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| Research Interests: | Evolution and species diversification Phylogenomics and phylogenetics Bioinformatics |
| Present Position: | Senior Researcher |
| Education: |
BSc in Biology, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia MSc in Evolutionary biology, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia PhD in Evolutionary biology, Edinburgh University, Scotland, UK |
| Experience (Past Positions): | Curator of DNA and Tissue Collection at Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute Postdoc at the Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg University |
| Publications: | Stevenson, Pablo R; Link, Andrés; González-Caro, Sebastian; Torres-Jiménez, María Fernanda; ,Frugivory in canopy plants in a western Amazonian forest: dispersal systems, phylogenetic ensembles and keystone plants,PLoS One,10,10,e0140751,2015,Public Library of Science Arbeláez-Cortés, Enrique; Torres, María Fernanda; López-Álvarez, Diana; Palacio-Mejía, Juan Diego; Mendoza, Angela María; Medina, Claudia Alejandra; ,Colombian frozen biodiversity: 16 years of the tissue collection of the Humboldt Institute,Acta Biológica Colombiana,20,2,163-173,2015,Universidad Nacional de Colombia Torres, María Fernanda; Sanchez, Adriana; ,Neotropical ant-plant Triplaris americana attracts Pseudomyrmex mordax ant queens during seedling stages,Insectes sociaux,64,2,255-261,2017,Springer International Publishing Mendoza, Ángela María; Torres, María Fernanda; Paz, Andrea; Trujillo‐Arias, Natalia; López‐Alvarez, Diana; Sierra, Socorro; Forero, Fernando; Gonzalez, Mailyn A; ,Cryptic diversity revealed by DNA barcoding in Colombian illegally traded bird species,Molecular Ecology Resources,16,4,862-873,2016, Richardson, James E; Madriñán, Santiago; Gómez‐Gutiérrez, María Camila; Valderrama, Eugenio; Luna, Javier; Banda‐R, Karina; Serrano, Julieth; Torres, María Fernanda; Jara, Orlando Adolfo; Aldana, Ana María; ,Using dated molecular phylogenies to help reconstruct geological, climatic, and biological history: Examples from Colombia,Geological Journal,53,6,2935-2943,2018, Torres, Maria Fernanda; Madriñan, Santiago; Weiblen, George; ,Cecropia-ant interactions in Colombia: Identification and specialization network analysis,2012,Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia Wasalathanthri, Niluka D; Zaidi, Syed Shan-e-Ali; Mahrt, Elena; Srivastava, Sudhakar; Yu, Kun-Hsing; Johansson, Karin SL; Li, Fengbo; Jimenez, Maria Fernanda Torres; Lo, Cody; Allareddy, Veerasathpurush; ,Challenging transitions,Science,363,6422,24-26,2019,American Association for the Advancement of Science Andermann, Tobias; Torres Jiménez, Maria Fernanda; Matos-Maraví, Pável; Batista, Romina; Blanco-Pastor, José L; Gustafsson, A Lovisa S; Kistler, Logan; Liberal, Isabel M; Oxelman, Bengt; Bacon, Christine D; ,A guide to carrying out a phylogenomic target sequence capture project,Frontiers in genetics,1407,2020,Frontiers Jiménez, María Fernanda Torres; ,Cecropia-ant Interactions in Colombia: Identificación and Initial Network Analysis,2012,Uniandes Serna-Sánchez, Maria Alejandra; Pérez-Escobar, Oscar A; Bogarín, Diego; Torres-Jimenez, María Fernanda; Alvarez-Yela, Astrid Catalina; Arcila-Galvis, Juliana E; Hall, Climbie F; de Barros, Fábio; Pinheiro, Fábio; Dodsworth, Steven; ,Plastid phylogenomics resolves ambiguous relationships within the orchid family and provides a solid timeframe for biogeography and macroevolution,Scientific reports,11,1,1-11,2021,Nature Publishing Group Torres Jiménez, María Fernanda; ,Effects of Andean geographic dynamics on the population history of Tococa-associated Azteca ants,2018,University of Edinburgh Duncan, Gregg; Ji, Yongsheng; Lefort, Marie-Caroline; Mehrian-Shai, Ruty; Chakrabarty, Prosanta; Jimenez, Maria Fernanda Torres; ,Beyond DNA: The rest of the story,Science,371,6529,560-563,2021,American Association for the Advancement of Science Jimenez, Maria Fernanda Torres; ,A musical Colombian Novena,Science,371,6529,563,2021,American Association for The Advancement of Science, Washington, USA Pérez-Escobar, Oscar A; Bellot, Sidonie; Przelomska, Natalia AS; Flowers, Jonathan M; Nesbitt, Mark; Ryan, Philippa; Gutaker, Rafal M; Gros-Balthazard, Muriel; Wells, Tom; Kuhnhäuser, Benedikt G; ,Molecular clocks and archeogenomics of a late period Egyptian date palm leaf reveal introgression from wild relatives and add timestamps on the domestication,Molecular biology and evolution,38,10,4475-4492,2021,Oxford University Press Serna-Sánchez, Maria Alejandra; Pérez-Escobar, Oscar A; Bogarín, Diego; Torres-Jimenez, María Fernanda; Alvarez-Yela, Astrid Catalina; Arcila-Galvis, Juliana E; Hall, Climbie F; de Barros, Fábio; Pinheiro, Fábio; Dodsworth, Steven; ,Author Correction: Plastid phylogenomics resolves ambiguous relationships within the orchid family and provides a solid timeframe for biogeography and macroevolution,Scientific Reports,11,1,1-3,2021,Nature Publishing Group Jiménez, María Fernanda Torres; ,Reconocimiento químico del hospedero: señales involucradas en la colonización de Triplaris americana por Pseudomyrmex mordax,2010,Uniandes Pérez‐Escobar, Oscar Alejandro; Dodsworth, Steven; Bogarín, Diego; Bellot, Sidonie; Balbuena, Juan A; Schley, Rowan J; Kikuchi, Izai A; Morris, Sarah K; Epitawalage, Niroshini; Cowan, Robyn; ,Hundreds of nuclear and plastid loci yield novel insights into orchid relationships,American Journal of Botany,108,7,1166-1180,2021, Jimenez, Maria Fernanda Torres; Stone, Graham N; Sanchez, Adriana; Richardson, James E; ,Comparative phylogeography of an ant-plant mutualism: An encounter in the Andes,Global and Planetary Change,205,103598,2021,Elsevier G. Ribeiro, Pedro; Torres Jiménez, María Fernanda; Andermann, Tobias; Antonelli, Alexandre; Bacon, Christine D; Matos‐Maraví, Pável; ,A bioinformatic platform to integrate target capture and whole genome sequences of various read depths for phylogenomics,Molecular Ecology,30,23,6021-6035,2021, Jimenez, Maria Fernanda Torres; ,Find community,Science,363,6422,25-25,2019,American Association for The Advancement of Science, Washington, USA Jiménez, Maria Fernanda Torres; Prata, Eduardo; Zizka, Alexander; Cohn-Haft, Mario; de Oliveira, Ayslaner VG; Emilio, Thaise; Chazot, Nicolas; Couvreur, Thomas LP; Kamga, Suzanne Mogue; Sonké, Bonaventure; ,Phylogenomics of the palm tribe Lepidocaryeae (Calamoideae: Arecaceae) and description of a new species of Mauritiella,Systematic Botany,46,3,863-874,2021,American Society of Plant Taxonomists Hill, Adrian P; Jiménez, Maria Fernanda Torres; Chazot, Nicolas; Cássia-Silva, Cibele; Faurby, Søren; Bacon, Christine D; ,Fruit colour and range size interact to influence diversification,bioRxiv,2021,Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Jiménez, Maria Fernanda Torresx; Chazot, Nicolas; Emilio, Thaise; Fredin, Johan Uddling; Antonelli, Alexandre; Faurby, Søren; Bacon, Christine D; ,Temperature predicts leaf shape in palms (Arecaceae),bioRxiv,2021,Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Sanín, María José; Cardona, Agustín; Valencia-Montoya, Wendy A; Jiménez, María Fernanda Torres; Carvalho-Madrigal, Sara; Gómez, Andrés Camilo; Bacon, Christine D; Tangarife, Tomas Roquemen; Jaramillo, Juan Sebastián; Zapata, Sebastián; ,Volcanic events coincide with plant dispersal across the Northern Andes,Global and Planetary Change,210,103757,2022,Elsevier Eduardo M.B. Prata, Maria Fernanda Torres Jimenez, Christine D. Bacon, Ayslaner V.G. De Oliveira, Thaise Emilio; ,The Description of a Charismatic New Palm Species in the Amazon,PALMS,66,2,57-65,2022,Journal of the International Palm Society Treiber, Erin L; Zalamea, Paul-Camilo; Torres, María Fernanda; Madriñán, Santiago; Weiblen, George D; ,Molecular Systematics, Species Concepts, and Myrmecophytism in Cecropia (Cecropieae: Urticaceae): Insights from Restriction-Site Associated DNA,Systematic Botany,47,2,457-466,2022,American Society of Plant Taxonomists |
| Research Dissemination: |
MJJ Foundation: scientists who have returned to Lithuania are studying invasive plants, the causes of epilepsy and DNA motors (in Lithuanian), 2023 Four VU female researchers have been awarded prestigious grants from the European Commission (in Lithuanian), 2023 |
| Languages: | English, Spanish |