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Nadin Rohland is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Arts and Humanities. Their work covers a range of subfields including Genetics, Archeology, Paleontology, Anthropology, and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in Rohland's research include forensic and genetic research, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, genetic diversity and population structure, race, genetics and society, Yersinia bacterium and plague research, and Pacific and Southeast Asian studies.

Rohland has contributed to several recent scientific papers, which encompass:

  • Genomic insights into the formation of human populations in East Asia (2021, Nature)
  • A Paleogenomic Reconstruction of the Deep Population History of the Andes (2020, Cell)
  • The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool (2022, Nature)
  • Ancient West African foragers in the context of African population history (2020, Nature)
  • Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers (2022, Nature)

Frequent coauthors include:

  • David Reich
  • Swapan Mallick
  • Ron Pinhasi
  • Matthew Mah
  • Ann Marie Lawson

Rohland's research has been published in multiple venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • Genome Research

Best Publications

  • Ancient Admixture in Human History

    Nick J. Patterson;Priya Moorjani;Yontao Luo;Swapan Mallick

  • 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

  • Genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians

    Iain Mathieson;Iosif Lazaridis;Iosif Lazaridis;Nadin Rohland;Nadin Rohland;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick

  • Genetic Analyses from Ancient DNA

    Svante Pääbo;Hendrik Poinar;Hendrik Poinar;David Serre;Viviane Jaenicke-Després

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

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

  • The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations

    Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Heng Li;Mark Lipson;Iain Mathieson

  • Cost-effective, high-throughput DNA sequencing libraries for multiplexed target capture

    Nadin Rohland;David Reich

  • The genetic history of Ice Age Europe

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

  • Genomically Recoded Organisms Expand Biological Functions

    Marc J. Lajoie;Alexis J. Rovner;Daniel B. Goodman;Daniel B. Goodman;Hans-Rudolf Aerni

  • Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East

    Iosif Lazaridis;Dani Nadel;Gary Rollefson;Deborah C. Merrett

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

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

  • The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe

    Iñigo Olalde;Selina Brace;Morten E. Allentoft;Ian Armit

  • The genomic history of southeastern Europe

    Iain Mathieson;Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg;Cosimo Posth;Cosimo Posth;Anna Szécsényi-Nagy

  • The Formation of Human Populations in South and Central Asia

    Vagheesh M. Narasimhan;Nick Patterson;Nick Patterson;Priya Moorjani;Nadin Rohland;Nadin Rohland

  • Ancient DNA extraction from bones and teeth

    Nadin Rohland;Michael Hofreiter

  • The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years.

    Iñigo Olalde;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Nick Patterson;Nadin Rohland

  • Partial uracil-DNA-glycosylase treatment for screening of ancient DNA.

    Nadin Rohland;Eadaoin Harney;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Susanne Nordenfelt

  • Comparison and optimization of ancient DNA extraction.

    Nadin Rohland;Michael Hofreiter

  • A Melanocortin 1 Receptor Allele Suggests Varying Pigmentation Among Neanderthals

    Carles Lalueza-Fox;Holger Römpler;David Caramelli;Claudia Stäubert

Frequent Co-Authors

David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Swapan Mallick
Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School
Nick Patterson
Nick Patterson Harvard University
Johannes Krause
Johannes Krause Max Planck Society
Wolfgang Haak
Wolfgang Haak Max Planck Society
Michael Hofreiter
Michael Hofreiter University of Potsdam
Carles Lalueza-Fox
Carles Lalueza-Fox Pompeu Fabra University
Matthias Meyer
Matthias Meyer Max Planck Society
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Heng Li
Heng Li Harvard University

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