Dissertation topics suggested by the teacher.
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE MASTER'S DEGREE THESIS AT GenoDREAM LAB
The file available at this link illustrates the proposed thesis topics, which will be dealing with different approaches and analysis techniques using standard molecular markers as well as “omic” data derived from Next Generation Sequencing platforms. Thus, the use of basic computational skills and attitude for executing software for genetic data analysis and bioinformatics scripting will be requested to accomplish the thesis projects.
Population genomics and traceability of marine fish [http://www.bigea.unibo.it/en/research/population-genomics-and-traceability-of-marine-fish]
Evolution, systematics and conservation of cartilaginous fish [http://www.bigea.unibo.it/en/research/evolution-systematics-and-conservation-of-cartilaginous-fish]
Suitable candidate must have:
- Availability from April 2024
- Interest in ecology, evolution, and conservation of marine fish
- Accomplished the course of “Disegni sperimentali e analisi dati”; including the R course and "Biodiverstità animale marina: dalle specie alle popolazioni".
- Good English writing skills: thesis will be written in English with the aim to publish suitable outcomes.
Recent dissertations supervised by the teacher.
First cycle degree programmes dissertations
- Analisi degli adattamenti comportamentali di un esemplare paraparetico di Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) ai fini di reintroduzione in natura: il caso CTH024
- Analisi filogeografica di popolazioni mediterranee e atlantiche di Pagellus bogaraveo
- Biologia delle specie del genere Scorpaena nell’Adriatico centro settentrionale
- Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) nest infestations analysis of 2022-2024 data from Tuscany, Italy, and correlation with hatching success.
- conservazione e riproduzione di carcharias taurus (rafinesque, 1810): strategie di successo in ambiente controllato
- Due specie di meduse a confronto: aspetti ecologici e gestione in acquario di Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758) e Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål, 1775).
Second cycle degree programmes dissertations
- Assessment of the effectiveness of deterrents for elasmobranch by-catch in pelagic longlines
- Pelagic assemblages composition in the Pelagie Archipelago:
effects of seafloor geomorphology and comparison of video-based sampling methods
- Towards a complete reference database for elasmobranch conservation in the Mediterranean Sea
