Anna Tigano
University of New Hampshire
anna.tigano[at]unh.edu
University of New Hampshire
anna.tigano[at]unh.edu
EDUCATION
2016 Ph.D. in Biology, Queen’s University, Canada
2011 M.Sc. in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (Merit), Imperial College London, UK
2010 M.Sc. in Science and Technology of Biological Monitoring (110/110 cum laude), Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
2008 B.Sc. in Biological Sciences, curriculum Ecophysiology (110/110 cum laude), Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
APPOINTMENTS
2018 - current Postdoctoral Associate, University of New Hampshire, USA
2017 - 2018 Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, USA
2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen's University, Canada
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2018
Postdoc Travel Award - Society for the Study of Evolution
Travel Award - Center for Vertebrate Genomics at Cornell University
2017
Sciences Outstanding Thesis Award - Queen's University
2016
Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the NAOC VI meeting, Washington DC - Society of Canadian Ornithologists
Mitacs-Acceleate Program
NL Murre Conservation Fund - Friesen VL, Tigano A, Robertson G. Development of colony-specific genetic markers for murres hunted off Newfoundland and Labrador.
NAOC Student Travel Award - WIlson Ornithological Society
Graduate Student Conference Award – Queen’s University
2015
American Ornithologists' Union Research Grant
Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund
North American Bluebird Society Research Grant
2014
Society of Canadian Ornithologists Conference Travel Award
Graduate Dean's Travel Grant for Doctoral Field Research – Queen’s University
Graduate Student Conference Award – Queen’s University
2013
NL Murre Conservation Fund - Tigano A and VL Friesen. Do Thick-billed Murres show local genetic adaptation?
Graduate Student Conference Award – Queen’s University
2012
International Tuition Award – Queen’s University (2012-2016)
Queen’s Graduate Award – Queen’s University (2012-2016)
2011
MSc Research Grant – Imperial College London
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Postdoctoral Research (2018-current @UNH): Genomics and physiology of adaptation to deserts in the cactus mouse
- Postdoctoral Research (2017-2018 @Cornell University): Genome assembly and genomics of local adaptation with gene flow in Atlantic silversides (Menidia menidia)
- Postdoctoral Research (2017 @Queen's University): Development of colony-specific genetic markers for murres hunted off Newfoundland and Labrador. Supervisor: Dr. Vicki Friesen
- Doctoral Research (2012-2016): Genomics of adaptation in arctic seabirds. Supervisor: Dr. Vicki Friesen
- Visiting Graduate Student at Harvard University (April 2013): Learned library preparation for double-digest RAD-seq for a population genomics study included in my doctoral work under the guidance of Allison Shultz. Supervisor: Dr. Scott Edwards
- Master’s Thesis Research 2 (2011): Genetic and spatial characterization of population structure of the Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) in the Northeast Atlantic. Supervisors: Drs. Tim Barraclough and Rus Hoelzel (Durham University)
- Master’s Thesis Research 1 (2009-2010): Analysis of biomarkers at molecular, cellular and tissue level for valuation of chromium effects on mussel. Supervisor: Dr. Laura Canesi
- Research Assistant (2009): E-SCREEN assay on MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. Supervisor: Dr. Laura Canesi
- Research Assistant (2008): Tests on toxicity of the venom of the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca on L-929 cell line. Supervisor: Dr. Luigi Pane
- Undergraduate Thesis Research (2007): Study on the distribution and the effects of climate change on nutritional patterns of the gastropod Morula marginalba. Supervisors: Drs. Giulio Relini and Greg Skilleter (University of Queensland, Australia
PUBLICATIONS (click here)
PRESENTATIONS
Robertson GJ, Tigano A, Friesen VL. Talk. 2017. Application of genomics to assess the impact of harvest and other mortality sources on vulnerable populations of North Atlantic murres. Environment and Climate Change Canada Genomics Workshop, Gatineau, QC.
Tigano A and Friesen VL. Talk. 2016. The genomic basis of bridling and thermal adaptation in a dimorphic seabird. North American Ornithological Conference VI, Washington DC.
Tigano A and Friesen VL. Talk. 2016. The genomic basis of bridling and thermal adaptation in a dimorphic seabird. Evolution Conference 2016, Austin, Texas.
Tigano A. Talk. 2016. What can genetics tell us about murres? Past, present and future applications of genetics for the study of common and thick-billed murres. Environment and Climate Change Canada, St. John's, NL.
Friesen VL and Tigano A. Talk. 2015. Investigations into the genomic basis of adaptation in seabirds. 2nd Seabird World Conference 2015, Cape Town, South Africa.
Tigano A, Reiertsen T, Erikstad KE, Friesen VL. Poster. 2015. The genomic basis of colour dimorphism and cold adaptations in a seabird. Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) 2015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Tigano A, Shultz JA, Edwards SV, Reiertsen T, Erikstad KE, Friesen VL. Poster. 2015. The genomics of adaptation in two arctic seabirds: the thick-billed (Uria lomvia) and the common murres (U. aalge). Queen's Northern Research Symposium. Queen's University.
Tigano A, Shultz JA, Edwards SV, Friesen VL. Talk. 2014. Tests of local adaptation along a latitudinal cline: a study of an arctic seabird. Invited talk at the symposium ‘Genomic approaches to understand avian speciation’. SCO-COS-SCO Joint Meeting, Estes Park, Colorado, USA.
Tigano A, Shultz JA, Edwards SV, Friesen VL. Talk. 2014. Tests of local adaptation along a latitudinal cline: a study of an arctic seabird. Genomes to Biomes 2014 Conference, Montreal.
Tigano A and VL Friesen. Poster. 2013. Phenotypic plasticity vs. local adaptation: a study on an arctic seabird in a changing climate. Evolution Conference 2013, Snowbird, Utah.
Tigano A. 2013. Talk. Genetic and spatial characterization of population structure of the Portuguese dogfish in the Northeast Atlantic. EEB Seminar Series, Queen’s University.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Assistant (2012-current) Queen’s University: Conservation Genetics, Ecology and the Environment, Diversity of Life II (Zoology), Evolution and Human Affairs
Guest lecturer (2014) Queen's University: Climate change and conservation genetics. BIOL421 Conservation Genetics
Lecturer (2014) Queen's University: Population Genomics mini course
Guest lecturer (2015) Queen's University: Studying adaptation and the genomics of adaptation. BIOL206 Evolutionary Genetics
Guest lecturer (2016) Queen's University: Studying adaptation and the genomics of adaptation. BIOL206 Evolutionary Genetics
Guest lecturer (2017) Queen's University: Conservation genetics/genomics approaches for the study and management of murres. BIOL422 Conservation Biology
WORKSHOPS
Bioinformatics for Adaptation Genomics: Adaptation genomics in the realm of Next-Generation Sequencing data analysis.
Winter School 2015, Weggis, Switzerland. Sponsored by European Science Foundation (ESF), Research Networking Programme ConGenOmics, Adaptation to a Changing Environment (ACE) initiative, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Bird Handling and Routine Procedures workshop. May 19, 2016. Queen's University
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Reviewer The Auk, Chilean Antarctic Institute, INACH, Emu, Heredity, Molecular Ecology
Organizer Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour Seminar Series, Queen's University 2013-2014
Judge Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Science Fair (FLASF) 2014 & 2016
Student supervisor supervised 7 undergraduate students for Honours Thesis projects (BIOL537) and summer working students (SWEP)
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution, Society of Canadian Ornithologists, American Ornithologists' Union, European Society for Evolutionary Biology.