Ecological genomics of coevolution Network (ESEB-STN)
RESEARCH AND MEMBERS
Ecological genomics of coevolution
GENOMICS OF ADAPTATION OF PLANT-SYMBIONT INTERACTIONS
The lab of Amandine Cornille uses combinations of various approaches (laboratory experiments, field work, modeling, molecular biology, population genetics and genomics) for contributing to our understanding of plant diversity and of how plants, and their associated symbionts (parasites, mutualists), evolve and adapt to their environment.
EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS OF PATHOGENS
The lab of Daniel Croll wants to understand how pathogens evolve to cause disease on plants. For this, we analyze populations of major crop pathogens and identify how host resistance mechanisms were circumvented, what processes are governing rapid adaptation and how the structure of the pathogen genome can influence the trajectory of individual genes. In our work, we combine field work with experiments in the lab and (a lot) of genome-scale analyses.
TELLIER LAB
The Tellier lab focuses on developing population genomics theory and statistical inference methods using full genome data to study 1) coevolution between hosts (incl. humans) and their parasites, and 2) plant evolution under seed banking (dormancy). We aim to build theory and methods (Bayesian, Hidden Markov Models, Deep Learning) which use jointly host and parasite data to draw inference of the coevolutionary parameters in order to understand the stability and dynamics of coevolution.
STUKENBROCK LAB
Research in the group of Eva Stukenbrock focuses on different aspects of fungal evolution. A primary focus is the impact of agricultural environments on evolutionary processes in plant pathogenic fungi and plant-associated microbes. The group thereby integrates field sampling with experimental, molecular and computational approaches to understand genetic and functional diversity in fungal populations.
TIFFIN LAB
TBA
EBERT LAB
The main focus of our research are the evolution, genomics and ecology
of host-parasite interactions. Research topics include local adaptation,
coevolution, evolution in metapopulations, the evolution of sex, genome evolution, trait mapping and genetic/genomic architecture. In the last
years we developed a Diversity Panel of the crustacean Daphnia magna
with the aim to understand species wide patterns of genomic and
phenotypic diversity.