NEOMATRIX
On October 19th, we met virtually for a joint discussion on two recent papers: Marchi et al., 2022 and Lazaridis et al., 2022. The discussions were led respectively by Dilek Koptekin…
We were in Erzurum Atatürk University for European Researchers’ Night activities themed “Science from Nature to your Table” – SCINURTURE. Mehmet Somel introduced children to ancient DNA research…
As Stockholm University, IJM-CNRS and METU-Hacettepe, we organized a joint symposium in ESEB 2022 in Prague on studying domestication via ancient DNA, with the participations of Anders Götherström,…
As we hit the 18th month of our project, PIs and ESRs from all NEOMATRIX partners finally came together physically in Ankara to evaluate our activities up to…
We held our third joint lab meeting on the 2nd of March. It was a half-day virtual event comprising four talks, each followed with a Q&A and discussion…
Our researchers described the genetic identity of the oldest human-made hybrid animal called “kunga”, a 4,500-year-old equid which was bred for warfare in ancient Mesopotamia. The study concludes…
From November 29th to December 2nd 2021, we had a computational workshop in Heraklion, Crete, as part of the NEOMATRIX project. The workshop was led by Dr. Pavlos…
Our researchers led a successful analysis of ancient DNA from petrous bones of this extinct Mediterranean species despite the region’s notoriously adverse environmental conditions for DNA preservation. Their…
The latest article by our researchers suggests that sheep were domesticated in different areas, along with the first sheep domesticated in Anatolia ten thousand years ago. The article…
We held our second joint lab meeting on the 13th of October. It was a half-day virtual event comprising four talks, each followed with a Q&A and discussion…
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