List of forensic and ancient DNA laboratories

This is a list of forensic and ancient DNA laboratories. These laboratories are known to have specialist facilities for testing human forensic and/or ancient DNA samples. This list is provided for information only. Inclusion on this list does not imply recommendation or endorsement by ISOGG. ISOGG welcomes additions and corrections to this list. Please contact us to send the appropriate details.

Australia

• Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide

Austria

• Forensic Molecular Biology, Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University

Canada

• McMaster Ancient DNA Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
• Paleo-DNA Laboratory, Lakehead University

Denmark

• Centre for Geogenetics, Natural History Museum, Denmark

Estonia

• Estonian Biocentre at the University of Tartu

France

• Institute Jacques Monod, Paris

Germany

• Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
• Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany
• Professor Michael Hofreiter, Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, University of Potsdam
• Palaeogenetics Group, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
• Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz

Ireland

• Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin

Italy

• EURAC Institute of Mummies

New Zealand

• Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago

Sweden

• The Jakobsson Lab at Uppsala University

Turkey

• Middle East Technical University (METU) and Hacettepe University (HU) ancient DNA laboratories, Ankara

United Kingdom

• DNA Analysis at King's. King's College London provides a non-profit-making forensic DNA analysis service. The tests comply with legal standards and are accredited by the Ministry of Justice.
• DNA Worldwide - forensic DNA testing
• Cellmark Forensic Services
• Eurofins Forensic Services
• Dr Robin Allaby, Warwick University - plant aDNA
• Professor Terry Brown, University of Manchester
• Professor Ian Barnes, Natural History Museum, London See the NHM's website for more details on their ancient DNA laboratory
• Glyn Daniel Laboratory For Archaeogenetics, University of Cambridge
• Greger Larson, Director Palaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, University of Oxford. See also the Paleobarn website
• Maria Pala, Archaeogenetics Research Group, University of Huddersfield
• Professor Mark Thomas, University College London. The UCL ancient DNA lab was opened in 2012.
• University of York BioArCh Palaeogenomics Laboratory. The principal investigator is Dr Nathan Wales. The laboratory completes projects and trains on each element of a palaeogenetics project from sample choice, wet lab procedures in their bespoke facilities to bioinformatic analysis using their Viking super computer.

USA

• Anna Linderholm, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University A new ancient DNA lab which opened in 2017.
• Astrea Forensics A forensic lab specialising in the ecovery of DNA data from the most degraded of samples, including rootless hair.
• Malhi Molecular Anthropology Lab at the University of Illinois. See also the blog post by Roberta Estes on The Malhi Molecular Anthropology and Ancient DNA Labs
• Mitotyping Technologies
• Northern Arizona University's Ancient DNA Lab Established in 2016 by Dr. Faith Walker and Dr. Carol Chambers
• University of Oklahoma’s Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and Microbiome Research (LMAMR) The new state of the art ancient DNA lab opened at the beginning of 2015.
• Othram A company specialising in human identification "from difficult evidence such as touch DNA, rootless hair, and decades-old bones"
• Reich Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Harvard University
• Beth Shapiro's lab: molecular evolution, ancient DNA, viruses, and phylogenetics
• Sorenson Forensics An ISO 17025-accredited lab specialising in forensic DNA analysis.
• Professor Noreen Tuross, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

See also

• Austin Reynolds' map of all known ancient DNA labs
• Academic and Laboratory Links a list provided by Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada
• Ancient DNA
• DNA testing of the remains in the Barry mausoleum in County Cork: UC Dublin, HRS Ireland, GbG/FTDNA Texas, Barry YDNA Project