Michael G. Campana specializes in analysis of animal and pathogen genomics using a combination of ancient DNA and computational genomics. At the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute's Center for Conservation Genomics (NZCBI), his research focuses on the genomics of lions, elephants, Hawaiian honeycreepers, avian malaria, and canids among others. Another primary research line has been the development of DNA capture assays to analyze variation in animal and pathogen populations over time and space. Campana developed BaitsTools, software for rapidly developing DNA capture assays. The software has now been applied to a variety of research projects including population genomics of Mariana crows, reedwarblers, and canids. The baits developed using the software has facilitated the analysis of DNA from non-ideal sources, such as museum specimens and fecal samples. Campana obtained his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and his Master of Philosophy and doctorate from the University of Cambridge. He conducted post-doctoral research at Harvard University, the University of Zurich, and NZCBI. During his NZCBI post-doctoral research, Campana worked with Robert Fleischer, Jesús Maldonado and Bill McShea on a variety of post-doctoral research projects, including avian malaria, African wild dog and Hawaiian honeycreeper genomics and tick-borne pathogen detection.
Prado, Natalia A., Armstrong, Ellie E., Brown, Janine L., Goldenberg, Shifra Z., Leimgruber, Peter, Pearson, Virginia R., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Campana, Michael G. 2023. "Genomic resources for Asian (Elephas maximus) and African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) conservation and health research." Journal of Heredity, 114, (5) 529–538. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad034.
2023
Aardema, Matthew L., Campana, Michael G., Wagner, Nicole E., Ferreira, Francisco C., and Fonseca, Dina M. 2022. "A gene-based capture assay for surveying patterns of genetic diversity and insecticide resistance in a worldwide group of invasive mosquitoes." PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, (8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010689.
2022
Parker, Lillian D., Quinta, Jessica D., Rivera, Isabel, Cypher, Brian L., Kelly, Erica C., Campana, Michael G., Fleischer, Robert C., Boarman, Ryan, Boarman, William I., and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2022. "Genetic analyses are more sensitive than morphological inspection at detecting the presence of threatened Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) remains in canid scat and raven pellets." Conservation Science and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12689.
2022
Parker, Lillian D., Campana, Michael G., Quinta, Jessica D., Cypher, Brian, Rivera, Isabel, Fleischer, Robert C., Ralls, Katherine, Wilbert, Tammy R., Boarman, Ryan, Boarman, William, I., and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2021. "An efficient method for simultaneous species, individual, and sex identification via in-solution single nucleotide polymorphism capture from low-quality scat samples." Molecular Ecology Resources, https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13552.
2021
Young, Hillary S., McCauley, Douglas J., Dirzo, Rodolfo, Nunn, Charles L., Campana, Michael G., Agwanda, Bernard, Otarola-Castillo, Erik R., Castillo, Eric R., Pringle, Robert M., Veblen, Kari E., Salkeld, Daniel J., Stewardson, Kristin, Fleischer, Robert, Lambin, Eric F., Palmer, Todd M., and Helgen, Kristofer M. 2017. "Interacting effects of land use and climate on rodent-borne pathogens in central Kenya." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 372, (1722) 20160116. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0116.
2017
Campana, Michael G., Robles García, Nelly M., and Tuross, Noreen. 2015. "America's red gold: multiple lineages of cultivated cochineal in Mexico." Ecology and evolution, 5, (3) 607–617.
2015
Campana, Michael G., McGovern, T., and Disotell, T. 2014. "Evidence for differential ancient DNA survival in human and pig bones from the Norse North Atlantic." International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 24, (6) 704–708.
2014
Campana, Michael G., García, Nelly Robles, Rühli, Frank J., and Tuross, Noreen. 2014. "False positives complicate ancient pathogen identifications using high-throughput shotgun sequencing." BMC research notes, 7, (1) 111.
2014
Campana, Michael G., Bower, Mim A., and Crabtree, Pam J. 2013. "Ancient DNA for the archaeologist: The future of African research." The African Archaeological Review, 30, (1) 21–37.
2013
Warmuth, Vera M., Campana, Michael G., Eriksson, Anders, Bower, Mim, Barker, Graeme, and Manica, Andrea. 2013. "Ancient trade routes shaped the genetic structure of horses in eastern Eurasia." Molecular ecology, 22, (21) 5340–5351.
2013
Campana, Michael G., Robinson, Terence, Campos, Paula F., and Tuross, Noreen. 2013. "Independent confirmation of a diagnostic sheep/goat peptide sequence through DNA analysis and further exploration of its taxonomic utility within the Bovidae." Journal of Archaeological Science, 40, (2) 1421–1424.
2013
Li, R., Zhang, XM, Campana, Michael G., Huang, JP, Chang, ZH, Qi, XB, Shi, H., Su, B., Zhang, RF, and Lan, XY. 2013. "Paternal origins of Chinese cattle." Animal Genetics, 44, (4) 446–449.
2013
Yue, XP, Qin, F., Campana, Michael G., Liu, DH, Mao, CC, Wang, XB, Lan, XY, Chen, H., and Lei, CZ. 2012. "Characterization of cytochrome b diversity in Chinese domestic horses." Animal Genetics, 43, (5) 624–626.
2012
Campana, Michael G., Lister, DL, Whitten, CM, Edwards, CJ, Stock, F., Barker, G., and Bower, MA. 2012. "Complex relationships between mitochondrial and nuclear DNA preservation in historical DNA extracts." Archaeometry, 54, (1) 193–202.
2012
Campana, Michael G., Stock, F., Barrett, E., Benecke, N., Barker, GWW, Seetah, K., and Bower, MA. 2012. "Genetic stability in the Icelandic horse breed." Animal Genetics, 43, (4) 447–449.
2012
Carden, Ruth F., McDevitt, Allan D., Zachos, Frank E., Woodman, Peter C., O'Toole, Peter, Rose, Hugh, Monaghan, Nigel T., Campana, Michael G., Bradley, Daniel G., and Edwards, Ceiridwen J. 2012. "Phylogeographic, ancient DNA, fossil and morphometric analyses reveal ancient and modern introductions of a large mammal: the complex case of red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Ireland." Quaternary Science Reviews, 42 74–84.
2012
Oliveira, Hugo R., Campana, Michael G., Jones, Huw, Hunt, Harriet V., Leigh, Fiona, Redhouse, David I., Lister, Diane L., and Jones, Martin K. 2012. "Tetraploid wheat landraces in the Mediterranean basin: taxonomy, evolution and genetic diversity." PloS one, 7, (5).
2012
Bower, M. A., Campana, Michael G., Nisbet, R. E. R., Weller, R., Whitten, M., Edwards, C. J., Stock, F., Barrett, E., O'Connell, T. C., and Hill, E. W. 2012. "Truth in the bones: resolving the identity of the founding elite thoroughbred racehorses." Archaeometry, 54, (5) 916–925.
2012
Campana, Michael G., Hunt, HV, Jones, H., and White, J. 2011. "CorrSieve: software for summarizing and evaluating Structure output." Molecular ecology resources, 11, (2) 349–352.
2011
Hunt, Harriet V., Campana, Michael G., Lawes, Matthew C., Park, Yong‐Jin, Bower, Mim A., Howe, Christopher J., and Jones, Martin K. 2011. "Genetic diversity and phylogeography of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) across Eurasia." Molecular ecology, 20, (22) 4756–4771.
2011
Lei, CZ, Zhang, CM, Weining, S., Campana, Michael G., Bower, MA, Zhang, XM, Liu, L., Lan, XY, and Chen, H. 2011. "Genetic diversity of mitochondrial cytochrome b gene in Chinese native buffalo." Animal Genetics, 42, (4) 432–436.
2011
Bower, MA, Campana, Michael G., Whitten, Mark, Edwards, CJ, Jones, H., Barrett, E., Cassidy, R., Nisbet, RER, Hill, EW, and Howe, CJ. 2011. "The cosmopolitan maternal heritage of the Thoroughbred racehorse breed shows a significant contribution from British and Irish native mares." Biology letters, 7, (2) 316–320.
2011
Campana, Michael G., Bower, Mim A., Bailey, Melanie J., Stock, Frauke, O'Connell, Tamsin C., Edwards, Ceiridwen J., Checkley-Scott, Caroline, Knight, Barry, Spencer, Matthew, and Howe, Christopher J. 2010. "A flock of sheep, goats and cattle: ancient DNA analysis reveals complexities of historical parchment manufacture." Journal of Archaeological Science, 37, (6) 1317–1325.
2010
Campana, Michael G., Whitten, C. Mark, Edwards, Ceiridwen J., Stock, Frauke, Murphy, Angela M., Binns, Matthew M., Barker, Graeme WW, and Bower, Mim A. 2010. "Accurate determination of phenotypic information from historic Thoroughbred horses by single base extension." Plos one, 5, (12).
2010
Bower, Mim A., Campana, Michael G., Checkley‐Scott, Caroline, Knight, Barry, and Howe, Christopher J. 2010. "The potential for extraction and exploitation of DNA from parchment: a review of the opportunities and hurdles." Journal of the Institute of Conservation, 33, (1) 1–11.
2010
Schoenemann, PT, Monge, J., Glotzer, LD, and Campana, Michael G. 2008. "The open research CT scan archive." British Institute of Radiology Newsletter, Spring Issue, 13–15.
2008
Campana, Michael G. 2008. "The use of ancient microsatellites to detect past migrations." Archaeological review from Cambridge, 23, (2) 147–160.
2008
Chapter
Tuross, Noreen and Campana, Michael G. 2018. "Ancient DNA." In The Science of Roman History: Biology, Climate, and the Future of the Past. Sheidel, Walter, editor. 205–223. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
2018
Bower, MA, Campana, Michael G., Downes, CS, Barrett, E., and Nisbet, RER. 2014. "The horse is man's wings: archaeology, genetics and the changing nature of the human-horse relationship in Central and East Asia." In Living in the Landscape: Essays in Honour of Graeme Barker. 235–254. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
2014
Campana, Michael G., Corvelo, André, Shelton, Jennifer, Callicrate, Taylor E., Bunting, Karen L., Riley-Gillis, Bridget, Wos, Frank, DeGrazia, Justin, Jarvis, Erich D., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2023. [Dataset] Annotations for ‘akiapōlā‘au and Hawai‘i ‘amakihi genomes. Distributed by Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.22096610.V2.
2023
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