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Albert Zink

Albert Zink

Albert Zink

Head of Institute
Institute for Mummy Studies

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1461-747X
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BOLD

Paleogenetic analysis of sixty Bolivian mummies provide precious insights into the genetic history ...

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Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Mobility (Province BZ funding /Project)
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MUMBO

Bioarcheological studies of mummified pre-Columbian remains from Bolivia. Understanding and ...

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Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Seal of Excellence (Province BZ funding / Project)
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PopGenCT Ancient Egypt

Life and death in ancient Egypt – Computed tomographic and paleogenetic examinations for the ...

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Internal funding EURAC (Project)
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CeltUDAlps

"Celts" up & down the Alps: Origin and Mobility patterns on both sides of the Alps during the Late ...

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Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Research projects (Province BZ funding /Project)
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PrehistoricAlps

Genomic diversity of prehistoric individuals from the Iceman’s territory in the Eastern Italian Alps

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Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Research projects (Province BZ funding /Project)
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BOmp

Bologna Mummy Project

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Internal funding EURAC (Project)
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Iceman Conservation Project 2.0

Iceman Conservation Project 2.0 Study on the state of conservation and feasibility

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Public institutions (Other projects /Project)
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EvolTB

Illuminating the evolutionary history of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC)

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Internal funding EURAC (Project)
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MummyLabs

Development and centralization of the laboratory infrastructures of the Institute for Mummy Studies ...

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FESR (EU funding / Project)
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HuMAN-PaGe

Inferring ancient human kinship structure and microbial evolution using paleogenetics

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Internal funding EURAC (Project)
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BioArchEM

An interdisciplinary approach to study the history of Early Medieval populations in Trentino-Alto ...

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Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Research projects (Province BZ funding /Project)
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ME Torino Mummy Project

ME Torino Mummy Study and Conservation Project

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Internal funding EURAC (Project)
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EvolHpylori

Illuminating the evolutionary history of the stomach pathogen Helicobacter pylori

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Internal funding EURAC (Project)
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The KARST project

Rediscovering Altamura: advanced multidisciplinary investigations on the skeleton from the Lamalunga ...

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PRIN (National funding /Project)
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MUMMY ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Assessment of missing links in atherogenesis via paleogenetic, computed tomography and stable ...

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Internal funding EURAC (Project)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL SOUTH TYROL

Early Medieval South Tyrol: anthropological, paleopathological and stable isotope analysis of human ...

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Internal funding EURAC (Project)
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ICEMAN TATTOO PROJECT

Complete mapping of the tattoos present on the Iceman mummy

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Internal funding EURAC (Project)
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NGS ARCHAEOLOGY

The Application of next generation sequencing to Archaeology

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Internal funding EURAC (Project)
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ANCIENT PATHOGENS

Molecular analysis of the microbiome and of infectious diseases in ancient human remains - from ...

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Internal funding EURAC (Project)
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ICEMAN STOMACH

Microscopic and Molecular de novo Analysis of the Iceman's Stomach Content

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Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Research projects (Province BZ funding /Project)

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Vicini, anche oltre la morte
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Vicini, anche oltre la morte

Le analisi sulle sepolture uomo-animale nella necropoli del Seminario Vescovile di Verona pongono le società pre-romane sotto la lente della ricerca

Dark skin, bald head, Anatolian ancestry: The latest findings from the Iceman’s genome

What Ancient DNA Reveals About Modern Diseases
interview

What Ancient DNA Reveals About Modern Diseases

Paleopathologist Albert Zink explains how to untangle the chaos of ancient genetic traces and why blood vessel calcification is not just due to a bad lifestyle.
“The fact that Ötzi is 92 percent Anatolian may come as a surprise to many”

“The fact that Ötzi is 92 percent Anatolian may come as a surprise to many”

Interview with archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause and anthropologist Albert Zink
Malaria in the Medici era
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Malaria in the Medici era

The pathogen of the deadliest form of the disease has been identified in mummified soft tissue belonging to members of the Florentine dynasty.
Old bones - new knowledge
interview

Old bones - new knowledge

An interview with the authors of the first German textbook on "Osteological Paleopathology".
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