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2025
Prof. Carolyn Hogg (University of Sydney) delivered a masterclass on connecting research with policymaking and advocating for conservation genomics, sharing key lessons from Australia.
Professor Bertorelle opened the first GCC meeting with a call to action, urging participants to join forces in advancing policies that support conservation genomics.
SIBE Summer School 2025 was a success!
Over 30 students worldwide explored cutting-edge genomics and their role in understanding evolution.
In August, we participated in the ESEB congress in Barcelona, where we presented our work through posters across the conference!
Our team visited the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park to advance research activities on the Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus), a key species for conservation in central Italy.
Matteo Ungaro received the Young Investigator Attendance Award from the SMBE, presenting a poster on the lupin bean pangenome project, conducted under the PRIN 2022 grant.
We are hosting the first Italian Meeting on Conservation Genetics and Genomics (GGC) on 11th and 12th September! More than 70 scientists will meet to discuss about how to include genetics into policies.
We are hosting the SIBE Summer School 2025 at our Department as part of the Organizers! 30 international participants and 7 instructors will join us in Ferrara from 7th to 11th September!
The group at the Science Museum in Trento (MUSE)! For the MASE1 Project, the group went on a one day field mission to Trento to retrieve biological samples from different species.
Valentina Giongo has joined the group as research assistant within the MASE project.
Amiel Masarap has joined the group as project manager!
Two major projects, MASE1 and MASE2, have officially started!We will sample and conduct genomic analyses of different vertebrate species in Italy.
Luigia Possemato joined the group as research assistants within the BioPo project.
Marta Lago joined the group as research assistants within the BioPo project.
A new project, "BioPo", funded through the European Union's PNRR programme, has officially started!
Congratulations to Victor Hugo Muñoz Mora, who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
2024
Elisa Desiato has started her PhD in our group.
Congratulations to Matteo Ungaro on successfully completing his PhD!
Congratulations to Cristina Sagnotti, who successfully defended her PhD thesis!
Beatrice and Roberto joined the Tjärnö Marine Laboratory in Sweden within the FIASCO Project!
Roberto, Giulia and Victor attended the SLiM workshop in Ancona, Italy.
The group attended the 10th edition of the SIBE Congress in Naples, Italy.
2023
FIASCO Project has officially started in collaboration with Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, and other national and international researchers funded by the European Union - Next Generation EU.
Beatrice Sammarco began her PhD project with us.
We successfully hosted the SMBE 2023 conference in Ferrara!
A new project, "Global warming now and then: the speed and load factors affecting the success or failure of a range expansion", has been funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR).
Giulia and Roberto participated to the workshop, ITA*PHY, organized by SIBE in Trento to learn different techniques of phylogenetic reconstruction and annotation.
Victor participated in the Wildlife Research and Conservation Conference in Berlin!
The article, "Fitness consequences and ancestry loss in the Apennine brown bear after a simulated genetic rescue intervention", has been published in Conservation Biology!
Giulia Fabbri started her Postdoc with the group to study the genomic differences in brown bear populations with different human interaction mainly funded by Carolyn G. Mahan from Penn State University.
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2022
2022
Ettore Fedele and Patricia Santos joined the group as postdoctoral researchers.
Roberto Biello rejoined the group to work on the Endemixit project and on the genomic study of Testudo hermanni.
A Rufford Foundation small grant is supporting the sampling of Sulawesi moor macaques.
2021
2021
The Ethoikos Foundation extended its support for the Sulawesi moor macaque research by funding an additional 15 months of scholarship for Cristina Sagnotti.
2020
2020
Cristina Sagnotti started her PhD in our group.
Lucia Zanovello began her PhD in collaboration with Fondazione Mach and MUSE Trento.
Victor Hugo Muñoz Mora joined as a PhD student with MUR funding.
Maëva Gabrielli joined the group as a PostDoc funded by MUR.
The Ethoikos Foundation funded one year of research on Sulawesi macaques with a scholarship for Cristina Sagnotti.
The project Endemixit, focusing on the genomic analysis of five Italian endemic species, was funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (www.endemixit.com).
Francesco Maroso had his PostDoc position renewed with funding from MUR and the University of Ferrara.
2019
2019
Our group was selected to host the SMBE 2022 conference, later held in 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sibelle Vilaça joined us through a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship.
The Carabinieri Forestali renewed funding for genetic analyses of captive tortoises.
Francesca Lioce started her PhD in collaboration with Fondazione Edmund Mach.
Francesca Raffini joined the group with a fellowship from the University of Ferrara.
Roberto Biello defended his PhD thesis and moved to the UK for a PostDoc position.
Emiliano Trucchi secured a tenure-track position at the University of Ancona.
Antonia Pellizzone, Cristina Sagnotti, Cecilia Paradiso, and Isabel Fraccaroli successfully defended their MSc theses.
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