Barbara Sofia Ilardo; PhD Student 2018-present
PhD Student at Liverpool John Moores University and Foundazione Edmunde Mach.
Co-supervised by Dr. Andrea Gandolfi, Prof. Richard Brown, Dr Hazel Nichols and Dr. Diego Micheletti.
Project: Conservation Geomics of Endangered Alpine Ichthyofauna
I was born in Paraná, Argentina. Throughout my childhood, my family immigrated several times because of economical crises: Los Angeles, Málaga (Spain) and Riccione (Italy).
My interest in Biology, Genetics, and Wildlife Conservation led me to the University of Bologna, where I obtained my Bachelor's in Biotechnology and my Master's in Science and Management of Natural Resources.
In 2017, I carried out a 6-month Erasmus+ internship at the Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Spain, in Dr. J.A. Godoy’s research group, whose main interests are the genetic monitoring and conservation of the Iberian Lynx. I collaborated with the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests, Lisbon, to survey a newly established lynx population in Southern Portugal.
My PhD project, “GENALPIC: Conservation Genomics of Endangered Alpine Ichthyofauna”, is co-funded by Liverpool John Moores University and Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy. My Director of Studies is Prof. Richard Brown (LJMU) and my supervisor is Dr. Andrea Gandolfi (FEM). My advisors are Dr. Hazel Nichols and Dr. Diego Micheletti. I’m interested in disentangling the genetic structure of endemic Italian pike and marble trout populations, while also looking for signs of selection along the genome. My ultimate goal is to produce novel genetic tools to aid in the conservation of these taxa, which are endangered by hybridisation with allochthonous species. I work with Whole Genome Sequencing data, and use GATK Best Practices to align reads to reference genomes, call and filter SNPs.
My favourite programming language is Python, and I'm a data viz enthusiast.
https://twitter.com/IlardoSofia
Co-supervised by Dr. Andrea Gandolfi, Prof. Richard Brown, Dr Hazel Nichols and Dr. Diego Micheletti.
Project: Conservation Geomics of Endangered Alpine Ichthyofauna
I was born in Paraná, Argentina. Throughout my childhood, my family immigrated several times because of economical crises: Los Angeles, Málaga (Spain) and Riccione (Italy).
My interest in Biology, Genetics, and Wildlife Conservation led me to the University of Bologna, where I obtained my Bachelor's in Biotechnology and my Master's in Science and Management of Natural Resources.
In 2017, I carried out a 6-month Erasmus+ internship at the Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Spain, in Dr. J.A. Godoy’s research group, whose main interests are the genetic monitoring and conservation of the Iberian Lynx. I collaborated with the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests, Lisbon, to survey a newly established lynx population in Southern Portugal.
My PhD project, “GENALPIC: Conservation Genomics of Endangered Alpine Ichthyofauna”, is co-funded by Liverpool John Moores University and Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy. My Director of Studies is Prof. Richard Brown (LJMU) and my supervisor is Dr. Andrea Gandolfi (FEM). My advisors are Dr. Hazel Nichols and Dr. Diego Micheletti. I’m interested in disentangling the genetic structure of endemic Italian pike and marble trout populations, while also looking for signs of selection along the genome. My ultimate goal is to produce novel genetic tools to aid in the conservation of these taxa, which are endangered by hybridisation with allochthonous species. I work with Whole Genome Sequencing data, and use GATK Best Practices to align reads to reference genomes, call and filter SNPs.
My favourite programming language is Python, and I'm a data viz enthusiast.
https://twitter.com/IlardoSofia