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At the interface between biology and computer science, our laboratory seeks to better understand evolutionary and functional relationships between genes, genomes, and species.

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2020

A putative origin of insect chemosensory receptors in the last common eukaryotic ancestor

Benton R., Dessimoz C., Moi D., 2020/08/24. bioRxiv.

[DOI][serval:BIB_C2A3842B891D]

New genome assembly of the barn owl (Tyto alba alba).

Ducrest A.L., Neuenschwander S., Schmid-Siegert E., Pagni M., Train C., Dylus D., Nevers Y., Warwick Vesztrocy A., San-Jose L.M., Dupasquier M. et al., 2020/03. Ecology and evolution, 10 (5) pp. 2284-2298. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_83891497D9E8]

Genomic encryption of digital data stored in synthetic DNA.

Grass R.N., Heckel R., Dessimoz C., Stark W.J., 2020/02/21..

[DOI][Pmid][serval:BIB_43671755DDDE]

Identifying orthologs with OMA: A primer.

Zahn-Zabal M., Dessimoz C., Glover N.M., 2020. F1000Research, 9 p. 27. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][Pmid][serval:BIB_B7D7E8705809]

2019

Structural variant calling: the long and the short of it.

Mahmoud M., Gobet N., Cruz-Dávalos D.I., Mounier N., Dessimoz C., Sedlazeck F.J., 2019/11/20. Genome biology, 20 (1) p. 246. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][Pmid][serval:BIB_2D7AE4E0971F]

A hands-on introduction to querying evolutionary relationships across multiple data sources using SPARQL

Sima Ana Claudia, Dessimoz Christophe, Stockinger Kurt, Zahn-Zabal Monique, Mendes de Farias Tarcisio, 2019/10/29. F1000Research, 8 p. 1822. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][Pmid][serval:BIB_EF5C14AC5C45]

Advances and Applications in the Quest for Orthologs.

Glover N., Dessimoz C., Ebersberger I., Forslund S.K., Gabaldón T., Huerta-Cepas J., Martin M.J., Muffato M., Patricio M., Pereira C. et al., 2019/10/01. Molecular biology and evolution, 36 (10) pp. 2157-2164. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_A36FE75880A9]

iHam and pyHam: visualizing and processing hierarchical orthologous groups.

Train C.M., Pignatelli M., Altenhoff A., Dessimoz C., 2019/07/15. Bioinformatics, 35 (14) pp. 2504-2506. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_8E5F2D47F9B1]

OMA standalone: orthology inference among public and custom genomes and transcriptomes.

Altenhoff A.M., Levy J., Zarowiecki M., Tomiczek B., Warwick Vesztrocy A., Dalquen D.A., Müller S., Telford M.J., Glover N.M., Dylus D. et al., 2019/07. Genome research, 29 (7) pp. 1152-1163. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_D405BD0232C3]

Mitigating Anticipated Effects of Systematic Errors Supports Sister-Group Relationship between Xenacoelomorpha and Ambulacraria.

Philippe H., Poustka A.J., Chiodin M., Hoff K.J., Dessimoz C., Tomiczek B., Schiffer P.H., Müller S., Domman D., Horn M. et al., 2019/06/03. Current biology, 29 (11) pp. 1818-1826.e6. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_43B8702FAD67]

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Phylogenetic approaches to identifying fragments of the same gene, with application to the wheat genome.

Piližota I., Train C.M., Altenhoff A., Redestig H., Dessimoz C., 2019/04/01. Bioinformatics, 35 (7) pp. 1159-1166. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_6469004280EE]

Enabling semantic queries across federated bioinformatics databases.

Sima A.C., Mendes de Farias T., Zbinden E., Anisimova M., Gil M., Stockinger H., Stockinger K., Robinson-Rechavi M., Dessimoz C., 2019/01/01. Database, 2019. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][Pmid][serval:BIB_ED991CD0F569]

Inferring Orthology and Paralogy.

Altenhoff A.M., Glover N.M., Dessimoz C., 2019. Methods in molecular biology, 1910 pp. 149-175. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][Pmid][serval:BIB_062874BB14CB]

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Assigning confidence scores to homoeologs using fuzzy logic.

Glover N.M., Altenhoff A., Dessimoz C., 2019. PeerJ, 6 pp. e6231. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_D4984F5E8391]

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Expanding the Orthologous Matrix (OMA) programmatic interfaces: REST API and the OmaDB packages for R and Python.

Kaleb K., Vesztrocy A.W., Altenhoff A., Dessimoz C., 2019. F1000Research, 8 p. 42. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][Pmid][serval:BIB_DA9EB0198996]

VoIDext: Vocabulary and Patterns for Enhancing Interoperable Datasets with Virtual Links

Mendes de Farias Tarcisio, Stockinger Kurt, Dessimoz Christophe, 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science pp. 607-625. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][serval:BIB_B5FCAC161AA9]

Semantic Integration and Enrichment of Heterogeneous Biological Databases.

Sima A.C., Stockinger K., de Farias T.M., Gil M., 2019. Methods in molecular biology, 1910 pp. 655-690. Peer-reviewed.

[DOI][Pmid][serval:BIB_3D396F44C44D]

2018

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RecPhyloXML: a format for reconciled gene trees.

Duchemin W., Gence G., Arigon Chifolleau A.M., Arvestad L., Bansal M.S., Berry V., Boussau B., Chevenet F., Comte N., Davín A.A. et al., 2018/11/01. Bioinformatics, 34 (21) pp. 3646-3652. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_F6316B688D65]

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Prioritising candidate genes causing QTL using hierarchical orthologous groups.

Warwick Vesztrocy A., Dessimoz C., Redestig H., 2018/09/01. Bioinformatics, 34 (17) pp. i612-i619. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_6DAC1269D35C]

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The OMA orthology database in 2018: retrieving evolutionary relationships among all domains of life through richer web and programmatic interfaces.

Altenhoff A.M., Glover N.M., Train C.M., Kaleb K., Warwick Vesztrocy A., Dylus D., de Farias T.M., Zile K., Stevenson C., Long J. et al., 2018/01/04. Nucleic acids research, 46 (D1) pp. D477-D485. Peer-reviewed.

[URN][DOI][WoS][Pmid][serval:BIB_FC0F04688D1D]

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Phd thesis

Publications (1)

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Progressive Multiple Sequence Alignment with Indel Evolution

Maiolo Massimo, 2019., Université de Lausanne, Faculté de biologie et médecine, Dessimoz Christophe (dir.).

[URN][serval:BIB_D24577D3A885]

Group members

Group leader

Prof. Christophe Dessimoz

Staff & postdocs

Dr. Adrian Altenhoff, OMA Project Manager (based at ETH Zurich)
Dr. Tugce Bilgin Sonay
Dr. David Dylus (based on University of Lausanne)
Dr. Natasha Glover (based on University of Lausanne)
Dr. Tarcisio Mendes De Farias
Dr. Leornado De Oliveira (based on University of Lausanne)
Dr. Nives Škunca (based at ETH Zurich)

PhD students

Kevin Gori (based at EMBL-EBI, co-supervised by Dr. Nick Goldman)
Jessica Joaquim
Jeremy Levy, CoMPLEX student (based at UCL, co-supervised by Prof. Max Telford)
Steven Müller (based at UCL, co-supervised by Prof. Max Telford)
Ivana Piližota, Impact student (based at UCL, co-supervised by Dr. Henning Redestig, Bayer CropScience)
Bartlomiej Tomiczek (based at UCL, co-supervised by Prof. Max Telford)
Clément Train
Tom Watkins (based at Crick, co-supervised by Prof. Charles Swanton, CRUK)

Interns & project students

Abraham Olaoye, CS summer intern
Oscar Robinson, CS summer intern
Jan Koch, Erasmus student
Clément-Marie Train, MSc project student

External collaborators

Raphaëlle Luisier

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christophe.dessimoz[@]unil.ch

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