As part of the museum's 200 anniversary celebration, the Natural History Museum (NHM) arranges this mini-seminar in connection with the conferment of a honorary doctoral degree awarded to Prof. Eske Willerslev by the University of Oslo.
The seminar will focus on applications of highly degraded DNA in genetics and genomics, which has been the basis for Willerslev´s research.
The registration form for seminar and lunch is now closed.
| 9:00 | Introduction by Rector Ole Petter Ottersen, University of Oslo |
| 9:15-10:00 | Prof. Eske Willerslev, Center for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen: “What we can learn from ancient genetics and genomics” |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-11:00 | Dr. Barbara Bramanti, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), UiO: "Ancient DNA studies and the pandemics of the past" |
| 11:00-11:15 | Break |
| 11:15-12:00 | Dr. Pierre Taberlet, Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine and Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble: “The future of DNA metabarcoding” |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch hosted by NHM |
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Hosted by the Natural History Museum (NHM) in collaboration with Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES). |