Here we blog about our research on working with DNA from museum samples done by different members of the group and all around collections.
Museomics
As written in our last blog of the advent calendar, we had many changes already last year with a new group leader and a new group webpage, which we is still develop further this year....
Door 22: Tapping into Personal Genetics from Keepsakes – Breakthroughs and Concerns
Direct to consumer genetic testing […]
Group of the month: Phylum Chordata, subphylum Tunicata (Previously Urochordata)
Written by Line Willersrud and […]
Insights into bear evolution from a Pleistocene polar bear genome
A 130,000 to 115,000 years old polar bear jawbone fossil from Svalbard. Photo: Karsten Sund, Natural History Museum Oslo.
Door 21 – Persistent considerations for molecular analyses of museum specimens
Many factors come into play […]
Door 5: Modern DNA Sequencing Meets Oslo Natural History Museum Wet Collections: Testing the Impact of Age and Formalin
Pia Merete Eriksen, Rita M. […]
Old Specimens, New Scientist: A Student’s Account of Sequencing Historic Herptile Type Specimens
The Covid-19 shutdown and restrictions […]
An initial foray into scientific research: Meet the new undergraduate research student at FEZ
Joining the FEZ group as […]
New Paper Exploring the Surprising Evolutionary History of Our Oral Bacteria*
Living in and on our […]
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