Sébastien Calvignac‐Spencer

This study uses a Bayesian mixed-effects molecular clock model to analyze HBV genomic data, revealing declining evolutionary rates and linking viral spread to human migration patterns.

The paper reconstructs 3,500 years of sheeppox virus evolution using ancient genomes from archaeological and medieval parchment sources, showing divergence events and gene inactivation.

This study identifies ancient RNA virus genomes in Adelie penguin mummies, revealing viral sequences from specimens up to 2000 years old.

The paper screens great ape museum specimens for DNA viruses, identifying multiple viruses and obtaining near-complete genomes, including high-coverage hepatitis B virus genomes.

This study compares three DNA enrichment methods for ancient pathogen DNA, finding in-solution approaches are most effective and RNA baits outperform DNA baits.

The paper characterizes the genomic diversity of Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue in non-human primates across sub-Saharan Africa, finding geographic clustering of strains rather than host or symptom-based clades.