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A molecular portrait of maternal sepsis from Byzantine Troy

Pregnancy complications are poorly represented in the archeological record, despite their importance in contemporary and ancient societies. While excavating a ...

Congratulations Alison Devault

The entire McMaster Ancient DNA Centre would like to congratulate Alison Devault for the successful completion of her PhD thesis defence.

Two of History's Deadliest Plagues Were Linked, With Implications for Another Outbreak

National Geographic story highlighting work done at the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre on the Black Death and the Justinian Plague.

Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates

Here we report the oldest fossil primate protein sequences from two approximately 75 thousand year old Neanderthals, as well as modern sequences from ...

Protein preservation and DNA retrieval from ancient tissues

Here we outline a technique using flash pyrolysis to assess the peptide hydrolysis of 11 archaeological and paleontological remains and use it as a proxy for ...

Congratulations 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.

Yersinia pestis and the Plague of Justinian 541—543 AD: a genomic analysis

McMaster Ancient DNA researchers and collaborators identified Yersinia pestis as the causative agent behind the Plague of Justinian. Notably, the the Justinian ...

Congratulations to Tyler Murchie on the Prestigous W. Garfield Weston Award for Northern Research

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Tyler James Murchie on receiving the W. Garfield Weston Award for Northern Research from Council Norther Studies Trust!

Characterization of 15 single nucleotide polymorphism markers for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Here we report 15 new single nucleotide polymorphism markers for the the threatened Chipanzee that span both Y chromosome and autosomal regions of the genome.

Molecular evidence of tuberculosis induced hypertophic osteopathy in a 16th-century Iroquoian dog

Here we report on the oldest known case of TB to be discovered in domestic dogs and highlight their role as potential reservoirs of TB in the Americas.