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Jean-Stéphane VARRÉ is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Lille and a core member of the BONSAI bioinformatics research team. His administrative leadership includes:
- Vice-head of the Computer Science Department (since 2018)
- In charge of the B.Sc. in Computer Science (since 2015)
- Former head of the MOCAD master's degree in Computer Science (2010-2015)
His research centers on algorithmic solutions for genomic challenges, specializing in genomic rearrangements with duplicated markers, transcription prediction (splicing/orthology), third-generation sequencing assembly, and GPU-accelerated bioinformatics. Key contributions include ProCARs for ancestral genome reconstruction and the TFM suite for sequence comparison using position weight matrices.
Recent publications (2019) demonstrate dual expertise in microbial genomics (bacterial assembly graph analysis) and clinical virology (coronavirus OC43 sequencing protocols), reflecting his team's capacity to bridge theoretical algorithm design with high-impact biomedical applications through scalable computational frameworks.
Professor VARRÉ has co-supervised six doctoral candidates across 17 years:
- Pierre Marijon: Assembly graph analysis (current)
- Antoine Thomas: Genomic rearrangements with duplicates
- Tuan Tu Tran (2009-2012): Manycore architecture data structures
- Aude Darracq (2006-2010): Plant mitochondrial genome rearrangements
- Aude Liefooghe (2004-2008): Transcription factor binding site algorithms
- Martin Figeac (2002-2005): Constrained genomic rearrangement scenarios
The BONSAI team maintains an active software repository for genomic analysis tools, including GPU-optimized string matching implementations and breakpoint region analyzers, supporting both academic research and clinical applications through open-source computational pipelines.
