Capellini, Isabella - University of Hull - Department of Biology / Biomedical Sciences

个人简介

2016-present: Senior Lecturer in Vertebrate Zoology, University of Hull, Hull 2011-2016: Lecturer in Vertebrate Zoology, University of Hull, Hull 2011: Lecturer in Ecology, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast. 2008-2010: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University, Durham. ‘Evolutionary architecture of reproduction in female mammals’, PI: Prof. Robert Barton, Co-Investigator: Isabella Capellini, BBSRC/NERC grant no. BB/E014593/1, £312.000. 2005-2007: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University, Durham. ‘Phylogeny of sleep: the correlated evolution of sleep, brain and behaviour’, PI: Dr. Patrick McNamara (Boston University), Prof. Robert Barton (Durham University), Dr. Charles Nunn (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig; Harvard University), NIH grant no. 1 R01 MH070415-01A1, $1million. 2001-2004: PhD in Biology: ‘Evolutionary ecology of hartebeest’, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne. Supervisors: Prof. Morris Gosling (Newcastle University) and Dr. Craig Roberts (University of Stirling). 1992-2000: MSc-level Degree in Natural Sciences, course in Conservation Biology, University of Milan (Italy). Thesis: ‘Male roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) spatial behaviour in the Appennines with special reference to the rut’. Top score with distinction (110/110 with distinction). Supervisor: Prof. Marco Apollonio (University of Sassari, Italy).

研究领域

I am interested in large scale patterns and processes underlying the evolution of animal diversity, and in particular in how ecology shapes variation in morphology, physiology and behaviour among species. A distinctive aspect of my work is its interdisciplinary nature and focus on key biological characteristics, such as sleep and the placenta in mammals, that are studied in clinical context but whose evolution and ecology are very little understood. Using a macroevolutionary approach and state of art phylogenetic comparative methods, I study the ultimate costs and benefits of these important biological traits and integrate them within broader ecological and evolutionary theories, such as life history theory, parent-offspring conflict, metabolic theory of ecology. More recently I have started to investigate what ‘makes’ a successful invasive species, a question of interest in both basic and applied science. This NERC funded project tests hypotheses on how ecological and life history traits promote invasion success in vertebrates, and how humans bias the likelihood that some species are introduced into novel regions. I have also expanded my work on mammalian reproduction by integrating behaviour, and I am currently studying how male care influences the evolution of life history traits and male reproductive traits. Finally, I address hotly debated questions such as how metabolic rates scale with body size, a central assumption of theoretical models like the controversial metabolic theory of ecology.

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West H. E. & Capellini I. (2016) Male care and life history traits in mammals. Nature Communications 7: 11854. Barton R. A. & Capellini I. (2016). Sleep, evolution and brains. Brain, Behvaiour and Evolution, in press. (Invited commentary). Capellini I., Baker J., Allen W., Street S. & Venditti C. The role of life history traits in mammalian invasion success. Ecology Letters, 18: 1099-1107. Capellini I., Nunn C. L. & Barton R. A. 2015. microparasites and placental invasiveness in eutherian mammals. PLoS One 10 (7): e0132563. [Recommended by the Faculty1000 Women’s Health panel]. Chiari Y., Glaberman S., Seren N., Carretero M. A. & Capellini I. 2015. Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate in relation to environmental temperature. Ecological Applications, 25 596-602. Capellini I. 2012. Evolutionary significance of placental interdigitation in mammalian reproduction. Placenta, 33: 763-768. (Invited review). Barton R. A. & Capellini. I. (2011). Maternal investment, life histories and the costs of brain growth in mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108: 6169-6174. Montgomery S. H., Capellini I., Venditti, C., Barton R. A. & Mundy N. I. (2011). Adaptive evolution of four microcephaly genes and the evolution of brain size in anthropoid Primates. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28: 625-638. Capellini I., Venditti C. & Barton R. A. 2011. Placentation and maternal investment in mammals. American Naturalist, 177, 86-98. Capellini I., Venditti, C. & Barton R. A. 2010. Phylogeny and the scaling of metabolic rates in mammals. Ecology 91 (9), 2783-2793. Montgomery S. H., Capellini I., Barton R. A. & Mundy N. I. (2010). Reconstructing the ups and downs of primate brain evolution: implications for adaptive hypotheses and Homo floresiensis. BMC Biology 8, 9. Capellini I., McNamara P., Preston B. T., Nunn C. L. & Barton R. A. (2009). Does sleep play a role in memory consolidation? A comparative test. PLoS One 4 (2), e4609. Preston B. T., Capellini I., McNamara P., Barton, R. A. & Nunn, C. L. (2009). Parasite resistance and the adaptive significance of sleep. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9, 7. [Awarded a ‘Must Read’ designation by the Faculty1000 biology Panel] Capellini I., Nunn C. L., McNamara P., Preston B. T. & Barton R. A. 2008. Energetic constraints, not predation, influence the evolution of sleep patterning in mammals. Functional Ecology 22 (5), 847-853. Capellini I., Barton R. A., McNamara P., Preston B. T. & Nunn C. L. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of the ecology and evolution of mammalian sleep. Evolution 62 (7), 1764-1776.