User:MauraWen/sandbox Verena Schuenemann

Verena Schuenemann is a paleogeneticist best known for her research in genetics and microbiology. She is Assistant Professor of Paleogenetics, and Head of the Paleogenetics Group at the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, (IEM) at the University of Zurich.

Schuenmann does research in Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Ancient DNA and Evolution of pathogens https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-bears/genetic-study-implicates-humans-in-www.jnqlxs.commise-of-prehistoric-cave-bear-idUSKCN1V51EL https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Verena_Schuenemann https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mummy-dna-reveals-egypts-long-history/ https://www.iem.uzh.ch/en/people/abg/VerenaSchuenemann-.html

https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2013/06/26/all-in-the-family-uncovering-the-genetic-history-of-the-worlds-most-lethal-pathogens/

Plague
Kirsten Bos and Verena Schuenemann of the University of Tubingen, led a research project, co-sponsored by the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre and the University of Tubingen, to sequence the DNA of the Black Death pathogen, Yersinia pestis, recovered from plague victims at a medieval London burial site. The archaeological excavation of the plague cemetery was managed by the Museum of London Archaeology.

After examining bacterial samples from 46 teeth and 53 bones, the research team was able to establish that Yersinia pestis was the cause of Black Death, which killed over 30 million people in 14th century Europe. The team also determined that the ancient pathogen is the predecessor of all modern variants of plague and the medieval bacteria hasn't changed much since the Middle Ages. The team's findings were published in the journal Nature in December, 2011.

Leprosy
Lead researcher for red squirrel leprosy study.

Syphillis
https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/first-ancient-syphilis-genomes-decoded/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5715105/Red-squirrels-carried-leprosy-UK-study-shows.html

Evolution of Human Microbiomes
https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/newsfullview-landingpage/article/the-first-genome-data-from-ancient-egyptian-mummies/

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