Publications

• 2024

  Stochastic Character Mapping, Bayesian Model Selection, and Biosynthetic Pathways Shed New Light on the Evolution of Habitat Preference in Cyanobacteria

  Giorgio Bianchini, Martin Hagemann, Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo

  Systematic Biology, 2024, DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syae025

• 2024

  TreeViewer: Flexible, modular software to visualise and manipulate phylogenetic trees

  Giorgio Bianchini, Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo

  Ecology and Evolution, 2024, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10873

• 2021

  sMap: Evolution of independent, dependent and conditioned discrete characters in a Bayesian framework

  Giorgio Bianchini, Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo

  Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2021, DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13540

• 2021

  The occurrence of 2-methylhopanoids in modern bacteria and the geological record

  B. David A. Naafs, Giorgio Bianchini, Fanny M. Monteiro, Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo

  Geobiology, 2021, DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12465

• 2021

  Cyanobacteria and biogeochemical cycles through Earth history

  Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo, Giorgio Bianchini, Jamie D Wilson, Andrew H Knoll

  Trends in Microbiology, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2021.05.008

• 2019

  Insights into the evolution of picocyanobacteria and phycoerythrin genes (mpeBA and cpeBA)

  Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo, Giorgio Bianchini, Andrea Di Cesare, Cristiana Callieri, Nathan AM Chrismas

  Frontiers in microbiology, 2019, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00045

• 2017

  Reply to Nakov et al.: Model choice requires biological insight when studying the ancestral habitat of photosynthetic eukaryotes

  Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo, Giorgio Bianchini, John P Huelsenbeck, John A Raven, Davide Pisani, Andrew H Knoll

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1717417114

Education

• 2017

  University of Bristol PhD, Physical Geography

  2017 - 2022 | Bristol, UK

  Thesis: Bayesian methods using genomic data to gain insights into the history of photosynthesis.

• 2015

  University of Pisa Master's Degree (M.Sc.), Conservation and Evolution

  2015 - 2017 | Pisa, Italy | 110 cum laude (GPA: 29.52/30)

  Dissertation: Analysis of the applicability of miRNA clusters as phylogenetic markers, through the development of a method to identify the sequences that best predict a cladogram.

• 2012

  Scuola Normale Superiore Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Biology

  2012 - 2017 | Pisa, Italy

  Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS - https://www.sns.it) is a very prestigious and selective (only about 5 Biology students admitted every year) Italian University Institution based on the college model, planning a parallel and complementary career with respect to the University of Pisa. Every year, an SNS student has to respect academic duties such as timing, additional exams, advanced lectures, research work from very early years and has to keep very high grades. Students of SNS do not pay any fee – it is a 5 years honor scholarship - and the SNS provides its students with all of the basic services, together with a little stipend.

• 2012

  University of Pisa Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biological Sciences

  2012 - 2015 | Pisa, Italy | 110 cum laude (GPA: 29.07/30)

  Dissertation: Convergent evolution in three-spined stickleback populations through regulatory modifications in development-related genes.

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