Flavia Fernandes
University of Helsinki, Finland
I’m a PostDoc at the Institute of Biotechnology (HiLIFE) at the University of Helsinki, in Finland. My background is on population genomics and one of my main interests is to study how population’s genetic composition is affected by life history traits and the environment. I’m currently working on how different environments affect aging in King penguins, by contrasting methylomes of individuals from the wild and the zoo.
José Costa
University of Montpellier, France and University of Porto, Portugal
José is a PhD student conducting a cotutelle between the University of Montpellier, France, and the University of Porto, Portugal. His research focuses on Southern European hares, investigating the role of introgression in driving local adaptation during post-glacial shifts from the Pleistocene to the Holocene. He aims to understand how these processes influence present-day patterns of genetic variation. José employs high-throughput sequencing data analysis, along with ecological and demographic modeling, in his research.
Kartik Singhal
Washington University, USA
Kartik is a PhD student in the Molecular Genetics and Genomics program at Washington University in St Louis, USA. He is pursuing his thesis research in Malachi Griffith and Obi Griffith’s lab where he is interested in using multi-omic techniques to better understand cancer’s interaction with the immune system. He primarily analyzes single-cell omics data and works in R and Python for his analyses.
Luis Chica
Washington University, USA
Luis is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in the Computational and Systems Biology program at Washington University in St. Louis, USA. His research focuses on the intricate interactions between commensal bacteria, their corresponding viruses, and their impact on host health. For his research, Luis employs a blend of culture-based methodologies alongside the analysis of high-throughput sequencing data of the human microbiome.
Madee Chase
Swiss Ornithological Institute, Switzerland
Madee is a postdoc at the Swiss Ornithological Institute. She specializes in population and speciation genomics, and currently works on wheatears. Her postdoc project is focused on using ancestral recombination graphs to understand the demographic history and role of selection in the recent divergence of a group of avian species. Additionally, she is working on conservation genomics of red kites. She completed her PhD in 2023 at Uppsala University, where she worked with Ficedula flycatchers.
Marcela Alvarenga
CIBIO, University of Porto, Portugal
Marcela is a PhD candidate at the University of Porto studying seasonal camouflage in weasels (winter white to summer brown). She investigates the genetic basis and evolutionary potential of winter coat color polymorphism, leveraging natural history collections and high-throughput sequencing (historical DNA/museomics). Her research aims to enhance our understanding of how adaptive traits are shaped in nature and how species may adapt to a changing world. Previously, she developed and applied tools to study fisheries activities impacting marine ecosystems. Marcela’s overall aim is to apply genomics to conserve biodiversity.
2024
Daniel Méndez Aranda, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Janina Rinke, University of Münster
Karthick Gajendiran, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Luis Chica, Washington University
Miloš Duchoslav, Charles University
Thea Rogers, University of Vienna
2023
Alena di Primio, Royal Netherland Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Janina Rinke, University of Münster
Kartik Singhal, Washington University
Madeline Chase, Uppsala University and Swiss Ornithological Institute
Miloš Duchoslav, Charles University
2022
Kateryna Pantiukh, University of Tartu, Estonia
Mercè Montoliu Nerín, Uppsala University
Karin Steffen, Uppsala University
Nikos Tsardakas Renhuldt, Lund University
Kalle Tunström, Stockholm University
2020
Madee Chase, Uppsala University
Joan Ferrer Obiol, University of Barcelona
Karin Steffen, Uppsala University
Nikos Tsardakas Renhuldt, Lund University
Kalle Tunström, Stockholm University
2019
Joan Ferrer Obiol, University of Barcelona
Andrew Gustin, University of Washington
Mahwash Jamy, Uppsala University
Karin Steffen, Uppsala University
Alyssa Woronik, New York University
2018
Carly Graham, University of Regina
Guy Leonard, University of Exeter
Daniel McDonald, UC San Diego
Josie Paris, University of Sussex
Angel G. Rivera-Colón, University of Illnois
Hanna Sigeman, Lund University
Alyssa Woronik, New York University
2017
Sarah Baldwin, McGill University
Anna Karnkowska, Warsaw University
Guy Leonard, University of Exeter
Daniel McDonald, UC San Diego
Maria Pachiadaki, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Josie Paris, University of Exeter
Sophie Shaw, University of Aberdeen
Yoshiki Vazquez Baeza, UC San Diego
Elin Videvall, Lund University
2016
Guy Leonard, University of Exeter
Sophie Shaw, University of Aberdeen
Josie Paris, University of Exeter
Lokeshwaran Manoharan, Lund University
Jan Provaznik, University of Southern Bohemia
Elin Videvall, Lund University
2015
Guy Leonard, University of Exeter
Sophie Shaw, University of Aberdeen
Josie Paris, University of Exeter
Ludovic Dutoit, Uppsala University
Jordi Paps, Oxford University
Adam Bazinet, University of Maryland
Alper Kucukural, University of Massachusetts
2014
Guy Leonard, University of Exeter
Sophie Shaw, University of Aberdeen
Adam Bazinet, University of Maryland
Anders Lanzén, Neiker-Tecnalia
Melanie Melendrez, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Daniel McDonald, University of Colorado
Dag Ahren, Lund University
2013
Adam Bazinet, University of Maryland
Daniel Ayres, University of Maryland
Daniel McDonald, University of Colorado
Kristina Cammen, Duke University
Peter Batzel, University of Oregon
Luke Ursell, University of Colorado
2012
Adam Bazinet, University of Maryland
Daniel McDonald, University of Colorado
Dag Ahren, Lund University
Lionel Guy, Uppsala University
Tejashwari Meerupati, Lund University
Matthew Conte, University of Maryland
2011
Adam Bazinet, University of Maryland
Daniel McDonald, University of Colorado
Giovanna Carpi, Fondazione Edmnund Mach
Daniel Ayres, University of Maryland
Henk den Bakker, Cornell University
Ted Gibbons, University of Maryland
Gerardo Nava, Washington University
Lionel Guy, Uppsala University