Gwenaël Piganeau

Domaine d’expertise

Evolutionary and Environmental Genomics

Bioinformatics

Population Genomics

Fonction et rattachement

2013-present: GENOPHY Group leader, CNRS Research Fellow, Banyuls sur mer, France.

2010- 2012: Marie Curie Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, Sussex University, UK.

2005- 2010: CNRS Research Fellow, Banyuls sur mer, France.

2001-2004: Post-doctoral Research Fellow (FEBS), Center for the Study of Evolution. Sussex University. UK.

1998-2001: PhD student. University Lyon1, France.

1994-1998- Master, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France.

Publications

Selected Publications

G. Piganeau. A planktonic picoeukaryote makes big changes to the green lineage. (2020) Nat Ecol Evol ; 4(9):1160:1161.

Yau S, Krasovec M, Benites LF, Rombauts S, Groussin M, Vancaester E, Aury JM, Derelle E, Desdevises Y, Escande ML, Grimsley N, Guy J, Moreau H, Sanchez-Brosseau S, van de Peer Y, Vandepoele K, Gourbiere S, G Piganeau (2020) Virus-host coexistence in phytoplankton through the genomic lens. Sci Adv.;6(14):eaay2587.

Leconte J, LF Benites, T Vannier, P Wincker, G Piganeau*, O. Jaillon (2020) Genome resolved biogeography of Mamiellales. Genes11(1):66

Marcellin-Gros R, Piganeau G*, Stien D. (2020) Metabolomic Insights into Marine Phytoplankton diversity. Mar Drugs. 18(2):78.

Krasovec M, Vancaester E, Rombauts S, Bucchini F, Yau S, Hemon C, Lebredonchel H, Grimsley N, Moreau H, Sanchez-Brosseau S, Vandepoele K, G Piganeau. (2018) Genome Analyses of the Microalga Picochlorum Provide Insights into the Evolution of Thermotolerance in the Green Lineage. Genome Biol Evol. 10(9):2347-2365.

Blanc-Mathieu, R., Krasovec, M., Hebrard, M., Yau, S., Desgranges, E., Martin, J., Schackwitz, W., Kuo, A., Salin, G., Donnadieu, C Desdevises Y, Sanchez-Ferandin S, Moreau H, Rivals E, Grigoriev IV, Grimsley N, Eyre-Walker A, G Piganeau. (2017). Population genomics of picophytoplankton unveils novel chromosome hypervariability. Sci Adv. 5;3(7):e1700239.

Complete publication list

Diplômes français et étrangers

2012 : Habilitation thesis "Genomic insights into the smallest photosynthetic eukaryotes".

2001 : PhD "Analysis and modeling genomic base composition".

1998 : Agrégation des Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, spécialité Biologie Végétale.

Clubs, sociétés savantes et associations

Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution

European Society of Phycology

GDR Approches Interdisciplinaires de l'Evolution Moléculaire