CICCARELLA Marta
Doctorante
Entité de rattachement
UMR 7206 - Anthropologie Génétique (AGène)
Thème interdisciplinaire de recherche
Anthropological Genetics - Population Genetics - Anthropology
Présentation
I am a PhD student specializing in the genomic diversity and demography of recently admixed human populations. My research focuses on the complex histories of admixture on the island of São Tomé, one of the earliest plantation economies of the colonial era and a key commercial hub in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. My work highlights the influence of socio-historical dynamics during and after this period on genetic diversity patterns in this pivotal African region.
Education
October 2020 – Doctoral Program in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (BIODIV) of the Faculdade de Ciências Universidade do Porto (FCUP), at the CIBIO- InBIO Research Center, Portugal, and the UMR7206 Eco-anthropologie, CNRS - MNHN - Université Paris Cité, at the Musée de l’Homme, Paris, France. Supervisors: Jorge Rocha, Paul Verdu.
September 2020 – Master degree (M2) in Bioinformatics at the Université Paris Cité, France.
March 2019 – Master degree (Laurea Magistrale) in Biodiversity and Evolution at the Università di Bologna, Italy.
September 2016 – Bachelor degree (Laurea Triennale) in Biological Sciences at the Università di Pisa, Italy.
Research Experience
November 2019 - September 2020 (10 months) – Research trainee in the R&D Bioseq team at the French National Sequencing Center, Genoscope, France.
March 2018 - October 2018 (7 months) – Research internship at the UMR7206 Eco-anthropologie, CNRS - MNHN - Université Paris Cité, Musée de l’Homme, Paris, France.
January 2016 - July 2016 (7 months) – Research internship at the Molecular Anthropology Laboratory, Dipartimento di Biologia Università di Pisa, Italy.
Languages
Italian – Native
English – Advanced
French – Advanced
Portuguese – Intermediate
Greek – Beginner
Publications
Guérin, N., Ciccarella, M., Flamant, E. et al. Genomic adaptation of the picoeukaryote Pelagomonas calceolata to iron-poor oceans revealed by a chromosome-scale genome sequence. Commun Biol 5, 983 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03939-z
Ciccarella, M., Laurent, R., Szpiech, Z., Patin, E., Dessarps-Freichey, F., Utgé, J., Lémée, L., Semo, A., Rocha, J., Verdu, P. Nested admixture and isolation histories during and after the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on the island of São Tomé. In preparation