Martin Sikora

Martin Sikora

Associate Professor


  1. 2018
  2. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2019
  4. Published

    A 5700 year-old human genome and oral microbiome from chewed birch pitch

    Jensen, T. Z. T., Niemann, J., Iversen, K. H., Fotakis, A. K., Gopalakrishnan, S., Vågene, Å. J., Pedersen, M. W., Sinding, M-H. S., Ellegaard, M. R., Allentoft, M. E., Lanigan, L. T., Taurozzi, A. J., Nielsen, S. H., Dee, M. W., Mortensen, M. N., Christensen, M. C., Sørensen, S. A., Collins, M. J., Gilbert, M. T. P., Sikora, M. & 2 others, Rasmussen, Simon & Schroeder, Hannes, 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 10 p., 5520.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 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

  6. Published

    Mapping human mobility during the third and second millennia BC in present-day Denmark

    Frei, K. M., Bergerbrant, S., Sjögren, K., Jørkov, M L S, Lynnerup, Niels, Harvig, L., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Sikora, Martin, Price, T. D., Frei, Robert & Kristiansen, K., 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 8, e0219850.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene

    Sikora, M., Pitulko, V. V., Sousa, V. C., Allentoft, M. E., Vinner, L., Rasmussen, S., Margaryan, A., Damgaard, P. D. B., de la Fuente Castro, C., Renaud, G., Yang, M. A., Fu, Q., Dupanloup, I., Giampoudakis, K., Nogues, D. B., Rahbek, C., Kroonen, G., Peyrot, M., McColl, H., Vasilyev, S. V. & 27 others, Veselovskaya, E., Gerasimova, M., Pavlova, E. Y., Chasnyk, V. G., Nikolskiy, P. A., Gromov, A. V., Khartanovich, V. I., Moiseyev, V., Grebenyuk, P. S., Fedorchenko, A. Y., Lebedintsev, A. I., Slobodin, S. B., Malyarchuk, B. A., Martiniano, R., Meldgaard, Morten, Arppe, L., Palo, J. U., Sundell, T., Mannermaa, K., Putkonen, M., Alexandersen, V., Primeau, C., Baimukhanov, N., Malhi, R. S., Sjögren, K. G., Nielsen, Rasmus & Willerslev, Eske, 2019, In: Nature. 570, p. 182–188

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 2020
  12. Published

    Ancient Jomon genome sequence analysis sheds light on migration patterns of early East Asian populations

    Gakuhari, T., Nakagome, S., Rasmussen, S., Allentoft, M. E., Sato, T., Korneliussen, T., Chuinneagain, B. N., Matsumae, H., Koganebuchi, K., Schmidt, R., Mizushima, S., Kondo, O., Shigehara, N., Yoneda, M., Kimura, R., Ishida, H., Masuyama, T., Yamada, Y., Tajima, A., Shibata, H. & 8 others, Toyoda, A., Tsurumoto, T., Wakebe, T., Shitara, H., Hanihara, T., Willerslev, Eske, Sikora, Martin & Oota, H., 2020, In: Communications Biology . 3, 1, 10 p., 437.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  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

    Evidence of human occupation in Mexico around the Last Glacial Maximum

    Ardelean, C. F., Becerra-Valdivia, L., Pedersen, M. W., Schwenninger, J. L., Oviatt, C. G., Macías-Quintero, J. I., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Sikora, M., Ocampo-Díaz, Y. Z. E., Rubio-Cisneros, I. I., Watling, J. G., de Medeiros, V. B., De Oliveira, P. E., Barba-Pingarón, L., Ortiz-Butrón, A., Blancas-Vázquez, J., Rivera-González, I., Solís-Rosales, C., Rodríguez-Ceja, M., Gandy, D. A. & 8 others, Navarro-Gutierrez, Z., De La Rosa-Díaz, J. J., Huerta-Arellano, V., Marroquín-Fernández, M. B., Martínez-Riojas, L. M., López-Jiménez, A., Higham, T. & Willerslev, Eske, 6 Aug 2020, In: Nature. 584, 7819, p. 87-92 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. 2021
  20. 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

  21. Published

    Genomic Steppe ancestry in skeletons from the Neolithic Single Grave Culture in Denmark

    Egfjord, A. F., Margaryan, Ashot, Fischer, A., Sjögren, K., Price, T. D., Johannsen, N. N., Nielsen, P. O., Sørensen, L., Willerslev, Eske, Iversen, Rune, Sikora, Martin, Kristiansen, K. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2021, In: P L o S One. 16, 1, p. 1-21

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Transcriptional Activity of Predominant Streptococcus Species at Multiple Oral Sites Associate With Periodontal Status

    Midjord-Belstrøm, Daniel, Constancias, F., Markvart, Merete, Sikora, Martin, Sørensen, Christiane Elisabeth & Givskov, Michael, 2021, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11, 13 p., 752664.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 2022
  24. Published

    A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA

    Kjær, K. H., Pedersen, M. W., De Sanctis, B., De Cahsan, B., Korneliussen, T. S., Michelsen, C. S., Sand, K. K., Jelavić, S., Ruter, A. H., Schmidt, A. M. A., Kjeldsen, K. K., Tesakov, A. S., Snowball, I., Gosse, J. C., Alsos, I. G., Wang, Y., Dockter, C., Rasmussen, M., Jørgensen, M. E., Skadhauge, B. & 19 others, Prohaska, Ana, Kristensen, J. Å., Bjerager, M., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Coissac, E., Rouillard, Alexandra, Simakova, A., Fernandez Guerra, Antonio, Bowler, C., Macias-Fauria, M., Vinner, Lasse, Welch, J. J., Hidy, A. J., Sikora, Martin, Collins, Matthew James, Durbin, R., Larsen, Nicolaj Krog, Willerslev, Eske & PhyloNorway Consortium, P. C., 2022, In: Nature. 612, 7939, p. 283-291 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos

    Demeter, F., Zanolli, C., Westaway, K. E., Joannes-Boyau, R., Duringer, P., Morley, M. W., Welker, F., Rüther, P. L., Skinner, M. M., McColl, H., Gaunitz, C., Vinner, L., Dunn, T. E., Olsen, J. V., Sikora, M., Ponche, J-L., Suzzoni, E., Frangeul, S., Boesch, Q., Antoine, P-O. & 20 others, Pan, L., Xing, S., Zhao, J., Bailey, R. M., Boualaphane, S., Sichanthongtip, P., Sihanam, D., Patole-Edoumba, E., Aubaile, F., Crozier, F., Bourgon, N., Zachwieja, A., Luangkhoth, T., Souksavatdy, V., Sayavongkhamdy, T., Cappellini, Enrico, Bacon, A., Hublin, J., Willerslev, Eske & Shackelford, L., 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 17 p., 2557.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Chiquihuite Cave and America's Hidden Limestone Industries: A Reply to Chatters et al.

    Ardelean, C. F., Pedersen, M. W., Schwenninger, J-L., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Gandy, D. A., Sikora, M., Macías-Quintero, J. I., Huerta-Arellano, V., De La Rosa-Díaz, J. J., Ocampo-Díaz, Y. Z. E., Rubio-Cisneros, I. I., Barba-Pingarón, L., Ortíz-Butrón, A., Blancas-Vázquez, J., Solís-Rosales, C., Rodríguez-Ceja, M., Rivera-González, I., Navarro-Gutiérrez, Z., López-Jiménez, A., Marroquín-Fernández, M. B. & 2 others, Martínez-Riojas, L. M. & Willerslev, Eske, 2022, In: PaleoAmerica. 8, 1, p. 17-28

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Genetic risk for Multiple Sclerosis originated in Pastoralist Steppe populations

    Barrie, W., Yang, Y., Attfield, K. E., Irving-Pease, E., Scorrano, G., Jensen, L. T., Armen, A. P., Dimopoulos, E. A., Stern, A., Refoyo-Martínez, A., Ramsøe, A., Gaunitz, C., Demeter, F., Jørkov, M. L. S., Møller, S. B., Springborg, B., Klassen, L., Hyldgård, I. M., Wickmann, N., Vinner, L. & 9 others, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Sikora, Martin, Kristiansen, K., Rodriguez, S., Nielsen, Rasmus, Iversen, A. K. N., Lawson, D. J., Fugger, L. & Willerslev, Eske, 2022, bioRxiv, 55 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  29. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Imputation of ancient genomes

    da Mota, B. S., Rubinacci, S., Dávalos, D. I. C., Amorim, C. E. G., Sikora, Martin, Johannsen, N. N., Szmyt, M., Włodarczak, P., Szczepanek, A., Przybyła, M. M., Schroeder, Hannes, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Willerslev, Eske, Malaspinas, A. & Delaneau, O., 2022, bioRxiv, 34 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

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