Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I am the Coleoptera (beetles) curator at Finnish Museum of Natural History. My research strives to understand how evolutionary process shapes biodiversity by using beetle systematics, development of new phylogenetic methods and ontology-based tools for species description. I teach ‘Introduction to phylogenetics’ course (fall of every even year starting from 2020). To find out more about the research in my Lab, click the link below my profile picture. Do not hesitate to contact me if you are interested to join the Lab (as an undergrad/grad/PhD student or postdoc).
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
Award Date: 16 Jan 2016
Fields of Science
- 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
- Entomology
- Dung beetles
- Systematics
- Phylogenetics
- Statistics
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Formalizing Invertebrate Morphological Data: A Descriptive Model for Cuticle-Based Skeleto-Muscular Systems, an Ontology for Insect Anatomy, and their Potential Applications in Biodiversity Research and Informatics
Girón, J. C., Tarasov, S., González Montaña, L. A., Matentzoglu, N., Smith, A. D., Koch, M., Boudinot, B. E., Bouchard, P., Burks, R., Vogt, L., Yoder, M., Osumi-Sutherland, D., Friedrich, F., Beutel, R. & Mikó, I., 24 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Systematic Biology. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Metagenomics reveals that dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) broadly feed on reptile dung. Did they also feed on that of dinosaurs?
Lopes, F., Rossini, M., Losacco, F., Montanaro, G., Gunter, N. & Tarasov, S., 10 Mar 2023, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11, p. 01-08 8 p., 1132729.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Microallopatric speciation in a relict dung beetle genus Grebennikovius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) on Uluguru Mountains
Montanaro, G., Grebennikov, V., Rossini, M. & Tarasov, S., 2023, (In preparation) --.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific
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New phylogenetic Markov models for inapplicable morphological characters
Tarasov, S., May 2023, In: Systematic Biology. 72, 3, p. 681–693 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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To design, or not to design? Comparison of beetle ultraconserved element probe set utility based on phylogenetic distance, breadth, and method of probe design
Gustafson, G. T., Glynn, R. D., Short, A. E. Z., Tarasov, S. & Gunter, N. L., Jul 2023, In: Insect Systematics and Diversity. 7, 4, p. 1-16 4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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Projects
- 1 Active
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Unrolling mechanisms of species diversifications using novel phylogenetic methods
Tarasov, S., Merrien, T., Cardoso, P., Montanaro, G. & Losacco, F.
01/01/2021 → 01/01/2024
Project: University of Helsinki Three-Year Research Project
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Integrating Anatomy Ontologies and Phylogenetics in the Era of Phenomics
Diego Sasso Porto (Speaker), Sergei Tarasov (Speaker), Caleb Charpentier (Speaker), Hilmar Lapp (Speaker), James Balhoff (Speaker), Todd Vision (Speaker), Wasila Dahdul (Speaker), Paula Mabee (Speaker) & Josef Uyeda (Speaker)
14 Jan 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina
Diego Sasso Porto (Visiting researcher), Sergei Tarasov (Visiting researcher) & James Balhoff (Other role)
17 Jan 2023 → 22 Jan 2023Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
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Integrative genomics helps to understand the evolution of vulnerable insular communities: radiation and extinction of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in the Malagasy region
Fernando Ricardo Vieira Lopes (Speaker), Michele Rossini (Speaker), Grey Gustafson (Speaker), Rachel Glynn (Speaker), Nicholas Porch (Speaker), Nicolas Straube (Speaker) & Sergei Tarasov (Speaker)
12 Jan 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Paving the way: from traditional taxonomy to comparative phenomics
Sergei Tarasov (Speaker)
26 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Protecting Madagascan Beetles
Sergei Tarasov (Attendee), Thomas Merrien (Attendee), Michele Rossini (Attendee) & Fernando Ricardo Vieira Lopes (Attendee)
12 Feb 2022 → 13 Feb 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars