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Antonio Serrato-Capuchina

Assistant Professor of the Practice, Messina College

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Antonio Serrato-Capuchina

Contact

Telephone: 617-552-6021

Email: antonio.serrato-capuchina@bc.edu

ORCID

Education

  • B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Profile

I am a geneticist interested in identifying conserved genetic and environmental mechanisms through which novel traits emerge. Through my research interests, I have direct experience in a variety of fields, particularly evolutionary genetics, cell and molecular biology, bioinformatics, ecology and statistics. I leverage my experience working across vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants to engage students inside and outside of the classroom. In my classes, I focus on providing a global perspective on biological concepts reinforced through experiential learning. As an educator and mentor, I aim to showcase how the scientific method is an active process of contextualized reflection and adjustment, through which we build vital critical thinking and reasoning skills.聽

I view education as a fundamental tool in obtaining equity and inclusion within a diverse nation. My personal academic journey ranges from community college to the Ivy League, combined with my socio-economic and immigrant experience, I offer a unique mentorship perspective to students. As a first-generation student, my desire to remain in academia is based on my own hardships navigating the education system without any familial guidance. I hope students view me as a resource and we can work together in fulfilling their personal, academic, and career goals.聽

Awards & Publications

AWARDS

NSF Alliances for Graduate Education & the Professoriate Award (graduate school)

PUBLICATIONS

鈥淭he spread of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the islands of S茫o Tom茅 and Pr铆ncipe.鈥� Acta Tropica. 2024

JA Rader, Antonio Serrato-Capuchina, and Daniel R. Matute

鈥淧opulation structure and introgression among recently differentiated Drosophila melanogaster 辫辞辫耻濒补迟颈辞苍蝉.鈥澛�Mol Biol Evol. 2022

J.M. Coughlan, A.J. Dagilis, A. Serrato-Capuchina, H. Elias, D. Peede,聽K. Isbell, D.M. Castillo, B.S. Cooper, D.R. Matute

鈥淧ure species discriminate against hybrids in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup.鈥� Evolution. 2021.

Antonio Serrato-Capuchina, Timothy D. Schwochert, Stephania Zhang,聽Baylee Roy, David Peede, Caleigh Koppelman and Daniel R. Matute

鈥淧-elements strengthen reproductive isolation within the Drosophila simulans species complex.鈥� Evolution. 2021

Antonio Serrato-Capuchina, Jeremy Wang, Emmanuel D鈥橝gostino,聽David Peede, Baylee Roy, Kristin Isbell, and Daniel R. Matute

鈥淧aternally inherited P-element copy number affects the magnitude of hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila simulans and D. melanogaster.鈥� Genome Biology and Evolution. 2020

Antonio Serrato-Capuchina, Jeremy Wang, Eric Earley, David Peede,聽Kristin Isbell, and Daniel R. Matute

鈥淩apid and Predictable Evolution of Admixed Populations Between Two Drosophila Species Pairs.鈥� Genetics. 2020.

Daniel R. Matute, Aaron A. Comeault, Eric Earley, Antonio Serrato-Capuchina, et al.聽

鈥淭he Role of Transposable Elements in Speciation.鈥� Genes. 2018.

Antonio Serrato-Capuchina and Daniel R. Matute聽

鈥淕enetic accommodation in the wild: evolution of gene expression plasticity during character displacement.鈥� Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2017.聽

Nicholas A. Levis, Antonio Serrato-Capuchina and David W. Pfennig

鈥淎 nonrandom subset of olfactory genes is associated with host preference in the fruit fly Drosophila orena.鈥澛� Evolution Letters. 2017.

Aaron A. Comeault, Antonio Serrato-Capuchina, David A. Turissini, Patrick J. McLaughlin, Jean R. David, and Daniel R. Matute

TALK EXPERIENCE

Evolution Talks

鈥淎daptation and niche divergence along a precipitation gradient in Phlox wildflowers鈥澛�

鈥淩evisiting self-incompatibility in Phlox鈥�

Evolution Online, 2021.

鈥淭he gene RIM underlies mate choice between Cosmopolitan and Zimbabwe Drosophila melanogaster 辫辞辫耻濒补迟颈辞苍蝉.鈥�

Montpellier, France. 2018

鈥淓ffects of Novel P Transposable Element Invasion in Drosophila yakuba.鈥�

Portland, Oregon. 2017

鈥淓vidence of a recent invasion of Drosophila yakuba by the P-element.鈥�

Austin, Texas. 2016

Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics Conference

鈥淔itness tradeoffs of P transposable elements in Drosophila yakuba.鈥�

Laurel Hill, NC. 2017

Society for the Study of Evolution

鈥淓nvironmentally induced background matching in spadefoot toads.鈥澛犅�

Raleigh, NC. 2014

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