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Dr. Francesco Catania

Current affiliations

  • Münster Graduate School of Evolution (MGSE)

Academic Education

09/2002 - 06/2006Dr. rer. nat. in Genetics, University of Vienna, Austria
01/2006 - 04/2006Training in Bioinformatics, University of Manchester, England
09/1995 - 07/2000M.Sc. in Biology, University of Palermo, Italy

Work Experience

01/2011 - 06/2012Independent Marie Curie Research Fellow, University of Sheffield, England
09/2010 - 12/2010Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ghent, Belgium
08/2006 - 08/2010Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana University, USA

Publications

One cell, two gears: extensive somatic genome plasticity accompanies high germline genome stability in Paramecium
Catania F, Rothering R, Vitali V (2021)
In: Genome Biology and Evolution, x. doi:10.1093/gbe/evab263/6443145
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | online first
Does cancer biology rely on Parrondo’s principles?
Capp JP, Nedelcu AM, Dujon AM, Roche B, Catania F, Ujvari B, Alix-Panabières C, Thomas F (2021)
In: Cancers, 13(9). doi:10.3390/cancers13092197
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Fifty generations of amitosis: tracing asymmetric allele segregation in polyploid cells with single-cell DNA sequencing
VItali V, Rothering R, Catania F. (2021)
In: Microorganisms, 9.
Research article (journal) | Published
Global climate change, diet and the complex relationship between human host and microbiome: Towards an integrated picture
Catania F, Baedke J, Fábregas-Tejeda A, Delgado AN, Vitali V, Nguyen Long LA (2021)
In: BioEssays, .. doi:10.1002/bies.202100049
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Bridging tumorigenesis and therapy resistance with a non-Darwinian and non-Lamarckian mechanism of adaptive evolution
Catania F, Ujvari B, Capp JP, Roche B, Thomas F (2021)
In: Frontiers in Oncology, 11. doi:10.3389/fonc.2021.732081
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
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Projects

RTG 2220: Evolutionary Processes in Adaptation and Disease (RTG 2220 EvoPAD)
Duration: 01/04/2017 - 30/09/2023 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Research Training Group
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
The emergence of evolutionary novelties: testing genetic and environmental effects using the ciliate Paramecium
Duration: 01/01/2015 - 31/12/2017
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
Münster Graduate School of Evolution - Unterstützung des Evolution Think Tank (MGSE)
Duration: 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2018
Funded by: Santander Consumer Bank AG
Type of project: Individual project

Doctorates

Characterization of adoptive strategies of E. coli during long term interaction with human host
Candidate: Wami, Haleluya Tesfaye | Supervisors: Dobrindt, Ulrich; Catania,Francesco; Bornberg-Bauer, Erich
Period of time: 01/07/2017 - 06/12/2021
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Impacts of agricultural used substances on the bacterial community structure in groundwater ecosystems
Candidate: Karczewski, Karsten | Supervisors: Meyer, Elisabeth Irmgard; Philipp, Bodo; Catania, Francesco
Period of time: 01/10/2012 - 01/04/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Introns features and gene architecture in Eukaryotes.
Candidate: Lepennetier, GIldas | Supervisors: Catania, Francesco; Schmitz, Jürgen; de Meaux, Juliette
Period of time: 01/11/2012 - 01/12/2015
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster