DPhil
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email: linat@si.edu
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5102
USA
My research focuses on ancient DNA, domestication, molecular evolution, and viruses. I am based at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC.
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Affiliations & Fellowships
2023-present
Gerstner Postdoctoral Scholar in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York, NY, USA
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2023-present
Research Associate
Department of Anthropology
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC, USA​
2022—2023
George Burch Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Medicine and Affiliated Theoretical Science
Department of Anthropology
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC, USA
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Advisors: Logan Kistler, Sabrina Sholts
2020—2022
Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Anthropology
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC, USA
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Advisors: Logan Kistler, Sabrina Sholts
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Education
2019
University of Oxford
D.Phil in Zoology
2014
University College London
M.Sc in Infection and Immunity
2012
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
B.S. in Biological Sciences
Biotechnology concentration
Anthropology minor
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Publications
2023
Lin AT, Hammond-Kaarremaa L, Liu H-L, Stantis C, McKechnie I, Pavel M, Pavel S sa'hLa mitSa , Wyss S, Sparrow D qwasen, Carr K, Aninta SG, Perri A, Hartt J, Bergström A, Carmagnini A, Charlton S, Dalén L, Feuerborn TR, France C, Gopalakrishnan S, Grimes V, Harris A, Kavich G, Sacks BN, Sinding M-HS, Skoglund P, Stanton DWG, Ostrander EA, Larson G, Armstrong CG, Frantz LAF, Hawkins MTR, Kistler L. The History of Coast Salish ‘Woolly Dogs’ Revealed by Ancient Genomics and Indigenous Knowledge. Science. doi: 10.1126/science.adi6549 ​
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Jamieson A, Carmagnini A, Howard-McCombe J, Doherty S, Hirons A, Dimopolous ED, Lin AT, Allen R, Anderson-Whymark H, Barnett R, Batey C, Beglane F, Bowden W, Bratten J, De Cupere B, Drew E, Foley NM, Fowler T, Fox A, Geigl E-M, Gotfredsen AB, Grange T, Griffiths D, Groß D, Haruda A, Hjermind J, Knapp Z, Lebrasseur O, Librado P, Lyons LA, Mainland I, McDonnell C, Muñoz-Fuentes V, Nowak C, O’Connor T, Peters J, Russo I-RM, Ryan H, Sheridan A, Sinding M-HS, Skoglund P, Swali P, Symmons R, Thomas G, Jensen TZT, Kitchener AC, Senn H, Lawson D, Driscoll C, Murphy W, Beaumont M, Ottoni C, Sykes N, Larson G & Laurent Frantz LAF. Limited historical admixture between European wildcats and domestic cats. Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.031​
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2021
Perri AR, Mitchell KJ, Mouton A, Carretero SA, Hulme-Beaman A, Haile J, Jamieson A, Meachen J, Lin AT, Schubert BW, Ameen C, Antipina EE, Bover P, Brace S, Carmagnini A, Carøe C, Castruita JAS, Chatters JC, Dobney K, Dos Reis M, Evin A, Gaubert P, Gopalakrishnan S, Gower G, Heiniger H, Helgen K, Kapp J, Kosintsev PA, Linderholm A, Ozga AT, Presslee S, Salis A, Saremi NF, Shew C, Skerry K, Taranenko DE, Thompson M, Sablin MV, Kuzmin YV, Collins MJ, Sinding M-HS, Gilbert MTP, Stone AC, Shapiro B, Van Valkenburgh B, Wayne RK, Larson G, Cooper A, Frantz LAF. Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-03082-x
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2020
Bergström A, Frantz LAF, Schmidt R, Ersmark E , Lebrasseur O, Girdland-Flink L, Lin AT, Storå J, Sjögren K-G, Anthony D, Antipina E, Amiri S, Bar-Oz G, Bazaliiski V, Bulatovic J, Brown D, Carmagnini A, Davy T, Fedorov S, Fiore I, Fulton D, Germonpré M, Haile J, Horwitz L, Irving-Pease EK, Jamieson A, Janssens L,Kirillova I, Kuzmanovic-Cvetkovic J, Kuzmin Y, Losey R, Ložnjak Dizdar D, Mashkour M, Novak M, Onar V, Orton D, Pasarić M, Radivojevic M, Roberts B, Ryan H, Sablin M, Shidlovskiy F, Stojanović I, Tagliacozzo A, Trantalidou K, Ullén I, Villaluenga A, Wapnish P, Dobney K, Götherström A, Linderholm A, Dalén L, Pinhasi R, Larson G, Skoglund P. Origins and Genetic Legacy of Prehistoric Dogs. Science. doi:10.1126/science.aba9572
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Lin AT, Myers M. "Ancient virus genomes from museum and archaeological collections can inform past and future epidemics." Feral Atlas: The More than Human Anthropocene. Stanford University Press. doi:10.21627/2020fa.
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2019
Ameen C, Feuerborn TR, Linderholm A, Brown SK, Hulme-Beaman A, Lebrasseur O, Sinding M-H S, Lounsberry Z, Lin AT, Appelt M, Bachmann L, Betts M, Britton K, Darwent J, Dietz R, Fredholm M, Gopalakrishna S, Goriunova OI, Grønnow B, Haile J, Hallsson JH, Harrison R, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Knecht R, Losey RJ, Masson-MacLean E, McGovern TH, McManus-Fry E, Meldgaard M, Midtdal A, Moss M, Nikitin IG, Nomokonova T, Pálsdóttir AH, Perri AR, Popov AN, Rankin L, Reuther JD, Sablin M, Schmidt AS, Shirar S, Smirarowski K, Sonne C, Stiner MC, Vasyukov M, West CF, Ween GB, Wennerberg SE, Wiig Ø, Woollett J, Dalén L, Hansen AJ, Gilbert MTP, Sacks B, Frantz LAF, Larson G, Dobney K, Darwent C, Evin A. The Inuit introduced a specialised sledge dog population which aided their dispersal across the North American Arctic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.1929
Frantz LAF*, Haile J*, Lin AT*, Scheu A, Geörg C, Benecke N, Alexander M, Linderholm A, Mullin VE, Daly KG, Battista VM, Price M, Arbogast R-M, Arbuckle B, Bălășescu A, Barnett A, Bartosiewicz L, Baryshnikov G, Bonsall C, Borić D, BoroneanÈ› A, Bulatović J, Çakirlar C, Carretero J-M, Chapman J, Church M, Crooijmans R, De Cupere B, Cetry C, Dimitrijevic V, Dumitrascu V, Edwards C, Erek M, Erim-ÖzdoÄŸan A, Ervynck A, Gulgione D, Gligor M, Götherström A, Gourichon L, Groenen M, Helmer D, Hongo H, Horwitz LK, Irving-Pease EK, Lebrasseur O, Lesur J, Malone C, Manaseryan N, Marciniak A, Martlew H, Mashkour M, Matthews R, Matuzeviciute G, Maziar S, Meijaard E, McGovern T, Megens H-J, Miller R, Mohaseb A, Orschiedt J, Orton D, Papathanasiou A, Pearson MP, Pinhasi R, Radmanović D, Ricaut F-X, Richards M, Sabin R, Sarti L, Schier W, Sheikhi S, Stephan E, Stewart JR, Stoddart S, Tagliacozzo A, Tasić N, Trantalidou K, Tresset A, Valdiosera C, van den Hurk Y, Van Poucke S, Vigne J-D, Yanevich A, Zeeb-Lanz A, Gilbert MTP, Schibler J, Zeder M, Peters J, Cucchi T, Bradley DG, Dobney K, Burger J, Evin A, Girdland-Flink L, Larson G. Ancient pig genomes reveal a near complete turnover following their introduction to Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. doi:10.1073/pnas.1901169116
* denotes equal contribution.
2018
Lin AT, Santander CG, Nascimento FF, Marchi E, Karamitros T, Katzourakis A, Magiorkinis G (2018). HERV-K HML-2 transcription in diverse cancers is related with cancer stem cell and epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers. bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/451997
Lin AT, Santander CG, Marchi E, Karamitros T, Katzourakis A, Magiorkinis G. Targeting endogenous retrovirus gene transcription in human cancers. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/449686
Karamitros T, Hurst T, Marchi E, Karamichali E, Georgopoulou U, Mentis A, Riepsaame J, Lin AT, Paraskevis D, Hatzakis A, McLauchlan J, Katzourakis A, Magiorkinis G. The HERV-K HML-2 integration within RASGRF2 is associated with intravenous drug abuse and modulates transcription in a cell-line model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. doi:10.1073/pnas.1811940115
2016
Lin AT and Magiorkinis G. Role of Endogenous Retroviruses in Human Genetic Diseases. In eLS, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (Ed.). doi:10.1002/9780470015902.a0026711
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Outreach
2023
AwesomeCon Science Panel, Washington, DC, USA. Title: “How Star Trek Inspired Me to Become a Scientist!” Panelist. [link]
(Virtual Panel) Hailing Frequencies Open: Life Sciences.” Speaker series organized by the Nichelle Nichols Foundation. [link]
(Interview) “The Dark Side of Pet Breeding”. Student documentary by Asher Anantham, Alana Anantham, and Zarina Aronson. [link]
2022
(Interview) “How Wolves Became Man’s Best Friend”. PawPrint Magazine. Article written by Emily Joshu. [pdf]
(In-person pop-up talk) Work It! FUTURES Career Day. If/Then Exhibition for Women In Science. Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building. 5 March 2022. [link]
2021
(Virtual Panel) Natural History Research Experiences (NHRE) Intern Summer Session Science Snapshots.
(Virtual Panel) Youth Engagement through Science (YES) Teen Internship Program Q&A.
(Webinar/Q&A for Outbreak!). "Hunting for the 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus."
(Webinar/Q&A). "How Dogs Became Our Best Friends: The Genetics of Dog Domestication." HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic series. 15 April 2021. [flyer | link]
(Interview). "Meet the Scientist Studying How Dogs Evolved From Predator to Pet." Smithsonian Voices: Smithsonian Magazine Blogs. 21 March 2021.
2020
(Virtual Convention Panel). BioTrekkie Explains! feat. Lin AT, du Plessis L, Noor MAF. "Barclay's Protomorphosis Syndrome and the Viruses of Star Trek." YouTube. 18 Oct 2020.
Lin AT. 3 Sep 2020. "Herd immunity for COVID-19 is not a serious option without a vaccine." (Medium.com Blog post).