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Pablo Orozco Ter Wengel

Dr Pablo Orozco Ter Wengel

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Ysgol y Biowyddorau

Email
Orozco-terWengelPA@caerdydd.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 75206
Campuses
Adeilad Syr Martin Evans, Ystafell c/5.08, Rhodfa'r Amgueddfa, Caerdydd, CF10 3AX
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I have always been amazed by the diversity of animals and plants. This interest led me to study biology where I learned about population genetics and the possibility of inferring species evolutionary history using molecular markers. My work focuses on using neutral genetic markers (e.g. microsatellites) to understand the interplay between the genealogical history of populations (or species) and their distribution over space and time. However, since the arrival of next generation sequencing I've also become interested in using the power of genomics (e.g. whole genome sequencing) to search for genomic regions involved in the process of local adaptation (e.g. adaptation to temperature or diseases). Understanding how adaptation takes place is extremely important in order to develop frameworks that will help us coping with climate change and ensure species survival into the future. My work covers both wild life (e.g. Malagasy amphibians and South American bears) and domestic taxa (e.g. Iranian sheep and Moroccan goats), and uses a combination of laboratory techniques and bioinformatics.​

If you are intested in joining my research group to do a postdoc, PhD or Master,  please email me.

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My research revolves around questions regarding the process that maintain or drive changes in genetic variation in populations, e.g. demographic processes like bottlenecks and population structure, or natural selection related to adaptive processes to new environments. Within this context, I broadly divide my research in two areas. In one of them (conservation) I focus on understanding historical processes that lead to the observed patterns of genetic diversity, which when contextualised with current environmental trends can be used to contribute information for the generation of management strategies for species conservation. The other area is livestock genomics, where I do research to understand how the domestication process took place and the processes that have led to the current distribution of genetic variation in species such as cattle, sheep, camelids and tilapia, and use that information to contribute to the development of management plans to increase resilience and sustainability of livestock production systems.

My research uses a combination of traditional molecular markers like microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA, but also new methods from the genomics era, like SNP array data and whole genome sequencing, to generate the genetic data for analyses using population geneticslandscape genetics and phylogenetics. I analyse these data with a combination of available tools, or custom made bioinformatic tools that I’ve developed according to the specific needs of a project.

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I carry out a range of teaching from year 1 to final year undergraduate, and the supervision of postgraduate master project students. Current teaching includes contributions to:

  • BI1051 Genetics and Evolution (Microevolution)
  • BI2121 Animal Diversity and Adpatation (Basics of population genetics and quantitative genetics; Module deputy coordinator)
  • BI2134 Ecology & Conservation - Part B (Methods in tropical forest ecology - Borneo fieldcourse |  Danau Girang Field Centre)
  • BI3153 Evoluation & Adaptation (Speciation process, population genetics; Module Assessment coordinator)
  • BI4002 Advanced Research Skills (integrated master)

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Education

2005-2011

  • Doctor in Natural Sciences Veterinary University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
  • Thesis Work: Population Genetics of Drosophila (Advisor Dr. Christian Schlötterer)

2003-2005

  • MSc. (Honors) Universiteit van Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Thesis Work (1): Population Genetics of Dyscophus (Advisor: Dr. Miguel Vences)
  • Thesis Work (2): Detecting Natural Selection in Hybrids of Lactuca sativa and Lactuca serriola (Advisor: Dr. Danny Hooftman)

1997-2003

  • B.Sc. (Honors) Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogota, Colombia)
  • Thesis Work: Population Genetic Analysis of the Andean bear by means of 12 microsatellite polymorphic loci (Advisor: Dr. Manuel Ruiz-Garcia)

Professional experience

Co-coordinator for South America IUCN Conservation Genetics Specialist Group (CGSG)

Vice-president European Society of Tropical Ecology (Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie, GTÖ)

2014-present

Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University

2011-2014

Postdoc: Molecular Ecology Lab (Cardiff University) - NextGen: Develop optimized methodologies for preserving farm animal biodiversity in the context of whole genome data availability.

2005

Intern at the Bill & Bernice Grewcock Center for Conservation & Research, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. Phylogeographic studies of Dyscophus species and of Malagassy ground and tree boas (Acrantophis & Sanzinia). USA.

Intern in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Axel Meyer at the University of Konstanz. Demography of Cichlid fishes. Germany.

2004–2005

Intern at Keygene N.V., Wageningen. AFLP analysis of hybrids of Lactuca sativa & Lactuca serriola as part of the Analysis of Gene Flow in Lettuce (ANGEL) project. The Netherlands.

2004

Intern at the Bill & Bernice Grewcock Center for Conservation & Research, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. Standardization and analysis of Microsatellites in malagasy frogs (Dyscophus & Mantella) and tortoises (Pixis, Erymnochelis & Geochelonie). USA.

2003

Technical Assistant to Dr. J.C.M den Nijs & Dr. D.A.P. Hooftman in the Analysis of Gene Flow in Lettuce (ANGEL) project at the Universiteit van Amsterdam. The Netherlands.

1997–2003

Technical assistant at the Molecular Population Genetics and Evolutionary Biology Laboratory and at the Museum of Natural History of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia.

Academic experience

Population genetics and conservation. Invited lecturer 2013. Centre for Agricultural and Applied Economic Sciences of the University of Debrecen, Hungary.

1999–2000: Member of the Faculty of Science's Academic Border at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia.

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Research in my lab is funded by:

  • NERC
  • BBSRC
  • Royal Society
  • Newton Fund - Conycit (Peru)
  • Hefcw
  • Genetics Society
  • Socierty for Tropical Ecology
  • Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

  • Scientific advisory board member of European Society of Tropical Ecology (GTÖ)
  • Member of the Genetics Society
  • Member European Society of Evolutionary Biology
  • Member Royal Socity of Biologists
  • Fellow Higher Education Academy

Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol

  • 2014 - present Lecturer, Cardiff University
  • 2011-2014 - postdoctoral researcher Cardiff Univeristy

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Co-coordinator for South America of the IUCN SSC Conservation Genetics Specialist Group (CGSG)

Reviewer: Molecular Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, PLoS One, Acta Biologica Colombiana, Heredity and BMC Evolutionary Biology, Conservation Genetics, Frontiers in Genetics, Proceedings of the Royal Society (Series B), Current Biology.

Editor: Conservation Genetics Resources, Ecology & Evolution, Animals, Frontiers in Genetics (topic guest editor), Ecotropica

Grants Reviewer: BBSRC, European Comission, ERA-Net, Fondecit (Chile)

Meysydd goruchwyliaeth

I'm interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:

  • Population Genetics
  • Conservation
  • Genomics
  • Livestock
  • Metagenomics and barcoding
  • Bioinformatics

Goruchwyliaeth gyfredol

Katherine Mullin

Katherine Mullin

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Nina White

Nina White

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Luke Davies

Luke Davies

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Kerisha Kntayya

Kerisha Kntayya

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Omar Mussa

Omar Mussa

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Tyler Cuddy

Tyler Cuddy

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Maz Jumail

Maz Jumail

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Prosiectau'r gorffennol

  • Katherine Mullin - 2023 - myfyrwraig PhD, graddiodd 2023, prif oruchwyliwr. 
  • Nina White - 2023 - myfyriwr PhD, graddio 2023, prif oruchwyliwr.
  • Ewan Stenhouse - 2022 - myfyriwr PhD, graddiodd 2022, prif oruchwyliwr.
  • Daniel Pitt - 2022 - Myfyriwr PhD, graddiodd 2022, prif oruchwyliwr.
  • Jody Leigh Edmunts - 2022 - myfyriwr PhD, graddiodd 2022, prif oruchwyliwr.

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