The Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina established the Center for Demographic Genetics
At the formal proposal of the Department of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, on 15 July, 2020, the Center for Demographic Genetics of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina was established by Decision No. 1-01-1-246-6/20. The initiative for the establishment of the Center is, in addition to the corresponding member Prof. Dr. Rifat Hadžiselimović represented by a wider circle of interested institutions and individuals in the field of natural and social sciences. The primary intention of the newly formed Center is the integration of BH human and infrastructural potentials on the research of genetic features of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the ancient, medieval and recent epoch to the prediction of their changes in space and time.
The main goals and directions of action are:
- integration of appropriate BH human and infrastructural potentials in the related field;
- establishment of a database on genetic characteristics of the population of BiH;
- DNA analysis and characterization of ancient, medieval and recent samples;
- analysis of past and prediction of possible changes in the genetic composition of BH population.
The main work units / research teams are in the areas of:
- Population genetics
- Demography - Ethnology
- Biostatistics - Bioinformatics
ANUBiH corresponding member, Prof. Dr. Rifat Hadžiselimović is elected for Center’s director.
More detailed information can be viewed at the link: https://www.anubih.ba/index.php/bs/organizacija/organizacijone-jedinice/centar-za-demografsku-genetiku.
