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reto.burri@vogelwarte.ch
Swiss Ornithological Institute
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6204 Sempach
Switzerland
Head of Scientific Support
Scientific Support
Scientific Support
Employment |
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| 2022-present | Head of Scientific Support; Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland |
| 2020-present | Deputy head of Science; Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland |
| 2016-2020 | Group Leader; Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany |
| 2011-2016 | Postdoctoral Fellow; Institute of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Sweden |
Education |
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| 2005-2010 | PhD Student and Teaching Assistant; Département d'Ecologie et Evolution, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2004-2005 | Höheres Lehramt; University of Berne |
| 2002-2004 | MSc in Biology; Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Berne, Switzerland |
| 1999-2002 | Undergraduate Studies in Biology; University of Berne, Switzerland |
Full publication list (scholar.google.com)
Seasonal migration patterns and the maintenance of evolutionary diversity in a cryptic bird radiation
Tang Q., Burri R., Liu Y., Suh A., Gombobaatar S., Heckel G., Schweizer M. (2022)
Molecular Ecology, 31(2): 32-645
https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16241
Evolution: Small populations, low recombination, big trouble?
Burri R. (2021)
Current Biology, 31(6):R282-R284
Identifying the causes and consequences of assembly gaps using a multiplatform genome assembly of a bird-of-paradise
Peona V., Blom M.P.K., Xu L., Burri R., Sullivan S., Bunikis I., Liachko I., Jønsson K., Zhou Q., Irestedt M., Suh A. (2021)
Molecular Ecology Resources, 21:263-286
Linked-read sequencing enables haplotype-resolved resequencing at population scale
Lutgen D., Ritter R., Olsen R.A., Schielzeth H., Gruselius J., Ewels P.A., Garcia J.T., Shirihai H., Schweizer M., Suh A. & Burri R. (2021)
Molecular Ecology Resources, 20(5):1311-1322
Avian MHC evolution in the era of genomics: Phase 1.0
O’Connor E., Westerdahl H., Burri R., Edwards S.V. (2019)
Cells, 8(10):1152
Lack of statistical power as a major limitation in understanding MHC-mediated immunocompetence in wild vertebrate populations
Gaigher A., Burri R., San-José Garcia L., Roulin A., Fumagalli L. (2020)
Molecular Ecology, 28(23):5115-5132
Genome-wide evidence supports mitochondrial relationships and pervasive parallel phenotypic evolution in open-habitat chats
Schweizer M., Warmuth V., Alaei Kakhki N., Aliabadian M., Förschler M., Shirihai H., Ewels P., Griselius J, Olsen RA, Schielzeth H, Suh A & Burri R. (2019)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 139(10):106568
Parallel color evolution and introgressive hybridization in wheatears
Schweizer M., Warmuth V., Alaei N., Aliabadian M., Förschler M., Shirihai H., Suh A., Burri R. (2019)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 32 (1): 100-110
Footprints of adaptive evolution revealed by whole Z chromosomes haplotypes in flycatchers
Nadachowska-Brzyska K., Burri R., Ellegren H. (2019)
Molecular Ecology, 28(9):2290-2304
Success and failure in replication of genotype-phenotype associations: How does replication help in understanding the genetic basis of phenotypic variation in outbred populations?
Schielzeth H., Rios A., Burri R. (2018)
Molecular Ecology Resources, 18:739-754
Lack of evidence for selection favouring MHC haplotypes that combine high functional diversity.
Gaigher A., Roulin A., Gharib W.H., Taberlet P., Burri R., Fumagalli L. (2018)
Heredity, 120(5):396-406
Interpreting differentiation landscapes in the light of long-term linked selection
Burri R. (2017)
Evolution Letters, 1(3):118-131
Linked selection, demography, and the evolution of correlated genomic landscapes in birds and beyond
Burri R. (2017)
Molecular Ecology, 26(15):3853–3856
Dissecting differentiation landscapes: A linked selection’s perspective
Burri R. (2017)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30:1501-1505
100 million years of multigene family evolution: Origins and evolution of the avian MHC class IIB
Goebel J., Promerová M., Bonadonna F., McCoy K., Serbielle C., Strandh M., Yannic G., Burri R., Fumagalli L. (2017)
BMC Genomics, 18:460
Whole-genome patterns of linkage disequilibrium in flycatcher genomes clarify the causes and consequences of fine-scale recombination rate variation in birds
Kawakami T., Mugal C.F., Suh A., Nater A., Burri R., Smeds L., Ellegren H. (2017)
Molecular Ecology, 26(16):4158-4172
Genome-wide signatures of genetic variation within and between populations – a comparative perspective
Vijay N., Weissensteiner M., Burri R., Kawakami T., Ellegren H., Wolf J. (2017)
Molecular Ecology, 26(16):4284-4295
Covariation in levels of nucleotide diversity in homologous regions of the avian genome long after completion of lineage sorting
Dutoit L., Vijay N., Mugal C.F., Bossu C.M., BURRI R., Wolf J., Ellegren H. (2017)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284(1849), 20162756
No evidence for transmission ratio distortion in MHC class II in the Atlantic salmon Salmo salar
Promerová M., Alavioon G., Tusso S., Burri R., Immler S. (2017)
Heredity, 118:563-567
Distribution and estimation of nucleotide diversity in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) genome
Dutoit L., Burri R., Nater A., Mugal C.F., Ellegren H. (2017)
Molecular Ecology Resources, 17(4):586-597
Family-assisted inference of the genetic architecture of MHC variation
Gaigher A., Burri R., Gharib W.H., Taberlet P., Roulin A., Fumagalli L. (2016)
Molecular Ecology Resources, 16(6):1353-1364
Divergence in gene expression within and between two closely related flycatcher species
Uebbing S., Künstner A., Mäkinen H., Backström N., Bolivar P., Burri R., Dutoit L., Mugal C.F., Nater A., Bronwen A., Flicek P., Martin F.J., Searle S.M.J., Ellegren H. (2016)
Molecular Ecology, 25(9):2015-2028
PSMC-analysis of effective population sizes in molecular ecology and its application to black-and-white Ficedula flycatchers
Nadachowska-Brzyska K., Burri R., Smeds L., Ellegren H. (2016)
Molecular Ecology, 25(5):1058-1072
The genetic basis of color adaptation in a ring-like colonization around the Mediterranean
Burri R., Antoniazza S., Gaigher A., Ducrest A., Simon C., The European Barn Owl Network, Fumagalli L., Goudet J., Roulin A. (2016)
Evolution, 70(1):140-153
Linked selection and recombination rate variation drive the evolution of the genomic landscape of differentiation across the speciation continuum in Ficedula flycatchers
Burri R., Nater A, Kawakami T., Mugal C.F., Olason P.I., Smeds L., Suh A., Dutoit L., Bureš S., Garamszegi L.Z., Hogner S., Moreno J., Qvarnström A., Ružic M., Sæther S.A., Sætre G.P., Török J., Ellegren H. (2015)
Genome Research, 25(11):1656-1665
Resolving evolutionary relationships in closely related species with whole genome sequencing data
Nater A., Burri R., Kawakami T., Smeds L., Ellegren H. (2015)
Systematic Biology, 64(6):1000-1017
Evolutionary analysis of the female-specific avian W chromosome
Smeds L., Warmuth V., Bolivar P., Uebbing S., Burri R., Suh A., Bureš S., Garamszegi L.Z., Hogner S., Moreno J., Qvarnström A., Ružic M., Sæther S.A., Sætre G.P., Török J., Ellegren H. (2015)
Nature Communications, 6:7330
Natural selection in a post-glacial range expansion: the case of the color cline in the European barn owl
Antoniazza S., Kanitz R., Neuenschwander S., Burri R., Gaigher A., Roulin A., Goudet J. (2014)
Molecular Ecology, 23(22):5508-5523
Genomic identification and characterization of the pseudoautosomal region in a highly differentiated avian sex chromosome
Smeds L., Kawakami T., Burri R., Bolivar Balbas P., Husby A., Qvarnström A., Uebbing S., Ellegren H. (2014)
Nature Communications, 5:5448
Estimation of linkage disequilibrium and gene flow in Ficedula flycatchers by a newly developed 50k SNP array
Kawakami T., Backström N., Burri R., Husby A., Rice A., Alund M., Qvarnström A., Ellegren H. (2014)
Molecular Ecology Resources, 14, 1248-1260
PCR-based isolation of multigene families: Lessons from the avian MHCIIB
Burri R., Promerová M., Goebel J., Fumagalli L. (2014)
Molecular Ecology Resources, 14(4):778-788
Demographic divergence history of pied flycatcher and collared flycatcher inferred from whole-genome re-sequencing data
Nadachowska-Brzyska K., Burri R., Olason P.I., Kawakami T., Smeds L., Ellegren H. (2013)
PLoS Genetics, 9(11):e1003942
The genomic landscape of species divergence in Ficedula flycatchers
Ellegren H., Smeds L., Burri R., Olason P.I., Backström N., Kawakami T., Künstner A., Mäkinen H., Nadachowska-Brzyska K., Qvarnström A., Uebbing S., Wolf J. (2012)
Nature 491(7426):756-760
Systematics of snow voles (genus Chionomys, Arvicolinae) revisited
Yannic G., Burri R., Malikov V.G., Vogel P. (2012)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62(3):806-815.
Multiple paternity in polyandrous barn owls (Tyto alba)
Henry I., Antoniazza S., Dubey S., Simon C., Burri R., Roulin A. (2013)
PLoS ONE, 8 (11):e80112
Combining molecular evolution and environmental genomics to unravel adaptive processes of MHC class IIB diversity in European minnows (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Collin H., Burri R., Comptesse F., Fumagalli L. (2013)
Ecology and Evolution, 3 (8), 2568-2585
Local adaptation and matching habitat choice in female barn owls with respect to melanic coloration
Dreiss A., Antoniazza S., Burri R., Fumagalli L., Sonnay C., Frey C., Goudet J., Roulin A. (2012)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25(1), 103-114
Spatial variation in the temporal change of male and female melanic ornamentation in the barn owl
Roulin A., Antoniazza S., Burri R. (2011)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24(7), 1403-1409
Eumelanin-based coloration and fitness parameters in birds: a meta-analysis
Meunier J., Figueiredo Pinto S., Burri R., Roulin A. (2011)
Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 65(4):559-567
Owl melanin-based plumage redness is more frequent near than away from the equator: implications on the effect of global warming and biodiversity
Roulin A., Burri R., Antoniazza S. (2011)
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 102(3):573-582
Adaptive divergence of ancient gene duplicates in the avian MHC class II B
Burri R., Salamin N., Studer R.A., Roulin A., Fumagalli L. (2010)
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27(10):2360-2374
Local adaptation maintains clinal variation in melanin-based coloration of European barn owls (Tyto alba)
Antoniazza S., Burri R., Fumagalli L., Goudet J., Roulin A. (2010)
Evolution, 64(7):1944-1954.
Evolutionary patterns of MHC class II B in owls and their implications for the under-standing of avian MHC evolution
Burri R., Niculita-Hirzel H., Salamin N., Roulin A., Fumagalli L. (2008)
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 25(6):1180-1191
Isolation and characterization of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II B genes in the Barn owl (Aves: Tyto alba)
Burri R., Niculita-Hirzel H., Roulin A., Fumagalli L. (2008)
Immunogenetics, 60(9):543-550
Isolation and characterization of 21 microsatellite markers in the Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Burri R., Antoniazza S., Siverio F., Klein A., Roulin A., Fumagalli L. (2008)
Molecular Ecology Resources, 8(5):977-979
Cichlids do not adjust reproductive skew to the availability of independent breeding options
Heg D., Bergmüller R., Bonfils D., Otti O., Bachar Z., Burri R., Heckel G., Taborsky M. (2006)
Behavioral Ecology, 17(3):419-429
Genetic structure and colonization processes in European populations of the common vole, Microtus arvalis
Heckel G., Burri R., Fink S., Desmet J.F., Excoffier L. (2005)
Evolution, 59(10):2231-2242
Grants
2022/07 – 2025/06: Hybridization-induced escalation of TE-related genomic conflict: Source of structural variation and integral component of reproductive isolation? Research Grant, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Principle Investigator. CHF 575’300.-
2020/11 – 2021/10: Systematics and molecular bases of speciation and plumage coloration in the Oenanthe picata complex. Co-PI with Dr. M. Schweizer, NMBE. Basler Stiftung für biologische Forschung. Co-PI. CHF 12’000.-
2018/08 – 2021/07: Genomics of hybridization, speciation, and phenotype evolution in wheatears. Research Grant, German Research Foundation (DFG). Principle Investigator. EUR 370’000.-
2019/08 – 2021/07: Reconstructing the phylogenetic relationships and origins of color polymorphisms in the Oenanthe hispanica-pleschanka-cypriaca complex. Host. Research cost subsidy, Georg Forster Stipend of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation towards Dr. Niloofar Alaei Kakhki. EUR 19’000.-
2010/07: Travel grant, EMBO course “Computational molecular evolution”, Crete (Greece), Swiss Society of Zoology, CHF 700.-
2010/06-2010/09: Evolutionary history of the avian MHCIIB. Research grant, Société Académique Vaudoise (SAV); CHF 8’000.-
Host to PhD and Postdoc Grants:
2023/07 – 2026/06: Transposable elements as a source of structural rearrangements, genetic conflicts and constraints to gene flow. International Postdoc Grant to Dr. Valentina Peona, Vetenskapsrådet (VR) Sweden. SEK 1’200’000.-
2020/12 – 2023/11: Genomics of hybridization, speciation and phenotypic evolution in a color polymorphic songbird radiation. PhD grant to Dave Lutgen, Fond National de la Recherche (FRN) Luxembourg. Ca. EUR 180’000.-
2019/08 – 2021/10: Reconstructing the phylogenetic relationships and origins of color polymorphism in the Oenanthe hispanica-pleschanka-cypriaca complex. Georg Foster Stipendium to Dr. Niloofar Alaei Kakhki, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. Ca. EUR 84’000.-
Supervision of Junior Researchers
2023/06 – : Dr. Madeline Chase, Swiss Ornithological Institute
2023/04 – : Dr. Fritjof Lammers, postdoc, Swiss Ornithological Institute
2023/01 – : Dr. Valentina Peona, Swiss Ornithological Institute
2019/07 – : PhD supervisor, Dave Lutgen, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. “Genomics of hybridization, speciation, and phenotype evolution in wheatears”
2019/11 – 2020/10: Laura Pabon Viteri, MSc student, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2019/11 – 2020/10: Lisa Deak, MSc student, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2019/06 – 2021/05: Dr. Niloofar Alaei, postdoc, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. “Reconstructing the phylogenetic relationships and origins of color polymorphisms in the Oenanthe hispanica-pleschanka-cypriaca complex”
2019/06 – 2020/05: Nicolas Auchli, MSc student, University of Bern, Switzerland. “Genomic landscapes of structural variation in wheatears”
2018/06 – 2019/05: Raphael Ritter, MSc student, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. “Genomic landscapes of diversity and gene tree variation in wheatears”
2012/03 – 2017/09: Arnaud Gaigher, external PhD advisor, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. “MHC evolutionary ecology in European barn owls (Tyto alba)”
2012/06 – 2016/08: Julien Goebel, PhD co-supervisor, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. “Evolutionary origin of the avian MHC class IIB”
2007/10 – 2008/10: Sylvain Antoniazza, MSc student, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. “Local adaptation of pheomelanin-based coloration in the European barn owl”
2007/10 – 2008/10: Karim Ghali, MSc student, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. “MHC class IIB evolution in barn owl”
Scientific Reviewing Activities
– 168 peer reviews for 41 journals, incl. Current Biology, Evolution, Evolution Letters, Genome Research, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Ecology Resources, Nature Communications, PLoS Biology, PLoS Genetics, PNAS, Science.
– Reviewer awards: Publons Peer Review Award 2017, Top 1% peer reviewers in Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Top Reviewer for Molecular Ecology 2012, 2014
– Reviewing Editor, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2014-2017
– Grant reviews and evaluation committees: German Research Foundation (DFG); Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK; National Science Centre, Poland; Evaluator research activities of the Institutes of the Czech Acad of Sci.
– Thesis committees: Thesis committee Ana Paula Machado, University of Lausanne. Mid-thesis committee Catalina Palacios, University of the Andes, Bogota. PhD committee Marlene Haider, University of Innsbruck.
We monitor the populations of all bird species in Switzerland and their development, investigate the lifestyles and requirements of endangered bird species and research bird migration.
