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Dr Chedly Kastally

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Dr Chedly Kastally

Research Interests

My main interest is to identify honey bee’s resistance traits to one of its parasite, the mite Varroa destructor. To this end, I am studying differentially expressed genes in Apis mellifera and A. cerana using RNA-seq data and New Generation Sequencing technologies. The expected benefit of this work is to improve honey bees management using resources that emerged naturally, through evolution and natural selection, rather than requiring external sources of parasite control like acaricides.


Curriculum vitae

Research Experience

  • Since 2018: Postdoctoral position – Molecular Ecology, Institute of Biology, Martin-Luther University, Germany. Research advisor: Dr Jarkko Routtu. "Varroa resistance genomics in Apis mellifera and A. cerana"
  • 2012-2017: PhD in Science – Evolutionary Biology and Ecology Laboratory, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Research advisor: Dr Patrick Mardulyn. "Genome-wide genetic variation in two sister species of cold-resistant leaf beetle: migration and population adaptation."
  • 2007-2012: Master in Science - Research advisor: Dr Patrick Mardulyn. "Comparative study of summary statistics used to discriminate phylogeographic models and a study case of Chrysomela aeneicollis."

Publications

  • Kastally C, Mardulyn P (2017): Widespread co-occurrence of two distantly related mitochondrial genomes in individuals of the leaf beetle Gonioctena intermedia. Biology letters 13 (11): 20170570
  • Kastally C, Dellicour S, Hardy OJ, Gilbert M, Mardulyn P (submitted): Evaluating dispersal of a leaf beetle by analysing genome-wide variation data under a spatially explicit model of coalescence.
  • Kastally C, Mardulyn P (in prep): Genome-wide introgression between two sister-species of leaf beetles.
  • Kastally C, Mardulyn P (in prep): Genomic analysis of adaptation in a cold-resistant leaf beetle in the Vosges mountains.
  • Dellicour S, Kastally C, Hardy OJ, Mardulyn P (2014): Comparing phylogeographic hypotheses by simulating DNA sequences under a spatially explicit model of coalescence. In: Molecular biology and evolution ISSN: 1537-1719
  • Dellicour S, Kastally C, Varela S, Michez D, Rasmont P, Mardulyn P, Lecocq T (2017): Ecological niche modelling and coalescent simulations to explore the recent geographical range history of five widespread bumblebee species in Europe. Journal of Biogeography 44 (1): 39-50
  • Jossart Q, Wattier RA, Kastally C, Aron S, David B, De Ridder C, Rigaud T (2014): Genetic evidence confirms polygamous mating system in a crustacean parasite with multiple hosts. Ed. by D. Rubenstein. PLosONE 9 (3): e90680. ISSN: 19326203

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