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Date and place of birth
November 4, 1959 - Livorno (Italy)
Education
1978-82 - M.S. in Biology (2-18-1983) University of Pisa;
1983-87 - Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology (10-5-87) University of Florence.
Academic employments (place, date and position):
University of Cape Town, Dept. of Archaeology (1988): post-doc, Director: A. Sillen
University of Pisa, Institute of Anthropology (1989- 90): contract research assistant
University of Stanford, Dept. of Genetics (1991-92): research assistant, Director: LL. Cavalli-Sforza
University of Sassari, Dipartimento di Zoologia e Antropologia Biologica (1992-03): Researcher in Physical Anthropology (BIO/08)
University of Sassari, Dipartimento di Scienze della Natura e del Territorio (2004-2018): Professor of Genetics (BIO/18)
University of Cagliari, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente (2018-present): Professor of Genetics (BIO/18)
Teaching activity
1995 to 2004 - Temporary Professor of Anthropology for Natural Sciences and Biological Sciences.
1996 to 2004 -Temporary Professor of Population Genetics for Environmental Sciences (up to 2000) and Natural Sciences
2004 to present - Titular Professor of Genetics Molecular Genetics and Population Genetics for Biological Sciences, Natural Sciences and Biotechnology
2008 to 2014 - University of Alicante, Dept. of Biotechnology: Visiting professor for the Masters in Molecular Biomedicine
2016 - University of Hue (Vietnam): Visiting professor for the Masters in Molecular Biotechnology
Editorial activity
Associated editor of BMC Evolutionary Biology
Review Editor for Frontier in Genetics
Research activity
1989-1990 Collaborator to the project between Italy and Spain (Integrated Actions): "Comparative study of methodologies for the paleodietary analysis". In collaboration with the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona.
1992-1993 Local coordinator of the CNR project " Biological Archive: subproject Anthropology
1997 Italian-Spanish project (Integrated Actions): "Analysis of mitochondrial DNA in ancient Mediterranean populations" In collaboration with the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona.
1997-1999 Participant to the CNR project “Biological Archive" coordinated by L.Terrenato
1998-2003 Collaborator to the project PRIN coordinated by G. De Stefano.
1999-2003 Participant to the Interreg project with the University of Corte (Corsica)
2000-2006 Collaborator at the Centre of Excellence set up at the University of Sassari
2003-2005 Collaborator to the project Interreg III with the University of Corte (Corsica), Cagliari (Sardinia) and Pisa (Tuscany)
2010-2011 Head of project RAS "High resolution phylogeny of the human Y chromosome"
Congress organizing activity
11-12 / 3/2000 Irgoli (NU) - Organization of the national meeting: "Irgoli: biodemography and population genetics using surnames"
2-5 / 10/2008 Alghero (SS) Organization of the international congress of the Italian Society of Evolutionary Biology (SIBE)
12-16/6/2012 Cagliari, Galtellì, Dorgali, Alghero (Sardinia) International workshop "Iberia and Sardina: linguistic, archaeological and genetic links from Mesolithic to Bronze Age"
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DN Vyas, I Koncz, A Modi, BG Mende, Y Tian, P Francalacci, M Lari, S Vai, P Straub, Z Gallina, T Szeniczey, T Hajdu, L Pejrani Baricco, C Giostra, R Radzevičiūtė, Z Hofmanová, S Évinger, Z Bernert, W Pohl, D Caramelli, T Vida, PJ Geary, KR Veeramah (2023) Fine-scale sampling uncovers the complexity of migrations in 5th–6th century Pannonia. Current Biology
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CEG Amorim, S Vai, C Posth, A Modi, I Koncz, S Hakenbeck, MC La Rocca, B Mende, D Bobo, W Pohl, L Pejrani Baricco, E Bedini, P Francalacci, C Giostra, T Vida, D Winger, U von Freeden, S Ghirotto, M Lari, G Barbujani, J Krause, D Caramelli, PJ Geary, KR Veeramah (2018) Understanding 6th Century Barbarian Social Organization and Migration through Paleogenomics. Nature Communications, 9:3547
- P. Francalacci, D. Sanna, A. Useli, R. Berutti, M. Barbato, M.B. Whalen, A. Angius, C. Sidore, S. Alonso, S. Tofanelli, F. Cucca. Detection of phylogenetically informative polymorphisms in the entire euchromatic portion of human Y chromosome from a Sardinian sample. BMC Research Notes 8:174 doi:10.1186/s13104-015-1130-z (2015)
- E.Elhaik, T.Tatarinova,, D. Chebotarev, I.S. Piras, C.M. Calò, A. De Montis, M. Atzori, M. Marini, S. Tofanelli, P. Francalacci, L. Pagani, C. Tyler-Smith, Y. Xue, F. Cucca, T. G. Schurr, J. B. Gaieski, C. Melendez, M. G. Vilar, A. C. Owings, R. Gomez, R. Fujita, F.Santos, D. Comas, O. Balanovsky, E. Balanovska, P. Zalloua, H. Soodyall, R. Pitchappan, A. Kumar G. Prasad, M. Hammer, S. R.Wells, and the Genographic Consortium. Geographic Population Structure (GPS) of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origin. Nature Communications, 5:3513 doi:10.1038/ncomms4513 (2014)
- P. Francalacci, L. Morelli, A. Angius, R. Berutti, F. Reinier, R. Atzeni, R. Pilu, F. Busonero, A. Maschio, I. Zara, D. Sanna, A. Useli, M. F. Urru, M. Marcelli, R. Cusano, M. Oppo, M. Zoledziewska, M. Pitzalis, F. Deidda, E. Porcu, F. Poddie, H. Min Kang, R. Lyons, B. Tarrier, J.Bragg Gresham, B. Li, S. Tofanelli, S. Alonso, M. Dei, S. Lai, A. Mulas, M. B. Whalen, S. Uzzau, C. Jones, D. Schlessinger, G. R. Abecasis, S. Sanna, C. Sidore, F. Cucca. Low pass DNA sequencing of 1,200 Sardinians reconstructs European Y chromosome phylogeny. Science 341: 565-569 (2013)
- M. Pala, A. Achilli, A.Olivieri, B. Hooshiar Kashani, U.A. Perego, D. Sanna, E. Metspalu, K. Tambets, E. Tamm, M. Accetturo, V. Carossa, H. Lancioni, F. Panara, B. Zimmermann, G. Huber, N. Al-Zahery, F. Brisighelli, S. R. Woodward, P. Francalacci, W. Parson, A. Salas, D. M. Behar, R. Villems, O. Semino, H-J. Bandelt, A. Torroni. Mitochondrial Haplogroup U5b3: a Distant Echo of the Epipaleolithic in Italy and the Legacy of the Early Sardinians. American Journal of Human Genetics, 86: 814-821 (2009)
- P.Francalacci, L.Morelli, P.A.Underhill, A.S.Lillie, G.Passarino, A.Useli, R. Madeddu, G.Paoli, S.Tofanelli, C.M.Calò, M.E.Ghiani, L.Varesi, M.Memmi, G.Vona, P.Oefner, P.Shen, L.L.Cavalli-Sforza. The peopling of three Mediterranean islands (Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily) inferred by Y-chromosome biallelic variability. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 121:270-279 (2003)
- O. Semino, G. Passarino,P.J. Oefner, A.A. Lin, S. Arbuzova, L.E. Beckman, G. De Bendictis, P.Francalacci, S. Limborska, A. Kouvatsi, M. Marcikiae, D. Primorac, S. Santachiara-Benerecetti, L.L. Cavalli-Sforza, P.A. Underhill. The genetic legacy of Palaeolithic Homo sapiens sapiens in extant Europeans: a Y-chromosome perspective. Science 290:1155-1159 (2000)
- P.A. Underhill, P. Shen, A.A. Lin, L. Jin, G. Passarino, W.H. Yang, E. Kauffman, A. Hurlbut, B. Bonné-Tamir, J. Bertranpetit, P.Francalacci, M. Ibrahim, T. Jenkins, J.R. Kidd, S.Q. Mehdi, M.T. Seielstad, R.S. Wells, A. Piazza, D. Soergel, S. Sherry, M.W. Feldman, R.W. Davis, L.L. Cavalli-Sforza, and P.J. Oefner.. Y Chromosome variation and the History of human populations. Nature Genetics 26:358-361 (2000).
- A.Torroni, K.Huoponen, P.Francalacci, M.Petrozzi, L.Morelli, R.Scozzari, D.Obinu, M.L.Savontaus, D.C.Wallace. Classification of European mitochondrial DNA from an analysis of 3 European populations. Genetics, 144: 1835-1850 (1996)
Analysis of mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome in human populations
Analysis of DNA from ancient tissues
Population genetics of vertebrate, invertebrate and microbial species
Population Genetics
Molecular Anthropology
Y Chromosome
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Mitochondrial DNA