Researcher
Functional genomics of marine organisms IFREMER, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Trained marine biologist specialized in next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis to promote sustainable aquaculture and to address ecological questions.
As a researcher at IFREMER my researches focuses on understanding the impact of evolutionary and contemporary forces that shape species distribution, populations connectivity and individuals phenotype through adaptation and acclimation processes.
As a member of Louis Bernatchez’s lab, I collaborated with partners in British Columbia to identify genomic signatures of domestication in farmed Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) within the EPIC4 project (Enhancing Production in Coho: Culture, Community, Catch). A search for these selection signatures may help to unravel the genetic factors and mechanisms involved in biological and production traits of interest, because these regions may have functional and or adaptive relevance underlying their selection. Coho Salmon is an excellent model for studying the effects of early selection and the domestication process, a very recent event in their evolutionary history.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
II Joint Congress of Evolution
Montpellier, August 2018
Evolution2018
Symposium "Epigenetics and adaptation S48"
RESEARCH IN THE NEWS
Hakai magazine
December 2017
Hatchery Fish Often Fail in the Wild. Now We Might Know Why
Wild salmon are struggling to get their groove back. Along North America’s Pacific coast, salmon populations—already hit by overfishing—have been forced to dodge...
Télé-Québec
Le Code chastenay. Emission 118
Une moulée pour rendre les truites d'élevage moins polluantes.
Les filets de truite qu'on achète au supermarché sont majoritairement issus de l'aquaculture, c'est-à-dire qu'elles sont élevées dans de grands bassins d'eau et nourries de moulée...