Center for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism

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Center for Studies
in Architecture and Urbanism

Giulia Secci

Giulia Secci graduated with a Biology degree in 2014 and obtained her Master's degree in Marine Biology in 2016, both from the University of Cagliari. In 2018, she was awarded a PhD mixed grant from FCT to carry out her research at CIIMAR (Porto, Portugal) and Karl-Franzens University (Graz, Austria). Her PhD focuses on various aspects of the genetics of the Salmonidae subfamily Thymallinae, requiring the development of both laboratory and bioinformatics skills. The laboratory skills required include the ability to perform and optimize various DNA/RNA extraction procedures, PCR and real-time PCR, and preparation of libraries for NGS. Additionally, data analysis and bioinformatics procedures are necessary, including the analysis of raw data from low-coverage genome sequencing, ddRAD and Sanger sequencing, as well as phylogenetic analyses such as Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian methods, and time calibration analyses. She has also conducted phylogeographic and population structure analyses to recover the evolutionary history of the studied species. Ultimately, she has produced both genomic and transcriptomic resources extremely useful in the study of salmonid species. Over the last six years, she has published ten ISI-indexed publications.

Identification

Degree
PhD
Category
Integrated Member
Join Year
2025
Citation Names
Secci, Giulia
Giulia Secci-Petretto
Ciência ID
AC1E-65BC-F6C8
Ciência Vitae ID
AC1E-65BC-F6C8
Orcid ID
0000-0002-9450-8993
Activity Domains
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Freshwater Biology
Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
Research Groups
Territory Dynamics and Morphologies (100%)
Dedication (Research)
100%

Education

Ongoing

Biologia

Doutoramento

"Genetic diversity within Thymallus: from species delimitation to whole genome sequencing"

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Concluded

Introduction To Python

Outros

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Concluded

Molecular Bioinformatics

Outros

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Concluded

RadCamp 2020 - The Lisbon Edition

Outros

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Concluded

Practical Course in Phylogenetics

Outros

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Concluded

Marine bio-ecology

Laurea Specialistica

"Study of the moray eel Muraena helena (Linnaeus, 1758)(Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) by molecular cytogenetics"

20/20

Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy

Concluded

Biology

Laurea

"Population dynamics of the species Abra alba (Wood, 1802) (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in Santa Gilla's lagoon"

17/20

Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy

Professional Career

Science

Researcher

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal ; Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal ; Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria

Others

Internship

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria

Volunteer traineeship at CIIMAR's Aquatic Ecology and Evolution laboratory

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental

Volunteer traineeship as biologist with the research team "Coastal Ecosystem and Biodiversity". The tasks included: sampling sea urchin larvae by SCUBA diving for positioning and recovery of the traps

IMC-International Marine Center

Volunteer traineeship as aquarist

Oceanario de Lisboa

Outputs

Journal article

Report on the occurrence of the hydromedusa Odessia maeotica (Ostroumoff, 1896) in the north-eastern Atlantic revealed by citizen science and integrative taxonomy

Aquatic Ecology

Pires, Rita F. T.; Froufe, Elsa; Secci-Petretto, Giulia; dos Santos, Antonina; Rita F. T. Pires; Elsa Froufe; Giulia Secci-Petretto; Antonina dos Santos

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10452-023-10071-5

issn: 1386-2588
issn: 1573-5125
doi: 10.1007/s10452-023-10071-5

First Confirmed Record of the Smalltooth Sand Tiger, Odontapis Ferox, in Galicia (NW Spain)

Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 39, 1: 413-417

Mucientes, Gonzalo; Vilas-Arrondo, Nair; Secci-Petretto, Giulia; Vázquez, Uxía; Pin, Xabier; López, Alfredo; Castro, L. Filipe C.; Froufe, Elsa

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41208-023-00526-9

issn: 0212-5919
issn: 2366-1674
doi: 10.1007/s41208-023-00526-9

Evaluating a species phylogeny using ddRAD SNPs: Cyto-nuclear discordance and introgression in the salmonid genus Thymallus (Salmonidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 178: 107654

Secci-Petretto, Giulia; Englmaier, Gernot K.; Weiss, Steven J.; Antonov, Alexander; Persat, Henri; Denys, Gael P.J.; Schenekar, Tamara; et al

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107654

issn: 1055-7903
doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107654

Global systematic diversity, range distributions, conservation and taxonomic assessments of graylings (Teleostei: Salmonidae; Thymallus spp.)

Organisms Diversity & Evolution

Steven J. Weiss; Duarte V. Gonçalves; Giulia Secci-Petretto; Gernot K. Englmaier; André Gomes-Dos-Santos; Gael P. J. Denys; Henri Persat; et al

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-020-00468-7

doi: 10.1007/s13127-020-00468-7

Published

The complete mitochondrial genome of Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Actinopterygii, Salmonidae) obtained by long range PCRs and double multiplexing

, 44, 2: 091-094

Giulia Secci-Petretto; Denys G.P.J.; André Gomes-Dos-Santos

https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2020-442-001

doi: https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2020-442-001

Activities

Oral presentation

Insight into the grayling’s world: nuclear perspective based on ddRAD-seq

Blue Think Conference

CIIMAR

Assessing genetic diversity within Thymallus trough genomic approaches

Blue Think Conference

CIIMAR

Mitogenome Phylogeny of Thymallus (graylings) - Species delineation

ECI XVI EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF ICHTHYOLOGY