Anna Tigano

Education

• 2016 Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, (Sciences Outstanding Thesis Award), Queen’s University, Canada
• 2011 Masters of Science in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (Merit), Imperial College London, UK
• 2010 Masters of Science in Science and Technology of Biological Monitoring (110/110 cum laude), Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
• 2008 Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, curriculum Ecophysiology (110/110 cum laude), Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy

Appointments

• 2021- Postdoctoral Associate, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada
• 2018-2021 Postdoctoral Associate, University of New Hampshire, USA
• 2017-2018 Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, USA

Research Interests

• Genomics of local adaptation with and without gene flow
• Conservation genomics
• Structural variants
• Genome evolution

Projects

• Genomics of local adaptation in kokanee
• Genomic basis of migratory behaviour and reproductive strategy in kokanee and sockeye salmon

Recent Publications

• Tigano, A., Jacobs, A., Wilder, A.P., Nand, A., Zhan, Y., Dekker, J. and Therkildsen, N.O. (2021). Chromosome-level assembly of the Atlantic silverside genome reveals extreme levels of sequence diversity and structural genetic variation. Genome biology and evolution, 13(6), p.evab098.
• Mérot C*, Oomen RA*, Tigano A*, Wellenreuther M*. (2020). A roadmap for understanding the evolutionary significance of structural genomic variation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 35:561-572
• Tigano A, Colella JP, MacManes MD. (2020). Comparative and population genomics approaches reveal the basis of adaptation to deserts in a small rodent. Molecular Ecology 29:1300-1314
• Tigano A, Friesen VL. (2016). Genomics of local adaptation with gene flow. Molecular Ecology 25: 2144-2164.

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