Martin Sikora

Martin Sikora

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    The transcriptional and regulatory identity of erythropoietin producing cells

    Kragesteen, B. K., Giladi, A., David, E., Halevi, S., Geirsdóttir, L., Lempke, O. M., Li, B., Bapst, A. M., Xie, K., Katzenelenbogen, Y., Dahl, S. L., Sheban, F., Gurevich-Shapiro, A., Zada, M., Phan, T. S., Avellino, R., Wang, S-Y., Barboy, O., Shlomi-Loubaton, S., Winning, S. & 15 others, Markwerth, P. P., Dekalo, S., Keren-Shaul, H., Kedmi, M., Sikora, Martin, Fandrey, J., Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Prchal, J. T., Rosenzweig, B., Yutkin, V., Racimo, Fernando, Willerslev, Eske, Gur, C., Wenger, R. H. & Amit, I., 2023, In: Nature Medicine. 29, 5, p. 1191-1200

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Re-theorising mobility and the formation of culture and language among the Corded Ware Culture in Europe: [incl. Corrigendum]

    Kristiansen, K., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Frei, K. M., Iversen, Rune, Johannsen, N. N., Kroonen, Guus, Pospieszny, L., Price, T. D., Rasmussen, Simon, Sjögren, K., Sikora, Martin & Willerslev, Eske, Apr 2017, In: Antiquity. 91, 356, p. 334-347

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Genomic Evidence for Local Adaptation of Hunter-Gatherers to the African Rainforest

    Lopez, M., Choin, J., Sikora, Martin, Siddle, K., Harmant, C., Costa, H. A., Silvert, M., Mouguiama-Daouda, P., Hombert, J., Froment, A., Le Bomin, S., Perry, G. H., Barreiro, L. B., Bustamante, C. D., Verdu, P., Patin, E. & Quintana-Murci, L., 9 Sep 2019, In: Current Biology. 29, 17, p. 2926-2935.e4

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  4. Published

    A genomic history of aboriginal Australia

    Malaspinas, A. S., Westaway, M. C., Muller, C. E., Sousa, V. C., Lao, O., Alves, I., Bergström, A., Athanasiadis, G., Cheng, J. Y., Crawford, J. E., Heupink, T. H., Macholdt, E., Peischl, S., Rasmussen, S., Schiffels, S., Subramanian, S., Wright, J. L., Albrechtsen, A., Barbieri, C., Dupanloup, I. & 55 others, Eriksson, A., Margaryan, Ashot, Moltke, Ida, Pugach, I., Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Levkivskyi, I. P., Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Ni, S., Racimo, F., Sikora, Martin, Xue, Y., Aghakhanian, F. A., Brucato, N., Brunak, Søren, Campos, P., Clark, W., Ellingvåg, S., Fourmile, G., Gerbault, P., Injie, D., Koki, G., Leavesley, M., Logan, B., Lynch, A., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., McAllister, P. J., Mentzer, A. J., Metspalu, M., Migliano, A. B., Murgha, L., Phipps, M. E., Pomat, W., Reynolds, D., Ricaut, F., Siba, P., Thomas, M. G., Wales, T., Wall, C. M., Oppenheimer, S. J., Tyler-Smith, C., Durbin, R., Dortch, J., Manica, A., Schierup, M. H., Foley, R. A., Lahr, M. M., Bowern, C., Wall, J. D., Mailund, T., Stoneking, M., Nielsen, Rasmus, Sandhu, M. S., Excoffier, L., Lambert, D. M. & Willerslev, Eske, 2016, In: Nature. 538, 7624, p. 207-214 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Population genomics of the Viking world: [incl. correction]

    Margaryan, A., Lawson, D. J., Sikora, M., Racimo, F., Rasmussen, S., Moltke, I., Cassidy, L. M., Jørsboe, E., Ingason, A., Pedersen, M. W., Korneliussen, T., Wilhelmson, H., Buś, M. M., de Barros Damgaard, P., Martiniano, R., Renaud, G., Bhérer, C., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Fotakis, A. K., Allen, M. & 30 others, Allmäe, R., Molak, M., Cappellini, Enrico, Scorrano, Gabriele, McColl, Hugh, Buzhilova, A., Fox, A., Albrechtsen, Anders, Schütz, B., Skar, B., Arcini, C., Lundstrøm, I., Cheng, J., Stenderup, Jesper Tandberg, Iversen, K. H., Arge, S. V., Ellingvåg, S., Orlando, L., Pentz, P., Jessen, M. D., Pedersen, A., Jørkov, M L S, Lynnerup, Niels, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Sindbæk, S. M., Kristiansen, K., Nielsen, Rasmus, Werge, Thomas & Willerslev, Eske, 2020, In: Nature. 585, 7825, p. 390-396 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Ancient pathogen DNA in human teeth and petrous bones

    Margaryan, Ashot, Hansen, H., Rasmussen, Simon, Sikora, Martin, Moiseyev, V., Khoklov, A., Epimakhov, A., Yepiskoposyan, L., Kriiska, A., Varul, L., Saag, L., Lynnerup, Niels, Willerslev, Eske & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2018, In: Ecology and Evolution. 8, 6, p. 3534-3542 9 p.

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  7. Published

    The prehistoric peopling of Southeast Asia

    McColl, H., Racimo, F., Vinner, L., Demeter, F. P. M., Gakuhari, T., Moreno Mayar, J. V., van Driem, G., Gram Wilken, U., Seguin-Orlando, A., de la Fuente Castro, C. P., Wasef, S., Shoocongdej, R., Souksavatdy, V., Sayavongkhamdy, T., Saidin, M. M., Allentoft, M. E., Sato, T., Malaspinas, A-S., Aghakhanian, F. A., Korneliussen, T. S. & 46 others, Prohaska, Ana, Margaryan, Ashot, Damgaard, P. D. B., Kaewsutthi, S., Lertrit, P., Nguyen, T. M. H., Hung, H., Minh Tran, T., Nghia Truong, H., Nguyen, G. H., Shahidan, S., Wiradnyana, K., Matsumae, H., Shigehara, N., Yoneda, M., Ishida, H., Masuyama, T., Yamada, Y., Tajima, A., Shibata, H., Toyoda, A., Hanihara, T., Nakagome, S., Deviese, T., Bacon, A., Duringer, P., Ponche, J., Shackelford, L., Patole-Edoumba, E., Nguyen, A. T., Bellina-Pryce, B., Galipaud, J., Kinaston, R., Buckley, H., Pottier, C., Rasmussen, Simon, Higham, T., Foley, R. A., Lahr, M. M., Orlando, L., Sikora, Martin, Phipps, M. E., Oota, H., Higham, C., Lambert, D. M. & Willerslev, Eske, 6 Jul 2018, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 361, 6397, p. 88-92 5 p.

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  8. Published

    Terminal Pleistocene Alaskan genome reveals first founding population of Native Americans

    Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Potter, B. A., Vinner, Lasse, Steinrucken, M., Rasmussen, Simon, Terhorst, J., Kamm, J. A., Albrechtsen, Anders, Malaspinas, A., Sikora, Martin, Reuther, J. D., Irish, J. D., Malhi, R. S., Orlando, L. A. A., Song, Y. S., Nielsen, Rasmus, Meltzer, D. J. & Willerslev, Eske, 2018, In: Nature Genetics. 553, 7687, p. 203-207 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Early human dispersals within the Americas

    Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Vinner, L., de Barros Damgaard, P., de la Fuente, C., Allentoft, M. E., Vimala, T., Racimo, F., Rasmussen, S., Margaryan, A., Iraeta Orbegozo, M., Mylopotamitaki, D., Alexandersen, V., Primeau, C., Gregersen, K., Hansen, K. L., Lynnerup, N., Kjær, K., Schroeder, H., Malaspinas, A. S., Sikora, M. & 2 others, Nielsen, Rasmus & Willerslev, Eske, 7 Dec 2018, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 362, 6419, p. 1, 1-11 12 p., eaav2621.

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  10. Published

    Ancient hepatitis B viruses from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period

    Mühlemann, B., Jones, T. C., Damgaard, P. D. B., Allentoft, M. E., Shevnina, I., Logvin, A., Usmanova, E., Panyushkina, I. P., Boldgiv, B., Bazartseren, T., Tashbaeva, K., Merz, V., Lau, N., Smrcka, V., Voyakin, D., Kitov, E., Epimakhov, A., Pokutta, D., Vicze, M., Price, T. D. & 14 others, Moiseyev, V., Hansen, Anders Johannes, Orlando, L. A. A., Rasmussen, Simon, Sikora, Martin, Vinner, Lasse, Osterhaus, A. D. M. E., Smith, D. J., Glebe, D., Fouchier, R. A. M., Drosten, C., Sjögren, K., Kristiansen, K. & Willerslev, Eske, 2018, In: Nature. 557, 7705, p. 418-423 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Ancient human parvovirus B19 in Eurasia reveals its long-term association with humans

    Mühlemann, B., Margaryan, A., Damgaard, P. D. B., Allentoft, M. E., Vinner, L., Hansen, A. J., Weber, A., Bazaliiskii, V. I., Molak, M., Arneborg, J., Bogdanowicz, W., Falys, C., Sablin, M., Smrcka, V., Sten, S., Tashbaeva, K., Lynnerup, N., Sikora, M., Smith, D. J., Fouchier, R. A. M. & 5 others, Drosten, C., Sjögren, K., Kristiansen, K., Willerslev, Eske & Jones, T. C., 2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 29, p. 7557-7562 6 p.

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  12. Published

    Diverse variola virus (smallpox) strains were widespread in northern Europe in the Viking Age

    Mühlemann, B., Vinner, L., Margaryan, A., Wilhelmson, H., de la Fuente Castro, C., Allentoft, M. E., de Barros Damgaard, P., Hansen, A. J., Holtsmark Nielsen, S., Strand, L. M., Bill, J., Buzhilova, A., Pushkina, T., Falys, C., Khartanovich, V., Moiseyev, V., Jørkov, M. L. S., Østergaard Sørensen, P., Magnusson, Y., Gustin, I. & 9 others, Schroeder, Hannes, Sutter, G., Smith, G. L., Drosten, C., Fouchier, R. A. M., Smith, D. J., Willerslev, Eske, Jones, T. C. & Sikora, Martin, 2020, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 369, 6502, p. 1-12

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Diversity of KIR, HLA Class I, and Their Interactions in Seven Populations of Sub-Saharan Africans

    Nemat-Gorgani, N., Guethlein, L. A., Henn, B. M., Norberg, S. J., Chiaroni, J., Sikora, Martin, Quintana-Murci, L., Mountain, J. L., Norman, P. J. & Parham, P., 1 May 2019, In: Journal of Immunology. 202, 9, p. 2636-2647

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  14. Published

    Ancient Human Genomes and Environmental DNA from the Cement Attaching 2,000-Year-Old Head Lice Nits

    Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Antunes, C., Westbury, Binia De Cahsan, Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Sikora, Martin, Vinner, Lasse, Mann, D., Klimov, P. B., Black, S., Michieli, C. T., Braig, H. R. & Perotti, M. A., 2022, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39, 2, 16 p., msab351.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Environmental genomics of Late Pleistocene black bears and giant short-faced bears

    Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, De Sanctis, B., Saremi, N. F., Sikora, Martin, Puckett, E. E., Gu, Z., Moon, K. L., Kapp, J. D., Vinner, Lasse, Vardanyan, Z., Ardelean, C. F., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Cahill, J. A., Heintzman, P. D., Zazula, G., MacPhee, R. D. E., Shapiro, B., Durbin, R. & Willerslev, Eske, 2021, In: Current Biology. 31, 12, p. 2728-2736.e8 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Human Disease Variation in the Light of Population Genomics

    Prohaska, Ana, Racimo, Fernando, Schork, A. J., Sikora, Martin, Stern, A. J., Ilardo, M., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Folkersen, L., Buil, A., Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Geschwind, D., Ingason, A., Werge, Thomas, Nielsen, Rasmus & Willerslev, Eske, 2019, In: Cell. 177, 1, p. 115-131 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    The spatiotemporal spread of human migrations during the European Holocene

    Racimo, Fernando, Woodbridge, J., Fyfe, R. M., Sikora, Martin, Sjogren, K., Kristiansen, K. & Vander Linden, M., 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 16, p. 8989-9000 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Beyond broad strokes: sociocultural insights from the study of ancient genomes

    Racimo, Fernando, Sikora, Martin, Vander Linden, M., Schroeder, Hannes & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2020, In: Nature Reviews Genetics. 21, p. 355-366 1398.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    The ancestry and affiliations of Kennewick Man

    Rasmussen, M., Sikora, Martin, Albrechtsen, Anders, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Poznik, G. D., Zollikofer, C. P. E., Ponce de León, M. S., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Moltke, Ida, Jónsson, H., Valdiosera Morales, C. E., Malhi, R. S., Orlando, L. A. A., Bustamante, C. D., Stafford jr., T., Meltzer, D. J., Nielsen, Rasmus & Willerslev, Eske, 2015, In: Nature. 523, 7561, p. 455-458 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Early divergent strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 years ago

    Rasmussen, S., Allentoft, M. E., Nielsen, K., Orlando, L. A. A., Sikora, M., Sjögren, K-G., Pedersen, A. G., Schubert, M., Van Dam, A., Kapel, C. M. O., Nielsen, H. B., Brunak, S., Avetisyan, P., Epimakhov, A., Khalyapin, M. V., Gnuni, A., Kriiska, A., Lasak, I., Metspalu, M., Moiseyev, V. & 11 others, Gromov, A., Pokutta, D., Saag, L., Varul, L., Yepiskoposyan, L., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Foley, R. A., Lahr, M. M., Nielsen, R., Kristiansen, K. & Willerslev, Eske, 2015, In: Cell. 163, 3, p. 571-582 12 p.

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  21. Published

    Unraveling ancestry, kinship, and violence in a Late Neolithic mass grave

    Schroeder, H., Margaryan, A., Szmyt, M., Theulot, B., Włodarczak, P., Rasmussen, S., Gopalakrishnan, S., Szczepanek, A., Konopka, T., Jensen, T. Z. T., Witkowska, B., Wilk, S., Przybyła, M. M., Pospieszny, Ł., Sjögren, K-G., Belka, Z., Olsen, J., Kristiansen, K., Willerslev, E., Frei, K. M. & 3 others, Sikora, Martin, Johannsen, N. N. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 22, p. 10705-10710

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  22. Published

    Genome-wide ancestry of 17th-century enslaved Africans from the Caribbean

    Schroeder, Hannes, Avila Arcos, M. D. C., Malaspinas, A. S., Poznik, G. D., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Carpenter, M. L., Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Sikora, Martin, Johnson, P. L. F., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Haviser, J. B., Dee, M. W., Stafford, T. W., Salas, A., Orlando, L. A. A., Willerslev, Eske, Bustamente, C. D. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS). 112, 12, p. 3669–3673 5 p.

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  23. Published

    Origins and genetic legacies of the Caribbean Taino

    Schroeder, H., Sikora, M., Gopalakrishnan, S., Cassidy, L. M., Delserc, P. M., Velasco, M. S., Schraiber, J. G., Rasmussen, S., Homburger, J. R., Avila-Arcos, M. C., Allentoft, M. E., Moreno Mayar, J. V., Renaud, G., Gomez-Carballa, A., Laffoon, J. E., Hopkins, R. J. A., Higham, T. F. G., Carr, R. S., Schaffer, W. C., Day, J. S. & 7 others, Hoogland, M., Salas, A., Bustamante, C. D., Nielsen, R., Bradley, D. G., Hofman, C. L. & Willerslev, Eske, 2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 10, p. 2341-2346 6 p.

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  24. Published

    Ancient biomolecules reveal ancestry, diet and microbiomes of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from Sicily

    Scorrano, Gabriele, Nielsen, S. H., Lo Vetro, D., Mackie, Meaghan, Fabbri, P. F., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Martini, F., Martanez-Labarga, C., Rickards, O., Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, Willerslev, Eske, Cappellini, Enrico & Sikora, Martin, 2020, p. 255-255.

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  25. Published

    Genomic ancestry, diet and microbiomes of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from San Teodoro cave (Sicily, Italy)

    Scorrano, Gabriele, Nielsen, Sofie Holtsmark, Vetro, D. L., Sawafuji, R., Mackie, Meaghan, Margaryan, Ashot, Fotaki, Anna Katerina, Martínez-Labarga, C., Fabbri, P. F., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Carra, M., Martini, F., Rickards, O., Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Cappellini, Enrico & Sikora, Martin, 2022, In: Communications Biology. 5

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