Dr Victoria Mullin,

CONTACT DETAILS:

E-mail : mullinv [at] tcd [dot] ie
Tel : +353-(0)1-896-1265
Fax : +353-(0)1-679-8558

MODERN DNA LABORATORY ADDRESS:

Molecular Population Genetics
Smurfit Institute of Genetics
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland

ANCIENT DNA LABORATORY ADDRESS (for archaeological samples):

Archaeological Genetics
Smurfit Institute of Genetics
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland

RESEARCH INTEREST:

I am a molecular biologist with research interests in population genetics and genomics. My work utilises degraded DNA from archaeological and museum collection specimens, in conjunction with modern genomes, to investigate genetic variation and demography over time. My research varies from the small bumblebee to the large aurochs. My current work focuses on cattle domestication, in particular the development of cattle from Northwestern Europe; from the early domestic cattle that arrived in the region with the Neolithic, through to the present day production animals we see in the fields.

EMPLOYMENT:

2020-present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity College Dublin University - funded by IRC Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme

2018-2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, Natural History Museum London

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:

2012- 2018: PhD, Trinity College Dublin University

2011-2012: Msc Biological Sciences by Research, Royal Holloway University of London; Distinction
Thesis title: To ZooMS or not to ZooMS that is the question; a comparative study of taxonomic identification techniques: ancient DNA analysis and Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry. Supervisor: Dr Ian Barnes

2008-2011: Bsc (Hons) Biology, Royal Holloway University of London; First Class honours

PAPERS:

Link to google scholar

PRESENTATIONS:

Mullin VE, Verdugo MP, Scheu A et al. Ancient cattle genomics, origins and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent. London aDNA Networking Event, September 2019

Mullin VE, Bradley DG, Verdugo MP, Scheu A. The Origins of Taurine Cattle: An Ancient Genomic Tale. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2019, July 2019

Mullin VE, Verdugo MP, Scheu A, Teasdale MD, Bradley DG. The Origins of Taurine Cattle: an ancient nuclear genome approach. The State of the Field 2019: Ancient DNA Revolution in Archaeology, Brown University, February 2019

Mullin VE, Verdugo MP, Teasdale MD, Scheu A, Maisano Delser P, Bradley DG. Cattle on the Western Atlantic edge of Europe: A time series of ancient cattle genomes through Ireland and Britain. International Symposium Biomolecular Archaeology, September 2018

Mullin VE, Bradley DG. Cattle on the Western Atlantic edge of Europe: A time series of ancient cattle genomes through Ireland and Britain. International Society for Animal Genetics Conference, July 2017

Mullin VE, Mulville J, Teasdale MD, Verdugo M, Mattiangeli V, Scheu A, Bradley DG. Understanding the herd: An ancient DNA study of the cattle of Cladh Hallan. UK archaeological Science Conference, April 2017

Mullin VE. Blood from a Stone: Petrosals and Ancient DNA. AEA Autumn Conference, November 2015.

Mullin VE, Selina Brace, Pete Heintzman, Joanna Simpson, Matthew Collins and Ian Barnes To ZooMS or not to ZooMS that is the question; a comparative study of taxonomic identification techniques: ancient DNA analysis and ZooArchaeology by Mass Spectormetry [Poster] UK Archaeological Science and Association of Environmental Archaeology, Cardiff University, April 2013 .

AWARDS:

The Elizabeth Hocart Prize for Botany, University of London (2011)