RESEARCH
Our research combines genomic information from modern and ancient populations to trace the changes in the genetic makeup of people and their pathogens through time.
Go to Afro-Mexico Genomics Project
Afro-Mexico Genomics Project
Using genomics to understand the genetic legacy of the transatlantic slave trade in Mexico.
Go to Paleogenomics of Prehispanic Mexico
Paleogenomics of Prehispanic Mexico
Investigating the impact of Colonialism on the genetic diversity of Mexicans through time.
Ancient Pathogen Genomics
Studying ancient pathogens to investigate past health and disease.
People
María Ávila-Arcos
Principal Investigator
Miriam Bravo López
Postdoctoral fellow
Ancient pathogen genomics in Pre-Hipanic and Colonial individuals from Mexico
Laura Carrillo Olivas
PhD student
Paleogenomic study of human pathogens in the colonial period of Mexico City
Walter Nicolás Ortega
PhD student
Human paleogenomics in pre-Hispanic and Colonial period of Mexico
Anahí TSL
Research intern
Paleogenomic Analysis of Viruses from Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Mexico
Miguel Alejandro Navarro García
Undergraduate Student
Paleoproteomic Identification of Ancient Pathogens
María Fernanda García Rodríguez
Undergraduate Student
Afro-Mexico Genomics Project
Florencia Alvarez Gallego
PhD Student (co-directed)
Diversity of pathogens in a hunter-gatherer population from Patagonia, Argentina
Dr. Xavier Roca-Rada
Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate (Brown University)
Human paleogenomics in Colonial Mexico
Ernesto Garfias
Lab Manager
Paleogenomics &
Paleoproteomics
Alejandra Castillo Carbajal
Lab Technician
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