Guillaume Diss

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Guillaume Diss
Quantitative and mechanistic models of genotype-phenotype maps
Our research focuses on understanding the mechanisms through which genetic variation translates into phenotypic variation, e.g. diseases or functional innovations. A cell is an ensemble of molecules that interact together and form a complex network of molecular interactions. This network organizes biological processes and cellular functions and determines the phenotype of the cell. Mutations quantitatively perturb the way proteins interact with each other and with other molecules. This in turn perturbs the architecture of the network and the complex and dynamic equilibrium between biological processes, which can result in a phenotypic change.
We will combine quantitative genetics, biochemistry and systems biology approach together with modeling and computational biology to develop quantitative and mechanistic models of mutation effects. We will measure the effects of mutations at different levels of organization, from single genes (expression, protein stability, enzymatic activity) to molecular interactions (protein-protein, protein-nucleic acids) and network architecture. We will then use this data to generate our models. Strong focus will be placed on understanding the mechanisms through which the effects of mutations depend upon additional genetic variation (i.e. epistasis), uncovering the general principles of biological organization and of its evolution.
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Domingo J, Diss G and Lehner B (2018) Pairwise and higher order genetic interactions during the evolution of a tRNA
Nature. 558:117-121Diss G and Lehner B. (2018) The genetic landscape of a physical interaction
eLife. 7:e32472Diss G, Gagnon-Arsenault I, Dion-Coté AM, Vignaud H, Ascencio DI, Berger CM, Landry CR. (2017) Gene duplication can impart fragility, not robustness, in the yeast protein interaction network
Science. 355:630-634Filteau M*, Diss G*, Torres-Quiroz F et al. (2015) Systematic identification of signal integration by Protein Kinase A
Proc Nat Acad Sci. 112:4501-6.Diss G, Ascencio D, Deluna A, Landry CR. (2014) Molecular mechanisms of paralogous compensation and the robustness of cellular networks
J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 322:488-99Diss G, Dubé AK, Boutin J, Gagnon-Arsenault I, Landry CR. (2013) A systematic approach for the genetic dissection of protein complexes in living cells
Cell Reports. 3(6):2155-67Diss G*, Filteau M*, Freschi L*, Leducq JB*, Rochette S*, Torres-Quiroz F*, Landry CR. (2013) Integrative avenues for exploring the dynamics and evolution of protein interaction networks
Curr Op Biotechnol. 24(4):775-83Full list of publications
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