Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis

Underwater caves preserve biochemical composition and histological structure in modern and fossil mammalian bones

This study examines bone degradation in underwater and dry cave environments using histology and FTIRM, finding that wet bones retain more collagen while fossils show no detectable signal.

Sampling Techniques and Genomic Analysis of Biological Material from Artworks

The paper compares sampling techniques for microbial DNA recovery from artworks on paper, finding wet vacuuming yields higher DNA recovery than other methods.

Parchment Glutamine Index (PQI): A novel method to estimate glutamine deamidation levels in parchment collagen obtained from low-quality MALDI-TOF data

The paper introduces a method to estimate glutamine deamidation levels in parchment collagen using low-resolution MALDI-TOF data, finding it useful for archaeological and industrial applications.

Girding the loins? Direct evidence of the use of a medieval parchment birthing girdle from biomolecular analysis

This study uses a dry non-invasive method to extract and analyze palaeoproteomic evidence from a medieval parchment birth girdle, revealing biomolecular traces of use during childbirth.

The York Gospels: a one thousand year biological palimpsest

The paper reports the first use of a non-invasive DNA sampling technique on the York Gospels to uncover a biological palimpsest spanning over 1,000 years.