Project description
Species and sex identification in archaeological research
Identifying species and sex from morphologically uninformative bone and tooth specimens presents a significant challenge in palaeontology, palaeoanthropology, and archaeology. Existing methods are often limited and not widely accessible, hindering research efforts. The ERC-funded SSPIN project aims to address this issue by developing a service platform that democratises species and sex identification through an innovative high-resolution mass spectrometry approach. SSPIN will enhance workflow efficiency by increasing throughput in sample preparation, data acquisition, and analysis while reducing operator involvement through automation. This platform will provide researchers with access to advanced technology, making previously unsustainable projects feasible on a global scale, thus transforming our understanding of past life forms.
Objective
Currently there is no broadly available strategy to perform large-scale sex and species identification on morphologically non-informative bone and tooth specimens from paleontological, palaeoanthropological and archaeological contexts. SSPIN aims to the creation of a service platform to democratise species and sex identification from these materials by developing and deploying a new high-resolution mass spectrometry-based approach. SSPIN will dramatically increase throughput at all levels of the workflow, i.e. sample preparation, data acquisition and data analysis, whilst simultaneously lowering the operator’s involvement. Automation will empower a service platform offering to the end-user access to the technology currently out of reach to all but a few specialised laboratories world-wide. Research projects that are simply unsustainable with the current solutions will move within reach on a global scale.
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- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules proteins proteomics
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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1165 KOBENHAVN
Denmark
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