The biggest challenge during my PhD within sedimentary ancient DNA was to figure out how to bioinformatically process several hundreds of sequenced samples. This workflow is optimised for identification of eukaryotes from metagenomic shotgun data. Let me introduce the preprint of metaJAM! 1/6
Ernst Johnson
metaJAM: a Nextflow integrated metagenomic workflow for sedimentary ancient DNA https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.05.722689v1