% pubman genre = article @article{item_3527458, title = {{Releasing secrets bound to ancient remains with modern DNA extraction techniques: An interview with Elena Essel}}, author = {Essel, Elena}, language = {eng}, issn = {0736-6205; 1940-9818}, doi = {10.2144/btn-2023-0067}, year = {2023}, abstract = {{lena Essel (Msc) spoke to Ebony Torrington, Managing Editor of BioTechniques. Essel is a molecular biologist in Matthias Meyer{\textquotesingle}s Advanced DNA Sequencing Techniques group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany). Essel studied biology at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Erlangen, Germany) for her bachelor{\textquotesingle}s and in Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (Halle an der Saale, Germany) for her master{\textquotesingle}s. Essel worked in Meyer{\textquotesingle}s group on DNA extraction of very degraded material for her master{\textquotesingle}s thesis. Meyer is an expert in developing new cutting-edge methods for researching ancient DNA, with a focus on skeletal remains, and more recently on sediment remains. Essel now focusses on DNA sampling and extraction aspects of the pipeline at Meyer{\textquotesingle}s lab for the ancient DNA workflow}}, journal = {{BioTechniques}}, volume = {75}, number = {2}, pages = {42--46}, }