Matthias Meyer

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Matthias Meyer
Scientific career
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Institutions Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Doctoral advisors Michael Hofreiter
Notable students Marie-Theres Gansauge
Website www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/advanced-dna-sequencing-techniques/overview.html

Matthias Meyer is a German evolutionary geneticist working primarily with ancient DNA. Meyer is the leader of the Advanced DNA sequencing techniques group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. [1]

Research

Meyer has developed methods that have improved the scope of DNA sequencing, including methods for indexing of sequencing libraries of double-stranded DNA and extraction of highly degraded DNA from sediments. [2] [3] [4] His work has been instrumental for the generation of the first high-quality genome sequences from archaic humans as well as the recovery of the oldest DNA sequences known to date from fossils not discovered in permafrost. [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Leipzig, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. "Dept. of Genetics | Advanced DNA sequencing techniques | Group Staff". www.eva.mpg.de. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Ewen, Callaway. "Ancient-human genomes plucked from cave dirt". Nature. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyer M, Kircher M (2010). "Illumina sequencing library preparation for highly multiplexed target capture and sequencing". Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2010 (6) pdb.prot5448. doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5448. PMID   20516186.
  4. ↑ Rohland N, Glocke I, Aximu-Petri A, Meyer M (2018). "Extraction of highly degraded DNA from ancient bones, teeth and sediments for high-throughput sequencing". Nat Protoc. 13 (11): 2447–2461. doi:10.1038/s41596-018-0050-5. PMID   30323185. S2CID   256839823.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Meyer M, Kircher M, Gansauge MT, Li H, Racimo F, Mallick S; et al. (2012). "A high-coverage genome sequence from an archaic Denisovan individual". Science. 338 (6104): 222–6. doi:10.1126/science.1224344. PMC   3617501 . PMID   22936568.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Meyer M, Arsuaga JL, de Filippo C, Nagel S, Aximu-Petri A, Nickel B; et al. (2016). "Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins". Nature. 531 (7595): 504–7. doi:10.1038/nature17405. PMID   26976447. S2CID   4467094.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Bridget, Alex. "Ancient-human genomes plucked from cave dirt". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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