My main focus is on developing and implementing molecular strategies to study the genetic variability of natural vertebrate populations, their pathogens and associated prey, using invasive samples or environmental DNA. These methods involve the characterisation of nucleic acid sequences, genotypes or gene expression levels of molecular markers, ranging from a few genes up to the genome/transcriptome. They make particular use of high-throughput sequencing technologies and their applications (metabarcoding, 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing, RADseq, Genotyping By Sequencing, RNAseq).

Keywords: Next Generation Sequencing, High-throughput sequencing, PCR, DNA Sequencing, Genotyping, eDNA, Ecology and Evolution, Biodiversity, Rodents, Bats, Population Genetics, Genomics, Microbiome, Pathobiome