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  2012.01.12

  "Aboriginal genome" on Nature's 2011 Science Year in Brief

  At the end of each year the journal Nature looks back on the preceding 12 months of scientific achievements. … »

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  2011.12.29

  GeoGenetics is part of journal Science's "Breakthrough of the year, 2011".

  Following a yearly tradition, Science's editors and news staff have selected one scientific Breakthrough … »

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  2011.12.21

  Ones to watch in 2012: Journal Nature predicts next year's newsmakers.

  Professor Eske Willerslev, Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen. "This year, he tackled … »

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  2011.12.19

  Scientists turn to protein clues to recreate mammoth DNA

  For the first time ever scientists have been able to work backwards by using 126 proteins from a 43,000-year-old … »

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  2011.12.14

  New version of mapDamage

  This Perl script tracks DNA damage patterns among ancient DNA sequencing reads. … »

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  2011.12.12

  The unappreciated killers? Genome evolution of hemorrhagic fever viruses

  Talk by Kristian G. Andersen, PhD Harvard University, Monday December 19th 11am at Centre for GeoGenetics, … »

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  2011.12.11

  A lake fauna in a shot glass

  Danish research team leads the way for future biodiversity monitoring using DNA traces in the environment … »

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  2011.12.02

  A visit from down under

  For a few weeks the Australian summer will be replaced by the cold Copenhagen winter for PhD-student … »

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  2011.11.28

  Inaugural lecture by Professor Tom Gilbert: Genomic Windows into the Past

  The past decade has seen incredible increases in the power of molecular biological techniques, including … »

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  2011.11.17

  4 million Euro for slave trade project

  On the 1. November 2011, ‘EUROTAST', a Marie Curie Actions Initial Training Network was launched. With … »

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  2011.11.02

  Unraveling the causes of the Ice Age megafauna extinctions

  Was it humans or climate change that caused the extinctions of the iconic Ice Age mammals? University … »

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  2011.10.20

  Tracing the first North American hunters

  An astonishing new chapter has been added to North American prehistory with research showing that the … »

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  2011.10.19

  DNA from ancient Danes

  Morten Allentoft has been hired as a post doc researcher at GeoGenetics to study the DNA of ancient … »

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  2011.10.07

  Hair hit the front cover of Science

  Scanning electron microscope image of a strand of hair (about 80 micrometers wide) from the Aboriginal … »

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  2011.09.22

  Aboriginals get new history

  New reserach from the Willerslev group show, that the Aboriginal Australians were the first explorers. … »

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  2011.08.22

  True single-molecule DNA sequencing of a Pleistocene horse bone

  Ancient DNA research has long been limited to the study of short mitochondrial sequences. New article … »

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  2011.08.15

  Large variations in sea ice

  Article in Science by GeoGenetics' staff. … »