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Cédric Feschotte

Cédric Feschotte

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Genetics

D-Index
70
Citations
28914
World Ranking
2238
National Ranking
1007

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Cédric Feschotte is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Virology. Their work covers a range of topics such as Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, HIV Research and Treatment, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Feschotte's recent publications include:

  • RepeatModeler2 for automated genomic discovery of transposable element families (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A Field Guide to Eukaryotic Transposable Elements (2020), Annual Review of Genetics
  • Roles of transposable elements in the regulation of mammalian transcription (2022), Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • A Single-Cell RNA Expression Map of Human Coronavirus Entry Factors (2020), Cell Reports
  • A comprehensive SARS-CoV-2-human protein-protein interactome reveals COVID-19 pathobiology and potential host therapeutic targets (2022), Nature Biotechnology

Frequent co-authors of Feschotte include:

  • Manvendra Singh
  • Julius Judd
  • Jonathan N. Wells
  • Ellen J. Pritham
  • Douglas F. Nixon

They have published frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science
  • Genome Research
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

In 2019, Feschotte was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • RepeatModeler2 for automated genomic discovery of transposable element families.

    Jullien M. Flynn;Robert Hubley;Clément Goubert;Jeb Rosen

  • Transposable elements and the evolution of regulatory networks

    Cédric Feschotte

  • Regulatory activities of transposable elements: from conflicts to benefits.

    Edward B. Chuong;Nels C. Elde;Cédric Feschotte

  • Plant transposable elements: where genetics meets genomics

    Cédric Feschotte;Ning Jiang;Susan R. Wessler

  • Ten things you should know about transposable elements

    Guillaume Bourque;Kathleen H. Burns;Mary Gehring;Vera Gorbunova

  • Regulatory evolution of innate immunity through co-option of endogenous retroviruses

    Edward B. Chuong;Nels C. Elde;Cédric Feschotte

  • Endogenous viruses: insights into viral evolution and impact on host biology

    Cédric Feschotte;Clément Gilbert

  • Transposable Elements Are Major Contributors to the Origin, Diversification, and Regulation of Vertebrate Long Noncoding RNAs

    Aurélie Kapusta;Zev Kronenberg;Vincent J. Lynch;Xiaoyu Zhuo

  • Sequencing of Culex quinquefasciatus Establishes a Platform for Mosquito Comparative Genomics

    Peter Arensburger;Karine Megy;Robert M Waterhouse;Robert M Waterhouse;Jenica Abrudan

  • The Neuronal Gene Arc Encodes a Repurposed Retrotransposon Gag Protein that Mediates Intercellular RNA Transfer

    Elissa D. Pastuzyn;Cameron E. Day;Rachel B. Kearns;Madeleine Kyrke-Smith

  • Promiscuous DNA: horizontal transfer of transposable elements and why it matters for eukaryotic evolution.

    Sarah Schaack;Clément Gilbert;Cédric Feschotte

  • Transposase-Derived Transcription Factors Regulate Light Signaling in Arabidopsis

    Rongcheng Lin;Lei Ding;Claudio Casola;Daniel R. Ripoll

  • A Field Guide to Eukaryotic Transposable Elements.

    Jonathan N. Wells;Cédric Feschotte

  • Dynamics of genome size evolution in birds and mammals

    Aurélie Kapusta;Alexander Suh;Cédric Feschotte

  • The evolutionary history of human DNA transposons: Evidence for intense activity in the primate lineage

    John K. Pace;Cédric Feschotte

  • Cellodextrin Transport in Yeast for Improved Biofuel Production

    Jonathan M. Galazka;Chaoguang Tian;Chaoguang Tian;William T. Beeson;Bruno Martinez

  • The Burmese python genome reveals the molecular basis for extreme adaptation in snakes

    Todd A. Castoe;Todd A. Castoe;A. P. Jason de Koning;A. P. Jason de Koning;Kathryn T. Hall;Daren C. Card

  • Volatile evolution of long noncoding RNA repertoires: mechanisms and biological implications.

    Aurélie Kapusta;Cédric Feschotte

  • A role for host–parasite interactions in the horizontal transfer of transposons across phyla

    Clément Gilbert;Sarah Schaack;John K. Pace;Paul J. Brindley

  • Mavericks, a novel class of giant transposable elements widespread in eukaryotes and related to DNA viruses.

    Ellen J. Pritham;Tasneem Putliwala;Cédric Feschotte

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy L. Craig
Nancy L. Craig Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Susan R. Wessler
Susan R. Wessler University of California, Riverside
David D. Pollock
David D. Pollock University of Colorado Denver
Todd A. Castoe
Todd A. Castoe The University of Texas at Arlington
David A. Ray
David A. Ray Texas Tech University
Wesley C. Warren
Wesley C. Warren University of Missouri
Christopher E. Mason
Christopher E. Mason Cornell University
Patrick Minx
Patrick Minx Washington University in St. Louis
Guillaume Bourque
Guillaume Bourque McGill University
Cheng Sun
Cheng Sun Northwestern University

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