BIGRE seminars

Local and nationals speakers are invited to give talk on computational biology covering subject from computational biology, bioinformatics, biostastics, and biophysics.

Seminars are held in the IMAG auditorium (150 Pl. du Torrent, 38400 Saint-Martin-d’Hères).

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2025-2026 seminars

[Evolutionary biology] Forward-in-time simulation of chromosomal rearrangements:The invisible backbone that sustains long-term adaptation
Guillaume Beslon (INSA-Lyon, INRIA) 11/09/2025 - 13:30 IMAG Auditorium

[Bioinformatics] Vue d'ensemble de la diversité du travail d'IR en plateforme : analyse, formation, facturation !
Clémentine Décamps (CRCT) 25/09/2025 - 13:00 IMAG Seminaire 2

[Evolutionary biology] From genome annotation to the origins of new functions: the case of quinone biosynthetic pathways
Sophie Abby (TIMC - Grenoble) 16/10/2025 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Evolutionary biology] Etude de la distribution des séquences d'insertion dans les génomes procaryotes sous le prisme de l'écologie des transposons.
Flora Gaudilliere (PhD defense) (TIMC - Grenoble) 06/11/2025 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Evolutionary biology] Microbial evolution: from ecological interactions to developmental programs
Enrico Sandro Colizzi (Inria - Lyon) 20/11/2025 - 13:00 IMAG Salle de Réunion

[Bioinformatics] The ELIXIR Service Network for Bioinformatics Software Tools
Hervé Menager (Institut Pasteur - Paris) 04/12/2025 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Modeling] Changement climatique et santé de l’enfant: de la modélisation de l’exposition à l’impact sur le développement de l’enfant en passant par les mécanismes épigénétiques.
Johanna Lepeule (IAB - Grenoble) 18/12/2025 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Biostatistics] From barcodes to genomes: The PhyloaAlps and PhyloNorway projects
Eric Coissac (LECA - Grenoble) 15/01/2026 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Biostatistics] Statistical Methods for Post‑Genomic Data - 2026 workshop
SMPGD (UGA - CNRS) 29/01/2026 - 30/01/2026 Campus Saint Martin d'Hères

[Modeling] Computational analyses of bacterial mRNA decay
Delphine Ropers (Inria - Grenoble) 12/02/2026 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Bioinformatics] A New Algorithm for Computing the Likelihood of a Phylogeny
Céline Scornavacca (ISEM - Montpellier) 26/02/2026 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Evolutionary biology] Recent advances in phylogeography
Stéphane Guindon (LIRMM - Montpellier) 12/03/2026 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Biophysics] Phages with a broad host range are common across ecosystems
Martial Marbouty (Institut Pasteur - Paris) 26/03/2026 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Evolutionary biology] Genomic correlates of convergent phenotypic evolution in birds
Anamaria Necsulea (LBBE - Lyon) 23/04/2026 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Evolutionary biology] When life plays LEGOs: Ancient evolution and extreme diversity of homologous oxidoreductases involved in energy production
Pierre Garcia (LCB - Marseille) 07/05/2026 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Bioinformatics] Repeats: the dark side of transcriptome assembly
Vincent Lacroix (LBBE - Lyon) 28/05/2026 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Bioinformatics] Emergence of microproteins and de novo genes from noncoding DNA
Anne Lopes (I2BC - Gif sur Yvette) 11/06/2026 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Bioinformatics] What evolution tells us about the impact of mutations — and how to scale it up
Elodie Laine (Sorbone Université ) 25/06/2026 - 13:00 IMAG Auditorium

2024-2025 seminars

[Biostatistics] Exploring fMRI brain connectivity networks
Sophie Achard (LJK, Grenoble) 12/09/2024 - 14:00 Taillefer R31

[Bioinformatics] The importance of ghost lineages for the study of gene flow
Damien de Vienne (Université Lyons 1, Lyon) 26/09/2024 - 14:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Bioinformatics] Deciphering the function and evolution of programmed DNA elimination in Mesorhabditis nematodes
Brice Letcher (LBMC, ENS Lyon) 10/10/2024 - 14:00 Taillefer R31

[Biology] Concepts and tools to unravel mechanisms of regulatory evolution in dynamic environments
Fabien Duveau (LBMC ENS Lyon) 07/11/2024 - 14:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Bioinformatics] microRNAs in cancer, the contribution of *single cell* technology
Laurent Guyon (IRIG, CEA, Grenoble) 21/11/2024 - 14:00 Taillefer R31

[Biomathematics] A few mathematics arising from modelling some polarization in yeasts
Thomas Lepoutre (INRIA DRACULA, Lyon) 19/12/2024 - 14:00 Taillefer R31

[Bioinformatics] Beyond Recombination: Exploring the Impact of Meiotic Frequency on Genome-wide Genetic Diversity
Fanny Pouyet (LISN, Paris Saclay) 09/01/2025 - 14:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Bioinformatics] Benchmarking computational methods to better analyze bulk omics data: which deconvolution algorithm works best ?
Elise Amblard (TIMC, Grenoble) 23/01/2025 - 14:00 Taillefer R31

[Population Genetics] Improved ancestry and admixture detection using principal component analysis of genetic data
Florian Privé (Aarhus University, Danemark) 06/02/2025 - 14:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Biophysics] On the role of active translocating motors in organizing the genome in space and time
Daniel Jost (LBMC, ENS Lyon) 13/03/2025 - 14:00 IMAG Auditorium

[Bioinformatics] Expanding reference data and annotation tools for phage protein analysis
Clovis Galliez (LJK, Grenoble) 27/03/2025 - 14:00 Taillefer R31

[Bioinformatics] Spatial transcriptomics: technologies, scientific contribution and challenges
Lionel Spinelli (CIML, Marseille) 17/04/2025 - 14:00 IMAG Auditorium

[] Protein and genomic language models chart a vast landscape of antiphage defenses
Ernest Mordret (Institut Pasteur, Paris) 15/05/2025 - 14:00 Taillefer R31

[Bioinformatics] How do sequencing technologies and pangenomic approaches elevate transposable elements from 'junk DNA' to evolutionary players?
Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier (ISE-M, Montpellier) 05/06/2025 - 14:00 IMAG Auditorium