Daniel Croll
@danielcroll.bsky.social
We want to understand how pathogens adapt and cause diseases. Also passionate about TEs, pangenomes & population genomics, bioinformatics and conservation genomics.
Professor of Evolutionary Genetics @ University of Neuchatel 🇨🇭
Hobbies: 👧🏻👧🏼🏔️🏕️
Professor of Evolutionary Genetics @ University of Neuchatel 🇨🇭
Hobbies: 👧🏻👧🏼🏔️🏕️
Neuchâtel morning glory - I love this time of the year!
October 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Neuchâtel morning glory - I love this time of the year!
The🇨🇭Classics in full glory 🚴
October 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The🇨🇭Classics in full glory 🚴
Cycling home time gets the autumn glow-up! 🚴♂️🍁
September 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Cycling home time gets the autumn glow-up! 🚴♂️🍁
Tobias Baril (@tobybarilbio.bsky.social) and I are very excited to share our Opinion piece in Trends in Microbiology.
We were struck by the convergent phenomenon of hypermutation in fungal pathogens and hope that our piece helps connect puzzle pieces.
Please check Toby's story below and share.
We were struck by the convergent phenomenon of hypermutation in fungal pathogens and hope that our piece helps connect puzzle pieces.
Please check Toby's story below and share.
August 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Tobias Baril (@tobybarilbio.bsky.social) and I are very excited to share our Opinion piece in Trends in Microbiology.
We were struck by the convergent phenomenon of hypermutation in fungal pathogens and hope that our piece helps connect puzzle pieces.
Please check Toby's story below and share.
We were struck by the convergent phenomenon of hypermutation in fungal pathogens and hope that our piece helps connect puzzle pieces.
Please check Toby's story below and share.
On my way to Köln for #2025ISMPMI watching a beautiful sunset after Mannheim.
Looking forward to Monday!
Looking forward to Monday!
July 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
On my way to Köln for #2025ISMPMI watching a beautiful sunset after Mannheim.
Looking forward to Monday!
Looking forward to Monday!
Oded, our conveyor of painful truths...
But it's early morning here though, so I am chilling at this lake here for the moment.
But it's early morning here though, so I am chilling at this lake here for the moment.
June 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Oded, our conveyor of painful truths...
But it's early morning here though, so I am chilling at this lake here for the moment.
But it's early morning here though, so I am chilling at this lake here for the moment.
Exciting day travelling to Wageningen to examine the very impressive work of Anouk C. van Westerhoven, co-supervised by Gert H. J. Kema and @mfseidl.bsky.social!
Also, looking forward to get again dressed fancy in some borrowed gown 🎓😉
Also, looking forward to get again dressed fancy in some borrowed gown 🎓😉
May 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Exciting day travelling to Wageningen to examine the very impressive work of Anouk C. van Westerhoven, co-supervised by Gert H. J. Kema and @mfseidl.bsky.social!
Also, looking forward to get again dressed fancy in some borrowed gown 🎓😉
Also, looking forward to get again dressed fancy in some borrowed gown 🎓😉
We have a postdoc position on "Evolution of cross-kingdom RNA crosstalk". The project is on sRNA evolution in plant pathogens studied via pangenomics.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We have a postdoc position on "Evolution of cross-kingdom RNA crosstalk". The project is on sRNA evolution in plant pathogens studied via pangenomics.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
We have a postdoc position on "Fungal population genomics" focused on domestication and co-invasion processes in diverse fungi.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We have a postdoc position on "Fungal population genomics" focused on domestication and co-invasion processes in diverse fungi.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
We have a postdoc position on "Beetle-fungus co-invasion genomics" looking at ambrosia beetle/fungi symbionts across the globe. Collab with WSL Zurich.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We have a postdoc position on "Beetle-fungus co-invasion genomics" looking at ambrosia beetle/fungi symbionts across the globe. Collab with WSL Zurich.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
We have a postdoc position on "Deep learning for evolutionary genomics" with a focus on genome structure evolution, introgression detection and more.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We have a postdoc position on "Deep learning for evolutionary genomics" with a focus on genome structure evolution, introgression detection and more.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
You find the full ad here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs/
Happy to answer any question!
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭?
We have several postdoc positions open at the moment!
Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs
Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!
We have several postdoc positions open at the moment!
Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs
Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭?
We have several postdoc positions open at the moment!
Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs
Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!
We have several postdoc positions open at the moment!
Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs
Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!
I will join this great Summer School on Plant Pathogenomics
for a Sustainable Future of Food.
End of June in beautiful Bologna! 🇮🇹
Share with your interested colleagues and don't miss the application deadline 😉
www.2p4s2f.com
for a Sustainable Future of Food.
End of June in beautiful Bologna! 🇮🇹
Share with your interested colleagues and don't miss the application deadline 😉
www.2p4s2f.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I will join this great Summer School on Plant Pathogenomics
for a Sustainable Future of Food.
End of June in beautiful Bologna! 🇮🇹
Share with your interested colleagues and don't miss the application deadline 😉
www.2p4s2f.com
for a Sustainable Future of Food.
End of June in beautiful Bologna! 🇮🇹
Share with your interested colleagues and don't miss the application deadline 😉
www.2p4s2f.com
We tried to tie together the timing of a TE family expansion with potential adaptive functions. These could be linked to fungicide resistance gains or other pathogen traits.
April 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We tried to tie together the timing of a TE family expansion with potential adaptive functions. These could be linked to fungicide resistance gains or other pathogen traits.
A large and diverse number of TE families show high variation in copy number among populations.
The variation in TE numbers often tracks the expansion out of the pathogen's origin in the Middle East.
We then focused on the TEs showing the most dramatic recent expansions across the genome.
The variation in TE numbers often tracks the expansion out of the pathogen's origin in the Middle East.
We then focused on the TEs showing the most dramatic recent expansions across the genome.
April 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A large and diverse number of TE families show high variation in copy number among populations.
The variation in TE numbers often tracks the expansion out of the pathogen's origin in the Middle East.
We then focused on the TEs showing the most dramatic recent expansions across the genome.
The variation in TE numbers often tracks the expansion out of the pathogen's origin in the Middle East.
We then focused on the TEs showing the most dramatic recent expansions across the genome.
Very excited with @tobybarilbio.bsky.social to share this preprint about his latest work on TEs!
We knew that TEs were very pretty active in this global fungal pathogen of wheat.
Now with nearly 2000 Illumina genomes available, we could finally ask questions about historic TE activation waves.
We knew that TEs were very pretty active in this global fungal pathogen of wheat.
Now with nearly 2000 Illumina genomes available, we could finally ask questions about historic TE activation waves.
April 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Very excited with @tobybarilbio.bsky.social to share this preprint about his latest work on TEs!
We knew that TEs were very pretty active in this global fungal pathogen of wheat.
Now with nearly 2000 Illumina genomes available, we could finally ask questions about historic TE activation waves.
We knew that TEs were very pretty active in this global fungal pathogen of wheat.
Now with nearly 2000 Illumina genomes available, we could finally ask questions about historic TE activation waves.
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA)
Excited by fungi, genomes, transposons, sustainable agriculture, microbiomes or other topics?
Looking for a friendly and interactive lab located in one of the most beautiful towns in Switzerland? 🇨🇭⛰️⛵
Get in touch and please share!
pathogen-genomics.org
Excited by fungi, genomes, transposons, sustainable agriculture, microbiomes or other topics?
Looking for a friendly and interactive lab located in one of the most beautiful towns in Switzerland? 🇨🇭⛰️⛵
Get in touch and please share!
pathogen-genomics.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA)
Excited by fungi, genomes, transposons, sustainable agriculture, microbiomes or other topics?
Looking for a friendly and interactive lab located in one of the most beautiful towns in Switzerland? 🇨🇭⛰️⛵
Get in touch and please share!
pathogen-genomics.org
Excited by fungi, genomes, transposons, sustainable agriculture, microbiomes or other topics?
Looking for a friendly and interactive lab located in one of the most beautiful towns in Switzerland? 🇨🇭⛰️⛵
Get in touch and please share!
pathogen-genomics.org
So happy - our lab just had two PhD students graduating within the span of a week!
Biggest congrats to @guidopuccetti.bsky.social and Sarai Reyes-Avila!! 🎉🧑🎓🧑🎓🎉
Best wishes from all of us for your future paths!
Biggest congrats to @guidopuccetti.bsky.social and Sarai Reyes-Avila!! 🎉🧑🎓🧑🎓🎉
Best wishes from all of us for your future paths!
April 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So happy - our lab just had two PhD students graduating within the span of a week!
Biggest congrats to @guidopuccetti.bsky.social and Sarai Reyes-Avila!! 🎉🧑🎓🧑🎓🎉
Best wishes from all of us for your future paths!
Biggest congrats to @guidopuccetti.bsky.social and Sarai Reyes-Avila!! 🎉🧑🎓🧑🎓🎉
Best wishes from all of us for your future paths!
Summer time is here and I get to see the last sunrays again on my cycle home! 🚲🗻
April 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Summer time is here and I get to see the last sunrays again on my cycle home! 🚲🗻
Finally, we assessed the impact on resistance by one of the newly discovered and highly resistant Irish Cyp51 haplotypes using mutant constructs.
March 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Finally, we assessed the impact on resistance by one of the newly discovered and highly resistant Irish Cyp51 haplotypes using mutant constructs.
The molecular target encoded by the Cyp51 locus presented a very complex landscape of overlapping associations depending on the exact DMI. Structural variation is seemingly also playing a role.
March 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The molecular target encoded by the Cyp51 locus presented a very complex landscape of overlapping associations depending on the exact DMI. Structural variation is seemingly also playing a role.
Our key outcome is a large atlas detailing demethylation inhibitor (DMI) resistance loci in the large European diversity panel.
We confirmed the dominant role of modifications in the molecular target Cyp51, but also mapped a vast number of additional loci making contributions to DMI resistance.
We confirmed the dominant role of modifications in the molecular target Cyp51, but also mapped a vast number of additional loci making contributions to DMI resistance.
March 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Our key outcome is a large atlas detailing demethylation inhibitor (DMI) resistance loci in the large European diversity panel.
We confirmed the dominant role of modifications in the molecular target Cyp51, but also mapped a vast number of additional loci making contributions to DMI resistance.
We confirmed the dominant role of modifications in the molecular target Cyp51, but also mapped a vast number of additional loci making contributions to DMI resistance.
GWAS can be very powerful in diverse populations such as found for Zymoseptoria tritici. So, we made sure to comprehensively capture genetic variation combining SNP, Kmer and structural variant based genotyping.
March 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
GWAS can be very powerful in diverse populations such as found for Zymoseptoria tritici. So, we made sure to comprehensively capture genetic variation combining SNP, Kmer and structural variant based genotyping.
In painstaking work, we arrayed all these strains for genome sequencing and assessment of resistance levels.
We used both colony growth reductions and half maximum concentrations (EC50) as complementary metrics for resistance.
We used both colony growth reductions and half maximum concentrations (EC50) as complementary metrics for resistance.
March 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
In painstaking work, we arrayed all these strains for genome sequencing and assessment of resistance levels.
We used both colony growth reductions and half maximum concentrations (EC50) as complementary metrics for resistance.
We used both colony growth reductions and half maximum concentrations (EC50) as complementary metrics for resistance.