Biography and publications | Lluis Quintana-Murci - Human Genomics and Evolution

Biography

Lluis Quintana-Murci, born in 1970 in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), studied biology at the University of Barcelona (Spain), obtained his doctorate in population genetics at the University of Pavia (Italy), and his habilitation to direct research at Sorbonne University. He joined the CNRS in 2001, first as a research fellow and then as director of research. He was Scientific Director of the Institut Pasteur in 2016-2017, and Visiting Professor at Rockefeller University (New York, USA) during the summer 2018. Since 2007, he has headed the Human Evolutionary Genetics unit at the Institut Pasteur, and since 2019, he has held the Human Genomics and Evolution chair at the Collège de France.

A specialist in human population genetics, he is the author of over two hundred publications in international journals. His work has been recognized by a number of awards, including the CNRS bronze and silver medals, the Jean-Hamburger prize from the City of Paris, the Mergier-Bourdeix and Dagnan-Bouveret prizes from the Académie des Sciences, and the Allianz-Institut de France Foundation research prize. He has also been a prizewinner of the European Research Council (ERC). He is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the Academia Europaea. In 2019, he will be appointed a member of the French Academy of Sciences in the Human Biology and Medical Sciences section.

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Selected bibliography

Work

Le peuple des humains : sur les traces génétiques des migrations, métissages et adaptions

Quintana-Murci L., Le peuple des humains : sur les traces génétiques des migrations, métissages et adaptions, Paris, Éditions Odile Jacob, 2021. 331 p.

Articles

Genomic Insights into Population History and Biological Adaptation in Oceania

Choin J., Mendoza-Revilla J., Arauna L. R., Cuadros-Espinoza S., Cassar O., Larena M., Ko A. M., Harmant C., Laurent R., Verdu P., Laval G., Boland A., Olaso R., Deleuze J.F., Valentin F., Ko Y. C., Jakobsson M., Gessain A., Excoffier L., Stoneking M., Patin E., and Quintana-Murci L., « Genomic Insights into Population History and Biological Adaptation in Oceania », Nature, vol. 592, April 2021, p. 583-589, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03236-5.
Human Ancient DNA Analyses Reveal the High Burden of Tuberculosis in Europeans over the Last 2,000 Years

Kerner G., Laval G., Patin E., Boisson-Dupuis S., Abel L., Casanova J. L. et Quintana-Murci L., « Human Ancient DNA Analyses Reveal the High Burden of Tuberculosis in Europeans over the Last 2,000 Years », Am J Hum Genet, vol. 108, March 2021, p. 517-524, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.02.009.
Dispersals and Genetic Adaptation of Bantu-Speaking Populations in Africa and North America

Patin E., Lopez M., Grollemund R., Verdu P., Harmant C., Quach H., Laval G., Perry G.H., Barreiro L.B., Froment A., Heyer E., Massougbodji A., Fortes-Lima C., Migot-Nabias F., Bellis G., Dugoujon J.M., Pereira J.B., Fernandes V., Pereira L., Van der Veen L., Mouguiama-Daouda P., Bustamante C.D., Hombert J. M. et Quintana-Murci L., « Dispersals and Genetic Adaptation of Bantu-Speaking Populations in Africa and North America », Science, vol. 356, May 2017, p. 543-546, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal1988.
Genetic Adaptation and Neandertal Admixture Shaped the Immune System of Human Populations

Quach H., Rotival M., Pothlichet J., Loh Y.E., Dannemann M., Zidane N., Laval G., Patin E., Harmant C., Lopez M., Deschamps M., Naffakh N., Duffy D., Coen A., Leroux-Roels G., Clement F., Boland A., Deleuze J.F., Kelso J., Albert M.L., and Quintana-Murci L. « Genetic Adaptation and Neandertal Admixture Shaped the Immune System of Human Populations ». Cell, vol. 167, October 2016, p. 643-656, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.09.024.
Natural Selection has Driven Population Differentiation in Modern Humans

Barreiro L. B., Laval G., Quach H., Patin E. et Quintana-Murci L., « Natural Selection has Driven Population Differentiation in Modern Humans », Nature Genetics, vol. 40, March 2008, p. 340-345, https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.78.
Genetic Evidence of an Early Exit of Homo Sapiens Sapiens from Africa through Eastern Africa

Quintana-Murci L., Semino O., Bandelt H. J., Passarino G., McElreavey K. et Santachiara-Benerecetti A. S., « Genetic Evidence of an Early Exit of Homo Sapiens Sapiens from Africa through Eastern Africa ». Nature Genetics, vol. 23, December 1999, p. 437-441, https://doi.org/10.1038/70550.