Emeline Favreau
Post-doctoral Bioinformatics Researcher
Former lab member
Emeline has now started working as a Bioinformatician in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge, working on the INTREPID project exploring molecular data from Primary Immunodeficient patients.
Position: Post-doctoral Bioinformatics Researcher (November 2019 – May 2022)
Project: The molecular basis of social evolution in wasps and bees
Research interests: My major research aim is to investigate the molecular basis of sociality from a comparative molecular viewpoint. Using multiple high-quality genomes, transcriptomes and captured chromatin conformation of different wasp and bee species, we can explore the evolution of sociality across lineages. This project is an international collaboration with PIs Amy Toth and Sandra Rehan, and postdocs Katie Geist and Chris Wyatt.
Background/Biography
- 2019–present: Post-doctoral Researcher, University College London
- 2015–2019: PhD in ant genomics, Queen Mary University of London (NERC DTP)
- 2013–2014: MRes Biosystematics, Imperial College London & Natural History Museum, London
- 2008–2011: BSc Environmental Sciences, Oxford Brookes University (1st Class Hons.)
Publications
- Wyatt, C., Bentley, M., Taylor, D., Favreau, E., Brock, R., Taylor, B., Bell, E., Leadbeater, E., and Sumner, S. Social complexity, life-history and lineage influence the molecular basis of caste in a major transition in evolution. bioRxiv (2021).
- Priyam, A., Woodcroft, B.J., Rai, V., Moghul, I., Munagala, A., Ter, F., et al., Favreau, E., et al., Wurm, Y. (2019) Sequenceserver: a modern graphical user interface for custom BLAST databases. Molecular Biology and Evolution.
- Linard, B., Crampton-Platt, A., Moriniere, J., Timmermans, M.J.T.M., Andújar, C., Arribas, P., Miller, K.E., Lipecki, J., Favreau, E., et al., Vogler, A.P. (2018) The contribution of mitochondrial metagenomics to large-scale data mining and phylogenetic analysis of Coleoptera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 128: 1-11.
- Favreau, E., Martínez-Ruiz, C., Rodrigues Santiago, L., Hammond, R.L. and Wurm, Y. (2018) Genes and genomic processes underpinning the social lives of ants. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 26:451-479.
- Lyal, C.H.C. and Favreau, E. (2015) The rectal valve in Curculionoidea and other Coleoptera (Insecta). Zootaxa. 3926(4):451-479.
Contact: emeline.favreau.15@ucl.ac.uk