Working collaboratively with a wide range of disciplines, our focus is on the analysis of biomineral organics: their pathways of degradation, their methods of preservation, of detection, and how these molecules can inform us of an organism’s life and death history. Based at the University of York since 2003, we have been the NERC-recognised amino acid dating facility since 2008. We welcome research visitors and collaborations; please contact kirsty.penkman@york.ac.uk.