Nicolas Helmstetter
Graduate Research Assistant
N.Helmstetter@exeter.ac.uk
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+44(0)1392 725296
Geoffrey Pope RM309
Geoffrey Pope Building, University of Exeter , Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK
Overview
I'm a graduate research assistant in Rhys Farrer's Group. I joined the MRC CMM in January 2020 to work on epigenetics modifications associated with Cryptococcus response to host induced stress.
Qualifications
BSc Biology, University of Strasbourg
MSc Plant sciences, University of Toulouse
Career
2016-2019: Fungal Biology laboratory, University of Exeter
2012-2015: Fungal Biology laboratory, University of Exeter
2007-2010: French Plant Genomic Resource Center (CNRGV), INRA Toulouse
2005-2006: BIOGEMMA - Genomics laboratory, Evry
2003-2004: Friedrich Miescher Institute, Genetic flux in plants, Basel
Publications
Journal articles
Badouin H, Gouzy J, Grassa CJ, Murat F, Staton SE, Cottret L, Lelandais-Brière C, Owens GL, Carrère S, Mayjonade B, et al (2017). The sunflower genome provides insights into oil metabolism, flowering and Asterid evolution. Nature, 546(7656), 148-152.
Gill N, Buti M, Kane N, Bellec A, Helmstetter N, Berges H, Rieseberg L (2014). Sequence-Based Analysis of Structural Organization. and Composition of the Cultivated Sunflower. (Helianthus annuus L.) Genome. Biology, 3(2), 295-319.
Goubet PM, Bergès H, Bellec A, Prat E, Helmstetter N, Mangenot S, Gallina S, Holl A-C, Fobis-Loisy I, Vekemans X, et al (2012). Contrasted Patterns of Molecular Evolution in Dominant and Recessive Self-Incompatibility Haplotypes in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics, 8(3), e1002495-e1002495.
Gonthier L, Bellec A, Blassiau C, Prat E, Helmstetter N, Rambaud C, Huss B, Hendriks T, Bergès H, Quillet M-C, et al (2010). Construction and characterization of two BAC libraries representing a deep-coverage of the genome of chicory (Cichorium intybus L. Asteraceae). BMC Research Notes, 3(1).
