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Overview

Jean-François Cosson is affiliated with INRAE, the Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research spans multiple fields primarily focused on biological sciences, immunology, microbiology, and medicine.

The primary fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine

Within these broad areas, their subfields of study focus on:

  • Parasitology
  • Insect Science
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Genetics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Jean-François Cosson's research subjects cover topics such as:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

The scientist has published extensively in various venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Peer Community Journal
  • Microbiome

Some recent representative papers authored with various collaborators include:

  • Temporal patterns in Ixodes ricinus microbial communities: an insight into tick-borne microbe interactions, 2021, Microbiome
  • The scale affects our view on the identification and distribution of microbial communities in ticks, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • Meteorological and climatic variables predict the phenology of Ixodes ricinus nymph activity in France, accounting for habitat heterogeneity, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Taxon Appearance From Extraction and Amplification Steps Demonstrates the Value of Multiple Controls in Tick Microbiota Analysis, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Pathogen community composition and co-infection patterns in a wild community of rodents, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators include Maxime Galan, Karine Chalvet-Monfray, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Laure Bournez, and Sara Moutailler, reflecting ongoing team efforts in related research themes.

Best Publications

  • Comparative phylogeography and postglacial colonization routes in Europe

    Pierre Taberlet;Luca Fumagalli;Anne‐Gabrielle Wust‐Saucy;Jean‐François Cosson

  • A spatial statistical model for landscape genetics

    Gilles Guillot;Arnaud Estoup;Frédéric Mortier;Jean François Cosson

  • Landscape connectivity influences gene flow in a roe deer population inhabiting a fragmented landscape: an individual-based approach.

    A. Coulon;J. F. Cosson;J. M. Angibault;B. Cargnelutti

  • Genetic structure is influenced by landscape features: empirical evidence from a roe deer population.

    A. Coulon;G. Guillot;J.-F. Cosson;J. M. A. Angibault

  • Effects of forest fragmentation on frugivorous and nectarivorous bats in French Guiana

    Jean-François Cosson;Jean-Marc Pons;Didier Masson

  • Bat communities and deforestation in French Guiana

    André Brosset;Pierre Charles-Dominique;Anya Cockle;Jean-François Cosson

  • Epidemiology of Leptospira Transmitted by Rodents in Southeast Asia

    Jean François Cosson;Mathieu Picardeau;Mathilde Mielcarek;Caroline Tatard

  • Revisiting the taxonomy of the Rattini tribe: a phylogeny-based delimitation of species boundaries

    Marie Pagès;Yannick Chaval;Vincent Herbreteau;Surachit Waengsothorn

  • A 454 multiplex sequencing method for rapid and reliable genotyping of highly polymorphic genes in large-scale studies

    Maxime Galan;Emmanuel Guivier;Gilles Caraux;Gilles Caraux;Nathalie Charbonnel

  • Phylogeographical footprints of the Strait of Gibraltar and Quaternary climatic fluctuations in the western Mediterranean: a case study with the greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula (Mammalia: Soricidae).

    Jean-François Cosson;Rainer Hutterer;Roland Libois;Maurizio Sarà

  • Ecological changes in recent land-bridge islands in French Guiana, with emphasis on vertebrate communities

    J.F. Cosson;S. Ringuet;O. Claessens;J.C. de Massary

  • Spatial genetic structure of a small rodent in a heterogeneous landscape.

    B. Gauffre;A. Estoup;V. Bretagnolle;J. F. Cosson

  • 16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing for Epidemiological Surveys of Bacteria in Wildlife

    Maxime Galan;Maria Razzauti;Emilie Bard;Maria Bernard;Maria Bernard

  • Pliocene and Pleistocene diversification and multiple refugia in a Eurasian shrew (Crocidura suaveolens group).

    Sylvain Dubey;Mikhail Zaitsev;Jean-François Cosson;Ablimit Abdukadier

  • Phylogeography of the introduced species Rattus rattus in the western Indian Ocean, with special emphasis on the colonization history of Madagascar

    Charlotte Tollenaere;Carine Brouat;Jean-Marc Duplantier;Lila Rahalison

  • Migration and recovery of the genetic diversity during the increasing density phase in cyclic vole populations.

    K. Berthier;N. Charbonnel;M. Galan;Y. Chaval

  • Accounting for detectability improves estimates of species richness in tropical bat surveys

    Christoph F. J. Meyer;Christoph F. J. Meyer;Ludmilla M. S. Aguiar;Luis F. Aguirre;Julio Baumgarten

  • Next-Generation Sequencing for Rodent Barcoding: Species Identification from Fresh, Degraded and Environmental Samples

    Maxime Galan;Marie Pagès;Marie Pagès;Jean-François Cosson

  • Genetic structure of the cyclic fossorial water vole (Arvicola terrestris): landscape and demographic influences

    K. Berthier;M. Galan;J. C. Foltete;N. Charbonnel

  • Aboriginal and invasive rats of genus Rattus as hosts of infectious agents.

    Michael Kosoy;Lyudmila Khlyap;Jean François Cosson;Serge Morand

Frequent Co-Authors

Serge Morand
Serge Morand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Josef Bryja
Josef Bryja Czech Academy of Sciences
Muriel Vayssier-Taussat
Muriel Vayssier-Taussat University of Rennes
Heikki Henttonen
Heikki Henttonen Natural Resources Institute Finland
Johan Michaux
Johan Michaux University of Liège
Patrick Giraudoux
Patrick Giraudoux University of Franche-Comté
Sathaporn Jittapalapong
Sathaporn Jittapalapong Kasetsart University
Sara Moutailler
Sara Moutailler École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort
Juha Laakkonen
Juha Laakkonen University of Helsinki
Marc Desquesnes
Marc Desquesnes University of Montpellier

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