Journal Club Feb. 8th 2024

The first paper we discussed was the Massilani paper and Rikai gave an introduction to it.

The Programme was as follows:

1. One person presents for 10 minutes the main objective, methods, results and conclusions.
2. Then we have a 30-minute discussion
3. Small chat about new papers for 5-10 min
4. 10 minutes on how we want to structure this journal club, what we need? who wants to help?
5. Lastly, we decide on the next paper and who wants to present it.

New papers published in the recent period

Smith et al., (2024) The ecology, subsistence and diet of ~45,000-year-old Homo sapiens at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany. Nature Ecology and Evolution.
Elena Fiorin., (2024) First archaeological evidence for ginger consumption as a potential medicinal ingredient in a late medieval leprosarium at St Leonard, Peterborough, England. Scientific reports. 
Tyler J. Murchie et al., (2023). Permafrost microbial communities follow shifts in vegetation, soils, and megafauna extinctions in Late Pleistocene NW North America. environmental DNA.
Amy C. Thorpe et al., (2023) Evaluating the use of lake sedimentary DNA in palaeolimnology: A comparison with long-term microscopy-based monitoring of the phytoplankton community. Molecular Ecology Resources.
Yasuhide Nakamura et al., (2023) DNA metabarcoding focusing on the plankton community: an effective approach to reconstruct the paleo-environment, Scientific Reports.
Simon Belle et al., (2024). Drivers and resilience of methane-derived carbon contribution to chironomid biomass in boreal lakes. Aquatic Sciences.
Kaida Peng et al., (2024) Characterization of driving factors for the long-term succession of bloom-forming cyanobacterial genera in Lake Erhai, southwest China. Journal of Environmental Management.
Haoyu Li et al., (2024) Sedimentary DNA reveals the link between microbial community dynamics and climate during the late last glaciation in the offshore region of the Zambezi River, Southwest Indian Ocean. Science of The Total Environment.

Preprints

Darjan Gande (2023) "Recovering short DNA fragments from minerals and marine sediments: a comparative study evaluating lysis and isolation approaches" available at BioRxiv.