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priscila.madisalloum@otago.ac.nzsalloum

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

Ruiz Torres, N. G., Martinez-Sánchez, S., de León-Lorenzana, A., Mercado-Juárez, R. A., Salloum, P. M., Poulin, R., … Rico-Chávez, O. (2026). Drivers of microbiome composition among helminth parasites Sharing the same insectivorous bat host. Molecular Ecology, 35(10), e70389. doi: 10.1111/mec.70389 Journal - Research Article

Hasegawa, R., Poulin, R., & Salloum, P. M. (2025). Testing for consistency in co-occurrence patterns among bacterial taxa across the microbiomes of four different trematode parasites. Microbial Ecology, 88, 45. doi: 10.1007/s00248-025-02545-w Journal - Research Article

Chai, X., Salloum, P. M., & Poulin, R. (2025). Does the host matter? Testing the impact of host identity on the microbiome of a trematode parasite. Parasitology Research, 124, 38. doi: 10.1007/s00436-025-08486-0 Journal - Research Article

Salloum, P. M., Guo, J., & Scanes, E. (2025). Molluscan microbiomes: Current research focus, knowledge gaps, and future directions. Molluscan Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13235818.2025.2464375 Journal - Research Other

Presswell, B., Salloum, P. M., Bennett, J., Buschang, K. E., & Poulin, R. (2025). Size, spines, and primes: The drivers of collar spine numbers among echinostome trematodes. Parasitology, 152, 123-131. doi: 10.1017/s0031182025000046 Journal - Research Article

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