The 10th ISBA “New Horizons in Biomolecular Archaeology” will be organized by the University of Tartu, Estonia. The organizing committee consists of scientists from the Institute of History and Archaeology, Institute of Genomics and Institute of Chemistry.

Mait Metspalu, Institute of Genomics, mait.metspalu@ut.ee

Mari Tõrv, Institute of History and Archaeology, Institute of Chemistry, mari.torv@ut.ee

Biancamaria Bonucci, Institute of Genomics, biancamaria.bonucci@ut.ee

Meriam Guellil, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, meriam.guellil@univie.ac.at; Institute of Genomics, UT, meriam.guellil@ut.ee

Kadri Irdt, Institute of Genomics, kadri.irdt@ut.ee

Marcel Keller, Department of Physical Anthropology, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, marcel.keller@irm.unibe.ch; Institute of Genomics, UT, marcel.keller@ut.ee

Aivar Kriiska, Institute of History and Archaeology, aivar.kriiska@ut.ee

Alena Kushniarevich, Institute of Genomics, alena.kushniarevich@ut.ee

Alessandra Morrone, Institute of History and Archaeology, alessandra.morrone@ut.ee

Ester Oras, Institute of History and Archaeology, Institute of Chemistry, ester.oras@ut.ee

Toni de Dios Martínez, Institute of Genomics, toni.de.dios.martinez@ut.ee

Lehti Saag, Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, l.saag@ucl.ac.uk; Institute of Genomics, UT, lehti.saag@ut.ee

Stefania Sasso, Institute of Genomics, stefania.sasso@ut.ee

Tina Saupe, Institute of Genomics, tina.saupe@ut.ee

Christiana Lyn Scheib, Institute of Genomics, christiana.lyn.scheib@ut.ee

Kristiina Tambets, Institute of Genomics, kristiina.tambets@ut.ee

Olga Utevska, Institute of Genomics, olga.utevska@ut.ee

Scientific committee is divided into sub-sections related to different biomolecular fields in the study of ancient materials to collate a diverse, thought provoking and innovation-driven scientific programme at ISBA10.

• SedaDNA–studies: Toni de Dios Martínez, Meriam Guellil, Mikkel Winther Pedersen, Diyendo Massilani, Elena Zavala
• Ancient microbiome studies: Christiana Lyn Scheib, Hannes Schröder, Irina Velsko, Laura Weyrich
• Ancient pathogen genomics: Marcel Keller, Meriam Guellil, Aida Andrades Valtueña, Kerttu Majander, Nicolás Rasvocan
• Method development for population genetics: Alena Kushniarevich, Kristiina Tambets, Lehti Saag, Harald Ringbauer, Eugenia D'Atanasio, Martin Petr
• Human demographic history: Alena Kushniarevich, Kristiina Tambets, Stefania Sasso, Cosimo Posth, Cesar Fortes Lima, Anna Szecsenyi-Nagy
• Hominins and archaic introgression: Michael Dannemann, Irene Gallego Romero, Sriram Sankararaman, Vivian Slon, Kay Prüfer
• Selection in humans using aDNA: Mait Metspalu, Lehti Saag, Evan K. Irving-Pease, Iain Mathieson, Gaspard Kerner
• Biomolecular zooarchaeology: Eve Rannamäe, David Orton, Camilla Speller, Catarina Ginja
• Biomolecular archaeobotany: Kristiina Johanson, Giedre Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė, Amy Styring, Nathan Wales, Anita Radini
• Ancient proteins: Ester Oras, Christiania Lyn Scheib, Frido Welker, Beatrice Demarchi, Timothy Cleland
• Lipids: Ester Oras, Oliver Craig, Shinya Shoda, Sven Isaksson, Lucy Cramp
• Dating biomolecules: Mari Tõrv, John Meadows, Ricardo Fernandes, Thibaut Devièse
• Isotope geochemistry: Alessandra Morrone, Mari Tõrv, Dorothée Drucker, Gunilla Eriksson, Colin Ian Smith
• Ethical matters in biomolecular archaeology: Marcel Keller, Elizabeth Nelson, Sean Dexter Denham, Raquel E. Fleskes, Rita Peyrotero Stjerna
• Archaeological fieldwork, curation and pre-screening methods for biomolecular research: Mari Tõrv, Aivar Kriiska, Sara Gummesson, Rick Schulting, Birgitte Skar