Verena SCHÜNEMANN - HEAS
Jan 31, 2022 · My research is centered around ancient DNA retrieved from a wide range of samples to better understand pathogen-host-environment interactions across time and to trace back the evolutionary history of pathogens.
Oldest DNA evidence of syphilis relative discovered in 2,000-year …
Jan 24, 2024 · Now, Verena Schünemann, a paleogeneticist at the University of Zurich, and her team have uncovered DNA from the bacterium T. pallidum endemicum in skeletons from the archaeological site of...
Scientists Look for Origins of Syphilis-Like Diseases
Jan 25, 2024 · Verena Schünemann and her colleagues at the University of Zurich, ETH Zurich, the University of Vienna, and the University of Sao Paulo analyzed genetic material obtained from these bone...
HEAS Member Verena Schünemann has a new paper in Nature …
Jan 24, 2024 · Verena Schuenemann and colleagues extracted DNA from four individuals from a nearly 2,000-year-old Brazilian burial site and were able to reconstruct the genomes of T. pallidum bacteria that had infected them.
Prof. Dr. Dr. Verena J. Schünemann | Institute of Evolutionary
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The first genome data from ancient Egyptian mummies - Popular Archeology
May 30, 2017 · “We wanted to test if the conquest of Alexander the Great and other foreign powers has left a genetic imprint on the ancient Egyptian population,” explains Verena Schuenemann, group leader at the University of Tuebingen and one of …
Oldest Bacteria Genome of Syphilis Relative Discovered in …
Jan 25, 2024 · Now, the team of Verena Schünemann, a paleogeneticist from the University of Zurich, was able to uncover DNa from the T. pallidum endemicum bacterium among skeletons from Jabuticabeira II's...
Syphilis-like diseases were already widespread in America before …
Jan 24, 2024 · Professor Verena Schünemann isolates ancient DNA in the laboratory. (Photo: Corina Steiner, IEM UZH) Researchers at the Universities of Basel and Zurich have discovered the genetic material of the pathogen Treponema pallidum in the bones of people who died in Brazil 2,000 years ago.
Verena J. Schuenemann - Loop
Insights into health and disease from ancient biomolecules. This researcher does not have an active role on a Frontiers editorial board. You may recommend their participation here.
Insights into health and disease from ancient biomolecules
Oct 5, 2020 · Verena J. Schuenemann is Assistant Professor for Palaeogenetics at the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zurich. She received her two PhDs (in Biochemistry and Archaeological Sciences) from the University of Tübingen.