ADDRESS:
Molecular Population Genetics
Smurfit Institute of Genetics
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland
RESEARCH INTEREST:
I am interested in population genetics and genomics of different organisms,
specifically in all the mechanisms that shape the genetic diversity from natural
selection to demographic events. I am currently working on several organisms
including humans, cattle, goats and sharks. Specifically, I am interested in
developing and applying models which take population structure into account.
Populations are rarely fully isolated but they exchange migrants and they are
often structured into sub-populations. These models (meta-population models) are
able to capture the relationships between sampled and unsampled populations and to
estimate the level of connectivity through time.
PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS:
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ACADEMIC CAREER:
September 2016 to date: Research Fellow Trinity College, Dublin
April 2016 – August 2016: Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK.
Andrea Manica’ group.
2014 - 2016: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) -
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France).
January 2010 – September 2010: Researcher at the University of Ferrara, IT.
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:
2010-2014: Ph.D. in Genetics, Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, UK.
Thesis title: X-chromosomal markers and the histories of European populations
Under supervision of Prof. Mark Jobling
2007-2009: Master Degree in Bio-Molecular and Cellular Sciences, University of Ferrara, IT.
Thesis title: Study on the genetic diversity of native Andean Peruvian populations to reconstruct the demographic history and investigate adaptive genetic traits.
Under supervision of Dr. Silvia Fuselli.
2004-2007: BSc in Biological Science at University of Ferrara, IT.
Thesis title: Effect of stratification by age on the association between genotype at the locus BCHE and the response to anti-cholinesterase drugs for Alzheimer 's disease.
Under supervision of Dr. Silvia Fuselli.
PRESENTATIONS:
Pierpaolo Maisano Delser.
Population genomics of C. melanopterus using target gene capture data:
demographic inferences and conservation perspectives.
Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology (SIBE-ISEB)
Annual Congress, University of Bologna, Italy, September 2015.
Pierpaolo Maisano Delser.
X-chromosomal markers and the histories of European populations.
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, November 2014.
Pierpaolo Maisano Delser.
X-chromosomal markers and the histories of European populations: an NGS approach
Next Generation Sequencing workshop 2014, Leicester, UK, June 2014.
Pierpaolo Maisano Delser.
Torrents of Sequence.
Lecture for Bioinformatics and Genome Analysis courses, University of Ferrara, Italy, April 2014.
Pierpaolo Maisano Delser, Pille Hallast, Rita Neumann, Stephane Ballereau and Mark Jobling.
X-chromosome haplotypes as markers for population history.
Next-generation sequencing: sharing experience and expertise, Genome Science Theme
Research Workshop, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, September 2012.
Silvia Fuselli and Pierpaolo Maisano Delser
Humans and their environment: the evolution of loci involved in metabolism of exogenous
molecules in globally diverse populations.
IV Congress of the Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology, Milan, Italy, September 2010.
