Prof. Matthew Collins

Biography

I conduct research on the persistence of proteins in ancient samples, using modelling to explore the racemization of amino acids and thermal history to predict the survival of DNA and other molecules. Using a combination of approaches (including immunology and protein mass spectrometry) my research detects and interprets protein remnants in archaeological and fossil remains.

With former PhD student Dr Mike Buckley I developed ZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry) a way to rapidly identify bone and other collagen based materials using peptide mass fingerprinting.

https://sites.google.com/palaeome.org/2018-ancient-proteins/home

Research

The application of ancient proteins to archaeology

Analysis of protein evolution and decay

I am presently involved in the following research projects in:

2016 - 2021 Niels Bohr Professor of Palaeoproteomics: University of Copenhagen: To establish new research capacity in plaeoprotemics in Denmark

2018 - 2023 Beasts to Craft: Parchment as a biological archive

2019 - 2023 ArcHives: Beeswax as a biological archive

Also visit: https://evogenomics.snm.ku.dk/palaeoproteomics/

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4226-5501

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matthew_Collins

Information for Prospective Postgraduate Students

Students that work with me have to be self motivated as my post in Cambridge is only 40%, 60% of the time I am in Copenhagen. At present I have sufficient students, and do not think that I can realistically supervise more than I am planning to take on in 2021 from the ChemArch and PlaCE ITNs

I do not take self funded students, but will try to work with you to help find funding.

I like to collaborate so if you do contact me, I may try to find a way for you to work with my colleagues and I.

Key Publications

Key publications:

Demarchi, B., Hall, S., Roncal-Herrero, T., Freeman, C. L., Woolley, J., Crisp, M. K., Wilson, J., Fotakis, A., Fischer, R., Kessler, B. M., Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen, R., Olsen, J. V., Haile, J., Thomas, J., Marean, C. W., Parkington, J., Presslee, S., Lee-Thorp, J., Ditchfield, P., … Collins, M. J. (2016). Protein sequences bound to mineral surfaces persist into deep time. eLife, 5, e17092.

Hendy, J., Colonese, A. C., Franz, I., Fernandes, R., Fischer, R., Orton, D., Lucquin, A., Spindler, L., Anvari, J., Stroud, E., Biehl, P. F., Speller, C., Boivin, N., Mackie, M., Jersie-Christensen, R. R., Olsen, J. V., Collins, M. J., Craig, O. E., & Rosenstock, E. (2018). Ancient proteins from ceramic vessels at Çatalhöyük West reveal the hidden cuisine of early farmers. Nature Communications, 9(1), 4064.

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., … Schroeder, H. (2019). A 5700 year-old human genome and oral microbiome from chewed birch pitch. Nature Communications, 10(1), 5520.

Teasdale, M. D., Fiddyment, S., Vnouček, J., Mattiangeli, V., Speller, C., Binois, A., Carver, M., Dand, C., Newfield, T. P., Webb, C. C., Bradley, D. G., & Collins, M. J. (2017). The York Gospels: a 1000-year biological palimpsest. Royal Society Open Science, 4(10), 170988.

Verdugo, M. P., Mullin, V. E., Scheu, A., Mattiangeli, V., Daly, K. G., Maisano Delser, P., Hare, A. J., Burger, J., Collins, M. J., Kehati, R., Hesse, P., Fulton, D., Sauer, E. W., Mohaseb, F. A., Davoudi, H., Khazaeli, R., Lhuillier, J., Rapin, C., Ebrahimi, S., … Bradley, D. G. (2019). Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent. Science, 365(6449), 173–176.

Other publications:

List on Google Scholar

Publication

Journal articles

2023 (Published online)

Nair, B., Palomo, IR., Markussen, B., Wiuf, C., Fiddyment, S. and Collins, MJ., 2023 (Published online). Parchment Glutamine Index (PQI): A novel method to estimate glutamine deamidation levels in parchment collagen obtained from low-quality MALDI-TOF data, Peer Community In Peer Community Journal, v. 3 10.24072/pcjournal.230

2023

Doherty, SP., Alexander, MM., Henderson, S., Newton, J., Finch, J. and Collins, MJ., 2023. Tracking the British agricultural revolution through the isotopic analysis of dated parchment. Sci Rep, v. 13 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26013-4

Grealy, A., Miller, GH., Phillips, MJ., Clarke, SJ., Fogel, M., Patalwala, D., Rigby, P., Hubbard, A., Demarchi, B., Collins, M., Mackie, M., Sakalauskaite, J., Stiller, J., Clarke, JA., Legendre, LJ., Douglass, K., Hansford, J., Haile, J. and Bunce, M., 2023. Molecular exploration of fossil eggshell uncovers hidden lineage of giant extinct bird. Nat Commun, v. 14 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36405-3

Viñas-Caron, LC., Rodríguez Palomo, I., Fazlic, N., Vnouček, J., Driscoll, M., Fiddyment, S. and Collins, MJ., 2023. A biological reading of a palimpsest. iScience, v. 26 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106786

2022

Kontopoulos, I., Van de Vijver, K., Robberechts, B., von Tersch, M., Turner-Walker, G., Penkman, K. and Collins, MJ., 2022. Histological and stable isotope analysis of archeological bones from St. Rombout's cemetery (Mechelen, Belgium): Intrasite, intraindividual, and intrabone variability International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, v. 32 http://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3145

Bethencourt, JH., Palomo, IR., Hickinbotham, S., Nair, B., Soncin, S., Dieu, M., Collins, M. and Deparis, O., 2022. Data From “A Biocodicological Analysis of the Medieval Library and Archive From Orval Abbey, Belgium” Journal of Open Archaeology Data, v. 10 10.5334/joad.89

Brandt, LO., Lillemark, MR., Rytter, M., Collins, MJ. and Tottrup, AP., 2022. Next Generation Lab puts Denmark's past in the hands of its future Antiquity, v. 96 http://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.170

Demarchi, B., Mackie, M., Li, Z., Deng, T., Collins, MJ. and Clarke, J., 2022. Survival of mineral-bound peptides into the Miocene. Elife, v. 11 http://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82849

Doherty, SP., Collins, MJ., Harris, AJT., Sistiaga, A., Newton, J. and Alexander, MM., 2022. A modern baseline for the paired isotopic analysis of skin and bone in terrestrial mammals. R Soc Open Sci, v. 9 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211587

Demarchi, B., Stiller, J., Grealy, A., Mackie, M., Deng, Y., Gilbert, T., Clarke, J., Legendre, LJ., Boano, R., Sicheritz-Pontén, T., Magee, J., Zhang, G., Bunce, M., Collins, MJ. and Miller, G., 2022. Ancient proteins resolve controversy over the identity of Genyornis eggshell. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, v. 119 10.1073/pnas.2109326119

Chidimuro, B., Mundorff, A., Speller, C., Radini, A., Boudreault, N., Lucas, M., Holst, M., Lamb, A., Collins, M. and Alexander, M., 2022. Isotope analysis of human dental calculus δ13 CO3 2- : Investigating a potential new proxy for sugar consumption. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, v. 36 http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.9286

Hofmann, C., Vnouček, J., Rabitsch, S., Aceto, M., Melo, MJ., Malissa, A., Uhlir, K., Griesser, M., Hradil, K., Erlach, R., Quandt, A., Sonderegger, J., Fiddyment, S. and Collins, M., 2022. The Vienna Genesis: An Example of Late Antique Purple Parchment. Restaurator (Cph), v. 43 http://doi.org/10.1515/res-2021-0019

Nair, B., Palomo, IR., Markussen, B., Wiuf, C., Fiddyment, S. and Collins, MJ., 2022. Parchment Glutamine Index (PQI): A novel method to estimate glutamine deamidation levels in parchment collagen obtained from low-quality MALDI-TOF data http://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.13.483627

Warinner, C., Korzow Richter, K. and Collins, MJ., 2022. Paleoproteomics. Chem Rev, v. 122 http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00703

Fonseca, B., Freeman, CL. and Collins, MJ., 2022. Conformational analysis and water dynamics: a molecular dynamics study on the survival of a β-lactoglobulin peptide in the archaeological record Chemical Physics, v. 561 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2022.111602

Brandt, LØ., Taurozzi, AJ., Mackie, M., Sinding, M-HS., Vieira, FG., Schmidt, AL., Rimstad, C., Collins, MJ. and Mannering, U., 2022. Palaeoproteomics identifies beaver fur in Danish high-status Viking Age burials - direct evidence of fur trade. PLoS One, v. 17 http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270040

2021

Brown, S., Douka, K., Collins, MJ. and Richter, KK., 2021. On the standardization of ZooMS nomenclature. J Proteomics, v. 235 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2020.104041

Doherty, S., Alexander, MM., Vnouček, J., Newton, J. and Collins, MJ., 2021. Measuring the impact of parchment production on skin collagen stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) values Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, v. 7 http://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2020.1868132

Fiddyment, S., Goodison, NJ., Brenner, E., Signorello, S., Price, K. and Collins, MJ., 2021. Girding the loins? Direct evidence of the use of a medieval English parchment birthing girdle from biomolecular analysis. R Soc Open Sci, v. 8 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202055

Ruffini-Ronzani, N., Nieus, J-F., Soncin, S., Hickinbotham, S., Dieu, M., Bouhy, J., Charles, C., Ruzzier, C., Falmagne, T., Hermand, X., Collins, MJ. and Deparis, O., 2021. A biocodicological analysis of the medieval library and archive from Orval Abbey, Belgium. R Soc Open Sci, v. 8 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210210

Sakalauskaite, J., Mackie, M., Taurozzi, AJ., Collins, MJ., Marin, F. and Demarchi, B., 2021. The degradation of intracrystalline mollusc shell proteins: A proteomics study of Spondylus gaederopus. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom, v. 1869 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2021.140718

Ramsøe, A., Crispin, M., Mackie, M., McGrath, K., Fischer, R., Demarchi, B., Collins, MJ., Hendy, J. and Speller, C., 2021. Assessing the degradation of ancient milk proteins through site-specific deamidation patterns. Sci Rep, v. 11 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87125-x

Doherty, SP., Henderson, S., Fiddyment, S., Finch, J. and Collins, MJ., 2021. Scratching the surface: the use of sheepskin parchment to deter textual erasure in early modern legal deeds. Herit Sci, v. 9 http://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-021-00503-6

Coutu, AN., Taurozzi, AJ., Mackie, M., Jensen, TZT., Collins, MJ. and Sealy, J., 2021. Palaeoproteomics confirm earliest domesticated sheep in southern Africa ca. 2000 BP. Sci Rep, v. 11 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85756-8

Perri, AR., Mitchell, KJ., Mouton, A., Álvarez-Carretero, S., 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., Samaniego Castruita, JA., Chatters, JC., Dobney, K., Dos Reis, M., Evin, A., Gaubert, P., Gopalakrishnan, S., Gower, G., Heiniger, H., Helgen, KM., Kapp, J., Kosintsev, PA., Linderholm, A., Ozga, AT., Presslee, S., Salis, AT., 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. and Frantz, LAF., 2021. Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage. Nature, v. 591 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03082-x

Presslee, S., Penkman, K., Fischer, R., Richards-Slidel, E., Southon, J., Hospitaleche, CA., Collins, M. and MacPhee, R., 2021. Assessment of different screening methods for selecting palaeontological bone samples for peptide sequencing. J Proteomics, v. 230 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2020.103986

Matthiesen, H., Høier Eriksen, AM., Hollesen, J. and Collins, M., 2021. Bone degradation at five Arctic archaeological sites: Quantifying the importance of burial environment and bone characteristics Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 125 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105296

Runge, AKW., Hendy, J., Richter, KK., Masson-MacLean, E., Britton, K., Mackie, M., McGrath, K., Collins, M., Cappellini, E. and Speller, C., 2021. Palaeoproteomic analyses of dog palaeofaeces reveal a preserved dietary and host digestive proteome. Proc Biol Sci, v. 288 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0020

2020

Jensen, TZT., Sjöström, A., Fischer, A., Rosengren, E., Lanigan, LT., Bennike, O., Richter, KK., Gron, KJ., Mackie, M., Mortensen, MF., Sørensen, L., Chivall, D., Iversen, KH., Taurozzi, AJ., Olsen, J., Schroeder, H., Milner, N., Sørensen, M. and Collins, MJ., 2020. An integrated analysis of Maglemose bone points reframes the Early Mesolithic of Southern Scandinavia. Sci Rep, v. 10 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74258-8

Morton-Hayward, AL., Thompson, T., Thomas-Oates, JE., Buckley, S., Petzold, A., Ramsøe, A., O’Connor, S. and Collins, MJ., 2020. 056/NEJMc1909867 ... Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, v. 6 http://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2020.1815398

Scott, AB., Taurozzi, A., Hughes, N., Pedersen, DD., Kontopoulos, I., Mackie, M. and Collins, MJ., 2020. Comparing biological and pathological factors affecting osteocalcin concentrations in archaeological skeletal remains Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, v. 34 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102573

Eriksen, AMH., Nielsen, TK., Matthiesen, H., Carøe, C., Hansen, LH., Gregory, DJ., Turner-Walker, G., Collins, MJ. and Gilbert, MTP., 2020. Bone biodeterioration-The effect of marine and terrestrial depositional environments on early diagenesis and bone bacterial community. PLoS One, v. 15 http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240512

Macleod, R., Sinding, M-HS., Olsen, MT., Collins, MJ. and Rowland, SJ., 2020. DNA preserved in jetsam whale ambergris, The Royal Society Biology Letters, v. 16 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0819

Trolle Jensen, TZ., Mackie, M., Taurozzi, AJ., Lanigan, LT., Gundelach, C., Olsen, J., Sørensen, SA., Collins, MJ., Sørensen, M. and Schroeder, H., 2020. The biomolecular characterization of a finger ring contextually dated to the emergence of the Early Neolithic from Syltholm, Denmark. R Soc Open Sci, v. 7 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191172

Korzow Richter, K., McGrath, K., Masson-MacLean, E., Hickinbotham, S., Tedder, A., Britton, K., Bottomley, Z., Dobney, K., Hulme-Beaman, A., Zona, M., Fischer, R., Collins, MJ. and Speller, CF., 2020. What's the catch? Archaeological application of rapid collagen-based species identification for Pacific Salmon Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 116 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105116

Hickinbotham, S., Fiddyment, S., Stinson, TL. and Collins, MJ., 2020. How to get your goat: automated identification of species from MALDI-ToF spectra. Bioinformatics, v. 36 http://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa181

Eriksen, AMH., Matthiesen, H., Kontopoulos, I., Gregory, D., Snoeck, C., Zhang, G., Collins, MJ. and Gilbert, MTP., 2020. Rapid loss of endogenous DNA in pig bone buried in five different environments Archaeometry, v. 62 http://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12553

Ramsøe, A., van Heekeren, V., Ponce, P., Fischer, R., Barnes, I., Speller, C. and Collins, MJ., 2020. DeamiDATE 1.0: Site-specific deamidation as a tool to assess authenticity of members of ancient proteomes Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 115 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105080

Fourneau, M., Canon, C., Van Vlaender, D., Collins, MJ., Fiddyment, S., Poumay, Y. and Deparis, O., 2020. Histological study of sheep skin transformation during the recreation of historical parchment manufacture Heritage Science, v. 8 http://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-020-00421-z

Lanigan, LT., Mackie, M., Feine, S., Hublin, J-J., Schmitz, RW., Wilcke, A., Collins, MJ., Cappellini, E., Olsen, JV., Taurozzi, AJ. and Welker, F., 2020. Multi-protease analysis of Pleistocene bone proteomes. J Proteomics, v. 228 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2020.103889

Kontopoulos, I., Penkman, K., Mullin, VE., Winkelbach, L., Unterländer, M., Scheu, A., Kreutzer, S., Hansen, HB., Margaryan, A., Teasdale, MD., Gehlen, B., Street, M., Lynnerup, N., Liritzis, I., Sampson, A., Papageorgopoulou, C., Allentoft, ME., Burger, J., Bradley, DG. and Collins, MJ., 2020. Screening archaeological bone for palaeogenetic and palaeoproteomic studies. PLoS One, v. 15 http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235146

Fiddyment, S., Goodison, N., Brenner, E., Signorello, S., Price, K. and Collins, M., 2020. Girding the loins? Direct evidence of the use of a medieval parchment birthing girdle from biomolecular analysis http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.21.348698

2019

Radini, A., Tromp, M., Beach, A., Tong, E., Speller, C., McCormick, M., Dudgeon, JV., Collins, MJ., Rühli, F., Kröger, R. and Warinner, C., 2019. Medieval women's early involvement in manuscript production suggested by lapis lazuli identification in dental calculus. Sci Adv, v. 5 http://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau7126

Kontopoulos, I., Penkman, K., McAllister, GD., Lynnerup, N., Damgaard, PB., Hansen, HB., Allentoft, ME. and Collins, MJ., 2019. Petrous bone diagenesis: a multi-analytical approach Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 518 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.01.005

McCoy, VE., Gabbott, SE., Penkman, K., Collins, MJ., Presslee, S., Holt, J., Grossman, H., Wang, B., Solórzano Kraemer, MM., Delclòs, X. and Peñalver, E., 2019. Ancient amino acids from fossil feathers in amber. Sci Rep, v. 9 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42938-9

Simpson, JP., Fascione, M., Bergström, E., Wilson, J., Collins, MJ., Penkman, KEH. and Thomas-Oates, J., 2019. Ionisation bias undermines the use of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation for estimating peptide deamidation: Synthetic peptide studies demonstrate electrospray ionisation gives more reliable response ratios. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, v. 33 http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8441

Verdugo, MP., Mullin, VE., Scheu, A., Mattiangeli, V., Daly, KG., Maisano Delser, P., Hare, AJ., Burger, J., Collins, MJ., Kehati, R., Hesse, P., Fulton, D., Sauer, EW., Mohaseb, FA., Davoudi, H., Khazaeli, R., Lhuillier, J., Rapin, C., Ebrahimi, S., Khasanov, M., Vahidi, SMF., MacHugh, DE., Ertuğrul, O., Koukouli-Chrysanthaki, C., Sampson, A., Kazantzis, G., Kontopoulos, I., Bulatovic, J., Stojanović, I., Mikdad, A., Benecke, N., Linstädter, J., Sablin, M., Bendrey, R., Gourichon, L., Arbuckle, BS., Mashkour, M., Orton, D., Horwitz, LK., Teasdale, MD. and Bradley, DG., 2019. Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent. Science, v. 365 http://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav1002

McGrath, K., Rowsell, K., Gates St-Pierre, C., Tedder, A., Foody, G., Roberts, C., Speller, C. and Collins, M., 2019. Identifying Archaeological Bone via Non-Destructive ZooMS and the Materiality of Symbolic Expression: Examples from Iroquoian Bone Points. Sci Rep, v. 9 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47299-x

Fiddyment, S., Teasdale, MD., Vnouček, J., Lévêque, É., Binois, A. and Collins, MJ., 2019. So you want to do biocodicology? A field guide to the biological analysis of parchment Heritage Science, v. 7 http://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-019-0278-6

Welker, F., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Kuhlwilm, M., Liao, W., Gutenbrunner, P., de Manuel, M., Samodova, D., Mackie, M., Allentoft, ME., Bacon, A-M., Collins, MJ., Cox, J., Lalueza-Fox, C., Olsen, JV., Demeter, F., Wang, W., Marques-Bonet, T. and Cappellini, E., 2019. Enamel proteome shows that Gigantopithecus was an early diverging pongine. Nature, v. 576 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1728-8

Presslee, S., Slater, GJ., Pujos, F., Forasiepi, AM., Fischer, R., Molloy, K., Mackie, M., Olsen, JV., Kramarz, A., Taglioretti, M., Scaglia, F., Lezcano, M., Lanata, JL., Southon, J., Feranec, R., Bloch, J., Hajduk, A., Martin, FM., Salas Gismondi, R., Reguero, M., de Muizon, C., Greenwood, A., Chait, BT., Penkman, K., Collins, M. and MacPhee, RDE., 2019. Palaeoproteomics resolves sloth relationships. Nat Ecol Evol, v. 3 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0909-z

Charlton, S., Ramsøe, A., Collins, M., Craig, OE., Fischer, R., Alexander, M. and Speller, CF., 2019. New insights into Neolithic milk consumption through proteomic analysis of dental calculus Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, v. 11 http://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-019-00911-7

Kontopoulos, I., Penkman, K., Liritzis, I. and Collins, MJ., 2019. Bone diagenesis in a Mycenaean secondary burial (Kastrouli, Greece) Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, v. 11 http://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-019-00853-0

Jensen, TZT., Niemann, J., Iversen, KH., Fotakis, AK., Gopalakrishnan, S., Vågene, ÅJ., Pedersen, MW., Sinding, M-HS., Ellegaard, MR., Allentoft, ME., Lanigan, LT., Taurozzi, AJ., Nielsen, SH., Dee, MW., Mortensen, MN., Christensen, MC., Sørensen, SA., Collins, MJ., Gilbert, MTP., Sikora, M., Rasmussen, S. and Schroeder, H., 2019. A 5700 year-old human genome and oral microbiome from chewed birch pitch. Nat Commun, v. 10 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13549-9

2018

Mercader, J., Akeju, T., Brown, M., Bundala, M., Collins, MJ., Copeland, L., Crowther, A., Dunfield, P., Henry, A., Inwood, J., Itambu, M., Kim, JJ., Larter, S., Longo, L., Oldenburg, T., Patalano, R., Sammynaiken, R., Soto, M., Tyler, R. and Xhauflair, H., 2018. Exaggerated expectations in ancient starch research and the need for new taphonomic and authenticity criteria Facets, v. 3 http://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2017-0126

Hendy, J., Welker, F., Demarchi, B., Speller, C., Warinner, C. and Collins, MJ., 2018. A guide to ancient protein studies. Nat Ecol Evol, v. 2 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0510-x

O'Connell, TC. and Collins, MJ., 2018. Comment on “Ecological niche of Neanderthals from Spy Cave revealed by nitrogen isotopes of individual amino acids in collagen.”, Academic Press Journal of Human Evolution, v. 117 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.05.006

Daly, KG., Maisano Delser, P., Mullin, VE., Scheu, A., Mattiangeli, V., Teasdale, MD., Hare, AJ., Burger, J., Verdugo, MP., Collins, MJ., Kehati, R., Erek, CM., Bar-Oz, G., Pompanon, F., Cumer, T., Çakırlar, C., Mohaseb, AF., Decruyenaere, D., Davoudi, H., Çevik, Ö., Rollefson, G., Vigne, J-D., Khazaeli, R., Fathi, H., Doost, SB., Rahimi Sorkhani, R., Vahdati, AA., Sauer, EW., Azizi Kharanaghi, H., Maziar, S., Gasparian, B., Pinhasi, R., Martin, L., Orton, D., Arbuckle, BS., Benecke, N., Manica, A., Horwitz, LK., Mashkour, M. and Bradley, DG., 2018. Ancient goat genomes reveal mosaic domestication in the Fertile Crescent. Science, v. 361 http://doi.org/10.1126/science.aas9411

Brandt, LØ., Haase, K. and Collins, MJ., 2018. Species identification using ZooMS, with reference to the exploitation of animal resources in the medieval town of Odense, Det Kgl. Bibliotek/Royal Danish Library Danish Journal of Archaeology, v. 7 10.1080/21662282.2018.1468154

Hendy, J., Warinner, C., Bouwman, A., Collins, MJ., Fiddyment, S., Fischer, R., Hagan, R., Hofman, CA., Holst, M., Chaves, E., Klaus, L., Larson, G., Mackie, M., McGrath, K., Mundorff, AZ., Radini, A., Rao, H., Trachsel, C., Velsko, IM. and Speller, CF., 2018. Proteomic evidence of dietary sources in ancient dental calculus. Proc Biol Sci, v. 285 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0977

Hendy, J., Colonese, AC., Franz, I., Fernandes, R., Fischer, R., Orton, D., Lucquin, A., Spindler, L., Anvari, J., Stroud, E., Biehl, PF., Speller, C., Boivin, N., Mackie, M., Jersie-Christensen, RR., Olsen, JV., Collins, MJ., Craig, OE. and Rosenstock, E., 2018. Ancient proteins from ceramic vessels at Çatalhöyük West reveal the hidden cuisine of early farmers. Nat Commun, v. 9 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06335-6

Hendy, J., Welker, F., Demarchi, B., Speller, C., Warinner, C. and Collins, MJ., 2018. Author Correction: A guide to ancient protein studies. Nat Ecol Evol, v. 2 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0590-7

von Holstein, ICC., von Tersch, M., Coutu, AN., Penkman, KEH., Makarewicz, CA. and Collins, MJ., 2018. Collagen proteins exchange oxygen with demineralisation and gelatinisation reagents and also with atmospheric moisture. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, v. 32 10.1002/rcm.8064

Kendall, C., Eriksen, AMH., Kontopoulos, I., Collins, MJ. and Turner-Walker, G., 2018. Diagenesis of archaeological bone and tooth Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 491 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.11.041

Kontopoulos, I., Presslee, S., Penkman, K. and Collins, MJ., 2018. Preparation of bone powder for FTIR-ATR analysis: The particle size effect Vibrational Spectroscopy, v. 99 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.vibspec.2018.09.004

2017

Presslee, S., Wilson, J., Woolley, J., Best, J., Russell, D., Radini, A., Fischer, R., Kessler, B., Boano, R., Collins, M. and Demarchi, B., 2017. The identification of archaeological eggshell using peptide markers Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, v. 3 http://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2018.1424300

Welker, F., Soressi, MA., Roussel, M., van Riemsdijk, I., Hublin, JJ. and Collins, MJ., 2017. Variations in glutamine deamidation for a Châtelperronian bone assemblage as measured by peptide mass fingerprinting of collagen Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, v. 3 http://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2016.1258825

Fiddyment, S. and Collins, M., 2017. From field to frame. The contribution of bioarchaeological methods to understanding parchment production, PERSEE Program Gazette du livre médiéval, v. 63 10.3406/galim.2017.2123

Teasdale, M., Fiddyment, S., Vnouček, J., Mattiangeli, V., Speller, C., Binois, A., Carver, M., Dand, C., Newfield, T., Webb, C., Bradley, D. and Collins, M., 2017. The York Gospels: a one thousand year biological palimpsest http://doi.org/10.1101/146324

Kistler, L., Ware, R., Smith, O., Collins, M. and Allaby, RG., 2017. A new model for ancient DNA decay based on paleogenomic meta-analysis. Nucleic Acids Res, v. 45 http://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx361

Colonese, AC., Hendy, J., Lucquin, A., Speller, CF., Collins, MJ., Carrer, F., Gubler, R., Kühn, M., Fischer, R. and Craig, OE., 2017. New criteria for the molecular identification of cereal grains associated with archaeological artefacts. Sci Rep, v. 7 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06390-x

Velsko, IM., Overmyer, KA., Speller, C., Klaus, L., Collins, MJ., Loe, L., Frantz, LAF., Sankaranarayanan, K., Lewis, CM., Martinez, JBR., Chaves, E., Coon, JJ., Larson, G. and Warinner, C., 2017. The dental calculus metabolome in modern and historic samples. Metabolomics, v. 13 http://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-017-1270-3

Teasdale, MD., Fiddyment, S., Vnouček, J., Mattiangeli, V., Speller, C., Binois, A., Carver, M., Dand, C., Newfield, TP., Webb, CC., Bradley, DG. and Collins, MJ., 2017. The York Gospels: a 1000-year biological palimpsest. R Soc Open Sci, v. 4 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170988

Mackie, M., Hendy, J., Lowe, AD., Sperduti, A., Holst, M., Collins, MJ. and Speller, CF., 2017. Preservation of the metaproteome: variability of protein preservation in ancient dental calculus. Sci Technol Archaeol Res, v. 3 http://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2017.1361629

Sommer, DVP., Mühlen Axelsson, K., Collins, MJ., Fiddyment, S., Bredal-Jørgensen, J., Simonsen, KP., Lauridsen, CB. and Larsen, R., 2017. Multiple Microanalyses of a Sample from the Vinland Map Archaeometry, v. 59 http://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12249

2016

Kendall, R., Hendy, J., Collins, MJ., Millard, AR. and Gowland, RL., 2016. Poor preservation of antibodies in archaeological human bone and dentine Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, v. 2 http://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2015.1133117

Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M., Hunter-Mann, K., Montgomery, J., Müldner, G., McLaughlin, RL., Teasdale, MD., van Rheenen, W., Veldink, JH., van den Berg, LH., Hardiman, O., Carroll, M., Roskams, S., Oxley, J., Morgan, C., Thomas, MG., Barnes, I., McDonnell, C., Collins, MJ. and Bradley, DG., 2016. Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nat Commun, v. 7 http://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10326

Charlton, S., Alexander, M., Collins, M., Milner, N., Mellars, P., O'Connell, TC., Stevens, RE. and Craig, OE., 2016. Finding Britain's last hunter-gatherers: A new biomolecular approach to ‘unidentifiable’ bone fragments utilising bone collagen Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 73 10.1016/j.jas.2016.07.014

von Holstein, ICC., Walton Rogers, P., Craig, OE., Penkman, KEH., Newton, J. and Collins, MJ., 2016. Provenancing Archaeological Wool Textiles from Medieval Northern Europe by Light Stable Isotope Analysis (δ13C, δ15N, δ2H). PLoS One, v. 11 http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162330

Hendy, J., Collins, M., Teoh, KY., Ashford, DA., Thomas-Oates, J., Donoghue, HD., Pap, I., Minnikin, DE., Spigelman, M. and Buckley, M., 2016. The challenge of identifying tuberculosis proteins in archaeological tissues Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 66 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.01.003

Little, A., Elliott, B., Conneller, C., Pomstra, D., Evans, AA., Fitton, LC., Holland, A., Davis, R., Kershaw, R., O'Connor, S., O'Connor, T., Sparrow, T., Wilson, AS., Jordan, P., Collins, MJ., Colonese, AC., Craig, OE., Knight, R., Lucquin, AJA., Taylor, B. and Milner, N., 2016. Technological Analysis of the World's Earliest Shamanic Costume: A Multi-Scalar, Experimental Study of a Red Deer Headdress from the Early Holocene Site of Star Carr, North Yorkshire, UK. PLoS One, v. 11 http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152136

Coutu, AN., Lee-Thorp, J., Collins, MJ. and Lane, PJ., 2016. Mapping the Elephants of the 19th Century East African Ivory Trade with a Multi-Isotope Approach. PLoS One, v. 11 http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163606

Speller, C., van den Hurk, Y., Charpentier, A., Rodrigues, A., Gardeisen, A., Wilkens, B., McGrath, K., Rowsell, K., Spindler, L., Collins, M. and Hofreiter, M., 2016. Barcoding the largest animals on Earth: ongoing challenges and molecular solutions in the taxonomic identification of ancient cetaceans. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, v. 371 http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0332

Grundy, HH., Reece, P., Buckley, M., Solazzo, CM., Dowle, AA., Ashford, D., Charlton, AJ., Wadsley, MK. and Collins, MJ., 2016. A mass spectrometry method for the determination of the species of origin of gelatine in foods and pharmaceutical products. Food Chem, v. 190 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.05.054

Welker, F., Hajdinjak, M., Talamo, S., Jaouen, K., Dannemann, M., David, F., Julien, M., Meyer, M., Kelso, J., Barnes, I., Brace, S., Kamminga, P., Fischer, R., Kessler, BM., Stewart, JR., Pääbo, S., Collins, MJ. and Hublin, J-J., 2016. Palaeoproteomic evidence identifies archaic hominins associated with the Châtelperronian at the Grotte du Renne. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, v. 113 http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1605834113

Demarchi, B., Hall, S., Roncal-Herrero, T., Freeman, CL., Woolley, J., Crisp, MK., Wilson, J., Fotakis, A., Fischer, R., Kessler, BM., Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen, R., Olsen, JV., Haile, J., Thomas, J., Marean, CW., Parkington, J., Presslee, S., Lee-Thorp, J., Ditchfield, P., Hamilton, JF., Ward, MW., Wang, CM., Shaw, MD., Harrison, T., Domínguez-Rodrigo, M., MacPhee, RDE., Kwekason, A., Ecker, M., Kolska Horwitz, L., Chazan, M., Kröger, R., Thomas-Oates, J., Harding, JH., Cappellini, E., Penkman, K. and Collins, MJ., 2016. Protein sequences bound to mineral surfaces persist into deep time. Elife, v. 5 http://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.17092

Evans, S., Briz i Godino, I., Álvarez, M., Rowsell, K., Collier, P., de Goodall, RNP., Mulville, J., Lacrouts, A., Collins, MJ. and Speller, C., 2016. Using combined biomolecular methods to explore whale exploitation and social aggregation in hunter-gatherer-fisher society in Tierra del Fuego Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, v. 6 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.10.025

Simpson, JP., Penkman, KEH., Demarchi, B., Koon, H., Collins, MJ., Thomas-Oates, J., Shapiro, B., Stark, M. and Wilson, J., 2016. The effects of demineralisation and sampling point variability on the measurement of glutamine deamidation in type I collagen extracted from bone Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 69 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.02.002

Ziesemer, KA., Mann, AE., Sankaranarayanan, K., Schroeder, H., Ozga, AT., Brandt, BW., Zaura, E., Waters-Rist, A., Hoogland, M., Salazar-García, DC., Aldenderfer, M., Speller, C., Hendy, J., Weston, DA., MacDonald, SJ., Thomas, GH., Collins, MJ., Lewis, CM., Hofman, C. and Warinner, C., 2016. Corrigendum: Intrinsic challenges in ancient microbiome reconstruction using 16S rRNA gene amplification. Sci Rep, v. 6 http://doi.org/10.1038/srep27163

2015

Fiddyment, S., Holsinger, B., Ruzzier, C., Devine, A., Binois, A., Albarella, U., Fischer, R., Nichols, E., Curtis, A., Cheese, E., Teasdale, MD., Checkley-Scott, C., Milner, SJ., Rudy, KM., Johnson, EJ., Vnouček, J., Garrison, M., McGrory, S., Bradley, DG. and Collins, MJ., 2015. Animal origin of 13th-century uterine vellum revealed using noninvasive peptide fingerprinting. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, v. 112 http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1512264112

Rijsdijk, KF., Hume, JP., de Louw, PGB., Meijer, HJM., Janoo, A., de Boer, EJ., Steel, L., de Vos, J., van der Sluis, LG., Hooghiemstra, H., Florens, FBV., Baider, C., Vernimmen, TJJ., Baas, P., van Heteren, AH., Rupear, V., Beebeejaun, G., Grihault, A., van der Plicht, JH., Besselink, M., Lubeek, JK., Jansen, M., Kluiving, SJ., Hollund, H., Shapiro, B., Collins, M., Buckley, M., Jayasena, RM., Porch, N., Floore, R., Bunnik, F., Biedlingmaier, A., Leavitt, J., Monfette, G., Kimelblatt, A., Randall, A., Floore, P. and Claessens, LPAM., 2015. A review of the dodo and its ecosystem: Insights from a vertebrate concentration lagerstätte in mauritius Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35 http://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2015.1113803

Von Holstein, ICC., Font, L., Peacock, EE., Collins, MJ. and Davies, GR., 2015. An assessment of procedures to remove exogenous Sr before 87Sr/86Sr analysis of wet archaeological wool textiles Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 53 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.10.006

Warinner, C., Speller, C., Collins, MJ. and Lewis, CM., 2015. Ancient human microbiomes. J Hum Evol, v. 79 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.10.016

Teasdale, MD., van Doorn, NL., Fiddyment, S., Webb, CC., O'Connor, T., Hofreiter, M., Collins, MJ. and Bradley, DG., 2015. Paging through history: parchment as a reservoir of ancient DNA for next generation sequencing. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, v. 370 http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0379

Warinner, C., Speller, C. and Collins, MJ., 2015. A new era in palaeomicrobiology: prospects for ancient dental calculus as a long-term record of the human oral microbiome. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, v. 370 http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0376

Ziesemer, KA., Mann, AE., Sankaranarayanan, K., Schroeder, H., Ozga, AT., Brandt, BW., Zaura, E., Waters-Rist, A., Hoogland, M., Salazar-García, DC., Aldenderfer, M., Speller, C., Hendy, J., Weston, DA., MacDonald, SJ., Thomas, GH., Collins, MJ., Lewis, CM., Hofman, C. and Warinner, C., 2015. Intrinsic challenges in ancient microbiome reconstruction using 16S rRNA gene amplification. Sci Rep, v. 5 http://doi.org/10.1038/srep16498

O'Connor, S., Solazzo, C. and Collins, M., 2015. Advances in identifying archaeological traces of horn and other keratinous hard tissues Studies in Conservation, v. 60 http://doi.org/10.1179/2047058414Y.0000000134

Peters, J., Lebrasseur, O., Best, J., Miller, H., Fothergill, T., Dobney, K., Thomas, RM., Maltby, M., Sykes, N., Hanotte, O., O'Connor, T., Collins, MJ. and Larson, G., 2015. Questioning new answers regarding Holocene chicken domestication in China. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, v. 112 http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1503579112

Hofreiter, M., Paijmans, JLA., Goodchild, H., Speller, CF., Barlow, A., Fortes, GG., Thomas, JA., Ludwig, A. and Collins, MJ., 2015. The future of ancient DNA: Technical advances and conceptual shifts. Bioessays, v. 37 http://doi.org/10.1002/bies.201400160

Welker, F., Soressi, M., Rendu, W., Hublin, JJ. and Collins, M., 2015. Using ZooMS to identify fragmentary bone from the Late Middle/Early Upper Palaeolithic sequence of Les Cottés, France Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 54 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.12.010

Welker, F., Collins, MJ., Thomas, JA., Wadsley, M., Brace, S., Cappellini, E., Turvey, ST., Reguero, M., Gelfo, JN., Kramarz, A., Burger, J., Thomas-Oates, J., Ashford, DA., Ashton, PD., Rowsell, K., Porter, DM., Kessler, B., Fischer, R., Baessmann, C., Kaspar, S., Olsen, JV., Kiley, P., Elliott, JA., Kelstrup, CD., Mullin, V., Hofreiter, M., Willerslev, E., Hublin, J-J., Orlando, L., Barnes, I. and MacPhee, RDE., 2015. Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin's South American ungulates. Nature, v. 522 http://doi.org/10.1038/nature14249

2014

Solazzo, C., Wilson, J., Dyer, JM., Clerens, S., Plowman, JE., von Holstein, I., Walton Rogers, P., Peacock, EE. and Collins, MJ., 2014. Modeling deamidation in sheep α-keratin peptides and application to archeological wool textiles. Anal Chem, v. 86 http://doi.org/10.1021/ac4026362

Von Holstein, ICC., Ashby, SP., van Doorn, NL., Sachs, SM., Buckley, M., Meiri, M., Barnes, I., Brundle, A. and Collins, MJ., 2014. Searching for Scandinavians in pre-Viking Scotland: Molecular fingerprinting of Early Medieval combs Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 41 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.07.026

Warinner, C., Hendy, J., Speller, C., Cappellini, E., Fischer, R., Trachsel, C., Arneborg, J., Lynnerup, N., Craig, OE., Swallow, DM., Fotakis, A., Christensen, RJ., Olsen, JV., Liebert, A., Montalva, N., Fiddyment, S., Charlton, S., Mackie, M., Canci, A., Bouwman, A., Rühli, F., Gilbert, MTP. and Collins, MJ., 2014. Direct evidence of milk consumption from ancient human dental calculus. Sci Rep, v. 4 http://doi.org/10.1038/srep07104

Bates, MR., Wenban-Smith, FF., Bello, SM., Bridgland, DR., Buck, LT., Collins, MJ., Keen, DH., Leary, J., Parfitt, SA., Penkman, K., Rhodes, E., Ryssaert, C. and Whittaker, JE., 2014. Late persistence of the Acheulian in southern Britain in an MIS 8 interstadial: Evidence from Harnham, Wiltshire Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 101 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.07.002

Meiri, M., Lister, AM., Collins, MJ., Tuross, N., Goebel, T., Blockley, S., Zazula, GD., van Doorn, N., Dale Guthrie, R., Boeskorov, GG., Baryshnikov, GF., Sher, A. and Barnes, I., 2014. Faunal record identifies Bering isthmus conditions as constraint to end-Pleistocene migration to the New World. Proc Biol Sci, v. 281 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2167

Colonese, AC., Collins, M., Lucquin, A., Eustace, M. and Hancock, Y., 2014. Long-term resilience of late holocene coastal subsistence system in Southeastern South America (PLoS ONE (2014) 9, 4, (e93854) DOI:10.1371/journal. pone.0093854) PLoS ONE, v. 9 http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107034

Stewart, JRM., Allen, RB., Jones, AKG., Kendall, T., Penkman, KEH., Demarchi, B., O'Connor, T. and Collins, MJ., 2014. Walking on Eggshells: A Study of Egg Use in Anglo-Scandinavian York Based on Eggshell Identification Using ZooMS International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, v. 24 http://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2362

von Holstein, ICC., Penkman, KEH., Peacock, EE. and Collins, MJ., 2014. Wet degradation of keratin proteins: linking amino acid, elemental and isotopic composition. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, v. 28 http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6999

Rasmussen, M., Anzick, SL., Waters, MR., Skoglund, P., DeGiorgio, M., Stafford, TW., Rasmussen, S., Moltke, I., Albrechtsen, A., Doyle, SM., Poznik, GD., Gudmundsdottir, V., Yadav, R., Malaspinas, A-S., White, SS., Allentoft, ME., Cornejo, OE., Tambets, K., Eriksson, A., Heintzman, PD., Karmin, M., Korneliussen, TS., Meltzer, DJ., Pierre, TL., Stenderup, J., Saag, L., Warmuth, VM., Lopes, MC., Malhi, RS., Brunak, S., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Barnes, I., Collins, M., Orlando, L., Balloux, F., Manica, A., Gupta, R., Metspalu, M., Bustamante, CD., Jakobsson, M., Nielsen, R. and Willerslev, E., 2014. The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana. Nature, v. 506 http://doi.org/10.1038/nature13025

Vincke, D., Miller, R., Stassart, É., Otte, M., Dardenne, P., Collins, M., Wilkinson, K., Stewart, J., Baeten, V. and Fernández Pierna, JA., 2014. Analysis of collagen preservation in bones recovered in archaeological contexts using NIR Hyperspectral Imaging. Talanta, v. 125 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2014.02.044

Warinner, C., Rodrigues, JFM., Vyas, R., Trachsel, C., Shved, N., Grossmann, J., Radini, A., Hancock, Y., Tito, RY., Fiddyment, S., Speller, C., Hendy, J., Charlton, S., Luder, HU., Salazar-García, DC., Eppler, E., Seiler, R., Hansen, LH., Castruita, JAS., Barkow-Oesterreicher, S., Teoh, KY., Kelstrup, CD., Olsen, JV., Nanni, P., Kawai, T., Willerslev, E., von Mering, C., Lewis, CM., Collins, MJ., Gilbert, MTP., Rühli, F. and Cappellini, E., 2014. Pathogens and host immunity in the ancient human oral cavity. Nat Genet, v. 46 http://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2906

Vaiglova, P., Bogaard, A., Collins, M., Cavanagh, W., Mee, C., Renard, J., Lamb, A., Gardeisen, A. and Fraser, R., 2014. An integrated stable isotope study of plants and animals from Kouphovouno, southern Greece: A new look at Neolithic farming Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 42 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.10.023

Ives, JW., Froese, D., Collins, M. and Brock, F., 2014. Radiocarbon and protein analyses indicate an early holocene age for the osseous rod from Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada American Antiquity, v. 79 http://doi.org/10.7183/0002-7316.79.4.782

Solazzo, C., Rogers, PW., Weber, L., Beaubien, HF., Wilson, J. and Collins, M., 2014. Species identification by peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) in fibre products preserved by association with copper-alloy artefacts Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 49 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.06.009

Colonese, AC., Collins, M., Lucquin, A., Eustace, M., Hancock, Y., de Almeida Rocha Ponzoni, R., Mora, A., Smith, C., Deblasis, P., Figuti, L., Wesolowski, V., Plens, CR., Eggers, S., de Farias, DSE., Gledhill, A. and Craig, OE., 2014. Long-term resilience of late holocene coastal subsistence system in Southeastern South america. PLoS One, v. 9 http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093854

Cappellini, E., Collins, MJ. and Gilbert, MTP., 2014. Biochemistry. Unlocking ancient protein palimpsests. Science, v. 343 http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1249274

2013

Solazzo, C., Wadsley, M., Dyer, JM., Clerens, S., Collins, MJ. and Plowman, J., 2013. Characterisation of novel α-keratin peptide markers for species identification in keratinous tissues using mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, v. 27 http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6730

Crisp, M., Demarchi, B., Collins, M., Morgan-Williams, M., Pilgrim, E. and Penkman, K., 2013. Isolation of the intra-crystalline proteins and kinetic studies in Struthio camelus (ostrich) eggshell for amino acid geochronology Quaternary Geochronology, v. 16 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.09.002

Solazzo, C., Dyer, JM., Clerens, S., Plowman, J., Peacock, EE. and Collins, MJ., 2013. Proteomic evaluation of the biodegradation of wool fabrics in experimental burials International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, v. 80 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2012.11.013

Stewart, JRM., Allen, RB., Jones, AKG., Penkman, KEH. and Collins, MJ., 2013. ZooMS: Making eggshell visible in the archaeological record Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 40 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.11.007

Demarchi, B., Collins, M., Bergström, E., Dowle, A., Penkman, K., Thomas-Oates, J. and Wilson, J., 2013. New experimental evidence for in-chain amino acid racemization of serine in a model peptide. Anal Chem, v. 85 http://doi.org/10.1021/ac4005869

Powell, J., Collins, MJ., Cussens, J., MacLeod, N. and Penkman, KEH., 2013. Results from an amino acid racemization inter-laboratory proficiency study; design and performance evaluation Quaternary Geochronology, v. 16 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.11.001

Jones, V., Meador, TB., Gogou, A., Migon, C., Penkman, KEH., Collins, MJ. and Repeta, DJ., 2013. Characterisation and dynamics of dissolved organic matter in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea Progress in Oceanography, v. 119 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2013.06.007

Penkman, KEH., Preece, RC., Bridgland, DR., Keen, DH., Meijer, T., Parfitt, SA., White, TS. and Collins, MJ., 2013. An aminostratigraphy for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula. Quat Sci Rev, v. 61 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.046

von Holstein, ICC., Hamilton, J., Craig, OE., Newton, J. and Collins, MJ., 2013. Comparison of isotopic variability in proteinaceous tissues of a domesticated herbivore: a baseline for zooarchaeological investigation. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, v. 27 http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6725

Tomiak, PJ., Penkman, KEH., Hendy, EJ., Demarchi, B., Murrells, S., Davis, SA., McCullagh, P. and Collins, MJ., 2013. Testing the limitations of artificial protein degradation kinetics using known-age massive Porites coral skeletons Quaternary Geochronology, v. 16 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.07.001

Demarchi, B., Collins, MJ., Tomiak, PJ., Davies, BJ. and Penkman, KEH., 2013. Intra-crystalline protein diagenesis (IcPD) in Patella vulgata. Part II: Breakdown and temperature sensitivity. Quat Geochronol, v. 16 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.08.001

2012

Wilson, J., van Doorn, NL. and Collins, MJ., 2012. Assessing the extent of bone degradation using glutamine deamidation in collagen. Anal Chem, v. 84 http://doi.org/10.1021/ac301333t

Hardy, K., Buckley, S., Collins, MJ., Estalrrich, A., Brothwell, D., Copeland, L., García-Tabernero, A., García-Vargas, S., de la Rasilla, M., Lalueza-Fox, C., Huguet, R., Bastir, M., Santamaría, D., Madella, M., Wilson, J., Cortés, AF. and Rosas, A., 2012. Neanderthal medics? Evidence for food, cooking, and medicinal plants entrapped in dental calculus. Naturwissenschaften, v. 99 http://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-012-0942-0

van Doorn, NL., Wilson, J., Hollund, H., Soressi, M. and Collins, MJ., 2012. Site-specific deamidation of glutamine: a new marker of bone collagen deterioration. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, v. 26 http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6351

Hendy, EJ., Tomiak, PJ., Collins, MJ., Hellstrom, J., Tudhope, AW., Lough, JM. and Penkman, KEH., 2012. Assessing amino acid racemization variability in coral intra-crystalline protein for geochronological applications. Geochim Cosmochim Acta, v. 86 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.02.020

Hofreiter, M., Collins, M. and Stewart, JR., 2012. Ancient biomolecules in Quaternary palaeoecology Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 33 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.11.018

Ripper, S., Beamish, M., Bayliss, A., Ramsey, CB., Brown, A., Collins, M., Cooper, NJ., Cook, G., Cook, J., Gouldwell, A., Greig, J., Hatton, J., Marshall, PD., Meadows, J., Monckton, A., Van Der Plicht, H., Smith, D. and Tetlow, E., 2012. Bogs, Bodies and Burnt Mounds: Visits to the Soar Wetlands in the Neolithic and Bronze Age, Cambridge University Press (CUP) Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, v. 78 10.1017/s0079497x00027158

Collins, M., 2012. Intra-crystalline ball gazing: the past and future of intra-crystalline proteins in amino acid racemization gechronology, Elsevier BV Quaternary International, v. 279-280 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.07.415

Oonk, S., Cappellini, E. and Collins, MJ., 2012. Soil proteomics: An assessment of its potential for archaeological site interpretation Organic Geochemistry, v. 50 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.06.012

Cappellini, E., Jensen, LJ., Szklarczyk, D., Ginolhac, A., da Fonseca, RAR., Stafford, TW., Holen, SR., Collins, MJ., Orlando, L., Willerslev, E., Gilbert, MTP. and Olsen, JV., 2012. Proteomic analysis of a pleistocene mammoth femur reveals more than one hundred ancient bone proteins. J Proteome Res, v. 11 http://doi.org/10.1021/pr200721u

McGrory, S., Svensson, EM., Götherström, A., Mulville, J., Powell, AJ., Collins, MJ. and O'Connor, TP., 2012. A novel method for integrated age and sex determination from archaeological cattle mandibles Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 39 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.021

Allentoft, ME., Collins, M., Harker, D., Haile, J., Oskam, CL., Hale, ML., Campos, PF., Samaniego, JA., Gilbert, MTP., Willerslev, E., Zhang, G., Scofield, RP., Holdaway, RN. and Bunce, M., 2012. The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils. Proc Biol Sci, v. 279 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.1745

Buckley, M., Penkman, KEH., Wess, TJ., Reaney, S. and Collins, MJ., 2012. Protein and mineral characterisation of rendered meat and bone meal. Food Chem, v. 134 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.02.167

Hollund, HI., Jans, MME., Collins, MJ., Kars, H., Joosten, I. and Kars, SM., 2012. What Happened Here? Bone Histology as a Tool in Decoding the Postmortem Histories of Archaeological Bone from Castricum, The Netherlands International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, v. 22 http://doi.org/10.1002/oa.1273

2011 (Published online)

Buckley, M. and Collins, MJ., 2011 (Published online). Collagen survival and its use for species identification in Holocene-lower Pleistocene bone fragments from British archaeological and paleontological sites, PAGEPress Publications Antiqua, v. 1 10.4081/antiqua.2011.e1

2011

Chamberlain, P., Drewello, R., Korn, L., Bauer, W., Gough, T., Al-Fouzan, A., Collins, M., Van Doorn, N., Craig, O. and Heron, C., 2011. Construction of the Khoja Zaynuddin mosque: Use of animal glue modified with urine Archaeometry, v. 53 http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00577.x

van Doorn, NL., Hollund, H. and Collins, MJ., 2011. A novel and non-destructive approach for ZooMS analysis: Ammonium bicarbonate buffer extraction Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, v. 3 http://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-011-0067-y

O'Connor, S., Ali, E., Al-Sabah, S., Anwar, D., Bergström, E., Brown, KA., Buckberry, J., Buckley, S., Collins, M., Denton, J., Dorling, KM., Dowle, A., Duffey, P., Edwards, HGM., Faria, EC., Gardner, P., Gledhill, A., Heaton, K., Heron, C., Janaway, R., Keely, BJ., King, D., Masinton, A., Penkman, K., Petzold, A., Pickering, MD., Rumsby, M., Schutkowski, H., Shackleton, KA., Thomas, J., Thomas-Oates, J., Usai, MR., Wilson, AS. and O'Connor, T., 2011. Exceptional preservation of a prehistoric human brain from Heslington, Yorkshire, UK Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 38 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.030

Solazzo, C., Heald, S., Ballard, MW., Ashford, DA., DePriest, PT., Koestler, RJ. and Collins, MJ., 2011. Proteomics and Coast Salish blankets: A tale of shaggy dogs? Antiquity, v. 85 http://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00062141

Collins, MJ. and Copeland, L., 2011. Ancient starch: Cooked or just old? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, v. 108 http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1103241108

Richter, KK., Wilson, J., Jones, AKG., Buckley, M., van Doorn, N. and Collins, MJ., 2011. Fish 'n chips: ZooMS peptide mass fingerprinting in a 96 well plate format to identify fish bone fragments Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 38 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.014

Penkman, KEH., Preece, RC., Bridgland, DR., Keen, DH., Meijer, T., Parfitt, SA., White, TS. and Collins, MJ., 2011. A chronological framework for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula. Nature, v. 476 http://doi.org/10.1038/nature10305

Buckley, M., Larkin, N. and Collins, M., 2011. Mammoth and Mastodon collagen sequences; survival and utility Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 75 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.01.022

2010

Griffin, RC., Penkman, KEH., Moody, H. and Collins, MJ., 2010. The impact of random natural variability on aspartic acid racemization ratios in enamel from different types of human teeth. Forensic Sci Int, v. 200 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.005

Collins, M., Buckley, M., Grundy, HH., Thomas-Oates, J., Wilson, J. and Van Doom, N., 2010. Zoo MS: The collagen barcode and fingerprints Spectroscopy Europe, v. 22

Koon, HEC., O'Connor, TP. and Collins, MJ., 2010. Sorting the butchered from the boiled Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 37 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.08.015

Wilson, J., Hardy, K., Allen, R., Copeland, L., Wrangham, R. and Collins, M., 2010. Automated classification of starch granules using supervised pattern recognition of morphological properties Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 37 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.10.024

Penkman, KEH., Preece, RC., Keen, DH. and Collins, MJ., 2010. Amino acid geochronology of the type Cromerian of West Runton, Norfolk, UK. Quat Int, v. 228 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.020

Ehrlich, H., Deutzmann, R., Brunner, E., Cappellini, E., Koon, H., Solazzo, C., Yang, Y., Ashford, D., Thomas-Oates, J., Lubeck, M., Baessmann, C., Langrock, T., Hoffmann, R., Wörheide, G., Reitner, J., Simon, P., Tsurkan, M., Ereskovsky, AV., Kurek, D., Bazhenov, VV., Hunoldt, S., Mertig, M., Vyalikh, DV., Molodtsov, SL., Kummer, K., Worch, H., Smetacek, V. and Collins, MJ., 2010. Mineralization of the metre-long biosilica structures of glass sponges is templated on hydroxylated collagen. Nat Chem, v. 2 http://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.899

Buckley, M., Whitcher Kansa, S., Howard, S., Campbell, S., Thomas-Oates, J. and Collins, M., 2010. Distinguishing between archaeological sheep and goat bones using a single collagen peptide Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 37 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.08.020

Buckley, M., Collins, M., Thomas-Oates, J. and Wilson, JC., 2010. Erratum: Species identification by analysis of bone collagen using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (2009) 23 (3843-3854) DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4316)) Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, v. 24 http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4745

Cappellini, E., Gilbert, MTP., Geuna, F., Fiorentino, G., Hall, A., Thomas-Oates, J., Ashton, PD., Ashford, DA., Arthur, P., Campos, PF., Kool, J., Willerslev, E. and Collins, MJ., 2010. A multidisciplinary study of archaeological grape seeds. Naturwissenschaften, v. 97 http://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-009-0629-3

Campos, PF., Sher, A., Mead, JI., Tikhonov, A., Buckley, M., Collins, M., Willerslev, E. and Gilbert, MTP., 2010. Clarification of the taxonomic relationship of the extant and extinct ovibovids, Ovibos, Praeovibos, Euceratherium and Bootherium Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 29 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.05.006

2009

Ottoni, C., Koon, HEC., Collins, MJ., Penkman, KEH., Rickards, O. and Craig, OE., 2009. Preservation of ancient DNA in thermally damaged archaeological bone. Naturwissenschaften, v. 96 http://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-008-0478-5

Hardy, K., Blakeney, T., Copeland, L., Kirkham, J., Wrangham, R. and Collins, M., 2009. Starch granules, dental calculus and new perspectives on ancient diet Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 36 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2008.09.015

Griffin, RC., Chamberlain, AT., Hotz, G., Penkman, KEH. and Collins, MJ., 2009. Age estimation of archaeological remains using amino acid racemization in dental enamel: a comparison of morphological, biochemical, and known ages-at-death. Am J Phys Anthropol, v. 140 http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21058

Dobberstein, RC., Collins, MJ., Craig, OE., Taylor, G., Penkman, KEH. and Ritz-Timme, S., 2009. Archaeological collagen: Why worry about collagen diagenesis? Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, v. 1 http://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-009-0002-7

Dybowska, A., Manning, DAC., Collins, MJ., Wess, T., Woodgate, S. and Valsami-Jones, E., 2009. An evaluation of the reactivity of synthetic and natural apatites in the presence of aqueous metals. Sci Total Environ, v. 407 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.053

Collins, MJ., Penkman, KEH., Rohland, N., Shapiro, B., Dobberstein, RC., Ritz-Timme, S. and Hofreiter, M., 2009. Is amino acid racemization a useful tool for screening for ancient DNA in bone? Proc Biol Sci, v. 276 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0563

Rijsdijk, KF., Hume, JP., Bunnik, F., Florens, FBV., Baider, C., Shapiro, B., van der Plicht, J., Janoo, A., Griffiths, O., van den Hoek Ostende, LW., Cremer, H., Vernimmen, T., De Louw, PGB., Bholah, A., Saumtally, S., Porch, N., Haile, J., Buckley, M., Collins, M. and Gittenberger, E., 2009. Mid-Holocene vertebrate bone Concentration-Lagerstätte on oceanic island Mauritius provides a window into the ecosystem of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus) Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 28 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.09.018

Buckley, M., Collins, M., Thomas-Oates, J. and Wilson, JC., 2009. Species identification by analysis of bone collagen using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, v. 23 http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4316

Heaton, K., Solazzo, C., Collins, MJ., Thomas-Oates, J. and Bergström, ET., 2009. Towards the application of desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) to the analysis of ancient proteins from artefacts Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 36 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.05.016

King, GA., Gilbert, MTP., Willerslev, E., Collins, MJ. and Kenward, H., 2009. Recovery of DNA from archaeological insect remains: first results, problems and potential Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 36 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.006

2008

Penkman, KEH., Kaufman, DS., Maddy, D. and Collins, MJ., 2008. Closed-system behaviour of the intra-crystalline fraction of amino acids in mollusc shells. Quat Geochronol, v. 3 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2007.07.001

Griffin, RC., Moody, H., Penkman, KEH. and Collins, MJ., 2008. The application of amino acid racemization in the acid soluble fraction of enamel to the estimation of the age of human teeth. Forensic Sci Int, v. 175 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.04.226

Covington, AD., Song, L., Suparno, O., Koon, HEC. and Collins, MJ., 2008. Link-lock: An explanation of the chemical stabilisation of collagen Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists, v. 92

Pevzner, PA., Kim, S. and Ng, J., 2008. Comment on "Protein sequences from mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex revealed by mass spectrometry". Science, v. 321 http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1155006

Blyth, AJ., Baker, A., Collins, MJ., Penkman, KEH., Gilmour, MA., Moss, JS., Genty, D. and Drysdale, RN., 2008. Molecular organic matter in speleothems and its potential as an environmental proxy QUATERNARY SCI REV, v. 27 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.02.002

Koon, HEC., Loreille, OM., Covington, AD., Christensen, AF., Parsons, TJ. and Collins, MJ., 2008. Diagnosing post-mortem treatments which inhibit DNA amplification from US MIAs buried at the Punchbowl. Forensic Sci Int, v. 178 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.03.015

Buckley, M., Walker, A., Ho, SYW., Yang, Y., Smith, C., Ashton, P., Oates, JT., Cappellini, E., Koon, H., Penkman, K., Elsworth, B., Ashford, D., Solazzo, C., Andrews, P., Strahler, J., Shapiro, B., Ostrom, P., Gandhi, H., Miller, W., Raney, B., Zylber, MI., Gilbert, MTP., Prigodich, RV., Ryan, M., Rijsdijk, KF., Janoo, A. and Collins, MJ., 2008. Comment on "Protein sequences from mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex revealed by mass spectrometry". Science, v. 319 http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1147046

Buckley, M., Collins, M. and Thomas-Oates, J., 2008. A method of isolating the collagen (I) alpha2 chain carboxytelopeptide for species identification in bone fragments. Anal Biochem, v. 374 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2007.12.002

Buckley, M., Anderung, C., Penkman, K., Raney, BJ., Götherström, A., Thomas-Oates, J. and Collins, MJ., 2008. Comparing the survival of osteocalcin and mtDNA in archaeological bone from four European sites Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 35 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2007.11.022

2007

Willerslev, E., Cappellini, E., Boomsma, W., Nielsen, R., Hebsgaard, MB., Brand, TB., Hofreiter, M., Bunce, M., Poinar, HN., Dahl-Jensen, D., Johnsen, S., Steffensen, JP., Bennike, O., Schwenninger, J-L., Nathan, R., Armitage, S., de Hoog, C-J., Alfimov, V., Christl, M., Beer, J., Muscheler, R., Barker, J., Sharp, M., Penkman, KEH., Haile, J., Taberlet, P., Gilbert, MTP., Casoli, A., Campani, E. and Collins, MJ., 2007. Ancient biomolecules from deep ice cores reveal a forested southern Greenland. Science, v. 317 http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1141758

Gilbert, MTP., Tomsho, LP., Rendulic, S., Packard, M., Drautz, DI., Sher, A., Tikhonov, A., Dalén, L., Kuznetsova, T., Kosintsev, P., Campos, PF., Higham, T., Collins, MJ., Wilson, AS., Shidlovskiy, F., Buigues, B., Ericson, PGP., Germonpré, M., Götherström, A., Iacumin, P., Nikolaev, V., Nowak-Kemp, M., Willerslev, E., Knight, JR., Irzyk, GP., Perbost, CS., Fredrikson, KM., Harkins, TT., Sheridan, S., Miller, W. and Schuster, SC., 2007. Whole-genome shotgun sequencing of mitochondria from ancient hair shafts. Science, v. 317 http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1146971

Etok, SE., Valsami-Jones, E., Wess, TJ., Hiller, JC., Maxwell, CA., Rogers, KD., Manning, DAC., White, ML., Lopez-Capel, E., Collins, MJ., Buckley, M., Penkman, KEH. and Woodgate, SL., 2007. Structural and chemical changes of thermally treated bone apatite Journal of Materials Science, v. 42 http://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-007-1993-z

Smith, CI., Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Jans, MME. and Collins, MJ., 2007. Bone diagenesis in the European Holocene I: patterns and mechanisms Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 34 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2006.11.006

Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Smith, CI., Jans, MME., Nord, A., Kars, H. and Collins, MJ., 2007. Bone diagenesis in the European Holocene II: taphonomic and environmental considerations Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 34 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2006.11.012

Penkman, KEH., Preece, RC., Keen, DH., Maddy, D., Schreve, DC. and Collins, MJ., 2007. Testing the aminostratigraphy of fluvial archives: the evidence from intra-crystalline proteins within freshwater shells Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 26 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.034

2006

Gilbert, MTP., Hansen, AJ., Willerslev, E., Turner-Walker, G. and Collins, M., 2006. Insights into the processes behind the contamination of degraded human teeth and bone samples with exogenous sources of DNA International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, v. 16 http://doi.org/10.1002/oa.832

Dürrwächter, C., Craig, OE., Collins, MJ., Burger, J. and Alt, KW., 2006. Beyond the grave: Variability in Neolithic diets in Southern Germany? Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 33 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2005.06.009

Collins, MJ., 2006. First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, Oxford University Press (OUP) Journal of American History, v. 93 10.2307/4486381

Holmes, KM., Robson Brown, KA., Oates, WP. and Collins, MJ., 2006. Assessing the distribution of Asian Palaeolithic sites: A predictive model of collagen degradation Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 33 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2005.11.010

2005

Gilbert, MTP., Rudbeck, L., Willerslev, E., Hansen, AJ., Smith, C., Penkman, KEH., Prangenberg, K., Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Jans, ME., Arthur, P., Lynneruo, N., Turner-Walker, G., Biddle, M., Kjølbye, B. and Collins, MJ., 2005. Biochemical and physical correlates of DNA contamination in archaeological human bones and teeth excavated at Matera, Italy Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 32 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2004.12.008

Holmes, KM., Robson Brown, KA., Oates, WP. and Collins, MJ., 2005. Assessing the distribution of African Palaeolithic sites: A predictive model of collagen degradation Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 32 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2004.06.002

Parfitt, SA., Barendregt, RW., Breda, M., Candy, I., Collins, MJ., Coope, GR., Durbidge, P., Field, MH., Lee, JR., Lister, AM., Mutch, R., Penkman, KEH., Preece, RC., Rose, J., Stringer, CB., Symmons, R., Whittaker, JE., Wymer, JJ. and Stuart, AJ., 2005. The earliest record of human activity in northern Europe NATURE, v. 438 http://doi.org/10.1038/Nature04227

Jones, V., Collins, MJ., Penkman, KEH., Jaffé, R. and Wolff, GA., 2005. An assessment of the microbial contribution to aquatic dissolved organic nitrogen using amino acid enantiomeric ratios Organic Geochemistry, v. 36 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2004.11.008

Craig, OE., Taylor, G., Mulville, J., Collins, MJ. and Pearson, MP., 2005. The identification of prehistoric dairying activities in the Western Isles of Scotland: An integrated biomolecular approach Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 32 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2004.06.009

Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Richards, MP., Hauschka, PV., Thomas-Oates, JE., Trinkaus, E., Pettitt, PB., Karavanic, I., Poinar, H. and Collins, MJ., 2005. Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, v. 102 http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0500450102

Pearson, MP., Chamberlain, A., Craig, O., Marshall, P., Mulville, J., Smith, H., Chenery, C., Collins, M., Cook, G., Craig, G., Evans, J., Hiller, J., Montgomery, J., Schwenninger, JL., Taylor, G. and Wess, T., 2005. Evidence for mummification in Bronze Age Britain Antiquity, v. 79 http://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00114486

Craig, OE., Chapman, J., Heron, C., Willis, LH., Bartosiewicz, L., Taylor, G., Whittle, A. and Collins, M., 2005. Did the first farmers of central and eastern Europe produce dairy foods? Antiquity, v. 79 http://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00115017

Gilbert, MTP., Barnes, I., Collins, MJ., Smith, C., Eklund, J., Goudsmit, J., Poinar, H. and Cooper, A., 2005. Long-term survival of ancient DNA in Egypt: response to Zink and Nerlich (2003). Am J Phys Anthropol, v. 128 http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20045

Smith, CI., Craig, OE., Prigodich, RV., Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Jans, MME., Vermeer, C. and Collins, MJ., 2005. Diagenesis and survival of osteocalcin in archaeological bone Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 32 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2004.07.003

2004

Hiller, JC., Collins, MJ., Chamberlain, AT. and Wess, TJ., 2004. Small-angle X-ray scattering: A high-throughput technique for investigating archaeological bone preservation Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 31 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2004.02.013

Burger, J., Rosendahl, W., Loreille, O., Hemmer, H., Eriksson, T., Götherström, A., Hiller, J., Collins, MJ., Wess, T. and Alt, KW., 2004. Molecular phylogeny of the extinct cave lion Panthera leo spelaea. Mol Phylogenet Evol, v. 30 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2003.07.020

Jans, MME., Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Smith, CI., Collins, MJ. and Kars, H., 2004. Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 31 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2003.07.007

2003

Ritz-Timme, S., Laumeier, I. and Collins, MJ., 2003. Aspartic acid racemization: evidence for marked longevity of elastin in human skin. Br J Dermatol, v. 149 http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.2003.05618.x

Smith, CI., Chamberlain, AT., Riley, MS., Stringer, C. and Collins, MJ., 2003. The thermal history of human fossils and the likelihood of successful DNA amplification. J Hum Evol, v. 45 http://doi.org/10.1016/s0047-2484(03)00106-4

Collins, MJ., Walton, D., Curry, GB., Riley, MS., Von Wallmenich, TN., Savage, NM., Muyzer, G. and Westbroek, P., 2003. Long-term trends in the survival of immunological epitopes entombed in fossil brachiopod skeletons Organic Geochemistry, v. 34 http://doi.org/10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00186-9

Craig, OE., Chapman, J., Figler, A., Patay, P., Taylor, G. and Collins, MJ., 2003. Milk Jugs' and other myths of the copper age of central Europe European Journal of Archaeology, v. 6 http://doi.org/10.1177/146195710300600303

Craig, OE., Chapman, J., Figler, A., Patay, P., Taylor, G. and Collins, MJ., 2003. ‘Milk Jugs’ and Other Myths of the Copper Age of Central Europe’, Cambridge University Press (CUP) European Journal of Archaeology, v. 6 10.1179/eja.2003.6.3.251

Ritz-Timme, S., Laumeier, I. and Collins, M., 2003. Age estimation based on aspartic acid racemization in elastin from the yellow ligaments. Int J Legal Med, v. 117 http://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-002-0355-2

Xie, SC., Yi, Y., Huang, JH., Hu, CY., Cai, YJ., Collins, M. and Baker, A., 2003. Lipid distribution in a subtropical southern China stalagmite as a record of soil ecosystem response to paleoclimate change QUATERNARY RESEARCH, v. 60 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2003.07.010

Koon, HEC., Nicholson, RA. and Collins, MJ., 2003. A practical approach to the identification of low temperature heated bone using TEM Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 30 http://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-4403(03)00034-7

Xie, S., Yi, Y., Huang, J., Hu, C., Cai, Y., Collins, M. and Baker, A., 2003. Lipid distribution in a subtropical southern China stalagmite as a record of soil ecosystem response to paleoclimate change Quaternary Research, v. 60 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2003.07.010

2002

Ritz-Timme, S. and Collins, MJ., 2002. Racemization of aspartic acid in human proteins. Ageing Res Rev, v. 1 http://doi.org/10.1016/s0047-6374(01)00363-3

Wess, T., Alberts, I., Hiller, J., Drakopoulos, M., Chamberlain, AT. and Collins, M., 2002. Microfocus small angle X-ray scattering reveals structural features in archaeological bone samples: detection of changes in bone mineral habit and size. Calcif Tissue Int, v. 70 http://doi.org/10.1007/s002230020045

Craig, OE. and Collins, MJ., 2002. The removal of protein from mineral surfaces: Implications for residue analysis of archaeological materials Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 29 http://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.2001.0757

Roberts, SJ., Smith, CI., Millard, A. and Collins, MJ., 2002. The taphonomy of cooked bone: Characterizing boiling and its physico-chemical effects Archaeometry, v. 44 http://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00080

Turner-Walker, G., Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Syversen, U., Kars, H. and Collins, MJ., 2002. Sub-micron Spongiform Porosity is the Major Ultra-structural Alteration Occurring in Archaeological Bone International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, v. 12 http://doi.org/10.1002/oa.642

Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Ostrom, PH., Gandhi, H., Shapiro, B., Cooper, A., Hauschka, PV. and Collins, MJ., 2002. Sequence preservation of osteocalcin protein and mitochondrial DNA in bison bones older than 55 ka Geology, v. 30 http://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1099:SPOOPA>2.0.CO;2

Collins, MJ., Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Hiller, J., Smith, CI., Roberts, JP., Prigodich, RV., Wess, TJ., Csapò, J., Millard, AR. and Turner-Walker, G., 2002. The survival of organic matter in bone: A review Archaeometry, v. 44 http://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00071

Smith, CI., Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Jans, MME., Arthur, P., Nord, AG. and Collins, MJ., 2002. The strange case of Apigliano: Early 'fossilization' of medieval bone in southern Italy Archaeometry, v. 44 http://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00073

Götherström, A., Collins, MJ., Angerbjörn, A. and Lidén, K., 2002. Bone preservation and DNA amplification Archaeometry, v. 44 http://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4754.00072

2001

Smith, CI., Chamberlain, AT., Riley, MS., Cooper, A., Stringer, CB. and Collins, MJ., 2001. Neanderthal DNA. Not just old but old and cold? Nature, v. 410 http://doi.org/10.1038/35071177

Wess, TJ., Drakopoulos, M., Snigirev, A., Wouters, J., Paris, O., Fratzl, P., Collins, M., Hiller, J. and Nielsen, K., 2001. The use of small-angle X-ray diffraction studies for the analysis of structural features in archaeological samples Archaeometry, v. 43 http://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4754.00007

2000

Ritz-Timme, S., Cattaneo, C., Collins, MJ., Waite, ER., Schütz, HW., Kaatsch, HJ. and Borrman, HI., 2000. Age estimation: the state of the art in relation to the specific demands of forensic practise. Int J Legal Med, v. 113 http://doi.org/10.1007/s004140050283

Craig, OE. and Collins, MJ., 2000. An improved method for the immunological detection of mineral bound protein using hydrofluoric acid and direct capture. J Immunol Methods, v. 236 http://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-1759(99)00242-2

Collins, MJ., Gernaey, AM., Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Vermeer, C. and Westbroek, P., 2000. Slow rates of degradation of osteocalcin: Green light for fossil bone protein? Geology, v. 28 http://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2000)028<1139:SRODOO>2.3.CO;2

Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Hedges, REM., Mann, T. and Collins, MJ., 2000. A preliminary investigation of the application of differential scanning calorimetry to the study of collagen degradation in archaeological bone Thermochimica Acta, v. 365 http://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(00)00620-1

Cattaneo, C., Ritz-Timme, S., Schutz, HW., Collins, M., Waite, E., Boormann, H., Grandi, M. and Kaatsch, HJ., 2000. Unidentified cadavers and human remains in the EU: an unknown issue. Int J Legal Med, v. 113

Craig, O., Mulville, J., Pearson, MP., Sokol, R., Gelsthorpe, K., Stacey, R. and Collins, M., 2000. Detecting milk proteins in ancient pots. Nature, v. 408 http://doi.org/10.1038/35042684

Ritz-Timme, S., Rochholz, G., Schütz, HW., Collins, MJ., Waite, ER., Cattaneo, C. and Kaatsch, HJ., 2000. Quality assurance in age estimation based on aspartic acid racemisation. Int J Legal Med, v. 114 http://doi.org/10.1007/s004140000159

1999

Collins, MJ., Waite, ER. and van Duin, AC., 1999. Predicting protein decomposition: the case of aspartic-acid racemization kinetics. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, v. 354 http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1999.0359

Ritz-Timme, S., Schütz, HW. and Collins, MJ., 1999. Commentary onOhtani S, Matsushima Y, Kobayashi Y, Kishi K. Evaluation of Aspartic Acid Racemization Ratios in the Human Femur for Age Estimation. J Forensic Sci 1998;54(5):949–953, ASTM International Journal of Forensic Sciences, v. 44 10.1520/jfs14572j

Waite, ER., Collins, MJ. and van Duin, AC., 1999. Hydroxyproline interference during the gas chromatographic analysis of D/L aspartic acid in human dentine. Int J Legal Med, v. 112 http://doi.org/10.1007/s004140050214

Ritz-Timme, S., Schütz, HW. and Collins, MJ., 1999. Evaluation of aspartic acid racemization ratios in the human femur for age estimation. J Forensic Sci, v. 44

Waite, ER., Collins, MJ., Ritz-Timme, S., Schutz, HW., Cattaneo, C. and Borrman, HI., 1999. A review of the methodological aspects of aspartic acid racemization analysis for use in forensic science. Forensic Sci Int, v. 103 http://doi.org/10.1016/s0379-0738(99)00081-x

Ritz-Timme, S., Schütz, HW., Waite, ER. and Collins, MJ., 1999. "Improvement" of age estimation using amino acid racemization in a case of pink teeth. Am J Forensic Med Pathol, v. 20 http://doi.org/10.1097/00000433-199906000-00022

Menderes, O., Covington, AD., Waite, ER. and Collins, MJ., 1999. The mechanism and effects of collagen amide group hydrolysis during liming Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists, v. 83

1998

Ohtani, S., Matsushima, Y., Kobayashi, Y. and Kishi, K., 1998. Evaluation of aspartic acid racemization ratios in the human femur for age estimation. J Forensic Sci, v. 43

Waite, ER. and Collins, MJ., 1998. Response to paper by Ohtani S, Yamada Y, Yamamoto I. Age estimation from racemization rate using heated teeth. J Forensic Odontostomatol, v. 16

Collins, MJ., Walton, D. and King, A., 1998. The Geochemical Fate of Proteins ACS Symposium Series, v. 707 http://doi.org/10.1021/bk-1998-0707.ch006

1997

Millard, A. and Collins, M., 1997. Edison's Miracle of Light., Oxford University Press (OUP) The Journal of American History, v. 84 10.2307/2953253

Waite, ER., Child, AM., Craig, OE., Collins, MJ., Gelsthorpe, K. and Brown, TA., 1997. A preliminary investigation of DNA stability in bone during artificial diagenesis Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France, v. 168

1995

Collins, MJ., Riley, MS., Child, AM. and Turner-Walker, G., 1995. A Basic Mathematical Simulation of the Chemical Degradation of Ancient Collagen Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 22 http://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1995.0019

Collins, MJ., Bishop, AN. and Farrimond, P., 1995. Sorption by mineral surfaces: Rebirth of the classical condensation pathway for kerogen formation? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 59 http://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(95)00114-F

Sykes, GA., Collins, MJ. and Walton, DI., 1995. The significance of a geochemically isolated intracrystalline organic fraction within biominerals Organic Geochemistry, v. 23 http://doi.org/10.1016/0146-6380(95)00086-0

1994

Riley, MS. and Collins, MJ., 1994. The polymer model of collagen degradation Polymer Degradation and Stability, v. 46 http://doi.org/10.1016/0141-3910(94)90113-9

Endo, K., Curry, GB., Quinn, R., Collins, MJ., Muyzer, G. and Westbroek, P., 1994. Re-interpretation of terebratulide phylogeny based on immunological data Palaeontology, v. 37

1993

Westbroek, P., Collins, MJ., Jansen, JHF. and Talbot, LM., 1993. World archaeology and global change: Did our ancestors ignite the Ice Age? World Archaeology, v. 25 http://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1993.9980231

CURRY, GB., QUINN, R., COLLINS, MJ., ENDO, K., EWING, S., MUYZER, G. and WESTBROEK, P., 1993. Molecules and morphology — the practical approach Lethaia, v. 26 http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.1993.tb01503.x

1992

Collins, MJ., Westbroek, P., Muyzer, G. and de Leeuw, JW., 1992. Experimental evidence for condensation reactions between sugars and proteins in carbonate skeletons Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 56 http://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(92)90223-6

Muyzer, G., Sandberg, P., Knapen, MHJ., Vermeer, C., Collins, M. and Westbroek, P., 1992. Preservation of the bone protein osteocalcin in dinosaurs Geology, v. 20 http://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1992)020<0871:POTBPO>2.3.CO;2

Mishler, DA. and Collins, M., 1992. Barnum's Big Top., Oxford University Press (OUP) The Journal of American History, v. 79 10.2307/2080965

James, MA., Ansell, AD., Collins, MJ., Curry, GB., Peck, LS. and Rhodes, MC., 1992. Biology of Living Brachiopods Advances in Marine Biology, v. 28 http://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2881(08)60040-1

1991

Collins, M., 1991. Immunological investigations of relationships within the terebratulid brachiopods Palaeontology, v. 34

COLLINS, MJ., MUYZER, G., CURRY, GB., SANDBERG, P. and WESTBROEK, P., 1991. Macromolecules in brachiopod shells: characterization and diagenesis Lethaia, v. 24 http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.1991.tb01491.x

Collins, MJ., Muyzer, G., Westbroek, P., Curry, GB., Sandberg, PA., Xu, SJ., Quinn, R. and Mackinnon, D., 1991. Preservation of fossil biopolymeric structures: Conclusive immunological evidence Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 55 http://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(91)90101-A

COLLINS, MJ., 1991. Growth rate and substrate‐related mortality of a benthic brachiopod population Lethaia, v. 24 http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.1991.tb01175.x

Stearns, PN. and Collins, M., 1991. Insanity on Trial., Oxford University Press (OUP) The Journal of American History, v. 78 10.2307/2078964

CURRY, GB., QUINN, R., COLLINS, MJ., ENDO, K., EWING, S., MUYZER, G. and WESTBROEK, P., 1991. Immunological responses from brachiopod skeletal macromolecules; a new technique for assessing taxonomic relationships using shells Lethaia, v. 24 http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.1991.tb01493.x

1988

Collins, MJ., Curry, GB., Quinn, R., Muyzer, G., Zomerdijk, T. and Westbroek, P., 1988. Sero-taxonomy of skeletal macromolecules in living terebratulid brachiopods Historical Biology, v. 1 http://doi.org/10.1080/08912968809386475

1984

COLLINS, MJ., JONES, DA. and CLAYTON, DA., 1984. REDESCRIPTION OF UCA-SINDENSIS (ALCOCK, 1900) (BRACHYURA, OCYPODIDAE) WITH NOTES ON THE ECOLOGY OF A POPULATION FROM KUWAIT JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY, v. 4 http://doi.org/10.2307/1548029

Other publications

2022

Ramsøe, A., Crispin, M., Mackie, M., McGrath, K., Fischer, R., Demarchi, B., Collins, MJ., Hendy, J. and Speller, C., 2022. Author Correction: Assessing the degradation of ancient milk proteins through site-specific deamidation patterns. Sci Rep, v. 12 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06151-5

Conference proceedings

2021

Sand, KK., Freeman, C., Collins, M. and Dieudonné, L., 2021. Surface charge and topography of minerals as a driver for DNA storage and preservation in sediments, European Association of Geochemistry Goldschmidt2021 abstracts, 10.7185/gold2021.7032

2020

Ryder, CM., Sponheimer, M., Shokry, H., Lazagabaster, IA., Marom, N., Monnier, GF., Collins, MJ., Deviese, T. and Higham, T., 2020. Saving Bones: a direct comparison of FTIR-ATR, whole bone percent nitrogen, and NIR AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, v. 171

2019

Sistiaga, A., Poyet, M., Groussin, M., Collins, M. and Summons, RE., 2019. Analysis of faecal substrates sheds light into coprostanol origin, preservation and diagenesis 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, IMOG 2019,

2017

McCoy, VE., Penkman, K., Penkman, K., Preslee, S., Preslee, S., Collins, M., Collins, M., Gabbott, SE. and Gabbott, SE., 2017. EXPERIMENTAL DEGRADATION OF CHICKEN FEATHER PROTEINS IN RESIN, Geological Society of America Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 10.1130/abs/2017am-298940

2015

Warinner, C., Hendy, J., Speller, C., Cappellini, E., Fischer, R., Trachsel, C., Arneborg, J., Lynnerup, N., Craig, O., Swallow, DM., Fotakis, A., Christensen, RJ., Olsen, J., Liebert, A., Montalva, N., Fiddyment, S., Mackie, M., Canci, A., Bouwman, A., Ruhli, F., Gilbert, MTP. and Collins, MJ., 2015. Direct evidence of milk consumption from ancient human dental calculus AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, v. 156

2010

Moro, ML., Collins, MJ. and Cappellini, E., 2010. Alzheimer's disease and amyloid beta-peptide deposition in the brain: a matter of 'aging'? Biochem Soc Trans, v. 38 http://doi.org/10.1042/BST0380539

2008

Griffin, RC., Moody, H., Penkman, KEH., Fagan, MJ., Curtis, N. and Collins, MJ., 2008. A new approach to amino acid racemization in enamel: testing of a less destructive sampling methodology. J Forensic Sci, v. 53 http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00753.x

2006

Griffin, RC., Moody, H. and Collins, MJ., 2006. An investigation of amino acid racemization as a method for estimation of age-at-death of skeletal remains. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,

2005

Valsami-Jones, E., Wilson, J., Cressey, G., Collins, M., Manning, D., Wess, T., Younger, P. and Woodgate, S., 2005. Understanding biomineralisation of bone apatite for applications to toxic metal remediation: Preliminary results GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, v. 69

2003

Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Ostrom, PH., Gandhi, H., Shapiro, B., Cooper, A., Hauschka, PV., Kahlke, RD. and Collins, MJ., 2003. Ancient protein sequences: A new direction for molecular palaeontology. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, v. 225

Ostrom, P., Nielsen-Marsh, CM., Gandhi, H., Collins, MJ., Storer, J., Hauschka, PV. and McNulty, T., 2003. New approaches for understanding ancient proteins. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, v. 225

2001

Craig, OE., Stacey, RJ. and Collins, MJ., 2001. The ancient potsherd: A unique environment for protein survival? ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES '97, PROCEEDINGS, v. S939

Hiller, J., Wess, TJ., Collins, MJ. and Chamberlain, AT., 2001. Preservation of skeletal remains in European Pleistocene caves: changes to the protein and mineral components of fossil bone. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,

2000

van Duin, ACT., Collins, MJ., Jones, M., Farmer, JG. and Graham, MC., 2000. Simulated partitioning of polyaromatic hydrocarbons between mineral surfaces and humic layers in the water phase. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, v. 219

1998

Van Duin, ACT. and Collins, MJ., 1998. The effects of conformational constraints on aspartic acid racemization Organic Geochemistry, v. 29 http://doi.org/10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00098-9

Book chapters

2020

Vnouček, J., Fiddyment, S., Quandt, A., Rabitsch, S., Collins, M. and Hofmann, C., 2020. The parchment of the Vienna Genesis: characteristics and manufacture, Böhlau Verlag 10.7767/9783205210580.35

2019

Hendy, J., Van Doorn, N. and Collins, M., 2019. Proteomics http://doi.org/10.1017/9781139013826.003

2018

2018. Faunal Remains: Results by Species, White Rose University Press 10.22599/book2.i

2017

Griffin, RC. and Collins, M., 2017. Aspartic Acid Racemization, CRC Press 10.1201/9781315371382-6

Griffin, RC. and Collins, M., 2017. Aspartic acid racemization: Applications to forensic and archaeological age estimation http://doi.org/10.1201/9781315371382

2016

Griffin, R. and Collins, M., 2016. Aspartic Acid Racemization, CRC Press 10.1201/9781315371382-7

2015

Collins, M. and Demarchi, B., 2015. Amino acid racemization, paleoclimate

Demarchi, B. and Collins, M., 2015. Amino acid racemization dating

2014

Demarchi, B. and Collins, M., 2014. Amino Acid Racemization Dating, Springer Netherlands 10.1007/978-94-007-6326-5_73-1

2013

Collins, M. and Demarchi, B., 2013. Amino Acid Racemization, Paleoclimate, Springer Netherlands 10.1007/978-94-007-6326-5_74-1

2007

Collins, MJ. and Gernaey, AM., 2007. Proteins http://doi.org/10.1002/9780470999295ch.53

2004

Csapó, J., Collins, M., Csapó-Kiss, Z., Varga-Visi, E. and Pohn, G., 2004. Use of Amino Acids and Amino Acid Racemization for Age Determination in Archaeometry http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-008044396-6/50008-3

Csapó, J., Collins, M., Csapó-Kiss, Z., Varga-Visi, É., Pohn, G. and Csapó, J., 2004. Chapter 6 Use of Amino Acids and Amino Acid Racemization for Age Determination in Archaeometry, Elsevier http://doi.org/10.1016/b978-008044396-6/50008-3

2001

Collins, MJ. and Gernaey, AM., 2001. Proteins, Wiley 10.1002/9780470999295.ch53

Teaching and Supervisions

Teaching:

Current students:

Carla de Soto Parchment decay and conservation (with Devro)
Erin M Keenan Early ZooMS of N. American Fauna (Texas)
Tuuli Kasso (Copenhagen)
Laura Vinas (Copenhaggen)
Bharath Nair (Copenhagen)
Bia Fonseca (Copenhagen, with Karina Sand)
Liam Llanigan (Copenhagen, with Hannes Schroeder and Tom Gilbert
Ruairidh Macleod (Cambridge, MPhil)
Yuan Yue (Cambridge)
Miranda Evan (Cambridge, with Tamsin O'Connell, and Jessie Hendy, York)
Tianyi Wang (Cambridge with Piers Mitchell)
Sophie Rabinow (Cambridge with Piers Mitchell)

Past students:

Andrew Spooner 1992 Industry Environment
Ben Stern 1993 Senior Lecturer Bradford
Emman Waite 1997 Industry Bioscience
Dave Robertson 1998 Industry Petroleum
Oliver Craig 1998 Professor, York
Colin Smith 2000 Senior Lecturer, LaTrobe, University
Jen Hiller 2001 Industry
Miranda Jans 2001 Forensics (US Military)
Kirsty Penkman 2001 Professor York
Rebecca Griffin 2002 Administration Canberra
Hannah Koon 2003 Senior Lecturer Bradford
Simon McGrory 2006 Project Officer (Heritage)
Rose Drew 2004 Osteoarchaeology
Mike Buckley 2010 Royal Society Research Professor, Manchester
Nienke Van Doorn 2012 Industry York Archaeological Trust
Isabella von Holstein 2012 PDRA, Amsterdam
Jo Powell 2013 Industry
Marc Wadsley 2013 Bioinformatics NHS
Yang Yue 2013 Industry Environment
Frido Welker 2017 Assistant Professor, Copenhagen
Jessica Hendy 2017 Lecturer, York
Sean Doherty, 2016, Postdoc Exeter
Jiri Vnoucek, Postdoc B2C, Conservator Royal Library
Keri Rowsell,Research Administration (UCL)
Ioannis Kontopoulos, Postdoc (Copenhagen)
Theis Jensen, Postdoc (Copenhagen)
Abigail Lowe, Postdoc (Copenhagen)
Talari Gopai, PhD (UCD)

Research supervision:

I currently supervise students investigating in a range of topics related to the use of proteins to address archaeological research questions from evolution, to diet, disease, demography and chronology. I am interested in supervising students with a passion to work across disciplines who wish to study for an MPhil or a PhD in the following topics:

Modelling the survival and decay of ancient proteins
Mathematical approaches to the analysis of complex datasets
Developing low cost tools for demography
Developing novel methods to extract and analyse ancient proteins
Applying ancient protein analysis to their archaeological repertoire

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Fellow of the British Academy

Niels Bohr Professor in Palaeoproteomics, University of Copenhagen

Member of the Royal Danish Society of Science and Letters

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Beeswax

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Egypt and Sudan

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