We had the honor of welcoming a group of Ukrainian high school students to our lab through the Children of Heroes foundation. This organization supports children who have suffered the unimaginable loss of one or both parents during the ongoing war in Ukraine,...
We’ve got a new lab member—YAAAAAYY!!! 🎉 Today, we’re excited to welcome Misheelt Bayarsaikhan, a recent graduate from the Institute of Archaeology at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, who’s joining us as a postbac researcher. Misheelt will dive into all things...
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...
