Dr. Apolline Petit


Postdoctoral Research Associate




Email: a.petit@uni-muenster.de

Tel.: +49-(0)251-83-21633

Room: 100.19

ORCID: 0000-0001-5603-5630

Curriculum

  • 03/2025 - present: Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics Group, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Germany
  • 09/2021 - 12/2024: PhD in Evolution, "Theoretical and empirical study of the evolution of gene regulatory network", EGCE, Paris-Saclay University, France
  • 04/2020 - 06/2019: Internship in the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris, Sorbonne University, France
  • 2017 - 2020: M.Sc. in Systematic, Evolution, Paleontology, Sorbonne University, France
  • 2014 - 2017: B.Sc. in Geosciences, Sorbonne University, France

Research interests

  • Gene regulation
  • De Novo genes

Publications

  • Petit, A.J.R., Guez J., Le Rouzic A. Correlated stabilizing selection shapes the topology of gene regulatory networks, Genetics, 2023; https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyad065
  • Akiki, P. et al. Male manipulation impinges on social-dependent tumor suppression in Drosophila melanogaster females, Scientific Reports, 2024; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57003-3
  • Petit, A.J.R., Genissel A., Le Rouzic A. Association between gene expression plasticity and regulatory network topology. bioRxiv. 2024; https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.11.584403v2