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priscila.madisalloum@otago.ac.nzsalloum

Research interests

  • Population genomics
  • Microbiomes
  • Phenotypic variation and local adaptation
  • Evolution

I am interested in exploring the links between genetics, environment, and even microbes, in the diversification of phenotypes we observe in natural populations.

Current postdoctoral projects:


The microbe trade: bacterial exchanges among parasitic worms sharing the same host (University of Otago Research Grant); PI: Robert Poulin; AI: Fátima Jorge

Parasite microbiomes and host manipulation: who's really pulling the strings? (Marsden 21-UOO-002); PI: Robert Poulin; AI: Fátima Jorge

Academic qualifications:


PhD - Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 2020.
MSc - Genetics and Evolution, State University of Campinas (Brazil), 2015.
BSc and BEdSc(SecTchg) - Biological Sciences, State University of Campinas (Brazil), 2011.

Previous projects:

Research assistant, University of Auckland.

  • Transcriptomic analysis of adaptation to heat stress in an endemic mollusc (FRDF research grant; PI: Shane Lavery).

Postdoctoral researcher (PI), University of Auckland (Kate Edger Postdoctoral Award; Malacological Society of Australasia Research Grant)

  • Shedding light on adaptive differentiation of a New Zealand endemic chiton with a high-quality and low-budget genome (in collaboration with Annabel Whibley, Shane Lavery, Anna Santure).

PhD student, University of Auckland

  • Genetic and phenotypic variation of Onithochiton neglectus across a heterogeneous marine environment (supervisors: Shane Lavery, Anna Santure, Pierre de Villemereuil).

Websites:

Google Scholar
ORCID
Personal website
Parasitology group
Santure group

Publications

Chai, X., Salloum, P. M., & Poulin, R. (2025). Does the host matter? Testing the impact of host identity on the microbiome of a trematode parasite. Parasitology Research, 124, 38. doi: 10.1007/s00436-025-08486-0 Journal - Research Article

Salloum, P. M., Guo, J., & Scanes, E. (2025). Molluscan microbiomes: Current research focus, knowledge gaps, and future directions. Molluscan Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13235818.2025.2464375 Journal - Research Other

Presswell, B., Salloum, P. M., Bennett, J., Buschang, K. E., & Poulin, R. (2025). Size, spines, and primes: the drivers of collar spine numbers among echinostome trematodes. Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1017/s0031182025000046 Journal - Research Article

Dubrulle, J., Poulin, R., Salloum, P., & Geoghegan, J. L. (2024, September). Spatial variation in the microbiome of the sandhopper Bellochestia quoyana endemic to New Zealand. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Research Week (QRW) Pathogen Genomics Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Chai, X., Salloum, P., & Poulin, R. (2024). Does the host matter? Testing the impact of host identity on the microbiome of the trematode Maritrema poulini. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Societies for Parasitology and the 7th International Conference on Anaerobic Protists: Parasites in the Pacific. (pp. 48). Retrieved from https://www.parasite.org.au/aspconference/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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