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Staff Profile

Matthew Teasdale

Experimental Scientific Officer

Background

Background


Matthew graduated with a BSc in Human Genetics (2007) and an MRes in Bioinformatics (2008) from Newcastle University. He then moved to Trinity College Dublin to complete a PhD in Genetics (2013), specialising in the analysis of ancient DNA. Matthew then held postdoctoral researcher positions at Trinity College Dublin, the University of York and the University of Cambridge. In 2023 he returned to Newcastle to join the Bioinformatics Support Unit.


Memberships of Professional Organisations


Society of Research Software Engineering


Research

Web Profiles


Selected Publications

  • Rossi C, Sinding MHS, Mullin VE, Scheu A, Erven JAM, Verdugo MP, Daly KG, Ciucani MM, Mattiangeli V, Teasdale MD, Diquelou D, Manin A, Bangsgaard P, Collins M, Lord TC, Zeibert V, Zorzin R, Vinter M, Timmons Z, Kitchener AC, Street M, Haruda AF, Tabbada K, Larson G, Frantz LAF, Gehlen B, Alhaique F, Tagliacozzo A, Fornasiero M, Pandolfi L, Karastoyanova N, Sørensen L, Kiryushin K, Ekström J, Mostadius M, Grandal-d’Anglade A, Vidal-Gorosquieta A, Benecke N, Kropp C, Grushin SP, Gilbert MTP, Merts I, Merts V, Outram AK, Rosengren E, Kosintsev P, Sablin M, Tishkin AA, Makarewicz CA, Burger J, Bradley DG. The genomic natural history of the aurochs. Nature. 2024
  • Verdugo MP, Mullin VE, Scheu A, Mattiangeli V, Daly KG, Maisano Delser P, Hare AJ, Burger J, Collins MJ, Kehati R, Hesse P, Fulton D, Sauer EW, Mohaseb FA, Davoudi H, Khazaeli R, Lhuillier J, Rapin C, Ebrahimi S, Khasanov M, Vahidi SMF, MacHugh DE, Ertuğrul O, Koukouli-Chrysanthaki C, Sampson A, Kazantzis G, Kontopoulos I, Bulatovic J, Stojanović I, Mikdad A, Benecke N, Linstädter J, Sablin M, Bendrey R, Gourichon L, Arbuckle BS, Mashkour M, Orton D, Horwitz LK, Teasdale MD, Bradley DG. Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent. Science. 2019.
  • O’Sullivan NJ, Teasdale MD, Mattiangeli V, Maixner F, Pinhasi R, Bradley DG, Zink A. A whole mitochondria analysis of the Tyrolean Iceman’s leather provides insights into the animal sources of Copper Age clothing. Sci Rep. 2016.
  • Teasdale MD, van Doorn NL, Fiddyment S, Webb CC, O’Connor T, Hofreiter M, Collins MJ, Bradley DG. Paging through history: parchment as a reservoir of ancient DNA for next generation sequencing. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2015.
  • Gamba C, Jones ER, Teasdale MD, McLaughlin RL, Gonzalez-Fortes G, Mattiangeli V, Domboróczki L, Kővári I, Pap I, Anders A, Whittle A, Dani J, Raczky P, Higham TFG, Hofreiter M, Bradley DG, Pinhasi R. Genome flux and stasis in a five millennium transect of European prehistory. Nat Commun. 2014.
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