with Ken Rosenthal
Funding provided by: CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Black Death (Yersinia pestis) genomics
Ancient Epidemiology and Bacterial Physiology of the Black Death Pathogen
Team members involved: Jennifer Klunk, Melanie Kuch, Katherine Eaton
Former team members involved: Kirsti Bos
Project also in collaboration with Johannes Krause, Verena Schuenemann, Sharon DeWitte
Funding provided by: CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Former team members involved: Kirsti Bos
Project also in collaboration with Johannes Krause, Verena Schuenemann, Sharon DeWitte
Funding provided by: CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Cholera (Vibrio cholerae): evolution of a pandemic
Bacterial genomics of 19th century cholera in North America
Team members involved: Alison Devault
Project also in collaboration with Joseph Tien, David Earn, David Fisman, Anna Dhody of the Mütter Museum
Funding provided by: CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Project also in collaboration with Joseph Tien, David Earn, David Fisman, Anna Dhody of the Mütter Museum
Funding provided by: CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
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Proboscidean Phylogeography in North America
Using Mammoth and Mastodon Population Genetics to Track Pleistocene Ecosystems
Team members involved: Emil Karpinski
Former Team Members: Regis Debruyne, Genevieve Chu, Ben Novak, Jacob Enk, Jocelyn Ip
Project also in collaboration with Ross D.E. Macphee, Dan Fisher, Grant Zazula, Dale Guthrie and Cerpolex/Mammuthus
Funding provided by: NSERC (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)
Former Team Members: Regis Debruyne, Genevieve Chu, Ben Novak, Jacob Enk, Jocelyn Ip
Project also in collaboration with Ross D.E. Macphee, Dan Fisher, Grant Zazula, Dale Guthrie and Cerpolex/Mammuthus
Funding provided by: NSERC (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)
Learn more about Proboscidean Phylogeography in North America
Xenarthran phylogenetics and evolution
Reconstructing the unique evolutionary history of armadillos, anteaters, and sloths
Team members involved: Melanie Kuch, Jonathan Hughes
Project in collaboration with Frédéric Delsuc, Gillian Gibb
Funding provided by: NSERC (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)
CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and Scientific council of the Université Montpellier 2.
Project in collaboration with Frédéric Delsuc, Gillian Gibb
Funding provided by: NSERC (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)
CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and Scientific council of the Université Montpellier 2.
Packrat (Neotoma) Midden Metagenomics
Reconstructing Paleoenvironmental and Ecological Change in the US Southwest Using DNA from Ancient Packrat Middens
Team members involved: Melanie Kuch, Angela Hornsby
Collaboration with Julio Betancourt (University of Arizona), Felisa Smith (University of New Mexico), Jim Patton (University of California, Berkeley), and Marjorie Matocq (University of Nevada, Reno)
Collaboration with Julio Betancourt (University of Arizona), Felisa Smith (University of New Mexico), Jim Patton (University of California, Berkeley), and Marjorie Matocq (University of Nevada, Reno)
Ancient DNA Repair
Team members involved: Nathalie Mouttham
Former team members involved: Carsten Schwarz
Collaboration with Michael Weinfeld (Cross Cancer Institute – University of Alberta) and Roger Woodgate (Laboratory of Genomic Integrity – National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland)
Funding provided by: NSERC (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)