We’re excited to share that the preview written by Shahar and Diyendo, “Double or Nothing – Ancient Duplications in the Amylase Locus Drove Human Adaptation”, is now published in Cell Genomics! This piece offers both a sneak peek and commentary on the article,...
Happy New Year from all of us at the Massilani Lab! Wishing you a year full of discoveries, success, and joy! 🎉 — Joanna, Shahar, Edward, Mike, Phoebe, Diyendo, Eleanor and Rebecca (from left to...
We’re excited to be featured in a new article by writer and science journalist Laura Spinney about ancient human DNA from archaeological sediment. The piece was published in New Scientist, and Laura’s work has also appeared in The Guardian, The Economist, Nature, and...
To celebrate fall, we all took a break from the lab and got together for a fun, out-of-the-lab candles workshop. We designed and made our own personalized candles, perfect for keeping us enlightened as we head into the end of 2024. It was such a fun and relaxed...
We’re excited to share that Diyendo has been selected as one of the 40 2024 NIH New Innovator Awardees! This amazing recognition comes with substantial funding to support the lab’s groundbreaking research into the Human Evolutionary trajectory in Eastern...