News
November 2026 – PanQueSt at seqBIM: two talks!
PanQueSt will be featured at the seqBIM 2026 meeting with two talks presenting our first results.
October 2026 – Two new PhD students join PanQueSt!
Welcome to Alice Laurent, joining Université de Bordeaux, and Tiziri Tamani, joining Université de Toulouse!
Their research will explore two complementary challenges in pangenomics:
- Alice Laurent will investigate the graph motifs associated with different types of structural variants (SVs) and develop new methods to detect them.
- Tiziri Tamani will develop methods to genotype SVs in pangenomes and link them to phenotypes.
September 2026 – New paper: understanding inversions in pangenome graphs
How are inversions represented in pangenome graphs? Our new paper in NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics investigates the graph structures generated by inversions in simulated and real datasets. The results reveal two main topological patterns, only one of which preserves the biological structure of the inversion.
Read the paper in NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics
July 2026 – A new ANR project on pangenome graphs: popGraph
Great news for pangenomics: popGraph, another ANR-funded project on pangenome graphs, was selected for funding in 2026!
With several partners involved in both PanQueSt and popGraph, the two projects will work in close interaction. While PanQueSt focuses on detecting and analysing structural variants in pangenome graphs, popGraph will bring the pangenome graphs to the population genomics research (such as diversity and adaptation studies). This overlap will create opportunities for collaboration and synergies between the two projects.
January 2026 – PanQueSt’s kick-off meeting in Paris
PanQueSt held its first project meeting in person in Paris, bringing together 15 participants for two full days of discussions. The meeting included presentations and brainstorming sessions on the different work packages, setting the direction for the project.
January 2026 – A new engineer joins PanQueSt
Welcome to Almel Benarbia, an engineer at Université de Montpellier recruited with funding from PanQueSt!
Her mission is to build a benchmark for evaluating pangenome-based structural variant detection tools, helping to assess their strengths and limitations.