Marc Ciosi

Dr. Marc Ciosi is a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow within the Department of Molecular Biosciences. He earned his MSc and PhD in Evolutionary and Population Genetics from the University of Nice, France, and has focused his career on genetic variation dynamics and their implications in both human disease and ecological systems.

• 2014–present: Postdoctoral research on Huntington’s disease at Glasgow
• 2011–2014: Population genetics of trypanosomes and tsetse flies at Glasgow and ICIPE, Kenya
• 2009–2010: Teaching and research assistant at INRA/University of Nice

His research interests span genetic variation, repeat expansion disorders, and genotype-phenotype mapping, particularly in Huntington’s disease. He specializes in high-throughput sequencing and somatic instability analysis.

Recent publications highlight his work on CAG repeat expansion in Huntington’s disease (2025), genetic modifiers (2024), and ecological genetics of tsetse flies (2025). His methodologies include DNA sequencing, microsatellite analysis, and bioinformatics tools like Repeat Detector.

Dr. Ciosi has supervised students including Diana Shabshai and contributed to teaching via hands-on tutorials on the Galaxy platform for microsatellite genotyping.