Projects

Phylogenomics of Culicomorpha

Origins of hematophagy in dipterans

Sensory gene families evolution in mosquitoes

Single-cell RNA-seq and ATAC-seq on mousquito's brain

Swarming behaviour in Aedes aegypti

RNA-seq whole head swarming vs. non-swarming males, clock implications in the control of mating

Co-evolution of wing colour pattern and vision in butterflies

Study of vision in butterflies

Collaborators: Violaine Llaurens (CNRS/MNHN), Vincent Debat (MNHN)

Vision in mosquitoes

Molecular investigation of sexual dimorphism in visual pigments using Anopheles gambiae

Genome sequencing non-biting mosquitoes

High quality genome assembly of the non-biting mosquito species Wyeomyia smithii and Toxorhynchites brevipalpis

Collaborators: Christina Holzapfel (University of Oregon), William Bradshaw (University of Oregon), Patricia Aiyenuro (LSHTM)

Phylogeny Perisphaerus genus (Blaberidae, Perisphaerinae)

Collaborators: Fréderic Legendre (MNHN)