Dr. Diego Fontaneto

                                      

                                                                         National Research Council, Institute of Ecosystem Study (ITALY)

                                                                                          http://www.cnr.it/people/diego.fontaneto

                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Preparation

Researcher - National Research Council, Italy. 2012-present

NERC Advanced Research Fellow - Imperial College London, United Kingdom. 2010-2012

Forskarassistent (Research Fellow) - Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. 2009-2010

Marie Curie Research Fellow - Imperial College London, United Kingdom. 2007-2009

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Università di Milano, Italy. 2005-2006

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Università di Milano, Italy. 2003-2005

PhD Student - Università di Milano, Italy. 2000-2003


 

Selected Publications

 

Devetter M., Fontaneto D., Jersabek C.D., Mark Welch D.B., May L. & Walsh E.J., 2017. Evolving rotifers, evolving science. Proceedings of the XIV International Rotifer Symposium. Hydrobiologia 796: 1-6.

Gonzalez B., Martínez A., Borda E., Iliffe T., Fontaneto D., Worsaae K., 2017. Genetic spatial structure of an anchialine cave annelid indicates connectivity within - but not between - islands of the Great Bahama Bank. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 109: 259-270.

Naselli-Flores L., Martens K., Fontaneto D. & Thomaz S.M., 2017. Emerging trends in aquatic ecology II. Preface. Hydrobiologia 800: 1-3.

Callieri C., Hernandez-Aviles S., Salcher M.M., Fontaneto D. & Bertoni R., 2016. Distribution patterns and environmental correlates of Thaumarchaeota abundance in six deep subalpine lakes. Aquatic Sciences 78: 215-225.

Debortoli N., Li X., Eyres I., Fontaneto D., Hespeels B., Tang C.Q., Flot J.-F. & Van Doninck K., 2016. Genetic exchange among bdelloid rotifers is more likely due to horizontal gene transfer than to meiotic sex. Current Biology 26: 723-732.

Di Cesare A., Eckert E.M., Teruggi A., Fontaneto D., Bertoni R., Callieri C. & Corno G., 2015. Constitutive presence of antibiotic resistance genes within the bacterial community of a large subalpine lake. Molecular Ecology 24: 3888-3900

Eyres I., Boschetti C., Crisp A., Smith T.P., Fontaneto D., Tunnacliffe A. & Barraclough T.G., 2015. Horizontal gene transfer in bdelloid rotifers is ancient, ongoing and more frequent in species from desiccating habitats. BMC Biology 13: 90.

Obertegger U., Flaim G. & Fontaneto D., 2014. Cryptic diversity within the rotifer Polyarthra dolichoptera along an altitudinal gradient. Freshwater Biology 59: 2413-2427.

Tang C.Q., Humphreys A., Fontaneto D. & Barraclough T.G., 2014. Effects of phylogenetic reconstruction on the robustness of species delimitation methods using single-locus data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5: 1086-1094.

Tang C.Q., Humphreys A., Fontaneto D. & Barraclough T.G., 2014. Effects of phylogenetic reconstruction on the robustness of species delimitation methods using single-locus data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5: 1086-1094.


 

 

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