Irina M. Velsko

This study analyzes the oral microbiome of King Richard III using dental calculus metagenomics, finding it similar to other northern European populations despite his royal status and diet.

This study uses pangenomics and phylogenetics to analyze ancient and modern bacterial genomes of Tannerella and Porphyromonas, revealing new species, niche adaptations, and geographic patterns in oral microbiota.

The paper adds standardized radiocarbon dating information to the AncientMetagenomeDir dataset, highlighting inconsistencies in radiocarbon reporting across ancient metagenomic studies.

The paper examines Streptococcus clade abundance in humans and non-human primates, finding conserved clade dominance across oral sites and lifestyle-related differences in species presence.

HAYSTAC provides a Bayesian framework for accurate and efficient species identification in metagenomic data, outperforming existing tools in reducing false positives and handling degraded DNA.

The paper curates and standardizes metadata for ancient metagenomic samples to improve data retrieval and interoperability.