• PALAEOGENETIC LAB ADDRESS

    Palaeogenetik Labor
    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
    Dr. Viviane Després
    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
    Anselm-Franz-von-Bentzel-Weg 7A
    D-55128 Mainz
    Germany
    Email: despres@uni-mainz.de

The Palaeogenetic laboratories in Mainz are specialized facilities for the analysis of highly degraded ancient DNA. In particular, ancient human DNA from archaeological skeletons is subject to contamination from living humans during the analysis process. Therefore a series of anti-contamination measurements are taken in our laboratories. Watch the film below.