We would like to formally congratulate Dr Bastien Llamas on his ARC Future Fellowship. Dr Llamas is part of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, one of the top laboratories in the world for ancient DNA research.
He has been awarded almost $700,000 to create the first ultra high-quality Aboriginal Australian reference genome to explore human adaption to diverse environments.
An international team of researchers has completed the first large-scale study of DNA belonging to ancient humans of the central Andes in South America and found early genetic differences between groups of nearby regions, and surprising genetic continuity over thousands of years. In the study, published in the journal Cell, researchers analysed the DNA of […]
Dr Bastian Llamas, ARC Future Fellow, Australian Centre for DNA will speak at the Epigenetics Science in the Pub. Dr Llamas works with ancient DNA and was recently awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship to create the first ultra high-quality Aboriginal Australian reference genome to explore human adaption to diverse environments. Where: Rob Roy […]
The Australian Centre for Ancient DNA has an international remit, examining material from many countries, cultures and ages. Recent work has focused on the destruction of South American communities following the arrival of European soldiers and settlers. Dr Bastien Llamas explains to Ewart Shaw from Radio Adelaide how the research was initiated. Listen to the podcast
The first largescale study of ancient DNA from early American people has confirmed the devastating impact of European colonisation on the Indigenous American populations of the time. Led by the University of Adelaide’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD), the researchers have reconstructed a genetic history of Indigenous American populations by looking directly into the DNA of […]
Dr Bastien Llamas, from the University of Adelaide’s Ancient Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) was interviewed about the latest findings in ancient DNA research for a recent ABC News story. Dr Llamas was involved in a genetic study that studied DNA from the remains of 230 ancient individuals who lived between 3000 and 8500 years ago […]
Scientists have finally managed to extract DNA from Australia’s extinct giant kangaroos ─ the mysterious marsupial megafauna that roamed Australia over 40,000 years ago. A team of scientists led by Dr Bastien Llamas and Professor Alan Cooper from the University of Adelaide’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) have extracted DNA sequences from two species: a giant short-faced kangaroo (Simosthenurus occidentalis) […]
The Australian Research Council has today announced the funding outcomes for ARC Discovery Projects, Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) applications and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) for funding commencing in 2013. Among the 49 successful University of Adelaide applications were 8 Discovery Projects, 3 LIEF applications and 2 Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards […]
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