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Thierry Rigaud is affiliated with the University of Burgundy in France, focusing on research that intersects multiple biological and environmental sciences. Their work spans across several main fields of study including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Immunology and Microbiology.

The scientist's research contributions are spread over diverse subfields such as Insect Science, Ecology, Parasitology, Immunology, and Genetics. Their investigations encompass key topics including Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Insect Utilization and Effects, Insect Symbiosis and Bacterial Influences, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, Parasites and Host Interactions, and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research.

Their recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

  • "Continental-scale patterns of hyper-cryptic diversity within the freshwater model taxon Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea, Amphipoda)" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Hooking the scientific community on thorny-headed worms: interesting and exciting facts, knowledge gaps and perspectives for research directions on Acanthocephala" (2023, Parasite)
  • "Late-life reproduction in an insect: Terminal investment, reproductive restraint or senescence" (2020, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • "Comparative Genomics of Strictly Vertically Transmitted, Feminizing Microsporidia Endosymbionts of Amphipod Crustaceans" (2020, Genome Biology and Evolution)
  • "Increased temperature has no consequence for behavioral manipulation despite effects on both partners in the interaction between a crustacean host and a manipulative parasite" (2020, Scientific Reports)

Thierry Rigaud has collaborated frequently with a variety of coauthors, including Yannick Moret, Rémi Wattier, Alexandre Bauer, Isabelle Giraud, and Richard Cordaux. These recurring collaborations indicate an active engagement with established researchers across related disciplines.

Publication venues where the scientist has appeared most frequently include Scientific Reports, Open Research Europe, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Animal Ecology, and BMC Evolutionary Biology.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for widespread Wolbachia infection in isopod crustaceans: molecular identification and host feminization

    Didier Bouchon;Thierry Rigaud;Pierre Juchault

  • Parasite and host assemblages: embracing the reality will improve our knowledge of parasite transmission and virulence

    Thierry Rigaud;Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot;Mark J. F. Brown;Mark J. F. Brown

  • Inherited microorganisms, sex-specific virulence and reproductive parasitism.

    Claudio Bandi;Alison M Dunn;Gregory D.D Hurst;Thierry Rigaud

  • Widespread vertical transmission and associated host sex-ratio distortion within the eukaryotic phylum Microspora.

    Rebecca S. Terry;Judith E. Smith;Rosie G. Sharpe;Thierry Rigaud

  • Success and failure of horizontal transfers of feminizing Wolbachia endosymbionts in woodlice

    Thierry Rigaud;Pierre Juchault

  • Conflict between Feminizing Sex Ratio Distorters and an Autosomal Masculinizing Gene in the Terrestrial Isopod Armadillidium Vulgare Latr

    Thierry Rigaud;Pierre Juchault

  • Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 December 2009–31 January 2010

    Silvia E. Arranz;Jean-Christophe Avarre;Chellam Balasundaram;Carmen Bouza

  • The evolution of sex determination in isopod crustaceans

    Thierry Rigaud;Pierre Juchault;Jean Pierre Mocquard

  • Evidence for a new feminizing Wolbachia strain in the isopod Armadillidium vulgare: evolutionary implications

    R Cordaux;A Michel-Salzat;A Michel-Salzat;M Frelon-Raimond;T Rigaud

  • Protection first then facilitation: a manipulative parasite modulates the vulnerability to predation of its intermediate host according to its own developmental stage.

    Lucile Dianne;Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot;Alexandre Bauer;Mickaël Gaillard

  • Ultrastructural Characterisation and Molecular Taxonomic Identification of Nosema granulosis n. sp., a Transovarially Transmitted Feminising (TTF) Microsporidium

    Rebecca S. Terry;Judith E. Smith;Didier Bouchon;Thierry Rigaud

  • Rapid range extension of the Ponto-Caspian amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus in France: potential consequences

    L. Bollache;S. Devin;R. Wattier;M. Chovet

  • Sexual selection in an isopod with Wolbachia-induced sex reversal: males prefer real females

    J. Moreau;A. Bertin;Y. Caubet;T. Rigaud

  • New evidence for feminizing bacteria in terrestrial isopods : evolutionary implications

    P. Juchault;M. Frelon;D. Bouchon;T. Rigaud

  • Immune Defenses of a Beneficial Pest: The Mealworm Beetle, Tenebrio molitor

    Aurélien Vigneron;Charly Jehan;Thierry Rigaud;Yannick Moret

  • Conflict between parasites with different transmission strategies infecting an amphipod host

    Eleanor R Haine;Karelle Boucansaud;Thierry Rigaud

  • Out of the Black Sea: phylogeography of the invasive killer shrimp Dikerogammarus villosus across Europe.

    Tomasz Rewicz;Remi Wattier;Michał Grabowski;Thierry Rigaud

  • Continental-scale patterns of hyper-cryptic diversity within the freshwater model taxon Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea, Amphipoda).

    Remi Wattier;Tomasz Mamos;Tomasz Mamos;Denis Copilaş-Ciocianu;Mišel Jelić

  • Coexistence of three microsporidia parasites in populations of the freshwater amphipod Gammarus roeseli: evidence for vertical transmission and positive effect on reproduction.

    Eleanor R. Haine;Emilie Brondani;Kevin D. Hume;Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot

  • Effects of two acanthocephalan parasites on the fecundity and pairing status of female Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda).

    Loïc Bollache;T. Rigaud;F. Cézilly

  • The effects of parasite age and intensity on variability in acanthocephalan-induced behavioural manipulation

    Nathalie Franceschi;Alexandre Bauer;Loïc Bollache;Thierry Rigaud

  • The acanthocephalan parasite Polymorphus minutus alters the geotactic and clinging behaviours of two sympatric amphipod hosts: the native Gammarus pulex and the invasive Gammarus roeseli

    Alexandre Bauer;Eleanor R. Haine;Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot;Thierry Rigaud

  • Wolbachia infection in the terrestrial isopod oniscus asellus: sex ratio distortion and effect on fecundity

    Thierry Rigaud;Jérôme Moreau;Pierre Juchault

Frequent Co-Authors

Loïc Bollache
Loïc Bollache University of Burgundy
Frank Cézilly
Frank Cézilly University of Burgundy
Michał Grabowski
Michał Grabowski University of Łódź
Jean-Nicolas Beisel
Jean-Nicolas Beisel University of Strasbourg
Clément Lagrue
Clément Lagrue University of Alberta
Richard Cordaux
Richard Cordaux University of Poitiers
Alison M. Dunn
Alison M. Dunn University of Leeds
Frédéric Thomas
Frédéric Thomas University of Montpellier
Catherine Souty-Grosset
Catherine Souty-Grosset University of Poitiers
Michael Danger
Michael Danger University of Lorraine

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