Solving a 500 Year Old Cold Case - with Turi King
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When a 500 year old skeleton was discovered under a parking lot in Leicester, England, geneticist Turi King and her team set out to determine whether it coul...

In this year’s Genetics Society JBS Haldane Lecture, Turi King will discuss leading the international research team involved in the DNA identification work of the remains of Richard III and the current project to sequence his entire genome.

Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/Be3lDr–l64

Turi King is a Reader in Genetics and Archaeology and Professor of Public Engagement at the University of Leicester. She is perhaps best known for leading the genetics analysis in the King Richard III case leading to the identification of his remains in 2014 which led to his reinterment in Leicester Cathedral in 2015.

This talk and Q&A was recorded in the Ri on 26 November 2018.