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The AGP laboratory carries out research on the biological diversity and evolution of human populations, with the main objective of reconstructing the history of the world’s settlement since the origin of Homo sapiens.
Meet our principal investigators
Prof. Alicia Sanchez-Mazas
Full Professor / Professeure ordinaire
Dr Estella Poloni
Senior Lecturer Researcher
Dr Mathias Currat
Senior Lecturer
Highlights
Announcements and recent events you might be interested in. Check out the outreach section for more.
Past human expansions shaped the spatial pattern of Neanderthal ancestry
The worldwide expansion of modern humans (Homo sapiens) started before the extinction of Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis). This study shows that inferences about past human population dynamics can be made from the spatiotemporal variation in archaic introgression.
Biology 23
16-17th February 2023 at Sciences II, University of Geneva.
Biology 23 is the largest conference of organismic biology in Switzerland and aims to provide a platform for exchange between students, researchers and professors across scientific institutions, research groups and topic areas.
Population designations in biomedical research: Limitations and perspectives
In biomedical research, population differences are of central interest. Variations in the frequency and severity of diseases and in treatment effects among human subpopulation groups are common in many medical conditions.
About
The AGP offers a variety of monograph, master's, and doctoral thesis topics related to its research, and upon request to the laboratory's research directors.
Current research projects
We currently have three funded research projects running and numerous completed projects.
Recent publications
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