Gabriele Procaccini is currently Director of Research at the Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn di Napoli.

My main aim is at studying the evolutionary history of populations and species along natural clines and the plasticity of the adaptive response to climate and environmental changes in marine organisms, with a particular focus on marine plants. The research focuses on two main directions: 
- Understanding the role of environmental and evolutionary factors in shaping the spatial distribution of genotypes at a population, meta-population and geographic scale. Species-specific SSR markers are applied to study the phylogeographic patterns and population genetic structure in seagrasses, Mediterranean invasive seaweeds, planktonic diatoms, and commercially important marine species. A particular focus is on the role of the Mediterranean biogeographic barriers, in relation to the dispersal potential of species, marine currents’ regime and post-glacial re-colonization patterns, in shaping the distribution of genetic diversity of populations and species. 
- Understanding the genetic basis of seagrass response diversity to environmental constraints and to stressors associated with human impacts and climate change. The analysis of gene expression in response to different environmental conditions is performed through RT-qPCR and RNA-Seq along natural environmental clines and in controlled conditions (mesocosms). A multidisciplinary approach that covers different levels of analysis (e.g. physiological, proteomic and transcriptomic) is ensured through numerous international collaborations. The results are interpreted in an ecological and evolutionary context.

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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gabriele_Procaccini

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