Robert was recognised as a finalist on 28th of January in University College Dublin’s Images of Research 2025 competition for a microscopy image capturing phytoliths—microscopic silica structures formed in plant tissues. His research image used first order plate to hightlight phytoliths and oxalates in cereals. The shortlisted work was celebrated as part of UCD’s Research …
Robert attended the WomenSOFar closing workshop on the 25–26th November at the Mediterranean House of Human Sciences, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France organised by Dr. Gwenaëlle Goude.This event marked the culmination of the WomenSOFar project, which aims to understand how women ate, moved, cared for the young, and participated in the activities essential to the survival …
Our team member Meaghan attended the 11th International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA11), hosted at our partner institution, the University of Turin. She presented a poster entitled “Towards a More Sustainable Analysis of Dental Calculus,” showcasing her exciting PhD research on developing making o biomolecular archaeology making biomolecular archaeology more ethical through less destructive sampling. …
The 14th International Meeting on Phytolith Research will be held at the Institució Milà i Fontanals de Recerca en Humanitats, Spanish National Research Council (IMF-CSIC), in Barcelona from 14–19 July 2025. Organised by the International Phytolith Society, this biennial meeting is a major international forum for researchers in archaeobotany, palaeoecology, and related fields. As part …
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Congratulations to Meaghan who won University College Dublin’s Earth Institute 2025 Emerging Researcher Award for her outstanding contributions to archaeological science in palaeoproteomics and organic residue analysis, as well as her efforts to enhance the sustainability of archaeological research. Her PhD project, CoExtract, aims to develop a unified method for extracting proteins, organic residues, and …
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We’re delighted to announce that Meaghan Mackie has been awarded the Emerging Researcher Award by the Earth Institute on Thursday, 22 May 2025. The award recognises Meaghan’s contribution to archaeological science in her work on ancient molecules from dental calculus, particularly in relation to her efforts to enchance method susintability, with the CoExtract Project. Meaghan …
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Robert will present on ‘Dental calculus microbotanical evidence of early agricultural diets’ at the Environmental Archaeology in Ireland conference on the 10th May 2025 at Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Merrion Square, Dublin. The deadline for submissions has been extended and submissions can be made here.
We want to highlight an exciting PhD opportunity at Aix-Marseille University (LAMPEA laboratory) in France and University College Dublin in Ireland. EXCALIBUR – EXploring ancient diet by using dental CALculus In archaeological BURial context This PhD project will be conducted in close collaboration with our valued partners: INRAP (Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives), the …
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Meaghan will present exciting results from her PhD research in a podium talk entitled ‘Illuminating Irish Neolithic diet by preliminary dental calculus chemical analysis’ at the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland Conference 4–5th April at the Connacht Hotel in Galway City.
Stahlschmidt, M.C., Power, R.C., Heinrich, S. et al. A microcontextual investigation of Later Stone Age ash deposits and associated interment of human remains at Faraoskop Rock Shelter, South Africa. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 17, 23 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-02131-0
This project has been funded by the Science Foundation Ireland-Irish Research
Council Pathway Scheme (project ID: 21/PATH-A/9284) awarded to Robert Power.
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