"Time in DNA, DNA in Time."

ArcheoGen is a scientific center investigating ancient biomolecules. We analyze genetic information from archaeological and historical material – ancient DNA (aDNA).

At ArcheoGen, we focus most often on human aDNA. Its source is primarily skeletal finds and remains. ADNA is the best and longest preserved in teeth, petrous bone, which is part of the temporal bone, and in the ear bones located in the middle ear cavity. All of the skeletal sources listed are highly vascularized during life, well protected during taphonomic processes, and present a lower risk of contamination during laboratory handling.

We focus our attention on the entire genome, i.e. nuclear DNA as well as the hereditary information hidden in small organelles, mitochondria. We either apply the "targeted enrichment" method - targeted enrichment of more than a million key polymorphic loci or, in the case of good DNA preservation, we proceed to whole-genome reading.