MA (Gotland), PhD (Durham), PgCert (LJMU)
Lecturer
- Email Address
- linus.girdlandflink@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273693
- Office Address
Room 201, Department of Archaeology, School of Geosciences
University of Aberdeen
St. Mary's, Elphinstone Road
AB24 3UF- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
Biography
Degrees
MA Osteology (Gotland University, Sweden) 2008
PhD Archaeogenetics (Durham University, UK) 2014
PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education 2018 (Liverpool John Moores University)
Postdoc positions:
Natural History Museum (London, UK) 2012-2013
University of Aberdeen 2013-2016
Stockholm University 2015
Academic appointments
Lecturer & Senior Lecturer in Human Evolutionary Genetics (Liverpool John Moores University) 2016-2020
Lecturer in Biomolecular Archaeology (University of Aberdeen) 2020-present
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Memberships and Affiliations
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Member of Geosciences Marketing Committee (UoA)
Research Overview
I specialise in ancient DNA analysis and am particularly interested in animal domestication and past human demography. I also have a keen interest in wet-lab ancient DNA methods.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Archaeology, Biological and Environmental Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Genetics
- Archaeological Sciences
- Archaeology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Genome analysis of Early Medieval Picts of Scotland (via primary supervision of PhD student Adeline Morez at Liverpool John Moores University)
Assessing past biodiversity in Scotland and Ireland via environmental ancient DNA (NERC-funded QUADRAT PhD project at the University of Aberdeen)
Past mobility and migration in prehistoric Scotland (University of Aberdeen-funded PhD project in collaboration with Marischal Museum, Aberdeen, and the Crick Institute, London)
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Archaeology, Biological and Environmental Sciences.
In addition to lead supervision at Aberdeen, I am lead supervisor for Miss Adeline Morez (Liverpool John Moores University)
Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, September start
I am programme coordinator
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, September start
I am programme coordinator
Courses
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Teaching Responsibilities
I teach a range of topics and on different courses, mainly linked to ancient biomolecules (and ancient DNA) and animal domestication. My teaching is a mix of lectures and tutorials (practicals, seminars, and workshops).
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
Personal tutor
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The Archaeology of Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station, Somerset. Excavations in 2012-16
Mudd, A., Clough, S., Healy, F., Jay, M., Girdland Flink, L.Vol. Monograph 19, Cotswold Archaeology, CirencesterBooks and Reports: BooksNew zooarchaeological evidence from Pictish sites in Scotland: implications for early medieval economies and animal-human relationships
Masson-MacLean, E., Niehaus, S., Fraser, E., Lee, V., Prado, S., Czére, O., Fawcett, J., O'Driscoll, J., Girdland-Flink, L., Noble, G., Britton, K.Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, vol. 2, 1208908Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDNA study sheds light on Scotland’s Picts, and resolves some myths about them
Girdland Flink, E., Morez, A.The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesImputed genomes and haplotype-based analyses of the Picts of early medieval Scotland reveal fine-scale relatedness between Iron Age, early medieval and the modern people of the UK
Morez, A., Britton, K., Noble, G., Günther, T., Götherström, A., Rodríguez Varela, R., Kashuba, N., Martiniano, R., Talamo, S., Evans, N., Irish, J., Donald, C., Girdland Flink, L.PLoS Genetics, vol. 19, no. 4, e1010360Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present
Rodríguez-Varela, R., Moore, K. H., Ebenesersdóttir, S. S., Kilinc, G. M., Kjellström, A., Papmehl-Dufay, L., Alfsdotter, C., Berglund, B., Alrawi, L., Kashuba, N., Sobrado, V., Lagerholm, V. K., Gilbert, E., Cavalleri, G. L., Hovig, E., Kockum, I., Olsson, T., Alfredsson, L., Hansen, T. F., Werge, T., Munters, A. R., Bernhardsson, C., Skar, B., Christophersen, A., Turner-Walker, G., Gopalakrishnan, S., Daskalaki, E., Omrak, A., Pérez-Ramallo, P., Skoglund, P., Girdland-Flink, L., Gunnarsson, F., Hedenstierna-Jonson, C., Gilbert, M. T. P., Lidén, K., Jakobsson, M., Einarsson, L., Victor, H., Krzewińska, M., Zachrisson, T., Storå, J., Stefánsson, K., Helgason, A., Götherström, A.Cell, vol. 186, no. 1, pp. 32-46.e1Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGrey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs
Bergström, A., Stanton, D. W. G., Taron, U. H., Frantz, L., Sinding, M. S., Ersmark, E., Pfrengle, S., Cassatt-Johnstone, M., Lebrasseur, O., Girdland-Flink, L., Fernandes, D. M., Ollivier, M., Speidel, L., Gopalakrishnan, S., Westbury, M. V., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Feuerborn, T. R., Reiter, E., Gretzinger, J., Münzel, S. C., Swali, P., Conard, N. J., Carøe, C., Haile, J., Linderholm, A., Androsov, S., Barnes, I., Baumann, C., Benecke, N., Bocherens, H., Brace, S., Carden, R. F., Drucker, D. G., Fedorov, S., Gasparik, M., Germonpré, M., Grigoriev, S., Groves, P., Hertwig, S. T., Ivanova, V. V., Janssens, L., Jennings, R. P., Kasparov, A. K., Kirillova, I. V., Kurmaniyazov, I., Kuzmin, Y. V., Kosintsev, P. A., Lázničková-Galetová, M., Leduc, C., Nikolskiy, P., Nussbaumer, M., O’Drisceoil, C., Orlando, L., Outram, A., Pavlova, E. Y., Perri, A. R., Pilot, M., Pitulko, V. V., Plotnikov, V. V., Protopopov, A. V., Rehazek, A., Sablin, M., Seguin-Orlando, A., Storå, J., Verjux, C., Zaibert, V. F., Zazula, G., Crombé, P., Hansen, A. J., Willerslev, E., Leonard, J. A., Götherström, A., Pinhasi, R., Schuenemann, V. J., Hofreiter, M., Gilbert, M. T. P., Shapiro, B., Larson, G., Krause, J., Dalén, L., Skoglund, P.Nature, vol. 607, pp. 313–320Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOrigins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs
Bergström, A., Frantz, L., Schmidt, R., Ersmark, E., Lebrasseur, O., Girdland-Flink, L., Lin, A. T., Storå, J., Sjögren, K., Anthony, D., Antipina, E., Amiri, S., Bar-Oz, G., Bazaliiskii, V. I., Bulatović, J., Brown, D., Carmagnini, A., Davy, T., Fedorov, S., Fiore, I., Fulton, D., Germonpré, M., Haile, J., Irving-Pease, E. K., Jamieson, A., Janssens, L., Kirillova, I., Horwitz, L. K., Kuzmanovic-Cvetković, J., Kuzmin, Y., Losey, R. J., Dizdar, D. L., Mashkour, M., Novak, M., Onar, V., Orton, D., Pasarić, M., Radivojević, M., Rajković, D., Roberts, B., Ryan, H., Sablin, M., Shidlovskiy, F., Stojanović, I., Tagliacozzo, A., Trantalidou, K., Ullén, I., Villaluenga, A., Wapnish, P., Dobney, K., Götherström, A., Linderholm, A., Dalén, L., Pinhasi, R., Larson, G., Skoglund, P.Science, vol. 370, no. 6516, pp. 557-564Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6516/557/suppl/DC1
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba9572
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15796/1/Bergstrom_Sci_Origins_genetic_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- [ONLINE] https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/68428
- [ONLINE] https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/168236/
Assessing the performance of quantity and quality metrics using the QIAGEN Investigator® Quantiplex® Pro RGQ kit
Morrison, J., McColl, S., Loughelainen, J., Sheppard, K., May, A., Girdland-Flink, L., Watts, G., Dawnay, N.Science & Justice, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 388-397Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDo dental nonmetric traits actually work as proxies for neutral genomic data?: Some answers from continental- and global-level analyses
Irish, J. D., Morez, A., Girdland Flink, L., Phillips, E. L. W., Scott, G. R.American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 172, no. 3, pp. 347-375Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCoproID predicts the source of coprolites and paleofeces using microbiome composition and host DNA content
Borry, M., Cordova, B., Perri, A., Wibowo, M. C., Honap, T. P., Ko, J., Yu, J., Britton, K., Girdland Flink, L., Power, R. C., Stuijts, I., Garcia, D. S., Hofman, C. A., Hagan, R. W., Kagone, T. S., Meda, N., Carabin, H., Jacobson, D., Reinhard, K., Lewis, Jr., C. M., Kostic, A., Jeong, C., Herbig, A., Hubner, A., Warinner, C.PeerJ, vol. 8, e9001Contributions to Journals: Articles
