Thibault Caron Forskare

I am mainly interested in studying the adaptation of microorganisms to atypical environments as well as their potential optimization for human applications.

During my university course, I became passionate about the evolution of species and the genomic mechanisms that are responsible for it, as well as biotechnological applications, in particular agri-food.

My master's thesis focuses on the evolution of transposable element repertoires in autogamous and allogamous species of Arabidopsis.

During my PhD, I studied the domestication of Penicillium roqueforti, blue cheese mold, through cheese making, metabarcoding, genomics, metabolomics, volatilomics, and association genetics, to identify the selected traits in cheese and their genomic determinants, but also to better characterize the genetic diversity of the species and produce new strains of interest.

Currently, I am studying the correlation of mutation rate with the thermotolerance of fungal strains in the Chaetomiaceae family through a mutation accumulation experiment. I also work on the genomics of fungal species in the Marasciameceae family.

thibaultcaron864@gmail.com