Research Team

The Genoscope is investigating the genomics and transcriptomics of plankton community, with particular emphasis on:

• Gene novelty in marine plankton
• Creation of a marine eukaryote gene set through metatranscriptomics.
• Comparative metagenomics of eukaryotes.
• Functional genomics of marine eukaryotes through the creation of an extensive collection of single-cell genomes
• Sequencing metagenomes, metatranscriptomes, and reference single-cell genomes from Tara stations.

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2. Denoeud F, et al., Plasticity of animal genome architecture unmasked by rapid evolution of a pelagic tunicate. Science. 2010 Dec 3;330(6009):1381-5. Epub 2010 Nov 18.
3. Cock JM, et al., The Ectocarpus genome and the independent evolution of multicellularity in brown algae. Nature. 2010 Jun 3;465(7298):617-21.
4. Martin F, et al., Périgord black truffle genome uncovers evolutionary origins and mechanisms of symbiosis. Nature. 2010 Apr 15;464(7291):1033-8. Epub 2010 Mar 28.
5. Denoeud F, et al., Annotating genomes with massive-scale RNA sequencing. Genome Biol. 2008;9(12):R175. Epub 2008 Dec 16.