www.mathiascurrat.com

I am a scientist based in Geneva (Switzerland), trying to merge my passions for Biology and Computer science in my professional activities! Specialized in population genetics, I am teaching and leading a research on Human settlement history and evolution at the University of Geneva. In parallel, I am also working as web developer and expert for Cybermedia Concepts.

Scientific articles (peer reviewed)

1. 2008 Currat M, Ruedi M, Petit RJ & Excoffier L. The hidden side of invasions: massive introgression by local genes. Evolution 62(8) 1908-1920.

2. 2008 Neuenschwander S, Largiadèr CR, Ray N, Currat M, Vonlanthen P & Excoffier L. Colonization history of the Swiss Rhine basin by the bullhead (Cottus gobio): Inference under a Bayesian spatially explicit framework. Molecular Ecology 17(3) 757-772.

3. 2006 Wegmann D, Currat M & Excoffier L. Molecular Diversity After A Range Expansion In Heterogeneous Environments. Genetics, 174: 2009-2020.

4. 2006 Currat M, Excoffier L, Maddison W, Otto S P, Ray N, Whitlock M C, Yeaman S. Comment on "Ongoing Adaptive Evolution of ASPM, a Brain Size Determinant in Homo sapiens" and "Microcephalin, a Gene Regulating Brain Size, Continues to Evolve Adaptively in Humans". Science, 14 July 2006, 313(5784): 172.

5. 2006 Klopfstein S, Currat M, Excoffier L. The fate of mutations surfing on the wave of a range expansion. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23(3): 482-490.

6. 2005 Ray N, Currat M, Berthier P, Excoffier L. Recovering the geographic origin of early modern humans by realistic and spatially explicit simulations. Genome Research, 15: 1161-1167.

7. 2005 Hamilton G, Currat M, Ray N, Heckel G, Beaumont M, Excoffier L. Bayesian estimation of recent migration rates after a spatial expansion. Genetics, 170: 409-417.

8. 2005 Currat M and Excoffier L. The effect of the Neolithic expansion on European molecular diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B. 272, 679-688.

9. 2004 Currat M and Excoffier L. Modern Humans did not admix with Neanderthals during their range expansion. PLoS Biology, Vol. 2, No. 12, e41. synopsis

10. 2004 Currat M, Ray N, Excoffier L. SPLATCHE: A program to simulate genetic diversity taking into account environmental heterogeneity. Molecular Ecology Notes, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 139-142.

11. 2003 Ray N, Currat M, Excoffier L. Intra-deme molecular diversity in spatially expanding populations. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 20(1):76-86.

12. 2002 Currat M, Trabuchet G, Rees D, Perrin P, Harding RM, Clegg JB, Langaney A and Excoffier L. Molecular analysis of the Beta-Globin gene cluster in the Niokholo Mandenka population reveals a recent origin of the HbS Senegal mutation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 70:207-223.

Software

1. 2004 Currat M, Ray N & Excoffier L. SPLATCHE A program to simulate genetic diversity taking into account environmental heterogeneity.

Book chapter (peer reviewed)

1. 2008 Excoffier L, Ray N & Currat M. Where was paradise? A simulation study of the spread of Early Modern Humans in heterogeneous environments, in "Simulations, Genetics and Human Prehistory", eds. S. Matsumura, P. Forster & C. Renfrew. (McDonald Institute Monographs.) Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 9-18.

2. 2008 Currat M, Excoffier L & Ray N. Genetic simulations of population interactions during past human expansions in Europe, in "Simulations, Genetics and Human Prehistory", eds. S. Matsumura, P. Forster & C. Renfrew. (McDonald Institute Monographs.) Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 37-47.

3. 2008 Ray N, Currat M & Excoffier L. Incorporating environmental heterogeneity in spatially-explicit simulations of human genetic diversity, in "Simulations, Genetics and Human Prehistory", eds. S. Matsumura, P. Forster & C. Renfrew. (McDonald Institute Monographs.) Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 103-17.

Others

1. 2008 Currat M, Sanchez-Mazas A. How selection at HLA-DRB1 affects population differentiation: a case study at the strait of Gibraltar. Tissue Antigens" 72(3), 227-313.

Thesis

1. 2004 Currat M. Effets des expansions des populations humaines en Europe sur leur diversité génétique. PhD thesis, LGB, Dept Anthropology and Ecology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

2. 1999 Currat M. Etude de la variabilité allozymique des Valaisans et des Walsers Master Diploma in Biology, LGB, Dept Anthropology and Ecology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.