Paleogenomics Laboratory
The Educational and Research Laboratory of Paleogenomics was created to train museum specialists with skills in using methods from the natural sciences for studying biological samples deposited in Russia’s museum collections.
As part of the research work and the educational process, the staff of the Laboratory of Paleogenomics work with DNA extracted from anthropological material, as well as tissues of extinct animals and plants.
Laboratory staff and their colleagues develop new methods for bioinformatic analysis of genetic data that are obtained by genome decoding.
The journal BMC Genomics published an article titled "Paleogeneticists Read DNA of a Noble Warrior from the Scythian Valley of the Kings"
The study was conducted by the European University's Laboratory of Palaeogenomics in collaboration with Genotek and is based on materials from the Hermitage's archaeological expeditions.
07.03.2025
Artem Nedoluzhko has organized a special issue on evolutionary genomics in the journal BMC Genomics
Artem Nedoluzhko, scholarly director of the Laboratory of Paleogenomics at the European University, and Professor Antonio Baeza of Clemson University (USA) have organized a special issue for young researchers devoted to evolutionary genomics.
EUSP Staff Gather Anthropological Material from the Elite Burial Mound Arzhan-2 in the Tuva Republic’s "Valley of the Kings"
The samples were collected as part of a research project of the European University at St. Petersburg. The project’s goal is to study and reconstruct details of the genetic history of Scythian-type nomads in the Tuva Republic’s “Valley of the Kings”.