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Biocomputing: computer science applied to the study of viruses

Biocomputing: computer science applied to the study of viruses

Pauline Rocu’s research has focused on modelling the geographical spread of a virus based on its phylogenetic tree.

She is co-author of three articles on Biocomputing based on research to which she contributed as part of her end-of-study placement in three laboratories in Montpellier, funded by ICIT-MUSE, a programme of the University of Montpellier:

• Grains, trade and war in the multimodal transmission of Rice yellow mottle virus: an historical and phylogeographical retrospective, Innocent Ndikumana, Geoffrey Onaga, Agnès Pinel-Galzi, Pauline Rocu, Judith Hubert, Hassan Karakacha Wéré, Antony Kigaru Adego, Mariam Nyongesa Wéré, Nils Poulicard, Maxime Hébrard, Simon Dellicour, Philippe Lemey, Erik Gilbert, Marie-José Dugué, François Chévenet, Paul Bastide, Stéphane Guindon, Denis Fargette, Eugénie Hébrard
• Modeling the velocity of evolving lineages and predicting dispersal patterns, Paul Bastide, Pauline Rocu, Johannes Wirtz, Gabriel W. Hassler, François Chevenet, Denis Fargette, Marc A. Suchard, Simon Dellicour, Philippe Lemey, Stéphane Guindon
• How fast are viruses spreading in the wild? Simon Dellicour, Paul Bastide, Pauline Rocu, Denis Fargette, Olivier J. Hardy, Marc A. Suchard, Stéphane Guindon, Philippe Lemey

Interview by Isabelle Mauriac, in French with English subtitles