Researchers speak about life in troubled ancient-DNA lab
‘Paralysed by anxiety’: researchers speak about life in troubled ancient-DNA lab

        

        
            
        
        
            
                
                    
                        

    
        
            
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                    Colleagues of Alan Cooper, who has been suspended as leader of the prestigious Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, describe a toxic work environment. 
                
            
        
        
            
    
        
            
                
                    Dyani Lewis
                
                
                
                    
                
            
        
    

        
    
    


            
            


        
            
                
                    
                        

                        
                    
                
            

            
                

                

                
                    The University of Adelaide has suspended the leader and founder of its premier ancient-DNA centre, Alan Cooper, following an investigation into the ‘culture’ at the Australian centre. The university has not given a reason for its decision, but current and former co-workers of Cooper — an award-winning evolutionary biologist who specializes in human migration — have told Nature that he bullied them or that they watched him bully others.
                    
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                Nature 572, 571-572 (2019)
                doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02540-5

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