APPROVED STSM
STSM (GP4)
The association of adaptive genetic variation with the differentiation of skull shape in Dinaric-Balkan wolves (Dragana Snjegota)
Home Institution: Faculty of Sciences, University of Banja Luka (BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA)
Host Institution: University of Gdansk, Faculty of Biology (POLAND)
Visiting period: 16/06/2023 - 12/07/2023
Matching known population histories of Grey wolves to effective size estimates with GONE (Laia Perez Sorribes)
Home Institution: Universitat de Barcelona (SPAIN)
Host Institution: KU Leuven, Department of Biology (BELGIUM)
Visiting period: 28/02/2023 - 24/03/2023
Genetic Indicators in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the CBD: development and testing of genetic indicators (Cristiano Vernesi)
Home Institution: Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige (ITALY)
Host Institution: GEO BON Secretariat, Department of Biology, McGill University (CANADA)
Visiting period: 06/12/2022 - 20/12/2022
Genetic Indicators in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the CBD: development and testing of genetic indicators (Ivan Paz-Vinas)
Home Institution: Neteem SAS (FRANCE)
Host Institution: GEO BON Secretariat, Department of Biology, McGill University (CANADA)
Visiting period: 06/12/2022 - 20/12/2022
Genetic Indicators in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the CBD: development and testing of genetic indicators (Linda Laikre)
Home Institution: University of Stockholm (SWEDEN)
Host Institution: GEO BON Secretariat, Department of Biology, McGill University (CANADA)
Visiting period: 06/12/2022 - 20/12/2022
STSM (GP3)
Testing genetic indicators for the Convention on Biological Diversity (Jo Howard-McCombe)
Home Institution: University of Bristol (UK)
Host Institution: Estación Biológica de Doñana (SPAIN)
Visiting period: 12/10/2022 - 30/10/2022
Estimating effective population size in genomic datasets: test of methods and assumptions (Roberta Gargiulo)
Home Institution: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Richmond (UK)
Host Institution: INRAE – Centre de Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux, BioGeCo (FRANCE)
Visiting period: 19/09/2022 - 18/10/2022
Preparing dissemination materials on genomic applications for ecosystem services management (Myriam Heuertz)
Home Institution: INRAE – Centre de Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux, BioGeCo (FRANCE)
Host Institution: National Research Council (ITALY)
Visiting period: 25/07/2022 - 15/10/2022
Evaluation and development of adequate indicators for monitoring genetic diversity in forest tree Gene Conservation Units (Santiago Gonzalez-Martinez)
Home Institution: Institut national de la recherche agronomique, INRA (FRANCE)
Host Institution: Slovenian Forestry Institute (SLOVENIA)
Visiting period: 04/07/2022 - 26/08/2022
Genetic monitoring of reinforced populations of the endangered European ground squirrel (Spermopilus citellus) (Maria Kachamakova)
Home Institution: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BULGARIA)
Host Institution: Czech Academy of Sciences (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Visiting period: 15/08/2022 - 30/09/2022
Extensive genomic monitoring of Alpine ibex hybrids (Alice Brambilla)
Home Institution: University of Zurich (SWITZERLAND)
Host Institution: University of Torino (ITALY)
Visiting period: 08/06/2022 - 13/07/2022
STSM (GP2)
Training on MHC genotyping using next generation sequencing (Milomir Stefanovic)
Home Institution: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Warszawa (POLAND)
Host Institution: University of Primorska (SLOVENIA)
Visiting period: 03/08/2021 - 23/08/2021
Iberian Lynx genetic monitoring: Manuscript collaboration (Margarida Fernandes)
Home Institution: Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e Florestas (PORTUGAL)
Host Institution: Estacion Biological de Doñana, CSIC (SPAIN)
Visiting period: 21/06/2021 - 25/06/2021
Genetic characterisation of native cattle breeds in Romania (Szilvia Kusza)
Home Institution: University of Debrecen (HUNGARY)
Host Institution: Research and Development Institute for Bovine Balotesti (ROMANIA)
Visiting period: 02/11/2020 - 17/12/2020
STSM (GP1)
Monitoring the past Genetic Diversity of the Italian wolf using ancient mitogenomes (Marta Maria Ciucani)
Home Institution: University of Copenhagen (DENMARK)
Host Institution: Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige (ITALY)
Visiting period: 16/02/2020 - 14/03/2020
Adaptive genetic diversity and potential of Primula veris in fragmented semi-natural grasslands (Sabrina Träger)
Home Institution: University of Tartu (ESTONIA)
Host Institution: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL (SWITZERLAND)
Visiting period: 02/03/2020 - 14/03/2020
Training for development and evaluation of new metrics for the inbreeding effective population size through R simulations (Maddalena Giannì)
Home Institution: University of Zagreb (CROATIA)
Host Institution: The Roslin Institute, Edinburgh (UK)
Visiting period: 01/02/2020 - 07/03/2020
Genomic Biodiversity Knowledge for Resilient Ecosystems (Sandra Sacristán)
Home Institution: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles (SPAIN)
Host Institution: Université de Lille (FRANCE)
Visiting period: 20/01/2020 - 14/02/2020
A case studies review on linking biodiversity with ecosystem services (Tine Grebenc)
Home Institution: Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana (SLOVENIA)
Host Institution: INRAE – Centre de Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux, BioGeCo (FRANCE)
Visiting period: 06/01/2020 - 12/01/2020
Hybrid-capture to improve genotyping success rates of DNA from non-invasive samples using the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) as a case study (Nia Thomas)
Home Institution: Cardiff University (UK)
Host Institution: Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige (ITALY)
Visiting period: 10/11/2019 - 02/12/2019
The role of the Danube River as a filter to gene flow (Astrid Vik Stronen)
Home Institution: University of Ljubljana (SLOVENIA)
Host Institution: University of Belgrade (SERBIA)
Visiting period: 17/11/2019 - 30/11/2019
Advancing wolverine (Gulo gulo) monitoring in Fennoscandia through cost effective whole genome sequencing (Josephine D'Urban Jackson)
Home Institution: Cardiff University (UK)
Host Institution: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NORWAY)
Visiting period: 28/10/2019 - 12/11/2019
Ecological genomics in European beech (Alexis Marchesini)
Home Institution: Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige (ITALY)
Host Institution: INRAE – Centre de Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux, BioGeCo (FRANCE)
Visiting period: 22/07/2019 - 30/07/2019
Bilberry Bears (Sanne Ruyts)
Home Institution: Wild Naliboki (BELGIUM)
Host Institution: Nord University, Bodø (NORWAY)
Visiting period: 18/06/2019 - 13/07/2019
Training on analyses of degraded DNA (Nevena Velickovic)
Home Institution: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences (SERBIA)
Host Institution: Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige (ITALY)
Visiting period: 13/05/2019 - 28/05/2019