Ancient DNA Laboratory

Archeogenomics, or the reconstruction of genomic history through the analysis of ancient DNA, allows the enhancement of ancient finds by combining archaeological / anthropological analyzes with the most modern genomic sequencing techniques. Advances in genomics allow scientists to study ancient DNA still preserved today in bones that are hundreds or even thousands of years old. Many of the theories on the evolutionary history of populations, which were based on the analysis of modern DNA and on the search for traces of the past in this DNA, can be re-evaluated by also looking at the genome of individuals who lived in the past.

 

Archaeogenomics in Eurasia and Africa

Referents: Prof. Alessandro Achilli, Prof. Anna Olivieri, Prof. Ornella Semino

Co-workers: Nicola Rambaldi Migliore (post-doc); Giulia Colombo (PhD student); Vincenzo Agostini (PhD student); Nataliia Kozak (PhD student); Elisabetta Moroni (scholarship holder).

Collaborations:

  • Univ. Firenze (Prof. D. Caramelli & Dr. M. Lari);
  • Univ. Milano (Prof. C. Cattaneo);
  • Univ. Perugia (Prof. H. Lancioni);
  • Univ. Insubria (Dr. M. Licata);
  • Univ. Bologna (Prof. S. Talamo);
  • Univ. Aquila (Prof. A. Poma).

 

Archaeogenomics of the Americas

Referents: Prof. Alessandro Achilli, Prof. Anna Olivieri

Co-workers: Nicola Rambaldi Migliore (post-doc) .

Collaborations:

  • Universidad Pablo de Olavide of Seville (Prof. B. Aram);
  • Universidad del Norte (Dr. J. G. Martín);
  • Patronato Panamá Viejo (Dr. T. Mendizábal);
  • Smithsonian Institute for Tropic Research (Dr. R. Cooke and Dr. N. Smith-Guzman);
  • INCUAPA, Argentina (Prof. G. G. Politis).

 

Enhancement of cultural heritage

Referents: Prof. Alessandro Achilli, Prof. Anna Olivieri

Co-workers: Vincenzo Agostini (PhD student); Elisabetta Moroni (scholarship holder).

Collaborations:

  • Sistema Museale UniPV (Prof. P. Mazzarello);
  • MUSE Museo delle Scienze di Trento (Dr. A. Fedrigotti & Dr. D. Riccadonna);
  • MAG Museo Alto Garda (Dr. M. Rapana);
  • Museo di Antropologia di Padova (Dr. N. Carrara & Prof. L. Pagani)