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Daniel Croll is a Full Professor at the University of Neuchâtel, affiliated with the Faculty of Science and the Institute of Biology. His research focuses on evolutionary genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics, particularly in plant pathogens and fungal adaptation to environmental pressures.
- Key Research Areas: Evolutionary genetics, transposable elements, plant pathogen interactions, fungicide resistance, computational genomics, and microbial ecology.
Daniel's recent work explores the role of transposable elements in fungal genome dynamics, the genetic basis of pathogen adaptation to hosts and climate, and the development of computational tools like LOCO for ancestry inference. His studies on Zymoseptoria tritici and other pathogens have uncovered mechanisms of resistance evolution and strain heterogeneity through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and population genomics.
His publications highlight trends in fungal pathogen evolution, including TE-driven mutations, low-coverage sequencing applications, and continent-scale resistance mapping. Collaborative projects span agricultural genomics, symbiosis, and functional validation of resistance genes like SdhC1 and β-tubulin.
- Notable Contributions: Development of microfluidics-based GMO detection assays, identification of TE-mediated resistance mechanisms, and creation of a fungicide resistance atlas.
