Assoz. Prof. Dr. Martin Kuhlwilm
1030 Wien
Courses
Winter term 2026
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550001 UE Sequencing data analysis and genomics
Summer term 2026
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300048 UE Sequencing bioinformatics for beginners
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300223 VO Evolutionary Genomics and Admixture
Winter term 2025
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300072 UE Applications of admixture genomics
Publications
Rymbekova, A, Gelabert, P, Llanos-Lizcano, A, Balakrishnan, K, Hämmerle, M, Han, S, Cheronet, O, Abdykanova, A, Kasymkulov, K, Hrivnyak, M, Eng, JT, Pinhasi, R & Kuhlwilm, M 2026, 'Genomic insights into the Iron Age Saka of Boz-Barmak, Kyrgyzstan', Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-62891-8
Stanton, DWG, Bergström, A, Heintzman, PD, van der Valk, T, Carmagnini, A, Ersmark, E, Pawar, H, Sandoval-Velasco, M, Androsov, S, Fedorov, S, Kuhlwilm, M, Nagel, D, Plotnikov, V, Protopopov, A, Shapiro, B, Barnett, R, Sinding, MHS, Marques-Bonet, T, Yamaguchi, N, Gilbert, MTP, Götherström, A, Skoglund, P, Frantz, L & Dalén, L 2026, 'Paleogenomes reveal the evolutionary relationship between modern and cave lions', Cell, vol. 189, no. 14, pp. 4425-4436.e11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2026.05.007
Huang, X, Hackl, JAL & Kuhlwilm, M 2025, 'Decoding genomic landscapes of introgression', Trends in Genetics, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 1096–1108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2025.07.001
Huang, X, Chen, S, Hackl, J & Kuhlwilm, M 2025, 'SAI: A Python Package for Statistics for Adaptive Introgression', Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 42, no. 12. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf295
Han, SJ, Riyahi, S, Huang, X & Kuhlwilm, M 2025, 'A curated dataset of great ape genome diversity', Scientific Data, vol. 12, 1835. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06124-z
Pigott, EM, Cheshmedzhieva, K, Zeller, E, van der Sluis, LG, Chowdhury, MP, Gianni, M, Végh, E, Uthmeier, T, Chabai, V, Patou-Mathis, M, Šimková, PG, Voglmayr, JN, Weber, GW, Pinhasi, R, Timmermann, A, Kuhlwilm, M, Douka, K & Higham, T 2025, 'A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 122, no. 45, e2518974122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2518974122
Kuhlwilm, M, Boeckx, C & Moriano, J 2025, Palaeogenomics: A window into the genetic basis of derived traits in Homo sapiens. in The Oxford Handbook of Approaches to Language Evolution. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192886491.013.12
Llanos-Lizcano, A, Hämmerle, M, Sperduti, A, Sawyer, S, Zagorc, B, Özdoğan, KT, Guellil, M, Cheronet, O, Kuhlwilm, M, Pinhasi, R & Gelabert, P 2025, 'Intra-individual variability in ancient plasmodium DNA recovery highlights need for enhanced sampling', Scientific Reports, vol. 15, 757. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-85038-z
PERE, GELABERT, Bickle, PF, Hofmann, D, Teschler-Nicola, ME, Anders, A, Huang, X, Hämmerle, M, Olalde, I, Fournier, R, Ringbauer, H, Akbari, A, Cheronet, O, Lazaridis, I, Broomandkhoshbacht, N, Fernandes, DM, Buttinger, K, Callan, K, Candilio, F, Morante, GB, Curtis, E, Ferry, M, Keating, D, Freilich, S, Kearns, A, Harney, É, Lawson, AM, Mandl, K, Michel, M, Oberreiter, V, Zagorc, B, Oppenheimer, J, Sawyer, S, Schattke, C, Özdoğan, KT, Qiu, L, Workman, JN, Zalzala, F, Mallick, S, Mah, M, Micco, A, Pieler, F, Pavuk, J, Šefčáková, A, Lazar, C, Starović, A, Djuric, M, Škrivanko, MK, Slaus, M, Bedić, Ž, Novotny, F, Szabó, LD, Cserpák-Laczi, O, Hága, T, Szolnoki, L, Hajdú, Z, Mirea, P, Nagy, EG, Virág, ZM, Attila, HM, Horváth, LA, Biró, KT, Domboróczki, L, Szeniczey, T, Jakucs, J, Szelekovszky, M, Farkas, Z, Sztáncsuj, SJ, Tóth, K, Csengeri, P, Pap, I, Patay, R, Putica, A, Vasov, B, Havasi, B, Sebők, K, Raczky, P, Lovász, G, Tvrdy, Z, Rohland, N, Novak, M, Ruttkay, M, Krošláková, M, Batora, J, Paluch, T, Borić, D, Dani, J, Kuhlwilm, M, Palamara, PF, Hajdu, T, Pinhasi, R & Reich, D 2025, 'Social and genetic diversity in first farmers of central Europe', Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 9, no. 1, 19544, pp. 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02034-z
Hämmerle, M, Guellil, M, Trgovec-Greif, L, Cheronet, O, Sawyer, S, Ruiz-Gartzia, I, Lizano, E, Rymbekova, A, Gelabert, P, Bernardi, P, Han, S, Rattei, T, Schuenemann, VJ, Marques-Bonet, T, Guschanski, K, Calvignac-Spencer, S, Pinhasi, R & Kuhlwilm, M 2024, 'Screening great ape museum specimens for DNA viruses', Scientific Reports, vol. 14, no. 1, 29806. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80780-w
Han, S, Filippo, CD, Parra, G, Meneu, JR, Laurent, R, Frandsen, P, Hvilsom, C, Gronau, I, Marques-Bonet, T, Kuhlwilm, M & Andrés, AM 2024, 'Deep genetic substructure within bonobos', Current Biology, vol. 34, no. 22, pp. 5341-5348.e3. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.01.601523, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.043
Hämmerle, M, Rymbekova, A, Gelabert, P, Sawyer, S, Cheronet, O, Bernardi, P, Calvignac-Spencer, S, Kuhlwilm, M, Guellil, M & Pinhasi, R 2024, 'Link between Monkeypox Virus Genomes from Museum Specimens and 1965 Zoo Outbreak', Emerging infectious diseases, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 815-817. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3004.231546
Kuderna, LFK, Ulirsch, JC, Rashid, S, Ameen, M, Sundaram, L, Hickey, G, Cox, AJ, Gao, H, Kumar, A, Aguet, F, Christmas, MJ, Clawson, H, Haeussler, M, Janiak, MC, Kuhlwilm, M, Orkin, JD, Bataillon, T, Manu, S, Valenzuela, A, Bergman, J, Rouselle, M, Silva, FE, Agueda, L, Blanc, J, Gut, M, de Vries, D, Goodhead, I, Harris, RA, Raveendran, M, Jensen, A, Chuma, IS, Horvath, JE, Hvilsom, C, Juan, D, Frandsen, P, Schraiber, JG, de Melo, FR, Bertuol, F, Byrne, H, Sampaio, I, Farias, I, Valsecchi, J, Messias, M, da Silva, MNF, Trivedi, M, Rossi, R, Hrbek, T, Andriaholinirina, N, Rabarivola, CJ, Zaramody, A, Jolly, CJ, Phillips-Conroy, J, Wilkerson, G, Abee, C, Simmons, JH, Fernandez-Duque, E, Kanthaswamy, S, Shiferaw, F, Wu, D, Zhou, L, Shao, Y, Zhang, G, Keyyu, JD, Knauf, S, Le, MD, Lizano, E, Merker, S, Navarro, A, Nadler, T, Khor, CC, Lee, J, Tan, P, Lim, WK, Kitchener, AC, Zinner, D, Gut, I, Melin, AD, Guschanski, K, Schierup, MH, Beck, RMD, Karakikes, I, Wang, KC, Umapathy, G, Roos, C, Boubli, JP, Siepel, A, Kundaje, A, Paten, B, Lindblad-Toh, K, Rogers, J, Marques Bonet, T & Farh, KK-H 2024, 'Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes', Nature, vol. 625, no. 7996, pp. 735-742. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06798-8
Huang, X, Rymbekova, A, Dolgova, O, Lao, O & Kuhlwilm, M 2024, 'Harnessing deep learning for population genetic inference', Nature Reviews. Genetics, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 61–78. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-023-00636-3
Pawar, H, Rymbekova, A, Cuadros-Espinoza, S, Huang, X, Manuel, MD, Valk, TVD, Lobon, I, Alvarez-Estape, M, Haber, M, Dolgova, O, Han, S, Esteller-Cucala, P, Juan, D, Ayub, Q, Garcia, RB, Kelley, J, Cornejo, OE, Lao, O, Andrés, AM, Guschanski, K, Ssebide, B, Cranfield, M, Tyler-Smith, C, Xue, Y, Prado-Martinez, J, Marques-Bonet, T & Kuhlwilm, M 2023, 'Ghost admixture in eastern gorillas', Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 1503-1514. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02145-2
Kuderna, LFK, Gao, H, Janiak, MC, Kuhlwilm, M, Orkin, JD, Bataillon, T, Manu, S, Valenzuela, A, Bergman, J, Rousselle, M, Silva, FE, Agueda, L, Blanc, J, Gut, M, Vries, DD, Goodhead, I, Harris, RA, Raveendran, M, Jensen, A, Chuma, IS, Horvath, JE, Hvilsom, C, Juan, D, Frandsen, P, Schraiber, JG, Melo, FRD, Bertuol, F, Byrne, H, Sampaio, I, Farias, I, Valsecchi, J, Messias, M, Silva, MNFD, Trivedi, M, Rossi, R, Hrbek, T, Andriaholinirina, N, Rabarivola, CJ, Zaramody, A, Jolly, CJ, Phillips-Conroy, J, Wilkerson, G, Abee, C, Simmons, JH, Fernandez-Duque, E, Kanthaswamy, S, Shiferaw, F, Wu, D, Zhou, L, Shao, Y, Zhang, G, Keyyu, JD, Knauf, S, Le, MD, Lizano, E, Merker, S, Navarro, A, Nadler, T, Khor, CC, Lee, J, Tan, P, Lim, WK, Kitchener, AC, Zinner, D, Gut, I, Melin, AD, Guschanski, K, Schierup, MH, Beck, RMD, Umapathy, G, Roos, C, Boubli, JP, Rogers, J, Farh, KK-H & Bonet, TM 2023, 'A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species', Science, vol. 380, no. 6648, pp. 906-913. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn7829
Sørensen, EF, Harris, RA, Zhang, L, Raveendran, M, Kuderna, LFK, Walker, JA, Storer, JM, Kuhlwilm, M, Fontsere, C, Seshadri, L, Bergey, CM, Burrell, AS, Bergman, J, Phillips-Conroy, JE, Shiferaw, F, Chiou, KL, Chuma, IS, Keyyu, JD, Fischer, J, Gingras, M-C, Salvi, S, Doddapaneni, H, Schierup, MH, Batzer, MA, Jolly, CJ, Knauf, S, Zinner, D, Farh, KK-H, Marques-Bonet, T, Munch, K, Roos, C & Rogers, J 2023, 'Genome-wide coancestry reveals details of ancient and recent male-driven reticulation in baboons', Science, vol. 380, no. 6648, eabn8153. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn8153
Gao, H, Hamp, T, Ede, J, Schraiber, JG, McRae, J, Singer-Berk, M, Yang, Y, Dietrich, ASD, Fiziev, P, Kuderna, LFK, Sundaram, L, Wu, Y, Adhikari, AN, Field, Y, Batzoglou, S, Aguet, F, Lemire, G, Reimers, R, Balick, D, Janiak, M, Kuhlwilm, M, Orkin, J, Manu, S, Valenzuela, A, Bergman, J, Rousselle, M, Silva, FE, Calpena, LA, Blanc, J, Gut, M, Vries, DD, Goodhead, I, Harris, R, Raveendran, M, Jensen, A, Chuma, I, Horvath, J, Hvilsom, C, Juan, D, Frandsen, P, Melo, FRD, Bertuol, F, Byrne, H, Sampaio, I, Farias, IP, Valsecchi, J, Messias, M, Silva, MNFD, Trivedi, M & Rossi, RV 2023, 'The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates', Science, vol. 380, no. 6648, eabn8197. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn8197
Bentley, BP, Carrasco-Valenzuela, T, Ramos, EKDS, Pawar, H, Arantes, LS, Alexander, A, Banerjee, S, Masterson, P, Kuhlwilm, M, Pippel, M, Mountcastle, J, Haase, B, Uliano-Silva, M, Formenti, G, Howe, K, Chow, W, Tracey, A, Sims, Y, Pelan, S, Wood, J, Yetsko, K, Perrault, J, Stewart, K, Benson, SR, Levy, Y, Todd, E, Shaffer, HB, Scott, P, Henen, B, Murphy, RW, Mohr, D, Scott, AF, Duffy, D, Gemmell, NJ, Suh, A, Winkler, S, Thibaud-Nissen, F, Nery, MF, Marques-Bonet, T, Antunes, A, Tikochinski, Y, Dutton, PH, Fedrigo, O, Myers, E, Jarvis, E, Mazzoni, C & Komoroske, LM 2023, 'Divergent sensory and immune gene evolution in sea turtles with contrasting demographic and life histories', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 120, no. 7, e2201076120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2201076120
Huang, X, Kruisz, P & Kuhlwilm, M 2022, 'sstar: A Python package for detecting archaic introgression from population genetic data with S*', Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 39, no. 11, msac212. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.10.483765, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac212
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Assoz. Prof. Dr. Martin Kuhlwilm
Employment
Professor
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
University of ViennaWien, Austria
1 Jul 2025 → present
My research interests are, among others, genomics of humans and great apes, introgression and admixture, and the evolution of gene regulation.