Carole SALIBA

Chargé de Cours

كُلِّيـة العُلـوم

+961 (1) 421 000 carole.saliba1@usj.edu.lb

My name is Carole Saliba, born on May 21, 1994, and I am a Lebanese researcher specialized in the genomic characterization of plants. With five years of experience as a laboratory manager and research assistant in the laboratory directed by Professor Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, I have acquired expertise in managing, organizing, designing, and carrying out molecular experiments, as well as in writing expert reports. To date, I have published ten scientific articles. I currently work on the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL), as part of the BIOSCAN phase. This collaborative project aims to shed light on Lebanese biodiversity by identifying and mapping species of plants, fungi, and animals (insects, mammals, and birds) through the 'Barcoding' technique. In this context, four Malaise traps were installed, making it possible to detect and code unique insect species in Lebanon for the first time. I also participate in the LIFEPLAN project, which addresses the crucial question of the structure of ecological communities and the interactions between species. This project aims to generate and interpret massive ecological data, unifying key expertise in the fields of community ecology, automated species recognition, and Bayesian statistics.

المنشورات والمداخلات

Saliba, C., Boukhdoud, L., Parker, L.D., Rotzel McInerney, N., Ishak Mouawad, G., Kharrat, M., Kahale, R., Chahine, T., Maldonado, J.E. Bou Dagher-Kharrat, M., 2020. First DNA sequence reference library for mammals and plants of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Genome, 64(1), pp.39-49. DOI: 10.1139/gen-2019-0194 Boukhdoud L, Saliba C, Parker LD, McInerney NR, Kahale R, Saliba I, Maldonado JE, Kharrat MBD (2021). Using DNA metabarcoding to decipher the diet plant component of mammals from the Eastern Mediterranean region. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 5: e70107. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.5.70107