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Albert Zink

Albert Zink

Albert Zink

Head of Institute
Institute for Mummy Studies

T 165 550 1740 93+
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1461-747X
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Projects

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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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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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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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MUMMY PRESERVATION

Study and realization of an innovative oxygen free system for the preservation of mummies.

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Internal funding EURAC (Project)

MAGAZINE Science Stories that Inspire

interview

Old bones - new knowledge

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

Topic

Ötzi & Co.

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A Bologna restauro aperto al pubblico di una mummia egiziana

Eurac Research ha partecipato al recupero e ha condotto le analisi antropologiche e paleopatologiche

interview

"Maybe Ötzi was a mean guy?"

Conversations between disciplines: interview with mummy researcher Albert Zink and telecommunications engineer Christian Steurer.

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The Iceman’s last meal contained a remarkably high fat content

Mummy researchers from Eurac Research have analysed the stomach contents of the glacier mummy and reveal new insights into nutrition and food preparation from 5,300 years ago.

A 400-year-old chamois will serve as a model for research on ice mummies

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