Joana L. Rocha
Ola!
I am an evolutionary biologist and postdoctoral researcher at the department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley, working with Peter Sudmant.
I received my PhD in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution having been advised by Raquel Godinho at the University of Porto, and Rasmus Nielsen at UC Berkeley.
When I am not doing research, I enjoy being in close contact with nature and sharing all the amazing wonders our planet has to offer with the people I love.
news
Jul 11, 2024 | So much fun at SMBE 2024! |
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Jul 21, 2023 | Supporting Sudmant Lab at San Francisco marathon 2023! |
May 10, 2023 | Talk at BoG 2023! |
Sep 20, 2022 | These rare adaptations help animals survive in the desert, Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine |
Sep 1, 2021 | Excited for my incoming postdoc at the Sudmant lab at UC Berkeley! |
selected publications
2024
- Structural variation in humans and our primate kin in the era of telomere-to-telomere genomes and pangenomicsCurrent Opinion in Genetics & Development, Aug 2024
- Global diversity, recurrent evolution, and recent selection on amylase structural haplotypes in humansJun 2024
2023
2021
- Life in Deserts: The Genetic Basis of Mammalian Desert AdaptationTrends in Ecology & Evolution, Apr 2021