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. …
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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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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