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 Genome Biology, BiGeA Department, University of Bologna.
Topic - Study of polygenic adaptive traits in human populations thought the analysis of human complete genomes.
July 2024 - October 2024
PhD period abroad at the Human Population Genomics Lab (Irapuato, Messico); Supervisor: Prof. Andrés Moreno-Estrada; Topic: Dissecting the evolutionary history of human populations of Native American ancestry by combining methodologies to infer complex demographic and adaptive dynamics from whole genome sequence data.
Congress participations
July 2024 - Poster presentation at SMBE congress ; Puerto Vallarta; Mexìco; Title: "Setting up an integrated pipeline of analyses to explore the genetic architecture of complex adaptive traits evolved by modern human populations"; Ferraretti et al.
June 2024 - Poster presentation at the EMBO project practical course; Naples; Italy; Title: "Investigating potential adaptive evolution of genetic determinants of neurodevelopmental and mental disorders in populations of European ancestry"; Ferraretti et al.
July 2023 - Poster presentation at SMBE congress; Ferrara ; Italy; Title: "Investigating the evolution of polygenic traits through the reconstruction of adaptive gene-networks able to modulate related functional pathways"; Ferraretti et al.
September 2022 - Mini-talk presentation at the XXIV congress of the Italian Anthropological Association; Chieti; Italy; Title: "Archaic adaptive introgression shaped nitric oxide metabolism modulation in response to hypobaric hypoxia in populations of Tibetan ancestry"; Ferraretti et al.
Scientific Education
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)
