Who are we ?
GeCoLab is a laboratory from the University of Liège created by Dr Johan Michaux, who has been developing researches on biodiversity using genetic tools for more than 25 years. The fundamental objective of his researches was originally to investigate the evolutive history and taxonomy from many vertebrates. Secondary objectives have emerged more recently and aim, among others, to better understand the species resistance to climatic changes, to study the impact of habitat fragmentation on long term survival of endangered species, to investigate the factors underlying unbalanced species (regressing or expanding) or to implement new methods to conduct faunistic inventories using genetic tools.
These researches have been conducted over a large spectrum of species, mainly composed of aquatic or semi-aquatic mammals (polar bear, harbor porpoise, European and American minks, Eurasian and North American beavers, Eurasian otter, Pyrenean desman, Eurasian water shrew, Southwestern water vole, …) but also amphibians or fishes.
These researches have been conducted over a large spectrum of species, mainly composed of aquatic or semi-aquatic mammals (polar bear, harbor porpoise, European and American minks, Eurasian and North American beavers, Eurasian otter, Pyrenean desman, Eurasian water shrew, Southwestern water vole, …) but also amphibians or fishes.
Johan Michaux, PhD in Sciences from the university of Liege, director of research at FNRS, is the director of GeCoLAB and specialist in the use of genetic tools for the study of biodiversity for 25 years. He is the author of more thant 130 scientific papers relating to the study of many vertebrate (mammals, birds, fishes, amphibians) and invertebrate (different groups of arthropods) species. Apart from his scientific research, he devotes part of his time to scientific outreach activities, in particular for the national Belgian television (RTBF).
Adrien André started working at Gecolab in 2012 as a PhD student in Biological Sciences. He conducted his doctoral research on the geographical expansion of Peromyscus leucopus in Canada, in collaboration with McGill University in Montreal. The aim of his thesis notably involved developing a method based on next-generation sequencing to detect a wide range of pathogens, including Borrelia, the agent responsible for Lyme disease.
Within GeCoLab, he spent several years wielding a pipette to process the hundreds of samples that arrive at the laboratory each month. He also serves as the lab’s bioinformatician. His expertise enabled the installation of the full set of pipelines and computational scripts—essential tools for analysing the millions of DNA sequences generated by NGS technologies.
Today, he spends a bit less time at the bench and instead focuses on coordinating the team and developing new projects, notably through the use of digital PCR technology. When he’s not working, Adrien is most likely playing ultimate frisbee or rock climbing!
Within GeCoLab, he spent several years wielding a pipette to process the hundreds of samples that arrive at the laboratory each month. He also serves as the lab’s bioinformatician. His expertise enabled the installation of the full set of pipelines and computational scripts—essential tools for analysing the millions of DNA sequences generated by NGS technologies.
Today, he spends a bit less time at the bench and instead focuses on coordinating the team and developing new projects, notably through the use of digital PCR technology. When he’s not working, Adrien is most likely playing ultimate frisbee or rock climbing!
Anaïs Beaumariage joined GeCoLab in 2024, just after completing her studies, during which she had already carried out her final research project within the laboratory. She is currently coordinating projects ranging from the identification of cryptic or protected species to monitoring population health and dynamics.
Her work focuses on a wide variety of species: wildcat, lynx, bats, beaver, otter, wolf, as well as more discreet or lesser-known species such as the Pyrenean desman, the great crested newt, or certain gastropods. All of this shares a common goal: better understanding and preserving biodiversity.
Also active in the field as a volunteer, she is convinced that conservation does not end at the laboratory: she enjoys linking each step of a project—from sampling to analysis, right through to communicating the results—while maintaining close connections with field stakeholders.
Science communication is also an essential part of her work: making DNA accessible, understandable and, why not, a little bit magical for everyone.
Her work focuses on a wide variety of species: wildcat, lynx, bats, beaver, otter, wolf, as well as more discreet or lesser-known species such as the Pyrenean desman, the great crested newt, or certain gastropods. All of this shares a common goal: better understanding and preserving biodiversity.
Also active in the field as a volunteer, she is convinced that conservation does not end at the laboratory: she enjoys linking each step of a project—from sampling to analysis, right through to communicating the results—while maintaining close connections with field stakeholders.
Science communication is also an essential part of her work: making DNA accessible, understandable and, why not, a little bit magical for everyone.
Jonathan Drugmand holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Biology from UCLouvain (Belgium). Curious and versatile, he has had the opportunity to explore a wide range of topics throughout his studies and early professional experiences. His work has included research on pollination and the effects of climate on buckwheat development, participation in monitoring biological communities associated with hydrothermal springs, and contributions to Covid-related work in hospital settings.
After more than a year of cycling travel in New Zealand, he chose to return to the field of environmental research in Belgium by joining GeCoLab. Within this team, he holds a hybrid position combining laboratory work and bioinformatics analyses, particularly involving microsatellites, as part of the monitoring of populations of rare and protected species. Among other responsibilities, he serves as the reference person for the genetic monitoring of wolves in Wallonia.
Outside of work, Jonathan is passionate about sports, especially cycling and rock climbing. He also enjoys spending time in nature and relaxing by playing video games.
After more than a year of cycling travel in New Zealand, he chose to return to the field of environmental research in Belgium by joining GeCoLab. Within this team, he holds a hybrid position combining laboratory work and bioinformatics analyses, particularly involving microsatellites, as part of the monitoring of populations of rare and protected species. Among other responsibilities, he serves as the reference person for the genetic monitoring of wolves in Wallonia.
Outside of work, Jonathan is passionate about sports, especially cycling and rock climbing. He also enjoys spending time in nature and relaxing by playing video games.
Edeline Beine is a biotechnology technician who graduated from the Haute École de Liège, she devoted the early part of her career to cancer research, where she acquired a range of laboratory techniques that she later refined at GeCoLab, notably sample preparation for NGS and microsatellite preparations. Edeline plays a central role in carrying out the laboratory’s experimental work since her arrival in early 2025. Outside of work, she can often be found at the gym or practicing pole dance.
Pauline is a postdoctoral researcher in ecology and microbiome science working at the interface of biodiversity conservation, host–microbiome interactions, and One Health. She has been affiliated with GECOLAB since 2017, beginning during her PhD. Her doctoral research, conducted in Canada, investigated the drivers of gut microbial variation in threatened species within conservation breeding programs, using emblematic case studies including the Vancouver Island marmot, European and American mink, and experimental mouse reintroductions. Her work demonstrated how captivity, diet, host genotype, and management practices shape gut microbiota, with direct implications for species survival and the success of reintroduction programs. Building on this foundation, her current research integrates eDNA, metagenomics, and field ecology to examine how land-use change influences animal and microbial biodiversity, as well as zoonotic risk, across Europe and Southeast Asia.
Recent publications
- Pigneur L-M, Michaux J, Caublot G, Fournier P, Marc D, Simonnet F, Jacob G (2018) Apport de la génétique pour l’étude de la dynamique des populations de Loutre d’Europe Lutra lutra (L., 1758) en France. Naturae, 6, 63-71.
- Mike Heddergott, Sandra Steeb, Natalia Osten-Sacken, Peter Steinbach, Simone Schneider, Jacques P. Pir, Franz Müller, Lise-Marie Pigneur, Alain C. Frantz ; (2018) Serological survey of feline viral pathogens in free-living European wildcats (Felis s. silvestris) from Luxembourg. Archives of Virology, ISSN 1432-8798.
- Christine Fournier-Chambrillon, Jordi Torres, Jordi Miquel, Adrien André, Johan Michaux, Karin Lemberger, Gloria Giralda Carrera, Pascal Fournier ; (2018) ; Severe parasitism by Versteria mustelae (Gmelin, 1790) in the critically endangered European mink Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) in Spain. Parasitology Research ; ISSN :1432-1955
-Biffi M., Lafaille P., Jabiol J., André A., Gillet F., Lamothe S., Michaux J.R., Buisson L. (2017) Comparison of diet and prey selectivity of the Pyrenean desman and the Eurasian water shrew using next-generation sequencing methods. Mammalian Biology, 87, 176–184 .
- Pigneur L-M, Caublot G, Fournier-Chambrillon C, Fournier P, Girralda-Carrera G, Grémillet X, Le Roux B., Marc D, Simonnet F, Smitz N., Sourp E., Steinmetz J., Urra-Maya F. & Michaux JR. Current genetic admixture between relictual populations might enhance the recovery of an elusive carnivore. Soumis.
- Neumann K., Yiğit N., Fritzsche P., Çolak E., Feoktistova N., Surov N. & Michaux J.R. 2017. Genetic Structure of the Turkish hamster (Mesocricetus brandti). Mammalian Biology, 86, 84-91.
- Biffi M., Gillet F., Laffaille P., Aulagnier S., Blanc F., Colas F., Galan M., Némoz M., Tiouchichine M.-L, Buisson L. & Michaux J.R. 2017. Novel insights into the diet of the Pyrenean desman Galemys pyrenaicus using next-generation sequencing molecular analyses. Journal of Mammalogy, 87 176–184 .
- André A., Millien V., Galan M., Ribas A. & Michaux J.R. 2017. MichauxEffects of parasite and historic driven selection on the diversity and structure of a MHC-II gene in a small mammal species (Peromyscus leucopus) undergoing range expansion. Evolutionary Ecology, DOI 10.1007/s10682-017-9898-z.
- André A., Mouton A., Millien V. & Michaux J.R. 2017. Livermicrobiome of Peromyscus leucopus, a key reservoir host species for emerging infectious diseases in North America. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 52, 10–18
- Mouton A., Grill A., Mortelliti A., Sara M., Krystufek B., Buchner S., Lang J., Adamik P., Randi E., Amori G., Elmeros M., Verbeylen G., Dorenbosch M., Schulz B., Aloise G., Matur F, Michaux J.R. 2017. Evolutionary history and species delimitations: a case study of the hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius Conservation Genetics, 18, 181-197.
- Gillet F., Cabria Garrido M.T., Blanc F., Fournier-Chambrillon C., Némoz M., Sourp E., Vial-Novella C, Zardoya R., Aulagnier S. & Michaux J.R. 2017. Evidence of a fine-scale genetic structure for the endangered Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) in the French Pyrenees. Journal of Mammalogy, 98 (2):523–532.
- Oromi N., Michaux J.R. & Denoël M. 2016. High gene flow between alternative morphs and the persistence of facultative paedomorphosis. Scientific Reports, DOI: 10.1038/srep32046.
- Alfano N., Michaux J.R., Fabre P.H., Morand S., Alpin K., Tsangaras K, Löber U, Fitriana Y, Semiadi G., Ishida Y, Helgen K., Roca A.L., EidenM.V., Greenwood A.D. 2016. An endogenous gibbon ape leukemia virus (GALV) identified in a rodent (Melomys sp.) from Indonesia. Journal of Virology, 26;90(18):8169-80.
-Torres, J., Miquel, J., Fournier-Chambrillon, C., André, A., Maya, F. U., Carrera, G. G., & Fournier, P. (2016). First report of Filaria martis Gmelin, 1790 in the European mink, Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761). Parasitology research, 115(6), 2499-2503.
- Ovidio, M., Hanzen, C., Gennotte, V., Michaux, J.R., Benitez, J.-P., & Dierckx, A. (2016). Is adult translocation a credible way to accelerate the recolonization process of Chondrostoma nasus in a rehabilitated river? Cybium, 40(1), 43-49.
- Smitz N., Van Hooft W.F., Heller R., Cornélis D., Chardonnet P., Kraus R. & Michaux J.R. 2016. Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) identification and characterization on a non-model organism, the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), using next generation sequencing. Mammalian Biology, 81, 595–60.
- Pages M., Fabre P.-H., Chaval Y., Mortelliti A., Nicolas V., Wells K., Michaux J.R. & Lazzari V. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of Southeast Asian arboreal murine rodents. Zoologica Scripta, 45, 349–364.
- Goffard A., Demanche C., Arthur L., Pinçon C., Michaux J.R. & Dubuisson J.. 2015. Alphacoronaviruses Detected in French Bats are Phylogeographically Linked to Coronaviruses of European Bats. Viruses 2015, 7, 6279–6290; doi:10.3390/v7122937
- Renaud S., Quéré J.P. & Michaux J.R. 2015. Biogeographic variations in woodmice : testing for the rôle of morphological variation as a line of least résistance to evolution. Cambrigue Studies in Morphology and Molecules : New paradigms in Evolutionary Biology. Evolution of the Rodents : advance in Phylogeny, Paleontology and Fonctional Morphology, 300-322. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107360150.012.
- Gillet F, Tiouchichine ML, Galan M, Blanc F, Némoz M, Aulagnier S, &Michaux JR. 2015. A new method to identify the endangered Pyrenean desman and to study its diet, using next generation sequencing from faeces, Mammalian Biology 80 (2015) 505–509.
- Colak R. , Karacan GO, Kandemir I, Colak E., Kankilic T., Yigit N, & Michaux JR. 2015. Genetic variations of Turkish bank vole, Myodes glareolus (Mammalia:Rodentia), in northern Anatolia, inferred from mtDNA. Mitochondrial DNA, DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1089537.
- Cabria M.T., Gonzalez E.G., Gomez-Moliner B. J., Michaux J.R. & Zardoya R. 2015. Patterns of genetic variation of the endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola L., 1761). BMC Evol. Biol.. DOI 10.1186/s12862-015-0427-9
- Morand S., Bordes F., Hsuan‐Wien C, Claude J., Cosson J.F., Galan M., Czirják G., Greenwood A.D., Latinne A., Michaux J.R., Ribas A. 2015. Global parasite and Rattus rodent invasions: The consequences for rodent‐borne diseases. Integrative zoology. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12143.
- Lalis A, Leblois R., Liefried S., Ouarour A., Beeravolu C., Michaux J.R., Hamani A., Denys C. Nicolas V. 2015. Geographic and demographic history of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in North Africa: a comparison of fossil and genetic data. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12111.
- Demanche C.&Deville M., Barriel V., Pottier M., Viscogliosi E., Dei Cas E., Morand S., Michaux J.R, Guillot J.. 2015. What do Pneumocystisorganisms tell us about the phylogeography of their hosts? The case of the woodmouse Apodemus sylvaticus in continental Europe and western mediterranean islands. Plos One, 10 (4)., e0120839.
- Blasdell, K., Bordes, F., Chaisiri, K., Chaval, Y., Claude, J., Cosson, J.-F., Latinne, A., Michaux, J.R., Morand, S., Pagès, M., & Tran, A. 2015. Progress on research on rodents and rodent-borne zoonoses in Southeast Asia. Wildlife Research, 42 (2) ; 98-107.
- Charbonnel A., Buisson L. Biffi M., D’Amico F., Besnard A., Aulagnier S., Blanc F., Gillet F., Lacaze V., Michaux J.R., Némoz M., Pagé C., Sanchez‐Perez J-M, Sauvage S., Laffaille P. 2015. Integrating hydrological features and 1 genetically validated occurrence data in occupancy modeling of an endemic and endangered semi‐aquatic mammal species, Galemys pyrenaicus. Biological Conservation, 184, 182-192.
- Gillet F., Tiouchichine M.L., Galan M., Blanc F., Némoz M., Aulagnier S., Michaux J.R. 2015 A new method to identify the endangered Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) and to study its diet, using next generation sequencing from faeces. Mammalian Biology 80 505–509.
- Latinne A., Meynard C., Herbreteau V., Waengsothorn S., Morand S. & Michaux J.R. 2015. Influence of past and future climate changes on the distribution of three Southeast Asian murine rodents . Journal of Biogeography,42 (9). DOI:10.1111/jbi.12528
- Pisano J., Condamine F.L., Lebedev V., Bannikova A., Quéré J.P., Shenbrot G., Pagès M. & Michaux J.R. 2015. Out-of-Himalaya: The impact of past Asian environmental changes on the evolutionary and biogeographical history of Dipodoidea (Rodentia). Journal of Biogeography, 42 (5), 856-870.
- Smitz N., Cornélis D., Chardonnet P., Caron A., Melletti M., Marescaux J. & Michaux J.R. 2015. Impact of ancient and recent habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of southern African populations of buffalo (Syncerus caffer). BMC Evol. Biol, 14 (1), 203.
- Hartmann S., Hasenkamp N., Mayer J., Michaux J.R., Morand S., Mazzoni C.J. , Roca A.L. & Alex D. Greenwood. 2015. Endogenous murine leukemia rétroviral variation across wild European and inbred strains of house mouse. BMC Genomics 16:613
- Gillet F., Cabria M.T., Némoz M., Blanc F., Fournier-Chambrillon C., Sourp E., Vial-Novella C., Aulagnier S. & Michaux J.R. 2014. PCR-RFLP identification of the endangered Pyrenean desman, Galemys pyrenaicus (Soricomorpha, Talpidae), based on faecal DNA. Mammalia, (Online), 1864-1547.
- Sakka H., Henttonen H., Olsson G. & Michaux J.R. 2015. Co-phylogeography between the Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) and one of its nematode specific parasites Heligmosomum mixtum. Acta Parasitologica 60 (1), 85-98
- Tsangaras K., Wales N., Sicheritz-Pontén T., Ishida Y., Rasmussen S., Raghavan M., Michaux J.R., Morand S., Roca A., M. Gilbert T.P., Greenwood A.D.2014. COCHAP: COnCatenation Hybridization cAPture enriches small genomes using short PCR products. Plos One, 9 (10). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109101.
- Tsangaras K., Kolokotronis S.O., Ulrich R.G., Morand S., Michaux J.R. & Greenwood A.D. 2014. Negative purifying selection drives prion and doppel protein evolution in primates, bovids and rodents. Molecular Biology & Evolution, 79, 12-20.
- Frosch C, Kraus R., Angst C., Allgöwer R., Michaux J.R., Teubner J. & Nowak C. 2014. The genetic legacy 1 of multiple beaver reintroductions in Central Europe. Plos One, 9, 10.1371/journal.pone.0097619.
- Fontaine M., Roland K., Calves I., Austerlitz F., Tolley K.A., Birkun A., Ferreira M., Jauniaux T., Llavona A., Oztürk B., Öztürk A., Ridoux V., Rogan E., Sequeira M., Siebert U., Vikingsson G.A., Borrell A., Michaux J.R. & Aguilar A. 2014. Postglacial climate changes and rise of three ecotypes of harbour porpoises in western Palearctic waters. Molecular Ecology, 23, 3306-3321.
-Llirós, M., Inceoğlu, Ö., García-Armisen, T., Anzil, A., Leporcq, B., Pigneur, L. M., ... & Servais, P. (2014). Bacterial community composition in three freshwater reservoirs of different alkalinity and trophic status. PloS one, 9(12), e116145.
-Smitz, N., Cornélis, D., Chardonnet, P., Caron, A., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Jori, F., Pigneur, L. M,... & Kanapeckas, K. L. (2014). Genetic structure of fragmented southern populations of African Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer). BMC evolutionary biology, 14(1), 203.
-Pigneur, L. M., Etoundi, E., Aldridge, D. C., Marescaux, J., Yasuda, N., & Van Doninck, K. (2014). Genetic uniformity and long‐distance clonal dispersal in the invasive androgenetic Corbicula clams. Molecular ecology, 23(20), 5102-5116.
- Pigneur L.-M., Caublot G., Fournier-Chambrillon C., Fournier P., Michaux J. 2014. Sur les traces de la Loutre dans le Limousin... Echo du PNA Loutre. 7, 5-7.
- Pigneur L.-M., Caublot G., Fournier-Chambrillon C., Fournier P., Girralda- Carrera G., Marc D., Simonnet F., Sourp E., Steinmetz J., Urra-Maya F.,Michaux J. 2014. Génétique de la conservation de la Loutre d’Europe en France. Actes des 11èmes rencontres Bourgogne-Nature et 37e colloque francophone de Mammalogie (SFEPM). 35-39.
- Senn H., Ogden R., Frosch C., Munclinger P., Campbell-Palmer R., Durka W., Kraus R., Saveljev A., Nowak C., Stubbe A., Stubbe M., MichauxJ.R., Samjaa M., Ulevivius A. & Rosell F. 2014. Nuclear and mitochondrial genetic structure in the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) – implications for future réintroductions. Evolutionary Applications Journal, 7, 645-662.
- Fabre PH, Pages M., Musser G., Fitriana Y. Fjeldsaa J., Jennings A., Jonsson K.A., Kennedy J., Michaux J.R., Semiadi G., Supriatna N., Helgen K. 2013. A new genus of rodent from Wallacea (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini) and its implication for biogeography and Indo- Pacific Rattini systematics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 169, 408-447.
- Latinne A., Waengsothorn S. & Michaux J.R. 2013. Murinae rodent diversity in Thai limestone karsts: a phylogenetic approach. Systematics and Biodiversity, 3, 323-344.
- Navia D. N., Mendoça R.S., Ferragut F., Miranda L. C., Trincado R.C., Michaux J.R., Navajas M. 2013. Integration of DNA-based delimitation of species and morphology reveals cryptic diversity in Brevipalpus mites (Acari: Tenuipalpidae). Zoologica Scripta, 42, 406-426.
- Latinne A., Galan M., Waengsothorn S., Michaux J.R. Diet analysis of three Leopoldamys species using next-generation sequencing from faeces.Cave and Karst Studies, , 76, 139-145.
- Latinne A., Chaval Y., Waengsothorn S., Rojanadilok P., Eiamampa K., Sribuarod K., Herbreteau V., Morand S. & Michaux J.R. 2013. IsLeopoldamys neilli (Rodentia, Muridae) a synonym of Leopoldamys herberti? A reply to Balakirev et al. Zootaxa 3731 (4): 589–598.
- Smitz N., Berthouly C., Cornelis D., Heller R., Van Hooft W.F., Chardonnet P., Prins H.H.T., De Iongh H.H., Caron A. & Michaux J.R. 2013. A Pan-African phylogeographical study of the African buffalo: investigating subspecies divergence. Plos One, 8. 1-17.
- Lebedev, V., Bannikova, A., Pagès, M., Pisano, J., Michaux, J.R, and Shenbrot, G. 2013. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphological hypotheses. Zoologica Scripta : n/a-n/a.
- Pigneur L.-M., Marc D., Fournier P., Fournier-Chambrillon C., Steinmetz J., Rieu L., Giralda-Carrera G., Urra F., Van Doninck K., Michaux J.R.2013. Etude génétique préliminaire de quelques populations de Loutres en France et Navarre. Actes du 36e
- Pinel‐Alloul, B., André, A., Legendre, P., Cardille, J. A., Patalas, K., & Salki, A. (2013). Large‐scale geographic patterns of diversity and community structure of pelagic crustacean zooplankton in Canadian lakes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22(7), 784-795.
- Pigneur, L. M., Marescaux, J., Roland, K., Etoundi, E., Descy, J. P., & Van Doninck, K. (2011). Phylogeny and androgenesis in the invasive Corbicula clams (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) in Western Europe. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(1), 147.
- Mike Heddergott, Sandra Steeb, Natalia Osten-Sacken, Peter Steinbach, Simone Schneider, Jacques P. Pir, Franz Müller, Lise-Marie Pigneur, Alain C. Frantz ; (2018) Serological survey of feline viral pathogens in free-living European wildcats (Felis s. silvestris) from Luxembourg. Archives of Virology, ISSN 1432-8798.
- Christine Fournier-Chambrillon, Jordi Torres, Jordi Miquel, Adrien André, Johan Michaux, Karin Lemberger, Gloria Giralda Carrera, Pascal Fournier ; (2018) ; Severe parasitism by Versteria mustelae (Gmelin, 1790) in the critically endangered European mink Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) in Spain. Parasitology Research ; ISSN :1432-1955
-Biffi M., Lafaille P., Jabiol J., André A., Gillet F., Lamothe S., Michaux J.R., Buisson L. (2017) Comparison of diet and prey selectivity of the Pyrenean desman and the Eurasian water shrew using next-generation sequencing methods. Mammalian Biology, 87, 176–184 .
- Pigneur L-M, Caublot G, Fournier-Chambrillon C, Fournier P, Girralda-Carrera G, Grémillet X, Le Roux B., Marc D, Simonnet F, Smitz N., Sourp E., Steinmetz J., Urra-Maya F. & Michaux JR. Current genetic admixture between relictual populations might enhance the recovery of an elusive carnivore. Soumis.
- Neumann K., Yiğit N., Fritzsche P., Çolak E., Feoktistova N., Surov N. & Michaux J.R. 2017. Genetic Structure of the Turkish hamster (Mesocricetus brandti). Mammalian Biology, 86, 84-91.
- Biffi M., Gillet F., Laffaille P., Aulagnier S., Blanc F., Colas F., Galan M., Némoz M., Tiouchichine M.-L, Buisson L. & Michaux J.R. 2017. Novel insights into the diet of the Pyrenean desman Galemys pyrenaicus using next-generation sequencing molecular analyses. Journal of Mammalogy, 87 176–184 .
- André A., Millien V., Galan M., Ribas A. & Michaux J.R. 2017. MichauxEffects of parasite and historic driven selection on the diversity and structure of a MHC-II gene in a small mammal species (Peromyscus leucopus) undergoing range expansion. Evolutionary Ecology, DOI 10.1007/s10682-017-9898-z.
- André A., Mouton A., Millien V. & Michaux J.R. 2017. Livermicrobiome of Peromyscus leucopus, a key reservoir host species for emerging infectious diseases in North America. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 52, 10–18
- Mouton A., Grill A., Mortelliti A., Sara M., Krystufek B., Buchner S., Lang J., Adamik P., Randi E., Amori G., Elmeros M., Verbeylen G., Dorenbosch M., Schulz B., Aloise G., Matur F, Michaux J.R. 2017. Evolutionary history and species delimitations: a case study of the hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius Conservation Genetics, 18, 181-197.
- Gillet F., Cabria Garrido M.T., Blanc F., Fournier-Chambrillon C., Némoz M., Sourp E., Vial-Novella C, Zardoya R., Aulagnier S. & Michaux J.R. 2017. Evidence of a fine-scale genetic structure for the endangered Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) in the French Pyrenees. Journal of Mammalogy, 98 (2):523–532.
- Oromi N., Michaux J.R. & Denoël M. 2016. High gene flow between alternative morphs and the persistence of facultative paedomorphosis. Scientific Reports, DOI: 10.1038/srep32046.
- Alfano N., Michaux J.R., Fabre P.H., Morand S., Alpin K., Tsangaras K, Löber U, Fitriana Y, Semiadi G., Ishida Y, Helgen K., Roca A.L., EidenM.V., Greenwood A.D. 2016. An endogenous gibbon ape leukemia virus (GALV) identified in a rodent (Melomys sp.) from Indonesia. Journal of Virology, 26;90(18):8169-80.
-Torres, J., Miquel, J., Fournier-Chambrillon, C., André, A., Maya, F. U., Carrera, G. G., & Fournier, P. (2016). First report of Filaria martis Gmelin, 1790 in the European mink, Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761). Parasitology research, 115(6), 2499-2503.
- Ovidio, M., Hanzen, C., Gennotte, V., Michaux, J.R., Benitez, J.-P., & Dierckx, A. (2016). Is adult translocation a credible way to accelerate the recolonization process of Chondrostoma nasus in a rehabilitated river? Cybium, 40(1), 43-49.
- Smitz N., Van Hooft W.F., Heller R., Cornélis D., Chardonnet P., Kraus R. & Michaux J.R. 2016. Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) identification and characterization on a non-model organism, the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), using next generation sequencing. Mammalian Biology, 81, 595–60.
- Pages M., Fabre P.-H., Chaval Y., Mortelliti A., Nicolas V., Wells K., Michaux J.R. & Lazzari V. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of Southeast Asian arboreal murine rodents. Zoologica Scripta, 45, 349–364.
- Goffard A., Demanche C., Arthur L., Pinçon C., Michaux J.R. & Dubuisson J.. 2015. Alphacoronaviruses Detected in French Bats are Phylogeographically Linked to Coronaviruses of European Bats. Viruses 2015, 7, 6279–6290; doi:10.3390/v7122937
- Renaud S., Quéré J.P. & Michaux J.R. 2015. Biogeographic variations in woodmice : testing for the rôle of morphological variation as a line of least résistance to evolution. Cambrigue Studies in Morphology and Molecules : New paradigms in Evolutionary Biology. Evolution of the Rodents : advance in Phylogeny, Paleontology and Fonctional Morphology, 300-322. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107360150.012.
- Gillet F, Tiouchichine ML, Galan M, Blanc F, Némoz M, Aulagnier S, &Michaux JR. 2015. A new method to identify the endangered Pyrenean desman and to study its diet, using next generation sequencing from faeces, Mammalian Biology 80 (2015) 505–509.
- Colak R. , Karacan GO, Kandemir I, Colak E., Kankilic T., Yigit N, & Michaux JR. 2015. Genetic variations of Turkish bank vole, Myodes glareolus (Mammalia:Rodentia), in northern Anatolia, inferred from mtDNA. Mitochondrial DNA, DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1089537.
- Cabria M.T., Gonzalez E.G., Gomez-Moliner B. J., Michaux J.R. & Zardoya R. 2015. Patterns of genetic variation of the endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola L., 1761). BMC Evol. Biol.. DOI 10.1186/s12862-015-0427-9
- Morand S., Bordes F., Hsuan‐Wien C, Claude J., Cosson J.F., Galan M., Czirják G., Greenwood A.D., Latinne A., Michaux J.R., Ribas A. 2015. Global parasite and Rattus rodent invasions: The consequences for rodent‐borne diseases. Integrative zoology. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12143.
- Lalis A, Leblois R., Liefried S., Ouarour A., Beeravolu C., Michaux J.R., Hamani A., Denys C. Nicolas V. 2015. Geographic and demographic history of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in North Africa: a comparison of fossil and genetic data. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12111.
- Demanche C.&Deville M., Barriel V., Pottier M., Viscogliosi E., Dei Cas E., Morand S., Michaux J.R, Guillot J.. 2015. What do Pneumocystisorganisms tell us about the phylogeography of their hosts? The case of the woodmouse Apodemus sylvaticus in continental Europe and western mediterranean islands. Plos One, 10 (4)., e0120839.
- Blasdell, K., Bordes, F., Chaisiri, K., Chaval, Y., Claude, J., Cosson, J.-F., Latinne, A., Michaux, J.R., Morand, S., Pagès, M., & Tran, A. 2015. Progress on research on rodents and rodent-borne zoonoses in Southeast Asia. Wildlife Research, 42 (2) ; 98-107.
- Charbonnel A., Buisson L. Biffi M., D’Amico F., Besnard A., Aulagnier S., Blanc F., Gillet F., Lacaze V., Michaux J.R., Némoz M., Pagé C., Sanchez‐Perez J-M, Sauvage S., Laffaille P. 2015. Integrating hydrological features and 1 genetically validated occurrence data in occupancy modeling of an endemic and endangered semi‐aquatic mammal species, Galemys pyrenaicus. Biological Conservation, 184, 182-192.
- Gillet F., Tiouchichine M.L., Galan M., Blanc F., Némoz M., Aulagnier S., Michaux J.R. 2015 A new method to identify the endangered Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) and to study its diet, using next generation sequencing from faeces. Mammalian Biology 80 505–509.
- Latinne A., Meynard C., Herbreteau V., Waengsothorn S., Morand S. & Michaux J.R. 2015. Influence of past and future climate changes on the distribution of three Southeast Asian murine rodents . Journal of Biogeography,42 (9). DOI:10.1111/jbi.12528
- Pisano J., Condamine F.L., Lebedev V., Bannikova A., Quéré J.P., Shenbrot G., Pagès M. & Michaux J.R. 2015. Out-of-Himalaya: The impact of past Asian environmental changes on the evolutionary and biogeographical history of Dipodoidea (Rodentia). Journal of Biogeography, 42 (5), 856-870.
- Smitz N., Cornélis D., Chardonnet P., Caron A., Melletti M., Marescaux J. & Michaux J.R. 2015. Impact of ancient and recent habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of southern African populations of buffalo (Syncerus caffer). BMC Evol. Biol, 14 (1), 203.
- Hartmann S., Hasenkamp N., Mayer J., Michaux J.R., Morand S., Mazzoni C.J. , Roca A.L. & Alex D. Greenwood. 2015. Endogenous murine leukemia rétroviral variation across wild European and inbred strains of house mouse. BMC Genomics 16:613
- Gillet F., Cabria M.T., Némoz M., Blanc F., Fournier-Chambrillon C., Sourp E., Vial-Novella C., Aulagnier S. & Michaux J.R. 2014. PCR-RFLP identification of the endangered Pyrenean desman, Galemys pyrenaicus (Soricomorpha, Talpidae), based on faecal DNA. Mammalia, (Online), 1864-1547.
- Sakka H., Henttonen H., Olsson G. & Michaux J.R. 2015. Co-phylogeography between the Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) and one of its nematode specific parasites Heligmosomum mixtum. Acta Parasitologica 60 (1), 85-98
- Tsangaras K., Wales N., Sicheritz-Pontén T., Ishida Y., Rasmussen S., Raghavan M., Michaux J.R., Morand S., Roca A., M. Gilbert T.P., Greenwood A.D.2014. COCHAP: COnCatenation Hybridization cAPture enriches small genomes using short PCR products. Plos One, 9 (10). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109101.
- Tsangaras K., Kolokotronis S.O., Ulrich R.G., Morand S., Michaux J.R. & Greenwood A.D. 2014. Negative purifying selection drives prion and doppel protein evolution in primates, bovids and rodents. Molecular Biology & Evolution, 79, 12-20.
- Frosch C, Kraus R., Angst C., Allgöwer R., Michaux J.R., Teubner J. & Nowak C. 2014. The genetic legacy 1 of multiple beaver reintroductions in Central Europe. Plos One, 9, 10.1371/journal.pone.0097619.
- Fontaine M., Roland K., Calves I., Austerlitz F., Tolley K.A., Birkun A., Ferreira M., Jauniaux T., Llavona A., Oztürk B., Öztürk A., Ridoux V., Rogan E., Sequeira M., Siebert U., Vikingsson G.A., Borrell A., Michaux J.R. & Aguilar A. 2014. Postglacial climate changes and rise of three ecotypes of harbour porpoises in western Palearctic waters. Molecular Ecology, 23, 3306-3321.
-Llirós, M., Inceoğlu, Ö., García-Armisen, T., Anzil, A., Leporcq, B., Pigneur, L. M., ... & Servais, P. (2014). Bacterial community composition in three freshwater reservoirs of different alkalinity and trophic status. PloS one, 9(12), e116145.
-Smitz, N., Cornélis, D., Chardonnet, P., Caron, A., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Jori, F., Pigneur, L. M,... & Kanapeckas, K. L. (2014). Genetic structure of fragmented southern populations of African Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer). BMC evolutionary biology, 14(1), 203.
-Pigneur, L. M., Etoundi, E., Aldridge, D. C., Marescaux, J., Yasuda, N., & Van Doninck, K. (2014). Genetic uniformity and long‐distance clonal dispersal in the invasive androgenetic Corbicula clams. Molecular ecology, 23(20), 5102-5116.
- Pigneur L.-M., Caublot G., Fournier-Chambrillon C., Fournier P., Michaux J. 2014. Sur les traces de la Loutre dans le Limousin... Echo du PNA Loutre. 7, 5-7.
- Pigneur L.-M., Caublot G., Fournier-Chambrillon C., Fournier P., Girralda- Carrera G., Marc D., Simonnet F., Sourp E., Steinmetz J., Urra-Maya F.,Michaux J. 2014. Génétique de la conservation de la Loutre d’Europe en France. Actes des 11èmes rencontres Bourgogne-Nature et 37e colloque francophone de Mammalogie (SFEPM). 35-39.
- Senn H., Ogden R., Frosch C., Munclinger P., Campbell-Palmer R., Durka W., Kraus R., Saveljev A., Nowak C., Stubbe A., Stubbe M., MichauxJ.R., Samjaa M., Ulevivius A. & Rosell F. 2014. Nuclear and mitochondrial genetic structure in the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) – implications for future réintroductions. Evolutionary Applications Journal, 7, 645-662.
- Fabre PH, Pages M., Musser G., Fitriana Y. Fjeldsaa J., Jennings A., Jonsson K.A., Kennedy J., Michaux J.R., Semiadi G., Supriatna N., Helgen K. 2013. A new genus of rodent from Wallacea (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini) and its implication for biogeography and Indo- Pacific Rattini systematics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 169, 408-447.
- Latinne A., Waengsothorn S. & Michaux J.R. 2013. Murinae rodent diversity in Thai limestone karsts: a phylogenetic approach. Systematics and Biodiversity, 3, 323-344.
- Navia D. N., Mendoça R.S., Ferragut F., Miranda L. C., Trincado R.C., Michaux J.R., Navajas M. 2013. Integration of DNA-based delimitation of species and morphology reveals cryptic diversity in Brevipalpus mites (Acari: Tenuipalpidae). Zoologica Scripta, 42, 406-426.
- Latinne A., Galan M., Waengsothorn S., Michaux J.R. Diet analysis of three Leopoldamys species using next-generation sequencing from faeces.Cave and Karst Studies, , 76, 139-145.
- Latinne A., Chaval Y., Waengsothorn S., Rojanadilok P., Eiamampa K., Sribuarod K., Herbreteau V., Morand S. & Michaux J.R. 2013. IsLeopoldamys neilli (Rodentia, Muridae) a synonym of Leopoldamys herberti? A reply to Balakirev et al. Zootaxa 3731 (4): 589–598.
- Smitz N., Berthouly C., Cornelis D., Heller R., Van Hooft W.F., Chardonnet P., Prins H.H.T., De Iongh H.H., Caron A. & Michaux J.R. 2013. A Pan-African phylogeographical study of the African buffalo: investigating subspecies divergence. Plos One, 8. 1-17.
- Lebedev, V., Bannikova, A., Pagès, M., Pisano, J., Michaux, J.R, and Shenbrot, G. 2013. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphological hypotheses. Zoologica Scripta : n/a-n/a.
- Pigneur L.-M., Marc D., Fournier P., Fournier-Chambrillon C., Steinmetz J., Rieu L., Giralda-Carrera G., Urra F., Van Doninck K., Michaux J.R.2013. Etude génétique préliminaire de quelques populations de Loutres en France et Navarre. Actes du 36e
- Pinel‐Alloul, B., André, A., Legendre, P., Cardille, J. A., Patalas, K., & Salki, A. (2013). Large‐scale geographic patterns of diversity and community structure of pelagic crustacean zooplankton in Canadian lakes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22(7), 784-795.
- Pigneur, L. M., Marescaux, J., Roland, K., Etoundi, E., Descy, J. P., & Van Doninck, K. (2011). Phylogeny and androgenesis in the invasive Corbicula clams (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) in Western Europe. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(1), 147.
