September 2022 to date
PhD student for the PhD course in Scienze della Terra della Vita e dell'Ambiente, at the Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology & Center for Genomic Biology, BiGeA Department, University of Bologna.
Topic - Study of polygenic adaptive traits in human populations thought the analysis of human complete genomes.
March 2022
Master's degree - Biodiversity and Evolution, University of Bologna (A.A. 2019/2020)
Final vote: 110/110 cum laude
Master Thesis: "Expanding the investigation of Denisovan Adaptive Introgression in Himalayan populations" (supervisor Prof. Marco Sazzini)
June 2021 - February 2022
Master's internship - Carry out bioinformatics analyses of human complete genomes with Tibetan ancestry aimed at proposing new candidate adaptive introgressed genomic regions connected with high-altitude adaptation in Himalayan populations
October 2019
Bachelor degree - Biological Sciences, University of Bologna (A.A. 2015/2016)
Bachelor Thesis: "Citizen Science per il monitoraggio della biodiversità marina del mediterraneo: vantaggi e limiti del metodo di ricerca" (supervisor Prof. Stefano Goffredo)
Abstracts submission for congress participation
Giulia Ferraretti1, Paolo Abondio2, Marta Alberti1, Agnese Dezi3, Phurba T. Sherpa4, Paolo Cocco5, Massimiliano Tiriticco5, Marco di Marcello5, Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone6, Luca Natali5,7, Angela Corcelli8, Giorgio Marinelli5, Davide Peluzzi5, Stefania Sarno1, Marco Sazzini1,9 "Archaic adaptive introgression shaped nitric oxide metabolism modulation in response to hypobaric hypoxia in populations of Tibetan ancestry", Congress of the Anthropological Italian Association, 7-10 september, Chieti (Italy).
