Caramelli David

[Centurion]

Dr. David Caramelli
Researcher

Tel.: +39 055 2743021
E-mail: david.caramelli@unifi.it




DAVID CARAMELLI received his diploma in Natural Sciences and in Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. In 2001 he was awarded a PhD in Anthropological Sciences with a thesis entitled Genetic Characterization of Etruscan Population. Between 1998 and 2001 he spends research stages at the University of Gottingen, Germany and the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, where he acquired technical skills in the study of ancient DNA. In 2001 he was a research fellow at the Department of Animal Biology and Genetics of the University of Florence. In 2004 he was appointed as a Researcher in sector Anthropology, and in 2005 he becameProfessor of Molecular Anthropology in the Faculty of Sciences at the same university. Since 2005 he has taught Molecular Anthropology for the degree course in Natural Sciences and Science for Cultural Heritage. Since 2007 he has also taught Human Ecology for the degree course in Formative Sciences in the faculty of Formative Sciences. In 2007 he was named coordinator of the Masters course in Technological Applications for Scientific Investigation. He also is part of the organizing committee for the Master in Biological Anthropology of the Mediterranean Region. From 2005 he has been a member of the college of docents of the PhD program in Anthropological Sciences( supervisor of ten Ph.D students and seven post doc). He is an active consultant for the Scientific Crime Investigation section of the Carabinieri (RIS) for which he genetically characterizes biological samples. He is coordinator of various research programs among which is a program of "national interest" (PRIN 2006 scientific coordinator of local unit). He is author of more than 100 publications, which includes several publications cited as among the most important scientific publications for 2003 and 2007 (Science Breakthrough of the Year). He is editor of the series Collana Scientifica Pianeta Redi Scientific published by Firenze University Press. He has also published  two  books (Il DNA antico metodi di Analisi ed Applicazioni 2004 Ed Pontecorboli Firenze; Antropologia Molecolare, 2008 Firenze University Press). He has organized both national and international congress, and is member of several scientific associations (Italian Anthropological Association , Italian Society for Prehstory and ProtoHystor Italian Genetic Association) and he is member of the Directive Counsel of the Italian Society of Evolutionary Biology. He has been invited in several meeting international congress, and in television program as invited speakers. His researchers has been cited and reporter in numerous specialized and popular press. In 2007 he was guest editor of a special issue of BMC Evolutionary Biology. He is member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Anthropology and Human Evolution. He has served as referee for distinguished international journals such as PNAS, TREE Science, Human genetics, Annals of Human genetics, American Journal of Physical Anthropology,Molecular Biology and Evolution and research founding agency as ERC.


Recent publications

Marini F, Carbonell Sala S, Falchetti A, Caramelli D, Brandi ML.The genetic ascertainment of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome by ancient DNA analysis. J. Endocrinol Invest. 2008 Oct;31(10):905-9.

Caramelli D.,  Milani L.,  Vai S.,  Modi A., Pecchioli E.,  Girardi M., Pilli E., Lari M., Lippi B., Ronchitelli A., Mallegni F., Casoli A., Bertorelle G., Barbujani G: "A 28,000 Years Old Cro-Magnon mtDNA Sequence Differs from All Potentially Contaminating Modern Sequences", PLoS ONE, 3(7): e2700, 2008

Lalueza-Fox C, R?mpler H, Caramelli D, St?ubert C, Catalano G, Hughes D,Rohland N, Pilli E, Longo L, Condemi S, de la Rasilla M, Fortea J, Rosas A,Stoneking M, Sch?neberg T, Bertranpetit J, Hofreiter M. "A melanocortin 1 receptor allele suggests varying pigmentation among Neanderthals." Science. 2007 Nov 30;318(5855):1453-5. Epub 2007 Oct 25

Caramelli D, Lalueza-Fox C, Capelli C, Lari M, Sampietro ML, Gigli E, Milani L, Pilli E, Guimaraes S, Chiarelli B, Marin VT, Casoli A, Stanyon R, Bertranpetit J, Barbujani G. Genetic analysis of the skeletal remains attributed to Francesco Petrarca. Forensic Sci Int. 2007 Nov 15;173(1):36-40

Caramelli D, Lalueza-Fox C, Condemi S, Longo L, Milani L, Manfredini A, de Saint Pierre M, Adoni F, Lari M, Giunti P, Ricci S, Casoli A, Calafell F, Mallegni F, Bertranpetit J, Stanyon R, Bertorelle G, Barbujani G.  A highly divergent mtDNA sequence in a Neandertal individual from Italy. Curr Biol. 2006 Aug 22;16(16):R630-2.

Lalueza-Fox C, Krause J, Caramelli D, Catalano G, Milani L, Sampietro ML, Calafell F, Martinez-Maza C, Bastir M, Garcia-Tabernero A, de la Rasilla M, Fortea J, Paabo S, Bertranpetit J, Rosas A. Mitochondrial DNA of an Iberian Neandertal suggests a population affinity with other European Neandertals. Curr Biol. 2006 Aug 22;16(16):R629-30

Beja-Pereira A, Caramelli D, Lalueza-Fox C, Vernesi C, Ferrand N, Casoli A Goyache F, Royo LJ, Conti S, Lari M, Martini A, Ouragh L, Magid A, Atash A, Zsolnai A, Boscato P,Triantaphylidis C, Ploumi K, Sineo L, Mallegni F, Taberlet P, Erhardt G, Sampietro L, Bertranpetit J, Barbujani G, Luikart G, Bertorelle G. The origin of European cattle: evidence from modern and ancient DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 May 23;103(21):8113-8.