What we do
The group is active in the fields of comparative genomics and shotgun metagenomics. We study molecular evolution, develop approaches to genomics data analyses, and implement computational pipelines. We apply evolutionary models to digest sequencing data, and revise these models using the novel data. We study functional genomic elements on the basis of sequence variability among different species and within populations. Our interests range from arthropod genomics, including invertebrate vectors of human pathogens, to the evolution of viruses and clinical microbiology.
The group develops the OrthoDB tool.
Main publications 2019
- Seppey M et al.
LEMMI: A continuous benchmarking platform for metagenomics classifiers
bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/507731 - Manni M et al.
The genome of the blind soil-dwelling and ancestrally wingless dipluran Campodea augens, a key reference hexapod for studying the emergence of insect innovations
Genome Biol Evol, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz260 - Rands CM et al.
Comparative genomics groups phages of Negativicutes and classical Firmicutes despite different Gram-staining properties
Environ Microbiol, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14746
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