Ruairidh Macleod

This study identifies the oldest known plague strains in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5500 years ago, showing early outbreaks were lethal and challenged the idea that agriculture was necessary for plague epidemics.

This study uses environmental DNA from Lake Tjornin to challenge the narrative of Norse-induced environmental collapse in Reykjavik, showing dynamic human-environment interactions shaped by both cultural practices and external stressors.

This study uses genomic data from 91 individuals in Ukraine to analyze migration patterns from the Bronze Age to the early modern period, revealing complex ancestry changes and continuity.

The paper benchmarks sequencing tools for identifying degraded proteins in ancient samples, finding optimal strategies for peptide and PTM detection.

eProbe designs capture probes for aeDNA to improve genetic analysis by significantly increasing target taxa recovery and genome coverage.