Antibiotic resistance is ancient
Authors: V. D’Costa, C. King, L. Kalan, M. Morar, W. Sung, C. Schwarz, D. Froese, G. Zazula, F. Calmels, R. Debruyne, G. Golding, H. Poinar, G. Wright Journal: Nature, doi:10.1038/nature10388 Abstract...
View ArticleA draft genome of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death
Authors: K. Bos, V. Schuenemann, G.B. Golding, H. Burbano, N. Waglechner, B. Coombes, J. McPhee, S. DeWitte, M. Meyer, S. Schmedes, J. Wood, D. Earn, D.A. Herring, P. Bauer, H. Poinar, J. Krause...
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Scientists Solve DNA Puzzle of the Black Death
Authors:Nicholas Wade Media: The New York Times Date: October 2011 After the Black Death reached London in 1348, some 2,400 people were buried in East Smithfield, near the Tower of London, in a...
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Plague genome: The Black Death decoded
Authors:Ewen Callaway Media: Nature News Date: October 2011 The genome of a 660-year-old bacterium is revealing secrets from one of Europe’s darkest chapters. » Read more
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Genomics: Plague’s progress
Authors:Eddie Holmes Media: Nature News & Views Date: October 2011 The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. The first complete genome sequence of the causative...
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Two of History’s Deadliest Plagues Were Linked, With Implications for Another...
Authors: Ker Than Media: National Geographic Daily News Date: January 29, 2014 Scientists discover a link between the Justinian plague and the Black Death. » Read more
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Ancient Plague’s DNA Revived From A 1,500-Year-Old Tooth
Author: NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE Media: NPR Shots Date: January 29, 2014 2:59 AM Scientists have reconstructed the genetic code of a strain of bacteria that caused one of the most deadly pandemics in...
View ArticleAncient whole genome enrichment using baits built from modern DNA
Authors: Jacob Enk, Alison Devault, Melanie Kuch, Yusuf Murgha, Jean-Marie Rouillard, and Hendrik Poinar Molecular Biology and Evolution, February 13, 2014. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msu074 Abstract We...
View ArticleAncient pathogen DNA in archaeological samples detected with a Microbial...
Authors: Alison M. Devault, Kevin McLoughlin, Crystal Jaing, Shea Gardner, Teresita M. Porter, Jacob M. Enk, James Thissen, Jonathan Allen, Monica Borucki, Sharon N. DeWitte, Anna N. Dhody, and Hendrik...
View ArticleAlison Devault interview about the Microbial Detection Arrary (MDA) on AM 900...
PhD candidate Alison Devault talks about the Microbial Detection Array (MDA) the subject of her latest paper “Ancient pathogen DNA in archaeological samples detected with a Microbial Detection Array.”...
View ArticleCongratulations Jacob Enk
The entire McMaster aDNA Centre would like to extend its congratulations to Jake Enk for the successful completion of his PhD thesis defence. We would also like to congratulate him on his new position...
View ArticleCongratulations Alison Devault
The entire McMaster aDNA Centre would like to congratulate Alison Devault for the successful completion of her PhD thesis defence. We would also like to congratulate her on her new position at...
View ArticleCongratulations Nathalie Mouttham
Everyone at the McMaster aDNA Centre would like to congratulate Nathalie Mouttham for the successful completion of her MSc defence. We wish her success in all her future endeavours.
View ArticleSequencing the complete genomes of two Siberian woolly mammoths
With an international team of collaborators, we are pleased to report the complete genome sequences of two Siberian woolly mammoths. Complete Genomes Reveal Signatures of Demographic and Genetic...
View ArticleMcMaster aDNA analysis aids in identification of University of...
As part of the centennial of the Boaz mastodon organized by Carrie Eaton (University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum curator of collections), lab members Emil Karpinski and Jonathan Hughes...
View ArticleAncient human genomics: the methodology behind reconstructing evolutionary...
Authors: Stephanie Marciniak, Jennifer Klunk, Alison Devault, Jacob Enk, Hendrik N. Poinar Journal of Human Evolution, Vol. 79, February 2015, pp. 21-34; doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.11.003 Abstract...
View ArticleSurveying the repair of ancient DNA from bones via high-throughput sequencing
Authors: Nathalie Mouttham, Jennifer Klunk, Melanie Kuch, Ron Fourney, and Hendrik Poinar BioTechniques, Vol. 59, No. 1, July 2015, pp. 19–25 Abstract DNA damage in the form of abasic sites, chemically...
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Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age
Hendrik Poinar and the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre have partnered with the Ontario Science Centre and Ontario Genomics to open the Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age exhibit. The exhibit...
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Letter from Maia Lappano
We recently received a letter from Maia, a 4-year girl from nearby Guelph, who wrote to us about her thoughts on bringing back the woolly mammoths. It really made our day and we are pleased to have any...
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McMaster Art of Research Competition
Congratulations to Matthew Emery and Debi Poinar for their wins in the inaugural McMaster Art of Research Competition which concluded this past week. Matthew took first place in the International...
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