Turi King
@turiking.bsky.social
British & Canadian geneticist/genealogy/forensics/archaeology #DNAFamilySecrets, #RichardIII DNA gal, Television/podcast presenter.
The news is out! Really nice piece by Jack Blackburn of @Times about the genetic study been leading into Hitler’s DNA. It’s been a massive group effort as part of a documentary with the team Blink Films & a huge number of experts! We have to put the caveats in and the article does that nicely.
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The news is out! Really nice piece by Jack Blackburn of @Times about the genetic study been leading into Hitler’s DNA. It’s been a massive group effort as part of a documentary with the team Blink Films & a huge number of experts! We have to put the caveats in and the article does that nicely.
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A new paper [2023] based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
Rosalind Franklin knew DNA was a helix before Watson and Crick, unpublished material reveals
A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A new paper [2023] based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
An interesting piece in @timeshighered.bsky.social about the recent settlement. The project was a huge collaboration. I'm always at great pains to say that Philippa instigated the project & fund-raised for part of it - but she didn't pay for the
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Will court settlement finally lay Richard III saga to rest?
Former Leicester administrator who sued Steve Coogan says ‘we need more trust in expertise’ after actor backs inquiry into university’s actions during ‘tumultuous period’
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
An interesting piece in @timeshighered.bsky.social about the recent settlement. The project was a huge collaboration. I'm always at great pains to say that Philippa instigated the project & fund-raised for part of it - but she didn't pay for the
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www.timeshighereducation.com/news/will-co...
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www.timeshighereducation.com/news/will-co...
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further to this, here's a thread (sorry, from Over There) by Mike Pitts, who followed the whole process closely, on some of the, um, discrepancies in the film (via @turiking.bsky.social) x.com/pittsmike/st...
October 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
further to this, here's a thread (sorry, from Over There) by Mike Pitts, who followed the whole process closely, on some of the, um, discrepancies in the film (via @turiking.bsky.social) x.com/pittsmike/st...
Good article by Steve Boggan about Richard Taylor about the impact on Richard & his family as a result of him being defamed in The Lost King. It's taken years to resolve. A judge ruled the film was defamatory last year but settlement only this week.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
I was wrongly painted by Steve Coogan as a pantomime villain
The wilful destruction of Richard Taylor's reputation began when actor Steve Coogan (pictured, with Sally Hawkins in the film) decided to cast him as a grotesque 'pantomime villain'.
www.dailymail.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Good article by Steve Boggan about Richard Taylor about the impact on Richard & his family as a result of him being defamed in The Lost King. It's taken years to resolve. A judge ruled the film was defamatory last year but settlement only this week.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
There were a whole bunch of really cool women who led various aspects of the project all of whom were mysteriously absent from the story. 😉😉
Simply watch "Richard III: The King in the Car Park" and you'll immediately recognise where "The Lost King" derailed the facts.
Which reminds me: why is there no Simon Farnaby character in the film? Langley did nothing without him shadowing her with his camera team. Turi King is also totally absent
Which reminds me: why is there no Simon Farnaby character in the film? Langley did nothing without him shadowing her with his camera team. Turi King is also totally absent
October 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
There were a whole bunch of really cool women who led various aspects of the project all of whom were mysteriously absent from the story. 😉😉
I am SO pleased to see this! Richard Taylor has quite rightly won his case. I was shocked at how the project and people, Richard T in particular, were so falsely portrayed in the film. Good to see it’s being put right. Do see Richard T’s X thread below. 👇
x.com/richardtaylo...
x.com/richardtaylo...
October 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I am SO pleased to see this! Richard Taylor has quite rightly won his case. I was shocked at how the project and people, Richard T in particular, were so falsely portrayed in the film. Good to see it’s being put right. Do see Richard T’s X thread below. 👇
x.com/richardtaylo...
x.com/richardtaylo...
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Podcast with me and @turiking.bsky.social for the @milnerevolution.bsky.social series, on plasmid evolution over the last 100 years, talking about our ( @cazares-adr.bsky.social , Nick Thomson, @sarah1alexander.bsky.social & co) recent paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
youtu.be/Mzr3TD4ijs0?...
youtu.be/Mzr3TD4ijs0?...
How the Vectors of Antibiotic Resistance Have Evolved - Professor Zamin Iqbal
YouTube video by Milner Centre for Evolution
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October 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Podcast with me and @turiking.bsky.social for the @milnerevolution.bsky.social series, on plasmid evolution over the last 100 years, talking about our ( @cazares-adr.bsky.social , Nick Thomson, @sarah1alexander.bsky.social & co) recent paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
youtu.be/Mzr3TD4ijs0?...
youtu.be/Mzr3TD4ijs0?...
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Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.
Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.
Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show
Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.
www.ok.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.
Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Canadians! 🍁🇨🇦
October 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Canadians! 🍁🇨🇦
So, I've been rather quiet of late as been working incredibly hard on something fairly big with BlinkFilms and @channel4.bsky.social
deadline.com/2025/10/chan....
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New Channel 4 Documentary Analyzes A Sample Of Adolf Hitler’s DNA & Promises “Surprising Results”
Channel 4 & History have greenlit 'Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator', which will analyze a sample of Adolf Hitler's DNA.
deadline.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
So, I've been rather quiet of late as been working incredibly hard on something fairly big with BlinkFilms and @channel4.bsky.social
deadline.com/2025/10/chan....
deadline.com/2025/10/chan....
Heading back to the University of Leicester for a celebration of the Adrian Building (which was basically my second home) ahead of its closure & celebrating 40 years since invention of DNA fingerprinting! An afternoon of interesting talks. Free to attend! Deets here le.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
Celebrating six decades of research in the Adrian Building and 40 Years of Genetic Fingerprinting – Public Event, October 11th | News | University of Leicester
le.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Heading back to the University of Leicester for a celebration of the Adrian Building (which was basically my second home) ahead of its closure & celebrating 40 years since invention of DNA fingerprinting! An afternoon of interesting talks. Free to attend! Deets here le.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
My amazing kids got me a Book Spa gift at Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath. What a treat! The lovely team there fed me tea & cake, nattered to me about my book tastes & then brought me a stack of books they thought I would like! Heaven! Reader, I bought several!
mrbsemporium.com
mrbsemporium.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
My amazing kids got me a Book Spa gift at Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath. What a treat! The lovely team there fed me tea & cake, nattered to me about my book tastes & then brought me a stack of books they thought I would like! Heaven! Reader, I bought several!
mrbsemporium.com
mrbsemporium.com
Super proud of this! Still top 10 on Audible. It follows two families brought together by an unexpected discovery that changes everything they thought they knew about their father & takes us into the stories of the Home Children.
Listen now on Audible: adbl.co/orphansmith
Listen now on Audible: adbl.co/orphansmith
August 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Super proud of this! Still top 10 on Audible. It follows two families brought together by an unexpected discovery that changes everything they thought they knew about their father & takes us into the stories of the Home Children.
Listen now on Audible: adbl.co/orphansmith
Listen now on Audible: adbl.co/orphansmith
Super proud of this! Our Audible @bbcstudios.bsky.social
podcast series, Orphan Smith, is in the top ten! We tell the story of the Home Children in Canada through the moving experience of one family. Get your tissues!
You can listen here 🎧
www.audible.co.uk/.../Orphan-S...
podcast series, Orphan Smith, is in the top ten! We tell the story of the Home Children in Canada through the moving experience of one family. Get your tissues!
You can listen here 🎧
www.audible.co.uk/.../Orphan-S...
July 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Super proud of this! Our Audible @bbcstudios.bsky.social
podcast series, Orphan Smith, is in the top ten! We tell the story of the Home Children in Canada through the moving experience of one family. Get your tissues!
You can listen here 🎧
www.audible.co.uk/.../Orphan-S...
podcast series, Orphan Smith, is in the top ten! We tell the story of the Home Children in Canada through the moving experience of one family. Get your tissues!
You can listen here 🎧
www.audible.co.uk/.../Orphan-S...
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An Early View: Dr @nancybird1.bsky.social , Prof @turiking.bsky.social, & Prof Hellenthal examine the methodological advances and interpretive limits of genetic ancestry inference. The authors emphasize the need for a stronger focus on conveying uncertainty to mitigate risks of over-interpretation.
Power and Limitations of Inferring Genetic Ancestry
Background The recent emergence of technologies that capture and analyse genetic variation patterns obtained from a person's DNA sample has led to numerous academic and commercial endeavours to infe...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
An Early View: Dr @nancybird1.bsky.social , Prof @turiking.bsky.social, & Prof Hellenthal examine the methodological advances and interpretive limits of genetic ancestry inference. The authors emphasize the need for a stronger focus on conveying uncertainty to mitigate risks of over-interpretation.
Lovely article by @edhollox.bsky.social in the @gensocuk.bsky.social magazine about the University of Leicester's Department of Genetics reaching the grand old age of 60! 🧬😊
July 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Lovely article by @edhollox.bsky.social in the @gensocuk.bsky.social magazine about the University of Leicester's Department of Genetics reaching the grand old age of 60! 🧬😊
So lovely to be part of Orphan Smith: My Father's Secret. We follow two families brought together by an unexpected discovery that changed everything they thought they knew about their father! Narrated by the fab Megan Follows & hosted by me. On Audible adbl.co/orphansmith
July 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
So lovely to be part of Orphan Smith: My Father's Secret. We follow two families brought together by an unexpected discovery that changed everything they thought they knew about their father! Narrated by the fab Megan Follows & hosted by me. On Audible adbl.co/orphansmith
Happy #CanadaDay to all who celebrate! 😊🇨🇦🍁
July 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Happy #CanadaDay to all who celebrate! 😊🇨🇦🍁
Looking forward to giving at talk at the Ashbourne Festival this evening. I'll be chatting about how DNA can be used to solve mysteries past and present. 😊
Tickets here: 👇
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bux...
Tickets here: 👇
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bux...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Looking forward to giving at talk at the Ashbourne Festival this evening. I'll be chatting about how DNA can be used to solve mysteries past and present. 😊
Tickets here: 👇
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bux...
Tickets here: 👇
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bux...
You will not believe what arrived today! Squeak! Nothing less than #SystonKnittingBanxy's @richard-third.bsky.social! He's amazing! So touched! Have taken him to see @uniofbath.bsky.social & @milnerevolution.bsky.social
He now has pride of place on my desk! 😍
He now has pride of place on my desk! 😍
April 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
You will not believe what arrived today! Squeak! Nothing less than #SystonKnittingBanxy's @richard-third.bsky.social! He's amazing! So touched! Have taken him to see @uniofbath.bsky.social & @milnerevolution.bsky.social
He now has pride of place on my desk! 😍
He now has pride of place on my desk! 😍
It was a great pleasure to host Richard Dawkins at the Edinburgh Science Festival last night where we chatted about his latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead. It’s an excellent introduction to his work if you’ve never read any of his books before, and beautifully illustrated by Jana Lenzová.
April 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It was a great pleasure to host Richard Dawkins at the Edinburgh Science Festival last night where we chatted about his latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead. It’s an excellent introduction to his work if you’ve never read any of his books before, and beautifully illustrated by Jana Lenzová.
Somehow feels extra important to vote this time round. 🇨🇦 #CanadaVotes2025
April 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Somehow feels extra important to vote this time round. 🇨🇦 #CanadaVotes2025
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Professors, cleaners, students and administrative staff were among those highlighted on a “Wall of Women” at the University as part of International Women’s Day.
The event, led by @turiking.bsky.social, asked people dedicate a plaque to a woman at the University who had inspired or supported them.
The event, led by @turiking.bsky.social, asked people dedicate a plaque to a woman at the University who had inspired or supported them.
April 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Professors, cleaners, students and administrative staff were among those highlighted on a “Wall of Women” at the University as part of International Women’s Day.
The event, led by @turiking.bsky.social, asked people dedicate a plaque to a woman at the University who had inspired or supported them.
The event, led by @turiking.bsky.social, asked people dedicate a plaque to a woman at the University who had inspired or supported them.
Looooook at this! It’s Richard III by Syston Knitting Banxy! Obviously like to think that he would have been so chuffed to see himself in knitted form! 🤩
March 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Looooook at this! It’s Richard III by Syston Knitting Banxy! Obviously like to think that he would have been so chuffed to see himself in knitted form! 🤩