priscila.madisalloum@otago.ac.nz
Research interests
- Population genomics
- Microbiomes
- Phenotypic variation and local adaptation
- Evolution
I am interested in exploring the links between genetics, environment, and even microbes, in the diversification of phenotypes we observe in natural populations.
Current postdoctoral projects:
The microbe trade: bacterial exchanges among parasitic worms sharing the same host (University of Otago Research Grant); PI: Robert Poulin; AI: Fátima Jorge
Parasite microbiomes and host manipulation: who's really pulling the strings? (Marsden 21-UOO-002); PI: Robert Poulin; AI: Fátima Jorge
Academic qualifications:
PhD - Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 2020.
MSc - Genetics and Evolution, State University of Campinas (Brazil), 2015.
BSc and BEdSc(SecTchg) - Biological Sciences, State University of Campinas (Brazil), 2011.
Previous projects:
Research assistant, University of Auckland.
- Transcriptomic analysis of adaptation to heat stress in an endemic mollusc (FRDF research grant; PI: Shane Lavery).
Postdoctoral researcher (PI), University of Auckland (Kate Edger Postdoctoral Award; Malacological Society of Australasia Research Grant)
- Shedding light on adaptive differentiation of a New Zealand endemic chiton with a high-quality and low-budget genome (in collaboration with Annabel Whibley, Shane Lavery, Anna Santure).
PhD student, University of Auckland
- Genetic and phenotypic variation of Onithochiton neglectus across a heterogeneous marine environment (supervisors: Shane Lavery, Anna Santure, Pierre de Villemereuil).
Websites:
Google Scholar
ORCID
Personal website
Parasitology group
Santure group
Publications
Koellsch, C., Poulin, R., & Salloum, P. M. (2024). Microbial artists: The role of parasite microbiomes in explaining colour polymorphism among amphipods and potential link to host manipulation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/jeb/voae085 Journal - Research Article
Poulin, R., Salloum, P. M., & Bennett, J. (2024). Evolution of parasites in the Anthropocene: New pressures, new adaptive directions. Biological Reviews. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/brv.13118 Journal - Research Article
Moran, I. G., Loo, Y. Y., Louca, S., Young, N. B. A., Whibley, A., Withers, S. J., Salloum, P. M., … Cain, K. E. (2024). Vocal convergence and social proximity shape the calls of the most basal Passeriformes, New Zealand Wrens. Communications Biology, 7, 575. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-06253-y Journal - Research Article
Salloum, P., Jorge, F., & Poulin, R. (2023, August). Incorporating the microbiome dimension in host-parasite interactions. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Microbiomes Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Salloum, P. M., Jorge, F., & Poulin, R. (2023). Different trematode parasites in the same snail host: Species-specific or shared microbiota? Molecular Ecology, 32, 5414-5428. doi: 10.1111/mec.17111 Journal - Research Article