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Matthias Meyer

Matthias Meyer

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Biology and Biochemistry

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83
Citations
54613
World Ranking
3411
National Ranking
259

Overview

Matthias Meyer is a researcher affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany, focusing on fields related to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans several subfields including genetics, anthropology, paleontology, archeology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as forensic and genetic research, Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, genomics and phylogenetic studies, as well as SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing and Pacific and Southeast Asian studies.

Frequent publication venues for Matthias Meyer include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Matthias Meyer has co-authored extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Janet Kelso
  • Svante Pääbo
  • Elena Essel
  • Mateja Hajdinjak
  • Sarah Nagel

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Matthias Meyer are:

  • A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Chagyrskaya Cave, 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria, 2020, published in Nature
  • Denisovan DNA in Late Pleistocene sediments from Baishiya Karst Cave on the Tibetan Plateau, 2020, published in Science
  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry, 2021, published in Nature
  • Manual and automated preparation of single-stranded DNA libraries for the sequencing of DNA from ancient biological remains and other sources of highly degraded DNA, 2020, published in Nature Protocols

Best Publications

  • A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome

    Richard E. Green;Johannes Krause;Adrian W. Briggs;Tomislav Maricic

  • Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Enhancement Factors: A Comprehensive Study

    E. C. Le Ru;E. Blackie;M. Meyer;P. G. Etchegoin

  • The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains

    Kay Prüfer;Fernando Racimo;Nick Patterson;Flora Jay

  • Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia

    David Reich;Richard E. Green;Martin Kircher;Johannes Krause

  • Illumina Sequencing Library Preparation for Highly Multiplexed Target Capture and Sequencing

    Matthias Meyer;Martin Kircher

  • A high-coverage genome sequence from an archaic Denisovan individual

    Matthias Meyer;Martin Kircher;Marie Theres Gansauge;Heng Li

  • Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe

    Wolfgang Haak;Iosif Lazaridis;Nick Patterson;Nadin Rohland

  • Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleistocene cave bear reconstructed from ultrashort DNA fragments

    Jesse Dabney;Michael Knapp;Michael Knapp;Isabelle Glocke;Marie-Theres Gansauge

  • Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

    Iosif Lazaridis;Iosif Lazaridis;Nick Patterson;Alissa Mittnik;Gabriel Renaud

  • Genome sequence of a 45,000-year-old modern human from western Siberia

    Qiaomei Fu;Heng Li;Priya Moorjani;Flora Jay

  • Double indexing overcomes inaccuracies in multiplex sequencing on the Illumina platform

    Martin Kircher;Susanna Sawyer;Matthias Meyer

  • The genetic history of Ice Age Europe

    Qiaomei Fu;Cosimo Posth;Cosimo Posth;Mateja Hajdinjak;Martin Petr

  • An analytic model for the optical properties of gold.

    P. G. Etchegoin;E. C. Le Ru;M. Meyer

  • Patterns of damage in genomic DNA sequences from a Neandertal

    Adrian W. Briggs;Udo Stenzel;Philip L. F. Johnson;Richard E. Green

  • A draft genome of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death

    Kirsten I. Bos;Verena J. Schuenemann;G. Brian Golding;Hernán A. Burbano

  • An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor

    Qiaomei Fu;Mateja Hajdinjak;Oana Teodora Moldovan;Silviu Constantin

  • A complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequence determined by high-throughput sequencing

    Richard E. Green;Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas;Johannes Krause;Adrian W. Briggs

  • Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Ancient Canids Suggest a European Origin of Domestic Dogs

    O. Thalmann;B. Shapiro;Pin Cui;V. J. Schuenemann

  • A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Vindija Cave in Croatia

    Kay Prüfer;Cesare de Filippo;Steffi Grote;Fabrizio Mafessoni

  • Single-stranded DNA library preparation for the sequencing of ancient or damaged DNA

    Marie-Theres Gansauge;Matthias Meyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Janet Kelso
Janet Kelso Max Planck Society
Swapan Mallick
Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School
Johannes Krause
Johannes Krause Max Planck Society
Kay Prüfer
Kay Prüfer Max Planck Society
Nadin Rohland
Nadin Rohland Harvard University
Nick Patterson
Nick Patterson Harvard University
Michael Hofreiter
Michael Hofreiter University of Potsdam
Jean-Jacques Hublin
Jean-Jacques Hublin Collège de France

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