Johann Confais

Johann Confais

Research Engineer at INRAE (IR)

French version

  • Head of genome annotation service of URGI.
  • CATI GREP co-leader.
  • software development of REPET and panREPET.
  • Development of methods for predicting the impact of transposable elements on their host genome.

keywords : annotation, pangenome, transposable elements

Consortiums :

  • Working group member of Transposable Element research community TEhub
  • Committee member of INRAE pangenomic network Get-A-Pan
  • Member of French Mobil elements network GDR 3546 Mobil-ET

grants :

  • 2022: IBiSA
  • 2022-2026 : PLEASURE (ANR, France). Participant
  • 2025-2029 : SATURN (ANR, France). WP leader

Fellowships :

PhD co-supervision :

  • Somia Saidi : 2021-2024

Engineer/ post doc supervision :

  • Mariène Wan : 18 months 2022-2023
  • Etienne Bardet : 12 months (IBiSA grant) 2023-2024
  • Roman Aguay : 5 months 2025-2026
  • Maulana MugHitz Naji : post doc 24 months (SATURN grant) 2025-2027

Internship supervision :

  • Mathieu Blaison : Master 2 Montpellier 2020
  • Pilar Rodriguez : Master 2 Evry 2021 => currently Engineer at Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
  • Yanis Toumert : Master 2 de Strasbourg 2021
  • Maëla Sémery : Master 2 de Rennes 2022 => currently in PhD at UMR GQE.
  • Iphigénie Gonnet : Master 2 de Paris cité 2023 => currently in PhD at Leiden University.
  • Roman Aguay : Master 2 de l'Université Clermont Auvergne 2025
  • Patricia Cristina Arakawa Yagi : Master 2 de Sorbonne Université 2025 

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