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François Balloux

December 01, 2023

François Balloux is the director of the UCL Genetics Institute,[1] and a professor of computational biology at University College London.[2]

François Balloux
EducationUniversity of Lausanne
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisGene Flow in Natural Populations: From Panmixia to Speciation (2000)
Websitewww.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/people/francois-balloux

Early life and education edit

Balloux earned a master's degree in 1996 and a doctorate in 2000 from the University of Lausanne. He then completed postdoctoral research at the University of Edinburgh.[2]

Career edit

Balloux was an assistant professor at the University of Cambridge, between 2002 and 2007, before taking a position as an associate professor in infectious disease epidemiology at Imperial College London. In 2012, Balloux became a full professor at University College London.[2]

Research edit

Balloux's research lies at the interface of genomics, epidemiology, evolution and ecology. The main focus of his work is on the reconstruction of disease outbreaks and epidemics of human and wildlife pathogens,[3][4][5] and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.[6][7][8] He has also engaged in research on the emergence and spread of drug resistance in tuberculosis,[9][10] and Gram-negative bacteria,[11][12] and the distribution of zoonotic pathogens in vertebrates.[13]

Balloux participated in curating a dataset of SARS-CoV-2 genetic samples early on in the pandemic.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ UCL (2019-02-08). "UCL Genetics Institute". UCL Division of Biosciences. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  2. ^ a b c "Professor Francois Balloux | UCL Division of Biosciences - UCL - London's Global University". ucl.ac.uk. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  3. ^ Wang, Ruobing; van Dorp, Lucy; Shaw, Liam P.; Bradley, Phelim; Wang, Qi; Wang, Xiaojuan; Jin, Longyang; Zhang, Qing; Liu, Yuqing; Rieux, Adrien; Dorai-Schneiders, Thamarai (2018-03-21). "The global distribution and spread of the mobilized colistin resistance gene mcr-1". Nature Communications. 9 (1): 1179. Bibcode:2018NatCo...9.1179W. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03205-z. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 5862964. PMID 29563494.
  4. ^ O’Hanlon, Simon J.; Rieux, Adrien; Farrer, Rhys A.; Rosa, Gonçalo M.; Waldman, Bruce; Bataille, Arnaud; Kosch, Tiffany A.; Murray, Kris A.; Brankovics, Balázs; Fumagalli, Matteo; Martin, Michael D. (2018-05-11). "Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines". Science. 360 (6389): 621–627. Bibcode:2018Sci...360..621O. doi:10.1126/science.aar1965. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 6311102. PMID 29748278.
  5. ^ Eldholm, Vegard; Pettersson, John H.-O.; Brynildsrud, Ola B.; Kitchen, Andrew; Rasmussen, Erik Michael; Lillebaek, Troels; Rønning, Janne O.; Crudu, Valeriu; Mengshoel, Anne Torunn; Debech, Nadia; Alfsnes, Kristian (2016-11-29). "Armed conflict and population displacement as drivers of the evolution and dispersal of Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113 (48): 13881–13886. doi:10.1073/pnas.1611283113. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5137683. PMID 27872285.
  6. ^ Balloux, Francois; Brønstad Brynildsrud, Ola; van Dorp, Lucy; Shaw, Liam P.; Chen, Hongbin; Harris, Kathryn A.; Wang, Hui; Eldholm, Vegard (2018). "From Theory to Practice: Translating Whole-Genome Sequencing (WGS) into the Clinic". Trends in Microbiology. 26 (12): 1035–1048. doi:10.1016/j.tim.2018.08.004. PMC 6249990. PMID 30193960.
  7. ^ Shaw, Liam P.; Bassam, Hassan; Barnes, Chris P.; Walker, A. Sarah; Klein, Nigel; Balloux, Francois (2019). "Modelling microbiome recovery after antibiotics using a stability landscape framework". The ISME Journal. 13 (7): 1845–1856. doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0392-1. ISSN 1751-7370. PMC 6591120. PMID 30877283.
  8. ^ Eldholm, Vegard; Rieux, Adrien; Monteserin, Johana; Lopez, Julia Montana; Palmero, Domingo; Lopez, Beatriz; Ritacco, Viviana; Didelot, Xavier; Balloux, Francois (2016-08-09). Jit, Mark (ed.). "Impact of HIV co-infection on the evolution and transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis". eLife. 5: e16644. doi:10.7554/eLife.16644. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 4978521. PMID 27502557.
  9. ^ Eldholm, Vegard; Monteserin, Johana; Rieux, Adrien; Lopez, Beatriz; Sobkowiak, Benjamin; Ritacco, Viviana; Balloux, Francois (November 2015). "Four decades of transmission of a multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreak strain". Nature Communications. 6 (1): 7119. Bibcode:2015NatCo...6.7119E. doi:10.1038/ncomms8119. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 4432642. PMID 25960343.
  10. ^ Eldholm, Vegard; Rieux, Adrien; Monteserin, Johana; Lopez, Julia Montana; Palmero, Domingo; Lopez, Beatriz; Ritacco, Viviana; Didelot, Xavier; Balloux, Francois (2016-08-09). "Impact of HIV co-infection on the evolution and transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis". eLife. 5: e16644. doi:10.7554/eLife.16644. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 4978521. PMID 27502557.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  11. ^ Wang, Ruobing; van Dorp, Lucy; Shaw, Liam P.; Bradley, Phelim; Wang, Qi; Wang, Xiaojuan; Jin, Longyang; Zhang, Qing; Liu, Yuqing; Rieux, Adrien; Dorai-Schneiders, Thamarai (December 2018). "The global distribution and spread of the mobilized colistin resistance gene mcr-1". Nature Communications. 9 (1): 1179. Bibcode:2018NatCo...9.1179W. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03205-z. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 5862964. PMID 29563494.
  12. ^ Acman, Mislav; van Dorp, Lucy; Santini, Joanne M.; Balloux, Francois (December 2020). "Large-scale network analysis captures biological features of bacterial plasmids". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 2452. Bibcode:2020NatCo..11.2452A. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16282-w. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 7229196. PMID 32415210.
  13. ^ Shaw, Liam P.; Wang, Alethea D.; Dylus, David; Meier, Magda; Pogacnik, Grega; Dessimoz, Christophe; Balloux, François (2020). "The phylogenetic range of bacterial and viral pathogens of vertebrates". Molecular Ecology. 29 (17): 3361–3379. doi:10.1111/mec.15463. ISSN 1365-294X. PMID 32390272. S2CID 218586409.
  14. ^ van Dorp, Lucy; Acman, Mislav; Richard, Damien; Shaw, Liam P.; Ford, Charlotte E.; Ormond, Louise; Owen, Christopher J.; Pang, Juanita; Tan, Cedric C. S.; Boshier, Florencia A. T.; Ortiz, Arturo Torres; Balloux, François (2020-09-01). "Emergence of genomic diversity and recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 83: 104351. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104351. ISSN 1567-1348. PMC 7199730. PMID 32387564.

External links edit

  • Official website

December 01, 2023
françois, balloux, director, genetics, institute, professor, computational, biology, university, college, london, educationuniversity, lausannescientific, careerfieldscomputational, systems, biologyinfectious, disease, epidemiologygeneticsinstitutionsuniversit. Francois Balloux is the director of the UCL Genetics Institute 1 and a professor of computational biology at University College London 2 Francois BallouxEducationUniversity of LausanneScientific careerFieldsComputational systems biologyInfectious disease epidemiologyGeneticsInstitutionsUniversity College LondonImperial College LondonUniversity of CambridgeThesisGene Flow in Natural Populations From Panmixia to Speciation 2000 Websitewww wbr ucl wbr ac wbr uk wbr biosciences wbr people wbr francois balloux Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Research 3 References 4 External linksEarly life and education editBalloux earned a master s degree in 1996 and a doctorate in 2000 from the University of Lausanne He then completed postdoctoral research at the University of Edinburgh 2 Career editBalloux was an assistant professor at the University of Cambridge between 2002 and 2007 before taking a position as an associate professor in infectious disease epidemiology at Imperial College London In 2012 Balloux became a full professor at University College London 2 Research edit Balloux s research lies at the interface of genomics epidemiology evolution and ecology The main focus of his work is on the reconstruction of disease outbreaks and epidemics of human and wildlife pathogens 3 4 5 and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance 6 7 8 He has also engaged in research on the emergence and spread of drug resistance in tuberculosis 9 10 and Gram negative bacteria 11 12 and the distribution of zoonotic pathogens in vertebrates 13 Balloux participated in curating a dataset of SARS CoV 2 genetic samples early on in the pandemic 14 References edit UCL 2019 02 08 UCL Genetics Institute UCL Division of Biosciences Retrieved 2020 04 07 a b c Professor Francois Balloux UCL Division of Biosciences UCL London s Global University ucl ac uk 13 February 2019 Retrieved 2020 03 15 Wang Ruobing van Dorp Lucy Shaw Liam P Bradley Phelim Wang Qi Wang Xiaojuan Jin Longyang Zhang Qing Liu Yuqing Rieux Adrien Dorai Schneiders Thamarai 2018 03 21 The global distribution and spread of the mobilized colistin resistance gene mcr 1 Nature Communications 9 1 1179 Bibcode 2018NatCo 9 1179W doi 10 1038 s41467 018 03205 z ISSN 2041 1723 PMC 5862964 PMID 29563494 O Hanlon Simon J Rieux Adrien Farrer Rhys A Rosa Goncalo M Waldman Bruce Bataille Arnaud Kosch Tiffany A Murray Kris A Brankovics Balazs Fumagalli Matteo Martin Michael D 2018 05 11 Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines Science 360 6389 621 627 Bibcode 2018Sci 360 621O doi 10 1126 science aar1965 ISSN 0036 8075 PMC 6311102 PMID 29748278 Eldholm Vegard Pettersson John H O Brynildsrud Ola B Kitchen Andrew Rasmussen Erik Michael Lillebaek Troels Ronning Janne O Crudu Valeriu Mengshoel Anne Torunn Debech Nadia Alfsnes Kristian 2016 11 29 Armed conflict and population displacement as drivers of the evolution and dispersal of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 48 13881 13886 doi 10 1073 pnas 1611283113 ISSN 0027 8424 PMC 5137683 PMID 27872285 Balloux Francois Bronstad Brynildsrud Ola van Dorp Lucy Shaw Liam P Chen Hongbin Harris Kathryn A Wang Hui Eldholm Vegard 2018 From Theory to Practice Translating Whole Genome Sequencing WGS into the Clinic Trends in Microbiology 26 12 1035 1048 doi 10 1016 j tim 2018 08 004 PMC 6249990 PMID 30193960 Shaw Liam P Bassam Hassan Barnes Chris P Walker A Sarah Klein Nigel Balloux Francois 2019 Modelling microbiome recovery after antibiotics using a stability landscape framework The ISME Journal 13 7 1845 1856 doi 10 1038 s41396 019 0392 1 ISSN 1751 7370 PMC 6591120 PMID 30877283 Eldholm Vegard Rieux Adrien Monteserin Johana Lopez Julia Montana Palmero Domingo Lopez Beatriz Ritacco Viviana Didelot Xavier Balloux Francois 2016 08 09 Jit Mark ed Impact of HIV co infection on the evolution and transmission of multidrug resistant tuberculosis eLife 5 e16644 doi 10 7554 eLife 16644 ISSN 2050 084X PMC 4978521 PMID 27502557 Eldholm Vegard Monteserin Johana Rieux Adrien Lopez Beatriz Sobkowiak Benjamin Ritacco Viviana Balloux Francois November 2015 Four decades of transmission of a multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreak strain Nature Communications 6 1 7119 Bibcode 2015NatCo 6 7119E doi 10 1038 ncomms8119 ISSN 2041 1723 PMC 4432642 PMID 25960343 Eldholm Vegard Rieux Adrien Monteserin Johana Lopez Julia Montana Palmero Domingo Lopez Beatriz Ritacco Viviana Didelot Xavier Balloux Francois 2016 08 09 Impact of HIV co infection on the evolution and transmission of multidrug resistant tuberculosis eLife 5 e16644 doi 10 7554 eLife 16644 ISSN 2050 084X PMC 4978521 PMID 27502557 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint unflagged free DOI link Wang Ruobing van Dorp Lucy Shaw Liam P Bradley Phelim Wang Qi Wang Xiaojuan Jin Longyang Zhang Qing Liu Yuqing Rieux Adrien Dorai Schneiders Thamarai December 2018 The global distribution and spread of the mobilized colistin resistance gene mcr 1 Nature Communications 9 1 1179 Bibcode 2018NatCo 9 1179W doi 10 1038 s41467 018 03205 z ISSN 2041 1723 PMC 5862964 PMID 29563494 Acman Mislav van Dorp Lucy Santini Joanne M Balloux Francois December 2020 Large scale network analysis captures biological features of bacterial plasmids Nature Communications 11 1 2452 Bibcode 2020NatCo 11 2452A doi 10 1038 s41467 020 16282 w ISSN 2041 1723 PMC 7229196 PMID 32415210 Shaw Liam P Wang Alethea D Dylus David Meier Magda Pogacnik Grega Dessimoz Christophe Balloux Francois 2020 The phylogenetic range of bacterial and viral pathogens of vertebrates Molecular Ecology 29 17 3361 3379 doi 10 1111 mec 15463 ISSN 1365 294X PMID 32390272 S2CID 218586409 van Dorp Lucy Acman Mislav Richard Damien Shaw Liam P Ford Charlotte E Ormond Louise Owen Christopher J Pang Juanita Tan Cedric C S Boshier Florencia A T Ortiz Arturo Torres Balloux Francois 2020 09 01 Emergence of genomic diversity and recurrent mutations in SARS CoV 2 Infection Genetics and Evolution 83 104351 doi 10 1016 j meegid 2020 104351 ISSN 1567 1348 PMC 7199730 PMID 32387564 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Francois Balloux amp oldid 1170808594, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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