Testing the Utility of Massively Parallel Sequencing on Ancient Sediments

This new project, financed by the Faculty of Science, Stockholm University, is focussed on retrieving and analyzing metagenomic data sets from environmental DNA from 11,000–16,000 year old lake sediments from southern Sweden.

The project is conducted in close collaboration with Tanja Slotte (Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University and Science for Life Laboratory) and Laura Parducci (Department of Plant Ecology and Evolution, Uppsala University); the ancient DNA facility in Copenhagen and at the Natural History Museum, Stockholm; and SciLifeLab.

 

Coring at Hässeldalas peatbog in July 2015. Barbara Wohlfarth and Frederik Schenk. Picture credit Lu Han.
Coring at Hässeldala’s peatbog in July 2015. Barbara Wohlfarth and Frederik Schenk. Picture credit Lu Han

A new sediment core has been obtained. Picture credit: Engy Ahmed.
A new sediment core has been obtained. Picture credit: Engy Ahmed

Lu Han, Barbara Wohlfarth, Laura Parducchi and Engy Ahmed after successful fieldwork in July 2015 to retrieve new sediment sequences at Hässeldala Port. Picture credit: Frederik Schenk
Lu Han, Barbara Wohlfarth, Laura Parducchi and Engy Ahmed after successful fieldwork in July 2015 to retrieve new sediment sequences at Hässeldala Port. Picture credit: Frederik Schenk

Sub-sampling the cores in the laboratory at Stockholm University in September 2015. Picture credit: Laura Parducchi
Sub-sampling the cores in the laboratory at Stockholm University in September 2015. Picture credit: Laura Parducchi

Engy Ahmed in the ancient DNA lab, University of Copenhagen. Picture credit: Lu Han
Engy Ahmed in the ancient DNA lab, University of Copenhagen. Picture credit: Lu Han