Jean‐Philippe Vernadet

This study compares genomic adaptations of cheese-associated Nectriaceae fungi, revealing contrasting evolutionary paths involving gene family expansions, reductions, and horizontal gene transfer.

The paper identifies a new Penicillium biforme lineage, cheesy, selected for food fermentation, with genetic and phenotypic differences from P. camemberti and traits advantageous for cheesemaking.

This study investigates the role of Starships, large horizontal gene transfers, in domesticated and pathogenic fungi, finding increased Starship content in strains from human-associated environments.

The paper identifies a non-recombining genomic region in the invasive fungus Cryphonectria parasitica linked to the mating-type locus, showing balanced haplotype segregation and potential adaptation through mobile elements.

This study analyzes whole-genome data from 98 Geotrichum candidum strains to show domestication led to genetic and phenotypic differentiation in cheese-making strains.

The paper introduces TOP, a pipeline to determine transcription orientation of sequences using RNA-Seq data, validated on CRISPR repeats and small RNAs in Staphylococcus aureus.