Professor Turi King
Professor of Public Engagement and Genetics
Department: Genetics and Genome Biology, Department of
Telephone: +44 (0)116 229 7840
Email: tek2@leicester.ac.uk
Profile
I also carry out a lot of media work including the BBC series DNA Family Secrets.
Research
Publications
Publications
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Subdividing Y-chromosome haplogroup R1a1 reveals western-European-specific sub-haplogroups, including candidate 'Viking' dispersal lineages. European Journal of Human Genetics volume 29, pages512-523 (2021)
Predicting haplogroups using a versatile machine learning program (PredYMaLe) on a new mutationally well-balanced 32 Y-STR multiplex (CombYplex) (2020) Forensic Science International: Genetics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2020.102342
Evolution of human-animal relationships on the Silk Road: the earliest remains of Felis catus L. (1758). (2020) Nature: Scientific Reports. July 9, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67798-6
Molecular insights into an ancient form of Paget disease of bone. PNAS May 21, 116 (21) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1820556116
Reconciling evidence from ancient and contemporary genomes: A major source for the European Neolithic within Mediterranean Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, DOI:10.1098/rspb.2016.1976
Large-scale recent expansion of European patrilineages shown by population resequencing. Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8152
Identification of the remains of King Richard III. Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6631.
Perimortem trauma in King Richard III: a skeletal analysis. The Lancet, 17 September, 2014, DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60804-7.
Supervision
Press and media
Activities
Awards
2020 Member of the International Society of Forensic Geneticists
2019 Awarded the Milner Centre for Evolution Darwin Day Lecture
2019 Awarded the 50th Anniversary Wade Lecture for 2019, North Staffordshire Medical Institute
2019 Member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences
2018 Awarded the JBS Haldane Lecture by the Genetics Society
2018 Awarded the Joukowsky Lecture Series by the Archaeological Institute of America
2017 Awarded the East Midlands Women’s Award for Outstanding Woman in STEM
2017 Made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
2017 Made a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority
2017 Made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
2016 Awarded the Irving K Barber Lecture, Vancouver Institute, Vancouver, Canada
2016 Awarded the Queen’s Lecture, founded by Queen Elizabeth II as gift to Berlin
2016 Awarded the University of Leicester President’s Award
2016 Made an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association
Media coverage
Qualifications
MSc, University of Leicester
PhD, University of Leicester