Dr. Susanna Sawyer, BSc MSc
Courses
Winter term 2025
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300034 SE Introduction to ancient DNA methods
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300113 UE Molecular Evolution and Genomics
Publications
Cecconi, V, Nava, A, Lugli, F, Mittnik, A, Sawyer, S, Gadeyne, J, Brouillard, C, Pinhasi, R, Reich, D & Sperduti, A 2025, 'A short and sickly life. Multi-indicator analysis of an infant from a late antique Italian burial site (Piano della Civita, Artena, 3rd-5th cent CE)', International Journal of Palaeopathology, vol. 49, pp. 93-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2025.03.004
Gelabert, P, Oberreiter, V, Straus, LG, Morales, MRG, Sawyer, S, Marín-Arroyo, AB, Geiling, JM, Exler, F, Brueck, F, Franz, S, Cano, FT, Szedlacsek, S, Zelger, E, Hämmerle, M, Zagorc, B, Llanos-Lizcano, A, Cheronet, O, Tejero, J-M, Rattei, T, Kraemer, SM & Pinhasi, R 2025, 'Author Correction: A sedimentary ancient DNA perspective on human and carnivore persistence through the Late Pleistocene in El Mirón Cave, Spain', Nature Communications, vol. 16, no. 1, 779. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56198-x
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
Gelabert, P, Oberreiter, V, Straus, LG, Morales, MRG, Sawyer, S, Marín-Arroyo, AB, Geiling, JM, Exler, F, Brueck, F, Franz, S, Cano, FT, Szedlacsek, S, Zelger, E, Hämmerle, M, Zagorc, B, Llanos-Lizcano, A, Cheronet, O, Tejero, J-M, Rattei, T, Kraemer, SM & Pinhasi, R 2025, 'A sedimentary ancient DNA perspective on human and carnivore persistence through the Late Pleistocene in El Mirón Cave, Spain', Nature Communications, vol. 16, no. 1, 107. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55740-7
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
Sawyer, S, Gelabert, P, Yakir, B, Llanos-Lizcano, A, Sperduti, A, Bondioli, L, Cheronet, O, Neugebauer-Maresch, C, Teschler-Nicola, M, Novak, M, Pap, I, Szikossy, I, Hajdu, T, Moiseyev, V, Gromov, A, Zariņa, G, Meshorer, E, Carmel, L & Pinhasi, R 2024, 'Improved detection of methylation in ancient DNA', Genome Biology, vol. 25, no. 1, 261. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-024-03405-5
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
Zagorc, B, Blanz, M, Gelabert, P, Sawyer, S, Oberreiter, V, Cheronet, O, Chen, HS, Carić, M, Visković, E, Olalde, I, Ivanova-Bieg, M, Novak, M, Reich, D & Pinhasi, R 2024, 'Bioarchaeological Perspectives on Late Antiquity in Dalmatia: Paleogenetic, Dietary, and Population Studies of the Hvar - Radošević burial site', Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, vol. 16, no. 9, 150, pp. 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-02050-0
Oberreiter, V, Gelabert, P, Brück, F, Franz, S, Zelger, E, Szedlacsek, S, Cheronet, O, Cano, FT, Exler, F, Zagorc, B, Karavanić, I, Banda, M, Gasparyan, B, Straus, LG, Gonzalez Morales, MR, Kappelman, J, Stahlschmidt, M, Rattei, T, Kraemer, SM, Sawyer, S & Pinhasi, R 2024, 'Maximizing efficiency in sedimentary ancient DNA analysis: a novel extract pooling approach', Scientific Reports, vol. 14, no. 1, 19388. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69741-5
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
Antonio, ML, Weiß, CL, Gao, Z, Sawyer, S, Oberreiter, V, Moots, HM, Spence, JP, Cheronet, O, Zagorc, B, Praxmarer, E, Özdoğan, KT, Demetz, L, Gelabert, P, Fernandes, D, Lucci, M, Alihodžić, T, Amrani, S, Avetisyan, P, Baillif-Ducros, C, Bedić, Ž, Bertrand, A, Bilić, M, Bondioli, L, Borówka, P, Botte, E, Burmaz, J, Bužanić, D, Candilio, F, Cvetko, M, De Angelis, D, Drnić, I, Elschek, K, Fantar, M, Gaspari, A, Gasperetti, G, Genchi, F, Golubović, S, Hukeľová, Z, Jankauskas, R, Vučković, KJ, Jeremić, G, Kaić, I, Kazek, K, Khachatryan, H, Khudaverdyan, A, Kirchengast, S, Korać, M, Kozlowski, V, Krošláková, M, Kušan Špalj, D, La Pastina, F, Laguardia, M, Legrand, S, Leleković, T, Leskovar, T, Lorkiewicz, W, Los, D, Silva, AM, Masaryk, R, Matijević, V, Cherifi, YMS, Meyer, N, Mikić, I, Miladinović-Radmilović, N, Milošević Zakić, B, Nacouzi, L, Natuniewicz-Sekuła, M, Nava, A, Neugebauer-Maresch, C, Nováček, J, Osterholtz, A, Paige, J, Paraman, L, Pieri, D, Pieta, K, Pop-Lazić, S, Ruttkay, M, Sanader, M, Sołtysiak, A, Sperduti, A, Stankovic Pesterac, T, Teschler-Nicola, M, Teul, I, Tončinić, D, Trapp, J, Vulović, D, Waliszewski, T, Walter, D, Živanović, M, Filah, MEM, Čaušević-Bully, M, Šlaus, M, Borić, D, Novak, M, Coppa, A, Pinhasi, R & Pritchard, JK 2024, 'Stable population structure in Europe since the Iron Age, despite high mobility', eLife, vol. 13, e79714. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.79714
Moots, HM, Antonio, M, Sawyer, S, Spence, JP, Oberreiter, V, Weiß, CL, Lucci, M, Cherifi, YMS, La Pastina, F, Genchi, F, Praxmeier, E, Zagorc, B, Cheronet, O, Özdoğan, KT, Demetz, L, Amrani, S, Candilio, F, De Angelis, D, Gasperetti, G, Fernandes, D, Gao, Z, Fantar, M, Coppa, A, Pritchard, JK & Pinhasi, R 2023, 'A genetic history of continuity and mobility in the Iron Age central Mediterranean', Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 1515-1524. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02143-4
Fernandes, DM, Sirak, KA, Cheronet, O, Novak, M, Brück, F, Zelger, E, Llanos-Lizcano, A, Wagner, A, Zettl, A, Mandl, K, Duffett Carlson, KS, Oberreiter, V, Özdoğan, KT, Sawyer, S, La Pastina, F, Borgia, E, Coppa, A, Dobeš, M, Velemínský, P, Reich, DE, Bell, LS & Pinhasi, R 2023, 'Density separation of petrous bone powders for optimized ancient DNA yields', Genome Research, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 622-631. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.277714.123
Gelabert, P, Blazyte, A, Chang, Y, Fernandes, DM, Jeon, S, Hong, JG, Yoon, J, Ko, Y, Oberreiter, V, Cheronet, O, Özdoğan, KT, Sawyer, S, Yang, S, Greytak, EM, Choi, H, Kim, J, Kim, J-I, Jeong, C, Bae, K, Bhak, J & Pinhasi, R 2022, 'Northeastern Asian and Jomon-related genetic structure in the Three Kingdoms period of Gimhae, Korea', Current Biology, vol. 32, no. 15, e6, pp. 3232-3244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.004
Gelabert, P, Sawyer, S, Bergström, A, Margaryan, A, Collin, TC, Meshveliani, T, Belfer-Cohen, A, Lordkipanidze, D, Jakeli, N, Matskevich, Z, Bar-Oz, G, Fernandes, DM, Cheronet, O, Özdoğan, KT, Oberreiter, V, Feeney, RNM, Stahlschmidt, MC, Skoglund, P & Pinhasi, R 2021, 'Genome-scale sequencing and analysis of human, wolf, and bison DNA from 25,000-year-old sediment', Current Biology, vol. 31, no. 16, e9, pp. 3564-3574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.023
Antonio, ML, Gao, Z, Moots, HM, Lucci, M, Candilio, F, Sawyer, S, Oberreiter, V, Calderon, D, Devitofranceschi, K, Aikens, RC, Aneli, S, Bartoli, F, Bedini, A, Cheronet, O, Cotter, DJ, Fernandes, DM, Gasperetti, G, Grifoni, R, Guidi, A, La Pastina, F, Loreti, E, Manacorda, D, Matullo, G, Morretta, S, Nava, A, Fiocchi Nicolai, V, Nomi, F, Pavolini, C, Pentiricci, M, Pergola, P, Piranomonte, M, Schmidt, R, Spinola, G, Sperduti, A, Rubini, M, Bondioli, L, Coppa, A, Pinhasi, R & Pritchard, JK 2019, 'Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean', Science, vol. 366, no. 6466, pp. 708-714. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay6826