Atyame Célestine

Research topics

(1) Microbial ecology to decipher factors affecting the dynamics of vector-borne pathogens in mosquito field populations.
(2) Evolutionary dynamics of interactions between insects and micro-organisms in the context of symbiosis and infectious diseases.
(3) Development of vector control strategies using the endocellular bacteria Wolbachia.   

Education

• 2011 : PhD, University Montpellier 2, France; Evolution, Ecology, Genetic.

• 2007 : Master Degree, University Montpellier 2, France; Biodiversity, Microbiology, Parasitology.  

• 2003 : Master Degree, University Yaoundé 1, Cameroon; Parasitology.

Professional experience

• Since September 2016: Associate Professor, University of Réunion Island, France.

• 2014-2016: Postdoctoral position, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France.

• 2102-2014: Postdoctoral position, University of Réunion Island, France.

Grants

• 2014: AXA postdoctoral fellowship.

• 2014 : Pasteur-Cantarini postdoctoral fellowship.

• 2007: Three-year doctoral grant from the French Ministry of Research and Education.

Publications

2019

Atyame C, Alout H, Mousson L, Vazeille M, Diallo M, Weill M, Failloux AB. Insecticide resistance genes affect Culex quinquefasciatus vector competence for West Nile virus. Proc Biol Sci. 16;286(1894):20182273.

Pascalis H, Turpin J, Roche M, Krejbich P, Gadea G, Atyame C, Desprès P, Mavingui P. The epidemic of Dengue virus type-2 Cosmopolitan genotype on Reunion Island relates to its active circulation in the Southwestern Indian Ocean neighboring islands. Heliyon. 10;5(4):e01455.

2018

Lourenço-de-Oliveira R, Marques JT, Sreenu VB, Atyame C, Aguiar ERGR, Varjak M et al. Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes do not support replication of Zika virus. J Gen Virol. 99(2):258-264.  

Lebon C, Benlali A, Atyame C, Mavingui P, Tortosa P. Construction of a Genetic Sexing Strain for Aedes albopictus: a promising tool for the development of sterilizing insect control strategies targeting the tiger mosquito. Parasites & Vectors. 11:658.

Goindin D, Cannet A, Delannay C, Ramdini C, Gustave J, Atyame C, Vega-Rúa A. Screening of natural Wolbachia infection in Aedes aegypti, Aedes taeniorhynchus and Culex quinquefasciatus from Guadeloupe (French West Indies). Acta Trop. 185:314-317.

Bonneau M, Atyame C, Beji M, Justy F, Cohen-Gonsaud M, Sicard M, Weill M. Culex pipiens crossing type diversity is governed by an amplified and polymorphic operon of Wolbachia. Nat Commun. 9(1):319.

Bigot D, Atyame C, Weill M, Justy F, Herniou EA, Gayral P. Discovery of Culex pipiens associated tunisia virus: a new ssRNA(+) virus representing a new insect associated virus family. Virus Evol. 10;4(1):vex040.

Milesi P, Assogba BS, Atyame C, Pocquet N, Berthomieu A, Unal S, Makoundou P et al. The evolutionary fate of heterogeneous gene duplications: A precarious overdominant equilibrium between environment, sublethality and complementation. Mol Ecol. 27(2):493-507.

2016

• Amraoui F., Atyame C., Vega-Rúa A., Lourenço-de-Oliveira R., Vazeille M. et al.  Culex mosquitoes are experimentally unable to transmit Zika virus.Eurosurveillance, 21(35).

• Atyame C., Labbé P., Lebon C., Weill M., Moretti R. et al. Comparison of irradiation and Wolbachia based approaches for sterile-male strategies targeting Aedes albopictus. Plos One, 11(1): e0146834.

• Dumas E, Atyame C, Malcolm CA, Le Goff G, Unal S, Makoundou P, Pasteur N et al. Molecular data reveal a cryptic species within the Culex pipiens mosquito complex. Insect Mol Biol. 25(6):800-809.

2015

• Atyame C., Cattel J., Lebon C., Flores O., Dehecq J. et al. Wolbachia-based population control strategy targeting Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes proves efficient under semi-field conditions. Plos One, 10(3): e0119288.

• Atyame C., Labbé P., Rousset F., Beji M., Makoundou P. et al. Stable coexistence of incompatible Wolbachia along a narrow contact zone in mosquito field populations. Mol Ecol. 24(2): 508-521.

2014

• Atyame C., Labbé P., Dumas E., Milesi P., Charlat S. et al. Wolbachia divergence and the evolution of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Culex pipiens. Plos One, 9(1): e87336.

2013

•  Pocquet N., Milesi P., Makoundou P., Unal S., Zumbo B., Atyame C. et al. Multiple insecticide resistances in the disease vector Culex p. quinquefasciatus from Western Indian Ocean. Plos One, 8 (10): e77855.

•  Dumas E., Atyame C., Milesi P., Fonseca D. et al. Population structure of Wolbachia and cytoplasmic introgression in a complex of mosquito species. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13(1): 181.

2012

• Duron O., Bernard J., Atyame C., Dumas E. & Weill M. Rapid evolution of Wolbachia incompatibility types. Proc Biol Sci. 279(1746): 4473-4480.

2011

• Atyame C., Delsuc F., Pasteur N., Weill M. & Duron O. Diversification of Wolbachia endosymbiont in the Culex pipiens mosquito. Mol Biol Evol. 28(10): 2761-2772.

•  Atyame C., Duron O., Tortosa P., Pasteur N., Fort P. et al. Multiple Wolbachia determinants control the evolution of cytoplasmic incompatibilities in Culex pipiens mosquito populations. Mol Ecol. 20(2): 286-298.  

•  Atyame C., Pasteur N., Dumas E., Tortosa P., Tantely M. et al. Cytoplasmic incompatibility as a means to control Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus mosquito in the islands of the southwestern Indian Ocean. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 5(12): e1440.

2010

• Atyame C., Sommerer N., Rofidal V., Hirtz C., Rossignol M. et al. Excreted/secreted proteins from Trypanosome procyclic strains. J Biomed Biotechnol. 212817.