Professore Associato – Dipartimento di Biologia | Tel.: 050 2211352 – Email: sergio.tofanelli@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"6413","unipi-persone-nome":"Sergio","unipi-persone-cognome":"Tofanelli","unipi-persone-email":"sergio.tofanelli@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"BRIEF EXCURSUS
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\r\n2017-2024\tAssociate Professor SSD BIO\/08 - Anthropology, University of Pisa
\r\n2010-2017\tUniversity Researcher SSD BIO\/08-Anthropology, University of Pisa
\r\n2007-2010\tResearcher-in-training SSD BIO\/08 - Anthropology, University of Pisa
\r\n1998-2007\tContract researcher, University of Pisa under EC INTERREG and MURST\/MIUR COFIN funding. (n=7 contracts)
\r\n1999-2002\tResearch fellow, University of Pisa
\r\n1996-1998\tPostdoctoral fellowship, University of Pisa
\r\n1995\t\tResearch fellow, Institute of Mutagenesis and Differentiation, CNR, Pisa
\r\n1992\t\tPh.D. in anthropological sciences
\r\n1988\t\tBachelor's degree with honors in biological sciences, University of Pisa
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\r\nSCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
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\r\n- summary (source Scopus 25\/06\/2024)
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\r\nORCID: orcid.org\/0000-0002-7399-9308
\r\nCitations: 2169
\r\nCo-authors: 437
\r\nh-INDEX: 28
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\r\n- qualifications
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\r\nASN 05\/B1 ZOOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY first rank (as of 07\/06\/2016, 3\/3 median)
\r\nASN 05\/B1 ZOOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY second tier (as of 10\/11\/2015, 3\/3 median)
\r\nASN 05\/H1 GENETICS second band (since 12\/04\/2017, 3\/3 median)
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\r\n- Main lines of research
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\r\n1) Genetic biodiversity in threatened primate populations.
\r\nAnalysis of genetic structure of Eulemur collaris (NE Madagascar), Pan troglodytes verus and Papio papio (Guinea Bissau) and connectivity between populations. Contribution of genetic studies for paleo-ecological reconstructions.
\r\n2) Evolutionary genetics of taste.
\r\nComparative genomic analysis and genotype\/phenotype associations of the TRPV1 gene region, which encodes for polyfunctional cationic receptors associated with thermal and chemesthetic sensations. Application of NGS (Nanopore MinION) platforms for salivary microbiota analysis in individuals of Italian and sub-Saharan origin who have TRPV1 diplotypes and different impedance profiles.
\r\n3) Genetic history of Italy.
\r\nThe genetic history of Italians was reconstructed through panels of AIMs (Ancestral Informative Markers) extended to the whole genome (whole-genome). The variabilityof some 550 new genomes highlighted the need for a move beyond the traditional dichotomy between isolated and open communities as a level of genetic heterogeneity, identifying the northwestern area and Corsica as a reservoir of variants that characterized important demographic transitions in Euro-Mediterranean prehistory. The research has been extended, with the initiation of PRIN 2020, to complete modern genomes and ancient genomes of the large Mediterranean islands Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica.
\r\n4) Molecular evolution of human gene families.
\r\nPhylogenetic reconstruction of SDR (Short-chain Dehydrogenases Reductases) family genes by analyzing the splicing sites of 75 human genes and their orthologs in vertebrates and invertebrates.
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\r\n- participation in journal editorial boards
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\r\nAssociate Editor - PLOS ONE
\r\nReview editor - Frontiers in Evolutionary and Population Genetics (FEPG)
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\r\n- appointments.
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\r\nMember of the LIST OF REVIEWERS OF MIUR for Projects of National Interest (PRIN) and Future for Research for the area 05 Biological Sciences
\r\nMember of the WORKING GROUP \"NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND LIFE SCIENCES\" of the FISV (Italian Federation of Life Sciences)
\r\nMember of the Technical Committee for the implementation of the NATIONAL PLATFORM \"GENOMICS\" afferent to the Human Technopole
\r\nVQR evaluator 2011-2014 sector BIO08
\r\nEvaluator of 1 project on behalf of the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
\r\nEvaluator of 1 project on behalf of FONDAZIONE CARIPLO Milano
\r\nMember of the University RATING COMMISSION (University of Pisa) 05 - Biological Sciences (two terms 2016-2019)
\r\nMember of the DIRECTIVE COMMITTEE of the Italian Anthropological Association (AAI) (2015-16)
\r\nHead of Research Activity (RAR) at the Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and the adjoining Computing","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"Ricevimento concordabile su richiesta","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":"","unipi-persone-telefono":"050 2211352","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=080020","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=080020&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"Antropologia BIOS-03\/B","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Professore Associato","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp13616","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"