Prof Ian Barnes

Prof Ian Barnes

Merit Researcher

Department: Earth Sciences
Division: ES Vertebrates and Anthropology Palaeobiology
Specialisms: Ancient DNA, Biomolecular Archaeology., Evolutionary Biology, Late Pleistocene, Population Genetics, Taxonomy
Contact: email
Phone: +44 207 942 6892

Summary

I am a molecular evolutionary biologist who works with museum collections, archaeological and paleontological material. I use modern and ancient DNA, together with protein and isotope data, to understand how organisms adapt and react to changes in their environment.

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • D.Phil., University of York, UK, 1994 - 1998
  • B.Sc., University of Bradford, UK, 1990 - 1994

Employment history

    Academic

  • Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor, Royal Holloway University of London, Biological Sciences, UK, 2005 - 2013
  • Wellcome Trust Bioarchaeology Fellow, University College London, Biology, UK, 2002 - 2005
  • Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Biological Anthropology, UK, 1999 - 2002
  • Research Associate, University College London, Bacteriology, UK, 1998 - 1999

Grants

Bee sensitivity to a century of agricultural land-use change.
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: NERC
Total value £338,658 (to Museum £338,658)
Dates: 2017 - 2020

Seeing genes in space & time: the evolution of neutral and functional genetic diversity using woolly mammoth
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: NERC
Total value £326,481 (to Museum £15,052.44)
Dates: 2013 - 2015

Human adaptation to changing diet and infectious disease loads, from the origins of agriculture to the present
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: Wellcome Trust
Total value £415,383 (to Museum £415,383)
Dates: 2013 - 2016

Darwin Tree of Life
Role: Principal investigator
Co-investigator: Broad G
Funding: Wellcome Trust
Total value £9,362,420 (to Museum £868,763)

Magdalenian People
Role: Principal investigatorStringer C
Role: Co-investigator
Dates: 2019 - 2022

Radical Death and Early State Formation in the Ancient Near East
Funding: AHRC
Total value £536,860.40 (to Museum £60,480)
Dates: 2018 - 2022

Preserving, Restoring and Managing Colombian Biodiversity Through Responsible Innovation
Role: Co-investigator
Funding: BBSRC
Total value £5,133,200 (to Museum £264,673)
Dates: 2017 - 2021

UP-North: Colonisation and Cultural Diversification in Unfamiliar Landscapes
Role: Co-investigator
Funding: FP7 - Ideas
Total value £1,499,632 (to Museum £210,258)
Dates: 2014 - 2019

Committees

Member, NERC Peer Review College, 2011 - on going.

Member, NERC Radiocarbon Steering Committee, 2009 - 2012.

Director, Centre for Ecology and Evolution, 2007 - on going.

Events

Organisation

Organiser, British Association for Biological Anthropology & Osteoarchaeology Conference 2019, (Conference),

Publications

Gretzinger J, Sayer D, Justeau P, Altena E, Pala M, Dulias K, Edwards CJ, Jodoin S, Lacher L, Sabin S, Vågene ÅJ, Haak W, Ebenesersdóttir SS, Moore KHS, Radzeviciute R, Schmidt K, Brace S, Bager MA, Patterson N, Papac L, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Callan K, Harney É, Iliev L, Lawson AM, Michel M, Stewardson K, Zalzala F, Rohland N, Kappelhoff-Beckmann S, Both F, Winger D, Neumann D, Saalow L, Krabath S, Beckett S, Van Twest M, Faulkner N, Read C, Barton T, Caruth J, Hines J, Krause-Kyora B, Warnke U, Schuenemann VJ, Barnes I, Dahlström H, Clausen JJ, Richardson A, Popescu E, Dodwell N, Ladd S, Phillips T, Mortimer R, Sayer F, Swales D, Stewart A, Powlesland D, Kenyon R, Ladle L, Peek C, Grefen-Peters S, Ponce P, Daniels R, Spall C, Woolcock J, Jones AM, Roberts AV, Symmons R, Rawden AC, Cooper A, Bos KI, Booth T, Schroeder H, Thomas MG, Helgason A, Richards MB, Reich D, Krause J, Schiffels S (2022) Author Correction: The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool. Nature, 611 (7934) : E3 - E3. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05429-y

Gretzinger J, Sayer D, Justeau P, Altena E, Pala M, Dulias K, Edwards CJ, Jodoin S, Lacher L, Sabin S, Vågene ÅJ, Haak W, Ebenesersdóttir SS, Moore KHS, Radzeviciute R, Schmidt K, Brace S, Bager MA, Patterson N, Papac L, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Callan K, Harney É, Iliev L, Lawson AM, Michel M, Stewardson K, Zalzala F, Rohland N, Kappelhoff-Beckmann S, Both F, Winger D, Neumann D, Saalow L, Krabath S, Beckett S, Van Twest M, Faulkner N, Read C, Barton T, Caruth J, Hines J, Krause-Kyora B, Warnke U, Schuenemann VJ, Barnes I, Dahlström H, Clausen JJ, Richardson A, Popescu E, Dodwell N, Ladd S, Phillips T, Mortimer R, Sayer F, Swales D, Stewart A, Powlesland D, Kenyon R, Ladle L, Peek C, Grefen-Peters S, Ponce P, Daniels R, Spall C, Woolcock J, Jones AM, Roberts AV, Symmons R, Rawden AC, Cooper A, Bos KI, Booth T, Schroeder H, Thomas MG, Helgason A, Richards MB, Reich D, Krause J, Schiffels S (2022) The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool. Nature, 610 (7930) : 112 - 119. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05247-2

Brace S, Diekmann Y, Booth T, Macleod R, Timpson A, Stephen W, Emery G, Cabot S, Thomas MG, Barnes I (2022) Genomes from a medieval mass burial show Ashkenazi-associated hereditary diseases pre-date the 12th century. Current Biology, 32 (20) : 4350 - 4359.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.036

Arce AN, Cantwell‐Jones A, Tansley M, Barnes I, Brace S, Mullin VE, Notton D, Ollerton J, Eatough E, Rhodes MW, Bian X, Hogan J, Hunter T, Jackson S, Whiffin A, Blagoderov V, Broad G, Judd S, Kokkini P, Livermore L, Dixit MK, Pearse WD, Gill RJ (null) Signatures of increasing environmental stress in bumblebee wings over the past century: Insights from museum specimens. Journal of Animal Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13788

Mullin VE, Stephen W, Arce AN, Nash W, Raine C, Notton DG, Whiffin A, Blagderov V, Gharbi K, Hogan J, Hunter T, Irish N, Jackson S, Judd S, Watkins C, Haerty W, Ollerton J, Brace S, Gill RJ, Barnes I (null) First large‐scale quantification study of DNA preservation in insects from natural history collections using genome‐wide sequencing. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.13945

Bergström A, Stanton DWG, Taron UH, Frantz L, Sinding M-HS, Ersmark E, Pfrengle S, Cassatt-Johnstone M, Lebrasseur O, Girdland-Flink L, Fernandes DM, Ollivier M, Speidel L, Gopalakrishnan S, Westbury MV, Ramos-Madrigal J, Feuerborn TR, Reiter E, Gretzinger J, Münzel SC, Swali P, Conard NJ, Carøe C, Haile J, Linderholm A, Androsov S, Barnes I, Baumann C, Benecke N, Bocherens H, Brace S, Carden RF, Drucker DG, Fedorov S, Gasparik M, Germonpré M, Grigoriev S, Groves P, Hertwig ST, Ivanova VV, Janssens L, Jennings RP, Kasparov AK, Kirillova IV, Kurmaniyazov I, Kuzmin YV, Kosintsev PA, Lázničková-Galetová M, Leduc C, Nikolskiy P, Nussbaumer M, O’Drisceoil C, Orlando L, Outram A, Pavlova EY, Perri AR, Pilot M, Pitulko VV, Plotnikov VV, Protopopov AV, Rehazek A, Sablin M, Seguin-Orlando A, Storå J, Verjux C, Zaibert VF, Zazula G, Crombé P, Hansen AJ, Willerslev E, Leonard JA, Götherström A, Pinhasi R, Schuenemann VJ, Hofreiter M, Gilbert MTP, Shapiro B, Larson G, Krause J, Dalén L, Skoglund P (2022) Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs. Nature, 607 (7918) : 313 - 320. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04824-9

Patterson N, Isakov M, Booth T, Büster L, Fischer C-E, Olalde I, Ringbauer H, Akbari A, Cheronet O, Bleasdale M, Adamski N, Altena E, Bernardos R, Brace S, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Callan K, Candilio F, Culleton B, Curtis E, Demetz L, Carlson KSD, Edwards CJ, Fernandes DM, Foody MGB, Freilich S, Goodchild H, Kearns A, Lawson AM, Lazaridis I, Mah M, Mallick S, Mandl K, Micco A, Michel M, Morante GB, Oppenheimer J, Özdoğan KT, Qiu L, Schattke C, Stewardson K, Workman JN, Zalzala F, Zhang Z, Agustí B, Allen T, Almássy K, Amkreutz L, Ash A, Baillif-Ducros C, Barclay A, Bartosiewicz L, Baxter K, Bernert Z, Blažek J, Bodružić M, Boissinot P, Bonsall C, Bradley P, Brittain M, Brookes A, Brown F, Brown L, Brunning R, Budd C, Burmaz J, Canet S, Carnicero-Cáceres S, Čaušević-Bully M, Chamberlain A, Chauvin S, Clough S, Čondić N, Coppa A, Craig O, Črešnar M, Cummings V, Czifra S, Danielisová A, Daniels R, Davies A, de Jersey P, Deacon J, Deminger C, Ditchfield PW, Dizdar M, Dobeš M, Dobisíková M, Domboróczki L, Drinkall G, Đukić A, Ernée M, Evans C, Evans J, Fernández-Götz M, Filipović S, Fitzpatrick A, Fokkens H, Fowler C, Fox A, Gallina Z, Gamble M, González Morales MR, González-Rabanal B, Green A, Gyenesei K, Habermehl D, Hajdu T, Hamilton D, Harris J, Hayden C, Hendriks J, Hernu B, Hey G, Horňák M, Ilon G, Istvánovits E, Jones AM, Kavur MB, Kazek K, Kenyon RA, Khreisheh A, Kiss V, Kleijne J, Knight M, Kootker LM, Kovács PF, Kozubová A, Kulcsár G, Kulcsár V, Le Pennec C, Legge M, Leivers M, Loe L, López-Costas O, Lord T, Los D, Lyall J, Marín-Arroyo AB, Mason P, Matošević D, Maxted A, McIntyre L, McKinley J, McSweeney K, Meijlink B, Mende BG, Menđušić M, Metlička M, Meyer S, Mihovilić K, Milasinovic L, Minnitt S, Moore J, Morley G, Mullan G, Musilová M, Neil B, Nicholls R, Novak M, Pala M, Papworth M, Paresys C, Patten R, Perkić D, Pesti K, Petit A, Petriščáková K, Pichon C, Pickard C, Pilling Z, Price TD, Radović S, Redfern R, Resutík B, Rhodes DT, Richards MB, Roberts A, Roefstra J, Sankot P, Šefčáková A, Sheridan A, Skae S, Šmolíková M, Somogyi K, Somogyvári Á, Stephens M, Szabó G, Szécsényi-Nagy A, Szeniczey T, Tabor J, Tankó K, Maria CT, Terry R, Teržan B, Teschler-Nicola M, Torres-Martínez JF, Trapp J, Turle R, Ujvári F, van der Heiden M, Veleminsky P, Veselka B, Vytlačil Z, Waddington C, Ware P, Wilkinson P, Wilson L, Wiseman R, Young E, Zaninović J, Žitňan A, Lalueza-Fox C, de Knijff P, Barnes I, Halkon P, Thomas MG, Kennett DJ, Cunliffe B, Lillie M, Rohland N, Pinhasi R, Armit I, Reich D (2022) Large-scale migration into Britain during the Middle to Late Bronze Age. Nature, 601 (7894) : 588 - 594. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04287-4

Rey-Iglesia A, Lister AM, Campos PF, Brace S, Mattiangeli V, Daly KG, Teasdale MD, Bradley DG, Barnes I, Hansen AJ (2021) Exploring the phylogeography and population dynamics of the giant deer ( Megaloceros giganteus ) using Late Quaternary mitogenomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 (1950) : doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1864

van der Valk T, Pečnerová P, Díez-del-Molino D, Bergström A, Oppenheimer J, Hartmann S, Xenikoudakis G, Thomas JA, Dehasque M, Sağlıcan E, Fidan FR, Barnes I, Liu S, Somel M, Heintzman PD, Nikolskiy P, Shapiro B, Skoglund P, Hofreiter M, Lister AM, Götherström A, Dalén L (2021) Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths. Nature, 591 (7849) : 265 - 269. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03224-9

Woods R, Barnes I, Brace S, Turvey ST (2021) Ancient DNA Suggests Single Colonization and Within-Archipelago Diversification of Caribbean Caviomorph Rodents. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38 (1) : 84 - 95. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaa189

Woods R, Turvey ST, Brace S, McCabe CV, Dalén L, Rayfield EJ, Brown MJF, Barnes I (2020) Rapid size change associated with intra-island evolutionary radiation in extinct Caribbean “island-shrews”. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s12862-020-01668-7

Meiri M, Lister A, Kosintsev P, Zazula G, Barnes I (2020) Population dynamics and range shifts of moose ( Alces alces ) during the Late Quaternary. Journal of Biogeography, 47 (10) : 2223 - 2234. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13935

Reade H, Tripp JA, Charlton S, Grimm SB, Leesch D, Müller W, Sayle KL, Fensome A, Higham TFG, Barnes I, Stevens RE (2020) Deglacial landscapes and the Late Upper Palaeolithic of Switzerland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 239 : 106372 - 106372. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106372

Reade H, Tripp JA, Charlton S, Grimm S, Sayle KL, Fensome A, Higham TFG, Barnes I, Stevens RE (null) Radiocarbon chronology and environmental context of Last Glacial Maximum human occupation in Switzerland. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) : doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61448-7

Ramsøe A, van Heekeren V, Ponce P, Fischer R, Barnes I, Speller C, Collins MJ (2020) DeamiDATE 1.0: Site-specific deamidation as a tool to assess authenticity of members of ancient proteomes. Journal of Archaeological Science, 115 : 105080 - 105080. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105080

Casewell NR, Petras D, Card DC, Suranse V, Mychajliw AM, Richards D, Koludarov I, Albulescu L-O, Slagboom J, Hempel B-F, Ngum NM, Kennerley RJ, Brocca JL, Whiteley G, Harrison RA, Bolton FMS, Debono J, Vonk FJ, Alföldi J, Johnson J, Karlsson EK, Lindblad-Toh K, Mellor IR, Süssmuth RD, Fry BG, Kuruppu S, Hodgson WC, Kool J, Castoe TA, Barnes I, Sunagar K, Undheim EAB, Turvey ST (2019) Solenodon genome reveals convergent evolution of venom in eulipotyphlan mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (51) : 25745 - 25755. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1906117116

Turvey ST, Marr MM, Barnes I, Brace S, Tapley B, Murphy RW, Zhao E, Cunningham AA (2019) Historical museum collections clarify the evolutionary history of cryptic species radiation in the world's largest amphibians. Ecology and Evolution, 9 (18) : 10070 - 10084. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5257

Bokelmann L, Hajdinjak M, Peyrégne S, Brace S, Essel E, de Filippo C, Glocke I, Grote S, Mafessoni F, Nagel S, Kelso J, Prüfer K, Vernot B, Barnes I, Pääbo S, Meyer M, Stringer C (2019) A genetic analysis of the Gibraltar Neanderthals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (31) : 15610 - 15615. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1903984116

Schulting R, Booth T, Brace S, Diekmann Y, Thomas M, Barnes I, Meiklejohn C, Babb J, Budd C, Charlton S, van der Plicht H, Mullan G, Wilson L (2019) Aveline's Hole: An Unexpected Twist in the Tale. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, 28 (1) : 9 - 63.

Sheridan A, Armit I, Reich D, Booth T, Bernardos R, Barnes I, Thomas M, Charlton S, Craig O, Lawson J, Dulias K, Edwards C, Pala M, Richards M, Margaryan A, Kristiansen K, Willerslev E, Allentoft M, Britton K, Noble G, Girdland Flink L, Talamo S, Curtis N, Cooper A, Cole S, Brown L (2019) A summary round-up list of Scottish archaeological human remains that have been sampled/analysed for DNA as of January 2019. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, 19 : 1 - 23.

Brace S, Diekmann Y, Booth TJ, van Dorp L, Faltyskova Z, Rohland N, Mallick S, Olalde I, Ferry M, Michel M, Oppenheimer J, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Stewardson K, Martiniano R, Walsh S, Kayser M, Charlton S, Hellenthal G, Armit I, Schulting R, Craig OE, Sheridan A, Pearson MP, Stringer C, Reich D, Thomas MG, Barnes I (null) Author Correction: Ancient genomes indicate population replacement in Early Neolithic Britain. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3 (6) : 986 - 987. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0912-4

Brace S, Diekmann Y, Booth TJ, van Dorp L, Faltyskova Z, Rohland N, Mallick S, Olalde I, Ferry M, Michel M, Oppenheimer J, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Stewardson K, Martiniano R, Walsh S, Kayser M, Charlton S, Hellenthal G, Armit I, Schulting R, Craig OE, Sheridan A, Parker Pearson M, Stringer C, Reich D, Thomas MG, Barnes I (null) Ancient genomes indicate population replacement in Early Neolithic Britain. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3 (5) : 765 - 771. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0871-9

Charlton S, Booth T, Barnes I (2019) The problem with petrous? A consideration of the potential biases in the utilization ofpars petrosafor ancient DNA analysis. World Archaeology, 51 (4) : 574 - 585. doi: 10.1080/00438243.2019.1694062

Woods R, Turvey ST, Brace S, MacPhee RDE, Barnes I (2018) Ancient DNA of the extinct Jamaican monkey Xenothrix reveals extreme insular change within a morphologically conservative radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (50) : 12769 - 12774. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1808603115

Olalde I, Brace S, Allentoft ME, Armit I, Kristiansen K, Booth T, Rohland N, Mallick S, Szécsényi-Nagy A, Mittnik A, Altena E, Lipson M, Lazaridis I, Harper TK, Patterson N, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Diekmann Y, Faltyskova Z, Fernandes D, Ferry M, Harney E, de Knijff P, Michel M, Oppenheimer J, Stewardson K, Barclay A, Alt KW, Liesau C, Ríos P, Blasco C, Miguel JV, García RM, Fernández AA, Bánffy E, Bernabò-Brea M, Billoin D, Bonsall C, Bonsall L, Allen T, Büster L, Carver S, Navarro LC, Craig OE, Cook GT, Cunliffe B, Denaire A, Dinwiddy KE, Dodwell N, Ernée M, Evans C, Kuchařík M, Farré JF, Fowler C, Gazenbeek M, Pena RG, Haber-Uriarte M, Haduch E, Hey G, Jowett N, Knowles T, Massy K, Pfrengle S, Lefranc P, Lemercier O, Lefebvre A, Martínez CH, Olmo VG, Ramírez AB, Maurandi JL, Majó T, McKinley JI, McSweeney K, Mende BG, Modi A, Kulcsár G, Kiss V, Czene A, Patay R, Endrődi A, Köhler K, Hajdu T, Szeniczey T, Dani J, Bernert Z, Hoole M, Cheronet O, Keating D, Velemínský P, Dobeš M, Candilio F, Brown F, Fernández RF, Herrero-Corral A-M, Tusa S, Carnieri E, Lentini L, Valenti A, Zanini A, Waddington C, Delibes G, Guerra-Doce E, Neil B, Brittain M, Luke M, Mortimer R, Desideri J, Besse M, Brücken G, Furmanek M, Hałuszko A, Mackiewicz M, Rapiński A, Leach S, Soriano I, Lillios KT, Cardoso JL, Pearson MP, Włodarczak P, Price TD, Prieto P, Rey P-J, Risch R, Rojo Guerra MA, Schmitt A, Serralongue J, Silva AM, Smrčka V, Vergnaud L, Zilhão J, Caramelli D, Higham T, Thomas MG, Kennett DJ, Fokkens H, Heyd V, Sheridan A, Sjögren K-G, Stockhammer PW, Krause J, Pinhasi R, Haak W, Barnes I, Lalueza-Fox C, Reich D (2018) The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe. Nature, 555 (7695) : 190 - 196. doi: 10.1038/nature25738

Marr MM, Brace S, Schreve DC, Barnes I (null) Identifying source populations for the reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber L. 1758, into Britain: evidence from ancient DNA. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) : doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21173-8

Meiri M, Kosintsev P, Conroy K, Meiri S, Barnes I, Lister A (2018) Subspecies dynamics in space and time: A study of the red deer complex using ancient and modern DNA and morphology. Journal of Biogeography, 45 (2) : 367 - 380. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13124

Hoole M, Sheridan A, Boyle A, Booth T, Brace S, Diekmann Y, Olalde I, Thomas MG, Barnes I, Evans J, Chenery C, Sloane H, Morrison H, Fraser S, Timpany S, Hamilton D (null) ‘Ava’: a Beaker-associated woman from a cist at Achavanich, Highland, and the story of her (re-)discovery and subsequent study. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 147 : 73 - 118. doi: 10.9750/psas.147.1250

Díez-del-Molino D, Sánchez-Barreiro F, Barnes I, Gilbert MTP, Dalén L (2018) Quantifying Temporal Genomic Erosion in Endangered Species. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 33 (3) : 176 - 185. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.12.002

Woods R, Marr M, Brace S, Barnes I (null) The Small and the Dead: A Review of Ancient DNA Studies Analysing Micromammal Species. Genes, 8 (11) : 312 - 312. doi: 10.3390/genes8110312

Turvey ST, Barnes I, Marr M, Brace S (2017) Imperial trophy or island relict? A new extinction paradigm for Père David's deer: a Chinese conservation icon. Royal Society Open Science, 4 (10) : 171096 - 171096. doi: 10.1098/rsos.171096

Chang D, Knapp M, Enk J, Lippold S, Kircher M, Lister A, MacPhee RDE, Widga C, Czechowski P, Sommer R, Hodges E, Stümpel N, Barnes I, Dalén L, Derevianko A, Germonpré M, Hillebrand-Voiculescu A, Constantin S, Kuznetsova T, Mol D, Rathgeber T, Rosendahl W, Tikhonov AN, Willerslev E, Hannon G, Lalueza-Fox C, Joger U, Poinar H, Hofreiter M, Shapiro B (null) The evolutionary and phylogeographic history of woolly mammoths: a comprehensive mitogenomic analysis. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) : doi: 10.1038/srep44585

Welker F, Hajdinjak M, Talamo S, Jaouen K, Dannemann M, David F, Julien M, Meyer M, Kelso J, Barnes I, Brace S, Kamminga P, Fischer R, Kessler BM, Stewart JR, Pääbo S, Collins MJ, Hublin J-J (2016) Palaeoproteomic evidence identifies archaic hominins associated with the Châtelperronian at the Grotte du Renne. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (40) : 11162 - 11167. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605834113

Brace S, Thomas JA, Dalén L, Burger J, MacPhee RDE, Barnes I, Turvey ST (2016) Evolutionary History of the Nesophontidae, the Last Unplaced Recent Mammal Family. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33 (12) : 3095 - 3103. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msw186

Brace S, Ruddy M, Miller R, Schreve DC, Stewart JR, Barnes I (2016) The colonization history of British water vole ( Arvicola amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758)): origins and development of the Celtic fringe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283 (1829) : 20160130 - 20160130. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0130

Martiniano R, Caffell A, Holst M, Hunter-Mann K, Montgomery J, Müldner G, McLaughlin RL, Teasdale MD, van Rheenen W, Veldink JH, van den Berg LH, Hardiman O, Carroll M, Roskams S, Oxley J, Morgan C, Thomas MG, Barnes I, McDonnell C, Collins MJ, Bradley DG (2016) Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nature Communications, 7 (1) : doi: 10.1038/ncomms10326

Stringer CB, Barnes I (2015) Deciphering the Denisovans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (51) : 15542 - 15543. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1522477112

Turvey ST, Peters S, Brace S, Young RP, Crumpton N, Hansford J, Nuñez-Miño JM, King G, Tsalikidis K, Ottenwalder JA, Timpson A, Funk SM, Brocca JL, Thomas MG, Barnes I (2016) Independent evolutionary histories in allopatric populations of a threatened Caribbean land mammal. Diversity and Distributions, 22 (5) : 589 - 602. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12420

Brace S, Turvey ST, Weksler M, Hoogland MLP, Barnes I (2015) Unexpected evolutionary diversity in a recently extinct Caribbean mammal radiation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282 (1807) : 20142371 - 20142371. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2371

BROWN TA, BARNES IM (2015) The current and future applications of ancient DNA in Quaternary science. Journal of Quaternary Science, 30 (2) : 144 - 153. doi: 10.1002/jqs.2770

Welker F, Collins MJ, Thomas JA, Wadsley M, Brace S, Cappellini E, Turvey ST, Reguero M, Gelfo JN, Kramarz A, Burger J, Thomas-Oates J, Ashford DA, Ashton PD, Rowsell K, Porter DM, Kessler B, Fischer R, Baessmann C, Kaspar S, Olsen JV, Kiley P, Elliott JA, Kelstrup CD, Mullin V, Hofreiter M, Willerslev E, Hublin J-J, Orlando L, Barnes I, MacPhee RDE (2015) Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates. Nature, 522 (7554) : 81 - 84. doi: 10.1038/nature14249

Ersmark E, Orlando L, Sandoval-Castellanos E, Barnes I, Barnett R, Stuart A, Lister A, Dalén L (null) Population Demography and Genetic Diversity in the Pleistocene Cave Lion. Open Quaternary, 1 (1) : 4 - 4. doi: 10.5334/oq.aa

Barnett R, Yamaguchi N, Shapiro B, Ho SYW, Barnes I, Sabin R, Werdelin L, Cuisin J, Larson G (2014) Revealing the maternal demographic history of Panthera leo using ancient DNA and a spatially explicit genealogical analysis. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14 (1) : 70 - 70. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-70

Brace S, Barnes I, Kitchener AC, Serjeantson D, Turvey ST (2014) Late Holocene range collapse in a former British seabird species. Journal of Biogeography, 41 (8) : 1583 - 1589. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12305

Rasmussen M, Anzick SL, Waters MR, Skoglund P, DeGiorgio M, Stafford TW, Rasmussen S, Moltke I, Albrechtsen A, Doyle SM, Poznik GD, Gudmundsdottir V, Yadav R, Malaspinas A-S, V SSW, Allentoft ME, Cornejo OE, Tambets K, Eriksson A, Heintzman PD, Karmin M, Korneliussen TS, Meltzer DJ, Pierre TL, Stenderup J, Saag L, Warmuth VM, Lopes MC, Malhi RS, Brunak S, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Barnes I, Collins M, Orlando L, Balloux F, Manica A, Gupta R, Metspalu M, Bustamante CD, Jakobsson M, Nielsen R, Willerslev E (2014) The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana. Nature, 506 (7487) : 225 - 229. doi: 10.1038/nature13025

Meiri M, Lister AM, Collins MJ, Tuross N, Goebel T, Blockley S, Zazula GD, van Doorn N, Dale Guthrie R, Boeskorov GG, Baryshnikov GF, Sher A, Barnes I (2014) Faunal record identifies Bering isthmus conditions as constraint to end-Pleistocene migration to the New World. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281 (1776) : 20132167 - 20132167. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2167

Heintzman PD, Elias SA, Moore K, Paszkiewicz K, Barnes I (2014) Characterizing DNA preservation in degraded specimens ofAmara alpina(Carabidae: Coleoptera). Molecular Ecology Resources, 14 (3) : 606 - 615. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12205

von Holstein ICC, Ashby SP, van Doorn NL, Sachs SM, Buckley M, Meiri M, Barnes I, Brundle A, Collins MJ (2014) Searching for Scandinavians in pre-Viking Scotland: molecular fingerprinting of Early Medieval combs. Journal of Archaeological Science, 41 : 1 - 6. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.07.026

Palkopoulou E, Dalén L, Lister AM, Vartanyan S, Sablin M, Sher A, Edmark VN, Brandström MD, Germonpré M, Barnes I, Thomas JA (2013) Holarctic genetic structure and range dynamics in the woolly mammoth. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280 (1770) : 20131910 - 20131910. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1910

Meiri M, Lister AM, Higham TFG, Stewart JR, Straus LG, Obermaier H, González Morales MR, Marín-Arroyo AB, Barnes I (2013) Late-glacial recolonization and phylogeography of European red deer (Cervus elaphusL.). Molecular Ecology, 22 (18) : 4711 - 4722. doi: 10.1111/mec.12420

Brace S, Palkopoulou E, Dalén L, Lister AM, Miller R, Otte M, Germonpré M, Blockley SPE, Stewart JR, Barnes I (2012) Serial population extinctions in a small mammal indicate Late Pleistocene ecosystem instability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (50) : 20532 - 20536. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1213322109

NYSTRÖM V, HUMPHREY J, SKOGLUND P, McKEOWN NJ, VARTANYAN S, SHAW PW, LIDÉN K, JAKOBSSON M, BARNES IAN, ANGERBJÖRN A, LISTER A, DALÉN L (2012) Microsatellite genotyping reveals end-Pleistocene decline in mammoth autosomal genetic variation. Molecular Ecology, 21 (14) : 3391 - 3402. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05525.x

BRACE S, BARNES IAN, POWELL A, PEARSON R, WOOLAVER LG, THOMAS MG, TURVEY ST (2012) Population history of the Hispaniolan hutiaPlagiodontia aedium(Rodentia: Capromyidae): testing the model of ancient differentiation on a geotectonically complex Caribbean island. Molecular Ecology, 21 (9) : 2239 - 2253. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05514.x

Barnes I, Duda A, Pybus OG, Thomas MG (2011) ANCIENT URBANIZATION PREDICTS GENETIC RESISTANCE TO TUBERCULOSIS. Evolution, 65 (3) : 842 - 848. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01132.x

Edwards CJ, Suchard MA, Lemey P, Welch JJ, Barnes I, Fulton TL, Barnett R, O'Connell TC, Coxon P, Monaghan N, Valdiosera CE, Lorenzen ED, Willerslev E, Baryshnikov GF, Rambaut A, Thomas MG, Bradley DG, Shapiro B (2011) Ancient Hybridization and an Irish Origin for the Modern Polar Bear Matriline. Current Biology, 21 (15) : 1251 - 1258. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.058

Ho SYW, Lanfear R, Phillips MJ, Barnes I, Thomas JA, Kolokotronis S-O, Shapiro B (2011) Bayesian Estimation of Substitution Rates from Ancient DNA Sequences with Low Information Content. Systematic Biology, 60 (3) : 366 - 375. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syq099

Teacher AGF, Thomas JA, Barnes I (2011) Modern and ancient red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Europe show an unusual lack of geographical and temporal structuring, and differing responses within the carnivores to historical climatic change. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11 (1) : doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-214

Workman C, Dalen L, Vartanyan S, Shapiro B, Kosintsev P, Sher A, Gotherstrom A, Barnes I (2011) Population-level genotyping of coat colour polymorphism in woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 (17-18) : 2304 - 2308. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.08.020

Stewart JR, Lister AM, Barnes I, Dalén L (2010) Refugia revisited: individualistic responses of species in space and time. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277 (1682) : 661 - 671. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1272

Hofreiter M, Barnes I (2010) Diversity lost: are all Holarctic large mammal species just relict populations?. BMC Biology, 8 (1) : doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-46

Tuross N, Kirsanow K, Barnes I (2009) Limits and possibilities for subsistence and climate reconstruction based on organic and inorganic oxygen isotopes in vertebrate calcified tissues. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 73 (13) : A1355 - A1355.

Hong HA, Khaneja R, Tam NMK, Cazzato A, Tan S, Urdaci M, Brisson A, Gasbarrini A, Barnes I, Cutting SM (2009) Bacillus subtilis isolated from the human gastrointestinal tract. Research in Microbiology, 160 (2) : 134 - 143. doi: 10.1016/j.resmic.2008.11.002

BARNETT R, SHAPIRO B, BARNES IAN, HO SYW, BURGER J, YAMAGUCHI N, HIGHAM TFG, WHEELER HT, ROSENDAHL W, SHER AV, SOTNIKOVA M, KUZNETSOVA T, BARYSHNIKOV GF, MARTIN LD, HARINGTON CR, BURNS JA, COOPER A (2009) Phylogeography of lions (Panthera leossp.) reveals three distinct taxa and a late Pleistocene reduction in genetic diversity. Molecular Ecology, 18 (8) : 1668 - 1677. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2009.04134.x

Chatterjee HJ, Ho SYW, Barnes I, Groves C (2009) Estimating the phylogeny and divergence times of primates using a supermatrix approach. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9 (1) : 259 - 259. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-259

Haile J, Froese DG, MacPhee RDE, Roberts RG, Arnold LJ, Reyes AV, Rasmussen M, Nielsen R, Brook BW, Robinson S, Demuro M, Gilbert MTP, Munch K, Austin JJ, Cooper A, Barnes I, Möller P, Willerslev E (2009) Ancient DNA reveals late survival of mammoth and horse in interior Alaska. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (52) : 22352 - 22357. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0912510106

Hong HA, Khaneja R, Tam NMK, Cazzato A, Tan S, Urdaci M, Brisson A, Gasbarrini A, Barnes I, Cutting SM (2009) < i> Bacillus subtilis isolated from the human gastrointestinal tract. Research in microbiology, 160 : 134 - 143.

STEWART JR, Barnes I, LISTER AM, Dalén L (2009) Refugia Revisited: Individualistic responses of species in space and time. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 265 : 1219 - 1226.

Valdiosera CE, García-Garitagoitia JL, Garcia N, Doadrio I, Thomas MG, Hänni C, Arsuaga J-L, Barnes I, Hofreiter M, Orlando L, Götherström A (2008) Surprising migration and population size dynamics in ancient Iberian brown bears ( Ursus arctos ). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105 (13) : 5123 - 5128. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712223105

Barnes I, Shapiro B, Lister A, Kuznetsova T, Sher A, Guthrie D, Thomas MG (2007) Genetic Structure and Extinction of the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius. Current Biology, 17 (12) : 1072 - 1075. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.035

Bekele E, Geleta M, Dagne K, Jones AL, Barnes I, Bradman N, Thomas MG (2007) Molecular phylogeny of genus Guizotia (Asteraceae) using DNA sequences derived from ITS. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 54 (7) : 1419 - 1427. doi: 10.1007/s10722-006-9126-0

Thomas MG, Barnes I, Weale ME, Jones AL, Forster P, Bradman N, Pramstaller PP (2008) New genetic evidence supports isolation and drift in the Ladin communities of the South Tyrolean Alps but not an ancient origin in the Middle East. European Journal of Human Genetics, 16 (1) : 124 - 134. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201906

VALDIOSERA CE, GARCÍA N, ANDERUNG C, DALÉN L, CRÉGUT-BONNOURE E, KAHLKE R-D, STILLER M, BRANDSTRÖM M, THOMAS MG, ARSUAGA JL, GÖTHERSTRÖM A, BARNES IAN (2007) Staying out in the cold: glacial refugia and mitochondrial DNA phylogeography in ancient European brown bears. Molecular Ecology, 16 (24) : 5140 - 5148. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03590.x

Wilson AS, Taylor T, Ceruti MC, Chavez JA, Reinhard J, Grimes V, Meier-Augenstein W, Cartmell L, Stern B, Richards MP, Worobey M, Barnes I, Gilbert MTP (2007) Stable isotope and DNA evidence for ritual sequences in Inca child sacrifice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (42) : 16456 - 16461. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0704276104

Barnes I, Thomas MG (2006) Evaluating bacterial pathogen DNA preservation in museum osteological collections. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273 (1587) : 645 - 653. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3339

Barnett R, Yamaguchi N, Barnes I, Cooper A (2006) Lost populations and preserving genetic diversity in the lion Panthera leo: Implications for its ex situ conservation. Conservation Genetics, 7 (4) : 507 - 514. doi: 10.1007/s10592-005-9062-0

Barnett R, Yamaguchi N, Barnes I, Cooper A (2006) The origin, current diversity and future conservation of the modern lion ( Panthera leo ). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273 (1598) : 2119 - 2125. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3555

Chatterjee HJ, Barnes I, Upchurch P, Shore R (2006) Primate evolution in Southeast Asia.. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 74 - 75.

Barnett R, Barnes I, Phillips MJ, Martin LD, Harington CR, Leonard JA, Cooper A (2005) Evolution of the extinct Sabretooths and the American cheetah-like cat. Current Biology, 15 (15) : R589 - R590. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.07.052

Bunce M, Szulkin M, Lerner HRL, Barnes I, Shapiro B, Cooper A, Holdaway RN (null) Ancient DNA Provides New Insights into the Evolutionary History of New Zealand's Extinct Giant Eagle. PLoS Biology, 3 (1) : e9 - e9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030009

Gilbert MTP, Bandelt H-J, Hofreiter M, Barnes I (2005) Assessing ancient DNA studies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 20 (10) : 541 - 544. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.07.005

Gilbert MTP, Barnes I, Collins MJ, Smith C, Eklund J, Goudsmit J, Poinar H, Cooper A (2005) Long-term survival of ancient DNA in Egypt: Response to Zink and Nerlich (2003). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 128 (1) : 110 - 114. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.20045

Krause J, Dear PH, Pollack JL, Slatkin M, Spriggs H, Barnes I, Lister AM, Ebersberger I, Pääbo S, Hofreiter M (2006) Multiplex amplification of the mammoth mitochondrial genome and the evolution of Elephantidae. Nature, 439 (7077) : 724 - 727. doi: 10.1038/nature04432

Lister AM, Edwards CJ, Nock DAW, Bunce M, van Pijlen IA, Bradley DG, Thomas MG, Barnes I (2005) The phylogenetic position of the ‘giant deer’ Megaloceros giganteus. Nature, 438 (7069) : 850 - 853. doi: 10.1038/nature04134

Shapiro B, Drummond AJ, Rambaut A, Wilson MC, Matheus PE, Sher AV, Pybus OG, Gilbert MTP, Barnes I, Binladen J, Willerslev E, Hansen AJ, Baryshnikov GF, Burns JA, Davydov S, Driver JC, Froese DG, Harington CR, Keddie G, Kosintsev P, Kunz ML, Martin LD, Stephenson RO, Storer J, Tedford R, Zimov S, Cooper A (2004) Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison. Science, 306 (5701) : 1561 - 1565. doi: 10.1126/science.1101074

Willerslev E, Hansen AJ, Rønn R, Brand TB, Barnes I, Wiuf C, Gilichinsky D, Mitchell D, Cooper A (2004) Long-term persistence of bacterial DNA. Current Biology, 14 (1) : R9 - R10. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.12.012

Gilbert MTP, Hansen AJ, Willerslev E, Rudbeck L, Barnes I, Lynnerup N, Cooper A (2003) Characterization of Genetic Miscoding Lesions Caused by Postmortem Damage. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 72 (1) : 48 - 61. doi: 10.1086/345379

Gilbert MTP, Willerslev E, Hansen AJ, Barnes I, Rudbeck L, Lynnerup N, Cooper A (2003) Distribution Patterns of Postmortem Damage in Human Mitochondrial DNA. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 72 (1) : 32 - 47. doi: 10.1086/345378

Barnes I, Matheus P, Shapiro B, Jensen D, Cooper A (2002) Dynamics of Pleistocene Population Extinctions in Beringian Brown Bears. Science, 295 (5563) : 2267 - 2270. doi: 10.1126/science.1067814

Willerslev E, Mourier T, Hansen AJ, Christensen B, Barnes I, Salzberg SL (2002) Contamination in the Draft of the Human Genome Masquerades As Lateral Gene Transfer. DNA Sequence, 13 (2) : 75 - 76. doi: 10.1080/10425170290023392

Poinar HN, Kuch M, Sobolik KD, Barnes I, Stankiewicz AB, Kuder T, Spaulding WG, Bryant VM, Cooper A, Pääbo S (2001) A molecular analysis of dietary diversity for three archaic Native Americans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98 (8) : 4317 - 4322. doi: 10.1073/pnas.061014798

Spigelman M, Barnes I, Holton J, Vaira D, Thomas MG (2001) Long-term DNA survival in ethanol-preserved archival material. ANNALS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, 83 (4) : 283 - 284.

Barnes I, Holton J, Vaira D, Spigelman M, Thomas MG (2000) An assessment of the long-term preservation of the DNA of a bacterial pathogen in ethanol-preserved archival material. The Journal of Pathology, 192 (4) : 554 - 559. doi: 10.1002/1096-9896(2000)9999:9999<::aid-path768>3.0.co;2-c

Barnes I, Young JPW, Dobney KM (2000) DNA-based identification of goose species from two archaeological sites in Lincolnshire. Journal of Archaeological Science, 27 : 91 - 100.

Barnes I, Dobney KM, Young JPW (1998) The molecular palaeoecology of geese: identification of archaeological goose remains using ancient DNA analysis. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 8 : 280 - 287.

Tuross N, Barnes I, Potts R (1996) Protein identification of blood residues on experimental stone tools. Journal of Archaeological Science, 23 : 289 - 296.

Charlton S, Brace S, Hajdinjak M, Kearney R, Booth T, Reade H, Tripp JA, Sayle KL, Grimm SB, Bello SM, Walker EA, Gilardet A, East P, Glocke I, Larson G, Higham T, Stringer C, Skoglund P, Barnes I, Stevens RE (null) Dual ancestries and ecologies of the Late Glacial Palaeolithic in Britain. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6 (11) : 1658 - 1668. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01883-z

Lawniczak MKN, Davey RP, Rajan J, Pereira-da-Conceicoa LL, Kilias E, Hollingsworth PM, Barnes I, Allen H, Blaxter M, Burgin J, Broad GR, Crowley LM, Gaya E, Holroyd N, Lewis OT, McTaggart S, Mieszkowska N, Minotto A, Shaw F, Richards TA, Sivess LAS (null) Specimen and sample metadata standards for biodiversity genomics: a proposal from the Darwin Tree of Life project. Wellcome Open Research, 7 : 187 - 187. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17605.1

Ní Leathlobhair M, Perri AR, Irving-Pease EK, Witt KE, Linderholm A, Haile J, Lebrasseur O, Ameen C, Blick J, Boyko AR, Brace S, Cortes YN, Crockford SJ, Devault A, Dimopoulos EA, Eldridge M, Enk J, Gopalakrishnan S, Gori K, Grimes V, Guiry E, Hansen AJ, Hulme-Beaman A, Johnson J, Kitchen A, Kasparov AK, Kwon Y-M, Nikolskiy PA, Lope CP, Manin A, Martin T, Meyer M, Myers KN, Omura M, Rouillard J-M, Pavlova EY, Sciulli P, Sinding M-HS, Strakova A, Ivanova VV, Widga C, Willerslev E, Pitulko VV, Barnes I, Gilbert MTP, Dobney KM, Malhi RS, Murchison EP, Larson G, Frantz LAF (2018) The evolutionary history of dogs in the Americas. Science, 361 (6397) : 81 - 85. doi: 10.1126/science.aao4776

Courses taught

MSc: MSc Taxonomy & Biodiversity: Palaeobiology Module


2/2016 - 3/2016.

MSc: MSc Taxonomy & Biodiversity: Palaeobiology Module


3/2015.

Supervision

Doctorate (PhD) Lead supervisor to Woods R
Co supervisor(s): Turvey S
Molecular systematics and the evolution of the Caribbean mammal fauna.
Funding: NERC
2013 - 2016.

Doctorate (PhD) Joint supervisor to Marr M
Co supervisor(s): Schreve D
Faunal Response to Abrupt Climate Change: the History of the British Fauna from the Lateglacial to the Early Holocene.
Funding: NERC
2013 - 2013.

Master's Lead supervisor to Mullin V
To ZooMS or not to ZooMS that is the Question; a Comparative Study of Taxonomic Identification Techniques: Ancient DNA Analysis and Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry.
2011 - 2012.

Doctorate (PhD) Lead supervisor to Heintzman P
The Preservation and Postglacial History of Ice Age Holarctic Beetles, as Inferred from Museum and Ancient DNA.
Funding: RHUL
2009 - 2012.

Master's Lead supervisor to Workman C
A Functional Analysis of Coat Colour Polymorphism in the Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius).
2008 - 2009.

Doctorate (PhD) Lead supervisor to Brace S
Co supervisor(s): Turvey S
Investigating Evolutionary Processes using Ancient and Historical DNA of Rodent Species.
Funding: NERC
2007 - 2010.

Master's Lead supervisor to Humphries J
Development of a Microsatellite System for Analysis of Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) Populations.
2007 - 2008.

Doctorate (PhD) Lead supervisor to Meiri M
Co supervisor(s): Lister AM
The Role of Environmental Change in Species Range Shifts – Analysis of Quaternary Deer using Ancient DNA.
2006 - 2009.

Introduction

Summary

I am a molecular evolutionary biologist who works with museum collections, archaeological and paleontological material. I use modern and ancient DNA, together with protein and isotope data, to understand how organisms adapt and react to changes in their environment.

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • D.Phil., University of York, UK, 1994 - 1998
  • B.Sc., University of Bradford, UK, 1990 - 1994

Employment history

    Academic

  • Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor, Royal Holloway University of London, Biological Sciences, UK, 2005 - 2013
  • Wellcome Trust Bioarchaeology Fellow, University College London, Biology, UK, 2002 - 2005
  • Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Biological Anthropology, UK, 1999 - 2002
  • Research Associate, University College London, Bacteriology, UK, 1998 - 1999
Projects

Grants

Bee sensitivity to a century of agricultural land-use change.
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: NERC
Total value £338,658 (to Museum £338,658)
Dates: 2017 - 2020

Seeing genes in space & time: the evolution of neutral and functional genetic diversity using woolly mammoth
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: NERC
Total value £326,481 (to Museum £15,052.44)
Dates: 2013 - 2015

Human adaptation to changing diet and infectious disease loads, from the origins of agriculture to the present
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: Wellcome Trust
Total value £415,383 (to Museum £415,383)
Dates: 2013 - 2016

Darwin Tree of Life
Role: Principal investigator
Co-investigator: Broad G
Funding: Wellcome Trust
Total value £9,362,420 (to Museum £868,763)

Magdalenian People
Role: Principal investigatorStringer C
Role: Co-investigator
Dates: 2019 - 2022

Radical Death and Early State Formation in the Ancient Near East
Funding: AHRC
Total value £536,860.40 (to Museum £60,480)
Dates: 2018 - 2022

Preserving, Restoring and Managing Colombian Biodiversity Through Responsible Innovation
Role: Co-investigator
Funding: BBSRC
Total value £5,133,200 (to Museum £264,673)
Dates: 2017 - 2021

UP-North: Colonisation and Cultural Diversification in Unfamiliar Landscapes
Role: Co-investigator
Funding: FP7 - Ideas
Total value £1,499,632 (to Museum £210,258)
Dates: 2014 - 2019

Professional activities

Committees

Member, NERC Peer Review College, 2011 - on going.

Member, NERC Radiocarbon Steering Committee, 2009 - 2012.

Director, Centre for Ecology and Evolution, 2007 - on going.

Events

Organisation

Organiser, British Association for Biological Anthropology & Osteoarchaeology Conference 2019, (Conference),

Publications

Publications

Gretzinger J, Sayer D, Justeau P, Altena E, Pala M, Dulias K, Edwards CJ, Jodoin S, Lacher L, Sabin S, Vågene ÅJ, Haak W, Ebenesersdóttir SS, Moore KHS, Radzeviciute R, Schmidt K, Brace S, Bager MA, Patterson N, Papac L, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Callan K, Harney É, Iliev L, Lawson AM, Michel M, Stewardson K, Zalzala F, Rohland N, Kappelhoff-Beckmann S, Both F, Winger D, Neumann D, Saalow L, Krabath S, Beckett S, Van Twest M, Faulkner N, Read C, Barton T, Caruth J, Hines J, Krause-Kyora B, Warnke U, Schuenemann VJ, Barnes I, Dahlström H, Clausen JJ, Richardson A, Popescu E, Dodwell N, Ladd S, Phillips T, Mortimer R, Sayer F, Swales D, Stewart A, Powlesland D, Kenyon R, Ladle L, Peek C, Grefen-Peters S, Ponce P, Daniels R, Spall C, Woolcock J, Jones AM, Roberts AV, Symmons R, Rawden AC, Cooper A, Bos KI, Booth T, Schroeder H, Thomas MG, Helgason A, Richards MB, Reich D, Krause J, Schiffels S (2022) Author Correction: The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool. Nature, 611 (7934) : E3 - E3. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05429-y

Gretzinger J, Sayer D, Justeau P, Altena E, Pala M, Dulias K, Edwards CJ, Jodoin S, Lacher L, Sabin S, Vågene ÅJ, Haak W, Ebenesersdóttir SS, Moore KHS, Radzeviciute R, Schmidt K, Brace S, Bager MA, Patterson N, Papac L, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Callan K, Harney É, Iliev L, Lawson AM, Michel M, Stewardson K, Zalzala F, Rohland N, Kappelhoff-Beckmann S, Both F, Winger D, Neumann D, Saalow L, Krabath S, Beckett S, Van Twest M, Faulkner N, Read C, Barton T, Caruth J, Hines J, Krause-Kyora B, Warnke U, Schuenemann VJ, Barnes I, Dahlström H, Clausen JJ, Richardson A, Popescu E, Dodwell N, Ladd S, Phillips T, Mortimer R, Sayer F, Swales D, Stewart A, Powlesland D, Kenyon R, Ladle L, Peek C, Grefen-Peters S, Ponce P, Daniels R, Spall C, Woolcock J, Jones AM, Roberts AV, Symmons R, Rawden AC, Cooper A, Bos KI, Booth T, Schroeder H, Thomas MG, Helgason A, Richards MB, Reich D, Krause J, Schiffels S (2022) The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool. Nature, 610 (7930) : 112 - 119. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05247-2

Brace S, Diekmann Y, Booth T, Macleod R, Timpson A, Stephen W, Emery G, Cabot S, Thomas MG, Barnes I (2022) Genomes from a medieval mass burial show Ashkenazi-associated hereditary diseases pre-date the 12th century. Current Biology, 32 (20) : 4350 - 4359.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.036

Arce AN, Cantwell‐Jones A, Tansley M, Barnes I, Brace S, Mullin VE, Notton D, Ollerton J, Eatough E, Rhodes MW, Bian X, Hogan J, Hunter T, Jackson S, Whiffin A, Blagoderov V, Broad G, Judd S, Kokkini P, Livermore L, Dixit MK, Pearse WD, Gill RJ (null) Signatures of increasing environmental stress in bumblebee wings over the past century: Insights from museum specimens. Journal of Animal Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13788

Mullin VE, Stephen W, Arce AN, Nash W, Raine C, Notton DG, Whiffin A, Blagderov V, Gharbi K, Hogan J, Hunter T, Irish N, Jackson S, Judd S, Watkins C, Haerty W, Ollerton J, Brace S, Gill RJ, Barnes I (null) First large‐scale quantification study of DNA preservation in insects from natural history collections using genome‐wide sequencing. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.13945

Bergström A, Stanton DWG, Taron UH, Frantz L, Sinding M-HS, Ersmark E, Pfrengle S, Cassatt-Johnstone M, Lebrasseur O, Girdland-Flink L, Fernandes DM, Ollivier M, Speidel L, Gopalakrishnan S, Westbury MV, Ramos-Madrigal J, Feuerborn TR, Reiter E, Gretzinger J, Münzel SC, Swali P, Conard NJ, Carøe C, Haile J, Linderholm A, Androsov S, Barnes I, Baumann C, Benecke N, Bocherens H, Brace S, Carden RF, Drucker DG, Fedorov S, Gasparik M, Germonpré M, Grigoriev S, Groves P, Hertwig ST, Ivanova VV, Janssens L, Jennings RP, Kasparov AK, Kirillova IV, Kurmaniyazov I, Kuzmin YV, Kosintsev PA, Lázničková-Galetová M, Leduc C, Nikolskiy P, Nussbaumer M, O’Drisceoil C, Orlando L, Outram A, Pavlova EY, Perri AR, Pilot M, Pitulko VV, Plotnikov VV, Protopopov AV, Rehazek A, Sablin M, Seguin-Orlando A, Storå J, Verjux C, Zaibert VF, Zazula G, Crombé P, Hansen AJ, Willerslev E, Leonard JA, Götherström A, Pinhasi R, Schuenemann VJ, Hofreiter M, Gilbert MTP, Shapiro B, Larson G, Krause J, Dalén L, Skoglund P (2022) Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs. Nature, 607 (7918) : 313 - 320. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04824-9

Patterson N, Isakov M, Booth T, Büster L, Fischer C-E, Olalde I, Ringbauer H, Akbari A, Cheronet O, Bleasdale M, Adamski N, Altena E, Bernardos R, Brace S, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Callan K, Candilio F, Culleton B, Curtis E, Demetz L, Carlson KSD, Edwards CJ, Fernandes DM, Foody MGB, Freilich S, Goodchild H, Kearns A, Lawson AM, Lazaridis I, Mah M, Mallick S, Mandl K, Micco A, Michel M, Morante GB, Oppenheimer J, Özdoğan KT, Qiu L, Schattke C, Stewardson K, Workman JN, Zalzala F, Zhang Z, Agustí B, Allen T, Almássy K, Amkreutz L, Ash A, Baillif-Ducros C, Barclay A, Bartosiewicz L, Baxter K, Bernert Z, Blažek J, Bodružić M, Boissinot P, Bonsall C, Bradley P, Brittain M, Brookes A, Brown F, Brown L, Brunning R, Budd C, Burmaz J, Canet S, Carnicero-Cáceres S, Čaušević-Bully M, Chamberlain A, Chauvin S, Clough S, Čondić N, Coppa A, Craig O, Črešnar M, Cummings V, Czifra S, Danielisová A, Daniels R, Davies A, de Jersey P, Deacon J, Deminger C, Ditchfield PW, Dizdar M, Dobeš M, Dobisíková M, Domboróczki L, Drinkall G, Đukić A, Ernée M, Evans C, Evans J, Fernández-Götz M, Filipović S, Fitzpatrick A, Fokkens H, Fowler C, Fox A, Gallina Z, Gamble M, González Morales MR, González-Rabanal B, Green A, Gyenesei K, Habermehl D, Hajdu T, Hamilton D, Harris J, Hayden C, Hendriks J, Hernu B, Hey G, Horňák M, Ilon G, Istvánovits E, Jones AM, Kavur MB, Kazek K, Kenyon RA, Khreisheh A, Kiss V, Kleijne J, Knight M, Kootker LM, Kovács PF, Kozubová A, Kulcsár G, Kulcsár V, Le Pennec C, Legge M, Leivers M, Loe L, López-Costas O, Lord T, Los D, Lyall J, Marín-Arroyo AB, Mason P, Matošević D, Maxted A, McIntyre L, McKinley J, McSweeney K, Meijlink B, Mende BG, Menđušić M, Metlička M, Meyer S, Mihovilić K, Milasinovic L, Minnitt S, Moore J, Morley G, Mullan G, Musilová M, Neil B, Nicholls R, Novak M, Pala M, Papworth M, Paresys C, Patten R, Perkić D, Pesti K, Petit A, Petriščáková K, Pichon C, Pickard C, Pilling Z, Price TD, Radović S, Redfern R, Resutík B, Rhodes DT, Richards MB, Roberts A, Roefstra J, Sankot P, Šefčáková A, Sheridan A, Skae S, Šmolíková M, Somogyi K, Somogyvári Á, Stephens M, Szabó G, Szécsényi-Nagy A, Szeniczey T, Tabor J, Tankó K, Maria CT, Terry R, Teržan B, Teschler-Nicola M, Torres-Martínez JF, Trapp J, Turle R, Ujvári F, van der Heiden M, Veleminsky P, Veselka B, Vytlačil Z, Waddington C, Ware P, Wilkinson P, Wilson L, Wiseman R, Young E, Zaninović J, Žitňan A, Lalueza-Fox C, de Knijff P, Barnes I, Halkon P, Thomas MG, Kennett DJ, Cunliffe B, Lillie M, Rohland N, Pinhasi R, Armit I, Reich D (2022) Large-scale migration into Britain during the Middle to Late Bronze Age. Nature, 601 (7894) : 588 - 594. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04287-4

Rey-Iglesia A, Lister AM, Campos PF, Brace S, Mattiangeli V, Daly KG, Teasdale MD, Bradley DG, Barnes I, Hansen AJ (2021) Exploring the phylogeography and population dynamics of the giant deer ( Megaloceros giganteus ) using Late Quaternary mitogenomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 (1950) : doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1864

van der Valk T, Pečnerová P, Díez-del-Molino D, Bergström A, Oppenheimer J, Hartmann S, Xenikoudakis G, Thomas JA, Dehasque M, Sağlıcan E, Fidan FR, Barnes I, Liu S, Somel M, Heintzman PD, Nikolskiy P, Shapiro B, Skoglund P, Hofreiter M, Lister AM, Götherström A, Dalén L (2021) Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths. Nature, 591 (7849) : 265 - 269. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03224-9

Woods R, Barnes I, Brace S, Turvey ST (2021) Ancient DNA Suggests Single Colonization and Within-Archipelago Diversification of Caribbean Caviomorph Rodents. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38 (1) : 84 - 95. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaa189

Woods R, Turvey ST, Brace S, McCabe CV, Dalén L, Rayfield EJ, Brown MJF, Barnes I (2020) Rapid size change associated with intra-island evolutionary radiation in extinct Caribbean “island-shrews”. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s12862-020-01668-7

Meiri M, Lister A, Kosintsev P, Zazula G, Barnes I (2020) Population dynamics and range shifts of moose ( Alces alces ) during the Late Quaternary. Journal of Biogeography, 47 (10) : 2223 - 2234. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13935

Reade H, Tripp JA, Charlton S, Grimm SB, Leesch D, Müller W, Sayle KL, Fensome A, Higham TFG, Barnes I, Stevens RE (2020) Deglacial landscapes and the Late Upper Palaeolithic of Switzerland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 239 : 106372 - 106372. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106372

Reade H, Tripp JA, Charlton S, Grimm S, Sayle KL, Fensome A, Higham TFG, Barnes I, Stevens RE (null) Radiocarbon chronology and environmental context of Last Glacial Maximum human occupation in Switzerland. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) : doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61448-7

Ramsøe A, van Heekeren V, Ponce P, Fischer R, Barnes I, Speller C, Collins MJ (2020) DeamiDATE 1.0: Site-specific deamidation as a tool to assess authenticity of members of ancient proteomes. Journal of Archaeological Science, 115 : 105080 - 105080. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105080

Casewell NR, Petras D, Card DC, Suranse V, Mychajliw AM, Richards D, Koludarov I, Albulescu L-O, Slagboom J, Hempel B-F, Ngum NM, Kennerley RJ, Brocca JL, Whiteley G, Harrison RA, Bolton FMS, Debono J, Vonk FJ, Alföldi J, Johnson J, Karlsson EK, Lindblad-Toh K, Mellor IR, Süssmuth RD, Fry BG, Kuruppu S, Hodgson WC, Kool J, Castoe TA, Barnes I, Sunagar K, Undheim EAB, Turvey ST (2019) Solenodon genome reveals convergent evolution of venom in eulipotyphlan mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (51) : 25745 - 25755. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1906117116

Turvey ST, Marr MM, Barnes I, Brace S, Tapley B, Murphy RW, Zhao E, Cunningham AA (2019) Historical museum collections clarify the evolutionary history of cryptic species radiation in the world's largest amphibians. Ecology and Evolution, 9 (18) : 10070 - 10084. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5257

Bokelmann L, Hajdinjak M, Peyrégne S, Brace S, Essel E, de Filippo C, Glocke I, Grote S, Mafessoni F, Nagel S, Kelso J, Prüfer K, Vernot B, Barnes I, Pääbo S, Meyer M, Stringer C (2019) A genetic analysis of the Gibraltar Neanderthals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (31) : 15610 - 15615. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1903984116

Schulting R, Booth T, Brace S, Diekmann Y, Thomas M, Barnes I, Meiklejohn C, Babb J, Budd C, Charlton S, van der Plicht H, Mullan G, Wilson L (2019) Aveline's Hole: An Unexpected Twist in the Tale. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, 28 (1) : 9 - 63.

Sheridan A, Armit I, Reich D, Booth T, Bernardos R, Barnes I, Thomas M, Charlton S, Craig O, Lawson J, Dulias K, Edwards C, Pala M, Richards M, Margaryan A, Kristiansen K, Willerslev E, Allentoft M, Britton K, Noble G, Girdland Flink L, Talamo S, Curtis N, Cooper A, Cole S, Brown L (2019) A summary round-up list of Scottish archaeological human remains that have been sampled/analysed for DNA as of January 2019. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, 19 : 1 - 23.

Brace S, Diekmann Y, Booth TJ, van Dorp L, Faltyskova Z, Rohland N, Mallick S, Olalde I, Ferry M, Michel M, Oppenheimer J, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Stewardson K, Martiniano R, Walsh S, Kayser M, Charlton S, Hellenthal G, Armit I, Schulting R, Craig OE, Sheridan A, Pearson MP, Stringer C, Reich D, Thomas MG, Barnes I (null) Author Correction: Ancient genomes indicate population replacement in Early Neolithic Britain. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3 (6) : 986 - 987. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0912-4

Brace S, Diekmann Y, Booth TJ, van Dorp L, Faltyskova Z, Rohland N, Mallick S, Olalde I, Ferry M, Michel M, Oppenheimer J, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Stewardson K, Martiniano R, Walsh S, Kayser M, Charlton S, Hellenthal G, Armit I, Schulting R, Craig OE, Sheridan A, Parker Pearson M, Stringer C, Reich D, Thomas MG, Barnes I (null) Ancient genomes indicate population replacement in Early Neolithic Britain. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3 (5) : 765 - 771. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0871-9

Charlton S, Booth T, Barnes I (2019) The problem with petrous? A consideration of the potential biases in the utilization ofpars petrosafor ancient DNA analysis. World Archaeology, 51 (4) : 574 - 585. doi: 10.1080/00438243.2019.1694062

Woods R, Turvey ST, Brace S, MacPhee RDE, Barnes I (2018) Ancient DNA of the extinct Jamaican monkey Xenothrix reveals extreme insular change within a morphologically conservative radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (50) : 12769 - 12774. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1808603115

Olalde I, Brace S, Allentoft ME, Armit I, Kristiansen K, Booth T, Rohland N, Mallick S, Szécsényi-Nagy A, Mittnik A, Altena E, Lipson M, Lazaridis I, Harper TK, Patterson N, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Diekmann Y, Faltyskova Z, Fernandes D, Ferry M, Harney E, de Knijff P, Michel M, Oppenheimer J, Stewardson K, Barclay A, Alt KW, Liesau C, Ríos P, Blasco C, Miguel JV, García RM, Fernández AA, Bánffy E, Bernabò-Brea M, Billoin D, Bonsall C, Bonsall L, Allen T, Büster L, Carver S, Navarro LC, Craig OE, Cook GT, Cunliffe B, Denaire A, Dinwiddy KE, Dodwell N, Ernée M, Evans C, Kuchařík M, Farré JF, Fowler C, Gazenbeek M, Pena RG, Haber-Uriarte M, Haduch E, Hey G, Jowett N, Knowles T, Massy K, Pfrengle S, Lefranc P, Lemercier O, Lefebvre A, Martínez CH, Olmo VG, Ramírez AB, Maurandi JL, Majó T, McKinley JI, McSweeney K, Mende BG, Modi A, Kulcsár G, Kiss V, Czene A, Patay R, Endrődi A, Köhler K, Hajdu T, Szeniczey T, Dani J, Bernert Z, Hoole M, Cheronet O, Keating D, Velemínský P, Dobeš M, Candilio F, Brown F, Fernández RF, Herrero-Corral A-M, Tusa S, Carnieri E, Lentini L, Valenti A, Zanini A, Waddington C, Delibes G, Guerra-Doce E, Neil B, Brittain M, Luke M, Mortimer R, Desideri J, Besse M, Brücken G, Furmanek M, Hałuszko A, Mackiewicz M, Rapiński A, Leach S, Soriano I, Lillios KT, Cardoso JL, Pearson MP, Włodarczak P, Price TD, Prieto P, Rey P-J, Risch R, Rojo Guerra MA, Schmitt A, Serralongue J, Silva AM, Smrčka V, Vergnaud L, Zilhão J, Caramelli D, Higham T, Thomas MG, Kennett DJ, Fokkens H, Heyd V, Sheridan A, Sjögren K-G, Stockhammer PW, Krause J, Pinhasi R, Haak W, Barnes I, Lalueza-Fox C, Reich D (2018) The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe. Nature, 555 (7695) : 190 - 196. doi: 10.1038/nature25738

Marr MM, Brace S, Schreve DC, Barnes I (null) Identifying source populations for the reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber L. 1758, into Britain: evidence from ancient DNA. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) : doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21173-8

Meiri M, Kosintsev P, Conroy K, Meiri S, Barnes I, Lister A (2018) Subspecies dynamics in space and time: A study of the red deer complex using ancient and modern DNA and morphology. Journal of Biogeography, 45 (2) : 367 - 380. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13124

Hoole M, Sheridan A, Boyle A, Booth T, Brace S, Diekmann Y, Olalde I, Thomas MG, Barnes I, Evans J, Chenery C, Sloane H, Morrison H, Fraser S, Timpany S, Hamilton D (null) ‘Ava’: a Beaker-associated woman from a cist at Achavanich, Highland, and the story of her (re-)discovery and subsequent study. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 147 : 73 - 118. doi: 10.9750/psas.147.1250

Díez-del-Molino D, Sánchez-Barreiro F, Barnes I, Gilbert MTP, Dalén L (2018) Quantifying Temporal Genomic Erosion in Endangered Species. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 33 (3) : 176 - 185. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.12.002

Woods R, Marr M, Brace S, Barnes I (null) The Small and the Dead: A Review of Ancient DNA Studies Analysing Micromammal Species. Genes, 8 (11) : 312 - 312. doi: 10.3390/genes8110312

Turvey ST, Barnes I, Marr M, Brace S (2017) Imperial trophy or island relict? A new extinction paradigm for Père David's deer: a Chinese conservation icon. Royal Society Open Science, 4 (10) : 171096 - 171096. doi: 10.1098/rsos.171096

Chang D, Knapp M, Enk J, Lippold S, Kircher M, Lister A, MacPhee RDE, Widga C, Czechowski P, Sommer R, Hodges E, Stümpel N, Barnes I, Dalén L, Derevianko A, Germonpré M, Hillebrand-Voiculescu A, Constantin S, Kuznetsova T, Mol D, Rathgeber T, Rosendahl W, Tikhonov AN, Willerslev E, Hannon G, Lalueza-Fox C, Joger U, Poinar H, Hofreiter M, Shapiro B (null) The evolutionary and phylogeographic history of woolly mammoths: a comprehensive mitogenomic analysis. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) : doi: 10.1038/srep44585

Welker F, Hajdinjak M, Talamo S, Jaouen K, Dannemann M, David F, Julien M, Meyer M, Kelso J, Barnes I, Brace S, Kamminga P, Fischer R, Kessler BM, Stewart JR, Pääbo S, Collins MJ, Hublin J-J (2016) Palaeoproteomic evidence identifies archaic hominins associated with the Châtelperronian at the Grotte du Renne. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (40) : 11162 - 11167. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605834113

Brace S, Thomas JA, Dalén L, Burger J, MacPhee RDE, Barnes I, Turvey ST (2016) Evolutionary History of the Nesophontidae, the Last Unplaced Recent Mammal Family. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33 (12) : 3095 - 3103. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msw186

Brace S, Ruddy M, Miller R, Schreve DC, Stewart JR, Barnes I (2016) The colonization history of British water vole ( Arvicola amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758)): origins and development of the Celtic fringe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283 (1829) : 20160130 - 20160130. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0130

Martiniano R, Caffell A, Holst M, Hunter-Mann K, Montgomery J, Müldner G, McLaughlin RL, Teasdale MD, van Rheenen W, Veldink JH, van den Berg LH, Hardiman O, Carroll M, Roskams S, Oxley J, Morgan C, Thomas MG, Barnes I, McDonnell C, Collins MJ, Bradley DG (2016) Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nature Communications, 7 (1) : doi: 10.1038/ncomms10326

Stringer CB, Barnes I (2015) Deciphering the Denisovans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (51) : 15542 - 15543. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1522477112

Turvey ST, Peters S, Brace S, Young RP, Crumpton N, Hansford J, Nuñez-Miño JM, King G, Tsalikidis K, Ottenwalder JA, Timpson A, Funk SM, Brocca JL, Thomas MG, Barnes I (2016) Independent evolutionary histories in allopatric populations of a threatened Caribbean land mammal. Diversity and Distributions, 22 (5) : 589 - 602. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12420

Brace S, Turvey ST, Weksler M, Hoogland MLP, Barnes I (2015) Unexpected evolutionary diversity in a recently extinct Caribbean mammal radiation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282 (1807) : 20142371 - 20142371. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2371

BROWN TA, BARNES IM (2015) The current and future applications of ancient DNA in Quaternary science. Journal of Quaternary Science, 30 (2) : 144 - 153. doi: 10.1002/jqs.2770

Welker F, Collins MJ, Thomas JA, Wadsley M, Brace S, Cappellini E, Turvey ST, Reguero M, Gelfo JN, Kramarz A, Burger J, Thomas-Oates J, Ashford DA, Ashton PD, Rowsell K, Porter DM, Kessler B, Fischer R, Baessmann C, Kaspar S, Olsen JV, Kiley P, Elliott JA, Kelstrup CD, Mullin V, Hofreiter M, Willerslev E, Hublin J-J, Orlando L, Barnes I, MacPhee RDE (2015) Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates. Nature, 522 (7554) : 81 - 84. doi: 10.1038/nature14249

Ersmark E, Orlando L, Sandoval-Castellanos E, Barnes I, Barnett R, Stuart A, Lister A, Dalén L (null) Population Demography and Genetic Diversity in the Pleistocene Cave Lion. Open Quaternary, 1 (1) : 4 - 4. doi: 10.5334/oq.aa

Barnett R, Yamaguchi N, Shapiro B, Ho SYW, Barnes I, Sabin R, Werdelin L, Cuisin J, Larson G (2014) Revealing the maternal demographic history of Panthera leo using ancient DNA and a spatially explicit genealogical analysis. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14 (1) : 70 - 70. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-70

Brace S, Barnes I, Kitchener AC, Serjeantson D, Turvey ST (2014) Late Holocene range collapse in a former British seabird species. Journal of Biogeography, 41 (8) : 1583 - 1589. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12305

Rasmussen M, Anzick SL, Waters MR, Skoglund P, DeGiorgio M, Stafford TW, Rasmussen S, Moltke I, Albrechtsen A, Doyle SM, Poznik GD, Gudmundsdottir V, Yadav R, Malaspinas A-S, V SSW, Allentoft ME, Cornejo OE, Tambets K, Eriksson A, Heintzman PD, Karmin M, Korneliussen TS, Meltzer DJ, Pierre TL, Stenderup J, Saag L, Warmuth VM, Lopes MC, Malhi RS, Brunak S, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Barnes I, Collins M, Orlando L, Balloux F, Manica A, Gupta R, Metspalu M, Bustamante CD, Jakobsson M, Nielsen R, Willerslev E (2014) The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana. Nature, 506 (7487) : 225 - 229. doi: 10.1038/nature13025

Meiri M, Lister AM, Collins MJ, Tuross N, Goebel T, Blockley S, Zazula GD, van Doorn N, Dale Guthrie R, Boeskorov GG, Baryshnikov GF, Sher A, Barnes I (2014) Faunal record identifies Bering isthmus conditions as constraint to end-Pleistocene migration to the New World. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281 (1776) : 20132167 - 20132167. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2167

Heintzman PD, Elias SA, Moore K, Paszkiewicz K, Barnes I (2014) Characterizing DNA preservation in degraded specimens ofAmara alpina(Carabidae: Coleoptera). Molecular Ecology Resources, 14 (3) : 606 - 615. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12205

von Holstein ICC, Ashby SP, van Doorn NL, Sachs SM, Buckley M, Meiri M, Barnes I, Brundle A, Collins MJ (2014) Searching for Scandinavians in pre-Viking Scotland: molecular fingerprinting of Early Medieval combs. Journal of Archaeological Science, 41 : 1 - 6. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.07.026

Palkopoulou E, Dalén L, Lister AM, Vartanyan S, Sablin M, Sher A, Edmark VN, Brandström MD, Germonpré M, Barnes I, Thomas JA (2013) Holarctic genetic structure and range dynamics in the woolly mammoth. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280 (1770) : 20131910 - 20131910. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1910

Meiri M, Lister AM, Higham TFG, Stewart JR, Straus LG, Obermaier H, González Morales MR, Marín-Arroyo AB, Barnes I (2013) Late-glacial recolonization and phylogeography of European red deer (Cervus elaphusL.). Molecular Ecology, 22 (18) : 4711 - 4722. doi: 10.1111/mec.12420

Brace S, Palkopoulou E, Dalén L, Lister AM, Miller R, Otte M, Germonpré M, Blockley SPE, Stewart JR, Barnes I (2012) Serial population extinctions in a small mammal indicate Late Pleistocene ecosystem instability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (50) : 20532 - 20536. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1213322109

NYSTRÖM V, HUMPHREY J, SKOGLUND P, McKEOWN NJ, VARTANYAN S, SHAW PW, LIDÉN K, JAKOBSSON M, BARNES IAN, ANGERBJÖRN A, LISTER A, DALÉN L (2012) Microsatellite genotyping reveals end-Pleistocene decline in mammoth autosomal genetic variation. Molecular Ecology, 21 (14) : 3391 - 3402. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05525.x

BRACE S, BARNES IAN, POWELL A, PEARSON R, WOOLAVER LG, THOMAS MG, TURVEY ST (2012) Population history of the Hispaniolan hutiaPlagiodontia aedium(Rodentia: Capromyidae): testing the model of ancient differentiation on a geotectonically complex Caribbean island. Molecular Ecology, 21 (9) : 2239 - 2253. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05514.x

Barnes I, Duda A, Pybus OG, Thomas MG (2011) ANCIENT URBANIZATION PREDICTS GENETIC RESISTANCE TO TUBERCULOSIS. Evolution, 65 (3) : 842 - 848. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01132.x

Edwards CJ, Suchard MA, Lemey P, Welch JJ, Barnes I, Fulton TL, Barnett R, O'Connell TC, Coxon P, Monaghan N, Valdiosera CE, Lorenzen ED, Willerslev E, Baryshnikov GF, Rambaut A, Thomas MG, Bradley DG, Shapiro B (2011) Ancient Hybridization and an Irish Origin for the Modern Polar Bear Matriline. Current Biology, 21 (15) : 1251 - 1258. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.058

Ho SYW, Lanfear R, Phillips MJ, Barnes I, Thomas JA, Kolokotronis S-O, Shapiro B (2011) Bayesian Estimation of Substitution Rates from Ancient DNA Sequences with Low Information Content. Systematic Biology, 60 (3) : 366 - 375. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syq099

Teacher AGF, Thomas JA, Barnes I (2011) Modern and ancient red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Europe show an unusual lack of geographical and temporal structuring, and differing responses within the carnivores to historical climatic change. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11 (1) : doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-214

Workman C, Dalen L, Vartanyan S, Shapiro B, Kosintsev P, Sher A, Gotherstrom A, Barnes I (2011) Population-level genotyping of coat colour polymorphism in woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 (17-18) : 2304 - 2308. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.08.020

Stewart JR, Lister AM, Barnes I, Dalén L (2010) Refugia revisited: individualistic responses of species in space and time. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277 (1682) : 661 - 671. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1272

Hofreiter M, Barnes I (2010) Diversity lost: are all Holarctic large mammal species just relict populations?. BMC Biology, 8 (1) : doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-46

Tuross N, Kirsanow K, Barnes I (2009) Limits and possibilities for subsistence and climate reconstruction based on organic and inorganic oxygen isotopes in vertebrate calcified tissues. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 73 (13) : A1355 - A1355.

Hong HA, Khaneja R, Tam NMK, Cazzato A, Tan S, Urdaci M, Brisson A, Gasbarrini A, Barnes I, Cutting SM (2009) Bacillus subtilis isolated from the human gastrointestinal tract. Research in Microbiology, 160 (2) : 134 - 143. doi: 10.1016/j.resmic.2008.11.002

BARNETT R, SHAPIRO B, BARNES IAN, HO SYW, BURGER J, YAMAGUCHI N, HIGHAM TFG, WHEELER HT, ROSENDAHL W, SHER AV, SOTNIKOVA M, KUZNETSOVA T, BARYSHNIKOV GF, MARTIN LD, HARINGTON CR, BURNS JA, COOPER A (2009) Phylogeography of lions (Panthera leossp.) reveals three distinct taxa and a late Pleistocene reduction in genetic diversity. Molecular Ecology, 18 (8) : 1668 - 1677. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2009.04134.x

Chatterjee HJ, Ho SYW, Barnes I, Groves C (2009) Estimating the phylogeny and divergence times of primates using a supermatrix approach. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9 (1) : 259 - 259. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-259

Haile J, Froese DG, MacPhee RDE, Roberts RG, Arnold LJ, Reyes AV, Rasmussen M, Nielsen R, Brook BW, Robinson S, Demuro M, Gilbert MTP, Munch K, Austin JJ, Cooper A, Barnes I, Möller P, Willerslev E (2009) Ancient DNA reveals late survival of mammoth and horse in interior Alaska. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (52) : 22352 - 22357. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0912510106

Hong HA, Khaneja R, Tam NMK, Cazzato A, Tan S, Urdaci M, Brisson A, Gasbarrini A, Barnes I, Cutting SM (2009) < i> Bacillus subtilis isolated from the human gastrointestinal tract. Research in microbiology, 160 : 134 - 143.

STEWART JR, Barnes I, LISTER AM, Dalén L (2009) Refugia Revisited: Individualistic responses of species in space and time. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 265 : 1219 - 1226.

Valdiosera CE, García-Garitagoitia JL, Garcia N, Doadrio I, Thomas MG, Hänni C, Arsuaga J-L, Barnes I, Hofreiter M, Orlando L, Götherström A (2008) Surprising migration and population size dynamics in ancient Iberian brown bears ( Ursus arctos ). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105 (13) : 5123 - 5128. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712223105

Barnes I, Shapiro B, Lister A, Kuznetsova T, Sher A, Guthrie D, Thomas MG (2007) Genetic Structure and Extinction of the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius. Current Biology, 17 (12) : 1072 - 1075. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.035

Bekele E, Geleta M, Dagne K, Jones AL, Barnes I, Bradman N, Thomas MG (2007) Molecular phylogeny of genus Guizotia (Asteraceae) using DNA sequences derived from ITS. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 54 (7) : 1419 - 1427. doi: 10.1007/s10722-006-9126-0

Thomas MG, Barnes I, Weale ME, Jones AL, Forster P, Bradman N, Pramstaller PP (2008) New genetic evidence supports isolation and drift in the Ladin communities of the South Tyrolean Alps but not an ancient origin in the Middle East. European Journal of Human Genetics, 16 (1) : 124 - 134. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201906

VALDIOSERA CE, GARCÍA N, ANDERUNG C, DALÉN L, CRÉGUT-BONNOURE E, KAHLKE R-D, STILLER M, BRANDSTRÖM M, THOMAS MG, ARSUAGA JL, GÖTHERSTRÖM A, BARNES IAN (2007) Staying out in the cold: glacial refugia and mitochondrial DNA phylogeography in ancient European brown bears. Molecular Ecology, 16 (24) : 5140 - 5148. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03590.x

Wilson AS, Taylor T, Ceruti MC, Chavez JA, Reinhard J, Grimes V, Meier-Augenstein W, Cartmell L, Stern B, Richards MP, Worobey M, Barnes I, Gilbert MTP (2007) Stable isotope and DNA evidence for ritual sequences in Inca child sacrifice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (42) : 16456 - 16461. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0704276104

Barnes I, Thomas MG (2006) Evaluating bacterial pathogen DNA preservation in museum osteological collections. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273 (1587) : 645 - 653. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3339

Barnett R, Yamaguchi N, Barnes I, Cooper A (2006) Lost populations and preserving genetic diversity in the lion Panthera leo: Implications for its ex situ conservation. Conservation Genetics, 7 (4) : 507 - 514. doi: 10.1007/s10592-005-9062-0

Barnett R, Yamaguchi N, Barnes I, Cooper A (2006) The origin, current diversity and future conservation of the modern lion ( Panthera leo ). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273 (1598) : 2119 - 2125. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3555

Chatterjee HJ, Barnes I, Upchurch P, Shore R (2006) Primate evolution in Southeast Asia.. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 74 - 75.

Barnett R, Barnes I, Phillips MJ, Martin LD, Harington CR, Leonard JA, Cooper A (2005) Evolution of the extinct Sabretooths and the American cheetah-like cat. Current Biology, 15 (15) : R589 - R590. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.07.052

Bunce M, Szulkin M, Lerner HRL, Barnes I, Shapiro B, Cooper A, Holdaway RN (null) Ancient DNA Provides New Insights into the Evolutionary History of New Zealand's Extinct Giant Eagle. PLoS Biology, 3 (1) : e9 - e9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030009

Gilbert MTP, Bandelt H-J, Hofreiter M, Barnes I (2005) Assessing ancient DNA studies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 20 (10) : 541 - 544. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.07.005

Gilbert MTP, Barnes I, Collins MJ, Smith C, Eklund J, Goudsmit J, Poinar H, Cooper A (2005) Long-term survival of ancient DNA in Egypt: Response to Zink and Nerlich (2003). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 128 (1) : 110 - 114. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.20045

Krause J, Dear PH, Pollack JL, Slatkin M, Spriggs H, Barnes I, Lister AM, Ebersberger I, Pääbo S, Hofreiter M (2006) Multiplex amplification of the mammoth mitochondrial genome and the evolution of Elephantidae. Nature, 439 (7077) : 724 - 727. doi: 10.1038/nature04432

Lister AM, Edwards CJ, Nock DAW, Bunce M, van Pijlen IA, Bradley DG, Thomas MG, Barnes I (2005) The phylogenetic position of the ‘giant deer’ Megaloceros giganteus. Nature, 438 (7069) : 850 - 853. doi: 10.1038/nature04134

Shapiro B, Drummond AJ, Rambaut A, Wilson MC, Matheus PE, Sher AV, Pybus OG, Gilbert MTP, Barnes I, Binladen J, Willerslev E, Hansen AJ, Baryshnikov GF, Burns JA, Davydov S, Driver JC, Froese DG, Harington CR, Keddie G, Kosintsev P, Kunz ML, Martin LD, Stephenson RO, Storer J, Tedford R, Zimov S, Cooper A (2004) Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison. Science, 306 (5701) : 1561 - 1565. doi: 10.1126/science.1101074

Willerslev E, Hansen AJ, Rønn R, Brand TB, Barnes I, Wiuf C, Gilichinsky D, Mitchell D, Cooper A (2004) Long-term persistence of bacterial DNA. Current Biology, 14 (1) : R9 - R10. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.12.012

Gilbert MTP, Hansen AJ, Willerslev E, Rudbeck L, Barnes I, Lynnerup N, Cooper A (2003) Characterization of Genetic Miscoding Lesions Caused by Postmortem Damage. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 72 (1) : 48 - 61. doi: 10.1086/345379

Gilbert MTP, Willerslev E, Hansen AJ, Barnes I, Rudbeck L, Lynnerup N, Cooper A (2003) Distribution Patterns of Postmortem Damage in Human Mitochondrial DNA. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 72 (1) : 32 - 47. doi: 10.1086/345378

Barnes I, Matheus P, Shapiro B, Jensen D, Cooper A (2002) Dynamics of Pleistocene Population Extinctions in Beringian Brown Bears. Science, 295 (5563) : 2267 - 2270. doi: 10.1126/science.1067814

Willerslev E, Mourier T, Hansen AJ, Christensen B, Barnes I, Salzberg SL (2002) Contamination in the Draft of the Human Genome Masquerades As Lateral Gene Transfer. DNA Sequence, 13 (2) : 75 - 76. doi: 10.1080/10425170290023392

Poinar HN, Kuch M, Sobolik KD, Barnes I, Stankiewicz AB, Kuder T, Spaulding WG, Bryant VM, Cooper A, Pääbo S (2001) A molecular analysis of dietary diversity for three archaic Native Americans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98 (8) : 4317 - 4322. doi: 10.1073/pnas.061014798

Spigelman M, Barnes I, Holton J, Vaira D, Thomas MG (2001) Long-term DNA survival in ethanol-preserved archival material. ANNALS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, 83 (4) : 283 - 284.

Barnes I, Holton J, Vaira D, Spigelman M, Thomas MG (2000) An assessment of the long-term preservation of the DNA of a bacterial pathogen in ethanol-preserved archival material. The Journal of Pathology, 192 (4) : 554 - 559. doi: 10.1002/1096-9896(2000)9999:9999<::aid-path768>3.0.co;2-c

Barnes I, Young JPW, Dobney KM (2000) DNA-based identification of goose species from two archaeological sites in Lincolnshire. Journal of Archaeological Science, 27 : 91 - 100.

Barnes I, Dobney KM, Young JPW (1998) The molecular palaeoecology of geese: identification of archaeological goose remains using ancient DNA analysis. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 8 : 280 - 287.

Tuross N, Barnes I, Potts R (1996) Protein identification of blood residues on experimental stone tools. Journal of Archaeological Science, 23 : 289 - 296.

Charlton S, Brace S, Hajdinjak M, Kearney R, Booth T, Reade H, Tripp JA, Sayle KL, Grimm SB, Bello SM, Walker EA, Gilardet A, East P, Glocke I, Larson G, Higham T, Stringer C, Skoglund P, Barnes I, Stevens RE (null) Dual ancestries and ecologies of the Late Glacial Palaeolithic in Britain. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6 (11) : 1658 - 1668. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01883-z

Lawniczak MKN, Davey RP, Rajan J, Pereira-da-Conceicoa LL, Kilias E, Hollingsworth PM, Barnes I, Allen H, Blaxter M, Burgin J, Broad GR, Crowley LM, Gaya E, Holroyd N, Lewis OT, McTaggart S, Mieszkowska N, Minotto A, Shaw F, Richards TA, Sivess LAS (null) Specimen and sample metadata standards for biodiversity genomics: a proposal from the Darwin Tree of Life project. Wellcome Open Research, 7 : 187 - 187. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17605.1

Ní Leathlobhair M, Perri AR, Irving-Pease EK, Witt KE, Linderholm A, Haile J, Lebrasseur O, Ameen C, Blick J, Boyko AR, Brace S, Cortes YN, Crockford SJ, Devault A, Dimopoulos EA, Eldridge M, Enk J, Gopalakrishnan S, Gori K, Grimes V, Guiry E, Hansen AJ, Hulme-Beaman A, Johnson J, Kitchen A, Kasparov AK, Kwon Y-M, Nikolskiy PA, Lope CP, Manin A, Martin T, Meyer M, Myers KN, Omura M, Rouillard J-M, Pavlova EY, Sciulli P, Sinding M-HS, Strakova A, Ivanova VV, Widga C, Willerslev E, Pitulko VV, Barnes I, Gilbert MTP, Dobney KM, Malhi RS, Murchison EP, Larson G, Frantz LAF (2018) The evolutionary history of dogs in the Americas. Science, 361 (6397) : 81 - 85. doi: 10.1126/science.aao4776

Teaching and students

Courses taught

MSc: MSc Taxonomy & Biodiversity: Palaeobiology Module


2/2016 - 3/2016.

MSc: MSc Taxonomy & Biodiversity: Palaeobiology Module


3/2015.

Supervision

Doctorate (PhD) Lead supervisor to Woods R
Co supervisor(s): Turvey S
Molecular systematics and the evolution of the Caribbean mammal fauna.
Funding: NERC
2013 - 2016.

Doctorate (PhD) Joint supervisor to Marr M
Co supervisor(s): Schreve D
Faunal Response to Abrupt Climate Change: the History of the British Fauna from the Lateglacial to the Early Holocene.
Funding: NERC
2013 - 2013.

Master's Lead supervisor to Mullin V
To ZooMS or not to ZooMS that is the Question; a Comparative Study of Taxonomic Identification Techniques: Ancient DNA Analysis and Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry.
2011 - 2012.

Doctorate (PhD) Lead supervisor to Heintzman P
The Preservation and Postglacial History of Ice Age Holarctic Beetles, as Inferred from Museum and Ancient DNA.
Funding: RHUL
2009 - 2012.

Master's Lead supervisor to Workman C
A Functional Analysis of Coat Colour Polymorphism in the Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius).
2008 - 2009.

Doctorate (PhD) Lead supervisor to Brace S
Co supervisor(s): Turvey S
Investigating Evolutionary Processes using Ancient and Historical DNA of Rodent Species.
Funding: NERC
2007 - 2010.

Master's Lead supervisor to Humphries J
Development of a Microsatellite System for Analysis of Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) Populations.
2007 - 2008.

Doctorate (PhD) Lead supervisor to Meiri M
Co supervisor(s): Lister AM
The Role of Environmental Change in Species Range Shifts – Analysis of Quaternary Deer using Ancient DNA.
2006 - 2009.