Our visiting researcher Nihan D. Dagtas is a PhD candidate in Tel Aviv and at the moment in Tübingen. She is working on a field kit designed to accelerate the screening of sediment samples for ancient DNA, facilitating more informed and efficient sampling. We wish you every success!

Today our doctoral student Jens Grammer presented his GACT project, which deals with the phosphorus cycle in cave sediments, at the annual conference of the Soil Science Society in Tübingen.

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Our team is currently in Serbia, working closely with our Serbian colleagues from the team of the University of Belgrade. Together, we are sampling the cave sites Mala Balanica, Velika Balanica, and Pešturina for ancient DNA and micromorphological analysis.

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Ist das #Müll oder kann das weg? Wenn Sibylle Wolf in den Höhlen der Schwäbischen Alb unterwegs ist, fällt ihre Antwort eindeutig aus. Sie ist Archäologin bei @sgn.one im @leibnizcampusgact.bsky.social und gräbt im Alltagsmüll unserer Ahnen.

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Last Monday, a group of GACT members and students from the course “Archaeology and Ecology of Caves – the Swabian Jura Sites” visited Charlottenhöhle in the Lone Valley. Read more in our news.

Today we are having our 2nd GACT workshop in Tübingen.
By the way: Did you already read our latest publication?
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Armelle Ballian is our latest GACT member. She is a geochemist and paleoclimatologist with a focus on regional and global paleoclimate and environmental change. Read more: geogenarch-tuebingen.de/aktuelles/me...

GACT is supporting the DIG Conference 2025 with a keynote. Today Vera Aldeias will speak on “Bridging Disciplines: Geoarchaeology's role on Excavation Strategies and Biomolecular Analysis” at 16:45 in the Pfleghofsaal, Tübingen.

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GACT is a multidisciplinary LeibnizScience Campus in and a cooperation between:
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Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
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Our first visiting researcher published a book about paleoparasitology. The publication is partially supported by his GACT project. Congratulations Nemanja!
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The Geogenomic Archaeology Campus Tübingen is featured in the special exhibition at the URMU (Museum of Prehistory Blaubeuren). Titled “SCHAU! Mammut und Höhlenlöwe vom Vogelherd”, the exhibition showcases Ice Age figurines and runs from May 16, 2025, to March 1, 2026.

GACT is happy to welcome two new associated members to the team: Dr. Ewa Dutkiewicz and Andrei Balarie. Both are working in Serbian cave sites. Read more: geogenarch-tuebingen.de/aktuelles/tw...

Dr. Milan Varsadiya joined the GeoGenomic Archaeology Campus Tübingen (GACT) in March as a postdoctoral researcher under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andreas Kappler, Prof. Dr. Michaela Dippold, Jun. Prof. Dr. Cosimo Posth, Prof. Dr. Christopher Miller, and Dr. Susan M. Mentzer.

Last Friday we were in the field and shooted some videos for our sampling protocol: How do I take samples for different scientific questions? For example, without contaminating it with modern DNA. We will make everything available soon!

As part of the GACT visiting research program, Dr. Greta Brancaleoni from the Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, is studying dung-rich deposits, exploring the interactions between humans and their surrounding environments. More information on our website!

Yesterday we presented GACT at the Senckenberg audit. And had a nice view over Frankfurt.