Dr Lucio Marcello
Senior Researcher in bioinformatics
With expertise in the fields on parasitology, human genetics, population biology and environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring, I am passionate about collaborative research, and keen to further develop and integrate bioinformatics tools informing applied research in the Scottish rural and environmental sectors. I also have experience as a bioinformatics consultant for companies, building pipelines to automate bespoke analytical workflows. I also work as a Senior Bioinformatician at BioSS (Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland)
Research interest:
- Development of bioinformatics tools and workflows for environmental DNA datasets
- Reconstructing and validating mitochondrial phylogenies on incomplete datasets using imputation
Research project highlights:
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Providing bioinformatics support for IBFC research projects
Past projects
- Cloudbutton (EU project at BioSS): development of a serverless variant calling pipeline for adoption in cloud computing, in collaboration with URV cloud computing department (Spain)
- AMBER (EU project at UHI): assessment of the impact of hydropower on freshwater ecology, by eDNA and other methods, with particular reference to the Upper Ness catchment.
Publications:
Marcello L, Chafin T, Ribeca P Genomics Use Case. In: García P, París G, Palmero R, Lopez L, Velin T, Jorge E, Alexandrov T, Ribeca P, Segarra C, Shillaker S, Li G, Sartakov V, Sánchez M CloudButton Serverless Data Analytics Platform: D2.3 Reference Implementation of Architectural Building Blocks, EU Report, 2022, https://cloudbutton.eu/docs/deliverables/CloudButton_D2.3_Public.pdf
Belletti B, Garcia de Leaniz C, Jones J, Marcello L, Zalewski M More than one million barriers fragment Europe’s rivers, Nature; 2020
Marcello L et al. Case Study 4: Quoich Dam, Upper River Garry (in Report of case studies demonstrating the effects of barrier removal, mitigation and installation), AMBER project EU report, 2020, May
Jones J, Börger L, Tummers J, Jones P, Lucas M, Kerr J, Kemp P, Bizzi S, Consuegra S, Marcello L, Vowles A, Belletti B, Verspoor E, Van de Bund W, Gough P, Garcia de Leaniz, C. A comprehensive assessment of stream fragmentation in Great Britain. Science of The Total Environment. 2019; 673:756–762.