Viking II & Viking III recruitment coverage

Our media coverage during recruitment of volunteers for the Viking II and Viking III studies.

YouTube: Viking II Launch Lecture

The launch of Viking II at the Shetland Museum Archives in January 2020

Click to watch Prof Jim Flett Wilson's lecture

Jim at Viking II launch lecture
Prof Jim Flett Wilson talking to potential volunteers and media at his Viking II launch lecture

YouTube: Stornoway Historical Society

'The Viking Gene'. Film of the public lecture hosted by Stornoway Historical Society on September 12th 2022 at the Council Chambers, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Guest speaker was Professor Jim Wilson of Edinburgh University.

Click to watch Prof Jim Flett Wilson's lecture during Viking III recruitment 

In the written press:

Herald Scotland: Scientists seeking people with Orkney or Shetland ancestry latest phase of gene study

The Sunday Post: The pillage people: Gene scientists working to crack the Norse code find Scots Vikings all around the globe

Shetland News: Volunteers sought for new Viking research project

Shetland Times: Survey finds strong interest in researching how ‘Viking genes’ differ from other populations 

Saskatoon Star Phoenix: Scottish study seeks Sask. residents with Shetland, Orcadian origins

Sask Today: University study seeks volunteers of Scottish descent

The Scotsman: Descendants of Vikings from Orkney or Shetland wanted for genetic study

The Scotsman: Scottish islanders around the world answer call for huge Viking DNA test

The Scotsman: Worldwide Hebridean DNA study to investigate link between disease and genes

The National: Edinburgh University study set to explore Hebridean gene pool's links to disease

We Love Stornoway: Viking links to health and wellbeing

We Love Stornoway: Are Niseachs more Viking?

We Love Stornoway: North Uist can help crack medical mystery

We Love Stornoway: Angus joins Viking researchers

 

 

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