Current members

Dhara Avelino, PhD candidate (Brazil fellow/2024-).
« Unveiling the Microbial Potential of Sponges with High and Low Microbial Abundance: A Comparative Analysis of Adaptation, Biotechnology, Pharmacology, and Antibiotic Resistance ». Co-supervised by Diogo Antonio Tschoeke and Eduardo Carlos Meduna Hadju
Keywords: Metagenomics, TE, Evolution, adaptation

Capucine Mayoud, PhD candidate (ED GAIA / 2024-).
« Pangenomic exploration to study the dynamics of transposable elements and their impact on human evolution ».
Keywords: TE, pangenome, evolution, human

Alba Marino, PhD candidate (ED GAIA / 2020-).
« Genome size estimation and quantification of transposable elements dynamics ». Co-supervised with Benoit Nabholz (ISEM) and Annabelle Haudry (LBBE).
Keywords: Genome size, Ne, TE, population genomics.

Meron Tsegaye, Master 2 Student – Eco-Epi/IDL
« Investigation of the genomes of Aedes aegypti mosquito from the West Indies » Co-supervised with Emmanuelle Permal and David Couvin
Keywords: Sequencing, bioinformatics, pangenomics
Titouan Le Perrun, Master 2 Student – B2E/Darwin program.
« Impact of genome-wide variations and TEs in mosquitoes using pangenomics approaches » Co-supervised with Michael Fontaine.
Keywords: TE, structural variant, pangenomics, adaptation.
Laureline Sastre, Master 2 Student – B2E/Darwin program.
« Study of DNA epigenetic modifications involved in the evolution of genera Pseudogymnoascus: role in the repression of transposable elements » Co-supervised with Sébastien Puechmaille.
Keywords: TE, structural variant, methylation.

Hugo Bellavoir, Master 2 Student – Bioinformatics program.
« Detection of inversions to characterise the architecture and variability of the pangenome of the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans ». Co-supervised with Sébastien Puechmaille and Sèverine Bérard.
Keywords: long-reads, evolution, pangenomics, inversions, TE.
VISITING RESEARCHER
Pleuni Pennings, Professor – Department of Biology, San Franscisco State University, USA – PI of the Code lab
Evolutionary Biologist working on Evolution of drug resistance in HIV and Bacteria.
Former members
- Océane Mion, M2 student – Master Qbio.
- Shadi Yacoub, M2 student – MEME program.
- Clothilde Chenal, PhD candidate (ED GAIA / 2019-2023), Post-Doc @ Sanger.
- Elyes Braham, Master student, Master 2 Bioinformatique.
- Marion Varoqui, Master student, currently PhD candidate at IGH of Montpellier.
- Ambre Petit, Master student, Master 1 Bioinformatique.
- Imogen Dumville, Master student, Master 2 Meme.
- Yasmine Mansour, PhD candidate (ED I2S – 2017-2021), Assistant professor class B at the University Farhat Abbas Sétif 1 (UFAS).
- Fanny Touchard, Master student, M2 B2E – Darwin, currently PhD candidate.
- Emira Cherif, Post-doc, currently Researcher at Morfo.
- Jean-Loup Claret, Master student, M2 B2E – Darwin, currently PhD candidate.
- Julien Denozi, Master student, M1 BCD/EMA.
- Edouard Delanoé, Master student, M1 BCD/EMA, currently PhD candidate at the University of Calgary.
- Rémy Costa – Master Student, M1 BCD, currently PhD candidate at IGH of Montpellier.
- Livia Langevin – Undergraduate Student.
- Mickael Hamouma – Master Student, M1 BCD, currently computer science.
- Laura Helou – Master Student, M2 BCD, currently Researcher at the University Hospital of Liège.
- Bridlin Barckmann, Post-doc, currently Bioinformatics engineer at the University Hospital of Montpellier.
- Pascal Milesi*, EVAS-ISEM PhD candidate – defense in 2016, currently Assistant Professor at Uppsala University.
- Benoit Assosgba*, EVAS-ISEM PhD candidate – defense in 2016, currently Post-doc at Abomey-Calavi University, Gambia, since 2017.
- Quentin Testard, Master Student, M1 BCD, currently Bioinformatics engineer at the University Hospital of Grenoble.
- Timothée Virgoulay, Undergraduate Student, PhD.
- Nicolas Pompidor, Undergraduate Student, PhD. Currently bioinformatics project manager at Vilmorin-Mikado.
- Rajiv McCoy, Stanford PhD Student – currently Assistant Professor @ The Johns Hopkins University.
- Emilie Dumas*, EVAS-ISEM PhD student – defense in 2013.
- Dave Tushar, Undergraduate Student.
- Mauricio Barentos, Undergraduate Student.
- Lokitha Vippala, Undergraduate Student.
- Maité Barrón, Barbadilla lab PhD student- visiting Petrov Lab, PhD.
- Matthew Carrigan, Undergraduate Student.
(*) Bioinformatic introduction training only.