Milí kolegové a kolegyně,
chtěli bychom vás srdečně pozvat na poslední přednášku semináře v tomto
semestru, která se koná tuto středu 23.5.2018, od 17:20 v posluchárně
S4.
Tentokrát budeme mít dvě kratší prezentace:
Esteban Jenkins - Long read mapping algorithms
Isidora Conic - Bioinformatics and Cancer
Těšíme se srdečně na vaši účast!
Za všechny organizátory semináře s pozdravem,
Petr Daněček
Stránky semináře
http://bioinformatika.mff.cuni.cz/seminar/
Milí kolegové a kolegyně,
chtěli bychom vás srdečně pozvat na další přednášku semináře, která se
koná ve středu 9.5.2018 od 17:20 v posluchárně S4.
Hostem na semináři bude Dr Marc Haber z Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
a téma přednášky bude
History of the Near East from Ancient and Present-day Genome
Sequences
Těšíme se srdečně na vaši účast!
Za všechny organizátory semináře s pozdravem,
Petr Daněček
Stránky semináře
http://bioinformatika.mff.cuni.cz/seminar/
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Marc Haber
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Recent technological advances in DNA extraction and sequencing are now
allowing the retrieval of genetic information from individuals who
lived thousands of years ago. This innovation radically changed the way
we use genetics to study history and provided extraordinary insights
into the human past. This talk will review recent ancient DNA work on
4,000-year-old individuals from the Near East who belonged to the
Canaanite civilization.
The Near East is often described as the cradle of civilization where
several Bronze Age cultures developed into complex urban societies
introducing many aspects of the human civilization as it is known
today. The Canaanites (who were later known as the Phoenicians) emerged
in the Near East during the Bronze Age; they created the first
alphabet, established colonies throughout the Mediterranean, and were
mentioned numerous times in the Bible. But few textual records from the
Canaanites themselves have survived and the available contradicting
reports kept them to this day enigmatic. Our work provides clear
genetic insight into the origin and fate of the Canaanites.