François Balloux

University College London — United Kingdom

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genetic diversity and population structure(43), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research(31), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis(28), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology(25), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics(22)

Publications246 total

Characterising the microbial and antimicrobial resistance signatures of hospital-acquired pneumonia using nanopore metagenomic sequencing
2025Open Access
Characterising the microbial and antimicrobial resistance signatures of hospital-acquired pneumonia using nanopore metagenomic sequencing
2025Open Access
True fertilisation failure in captivity is rare
Global Ecology and Conservation·2025Open Access
Climate associated natural selection in the human mitochondrial genome
2025Open Access
Early Evolution of BA.2.86 Sheds Light on the Origins of Highly Divergent SARS-CoV-2 Lineages
2025Open Access
Initial antigen encounter determines robust T-cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 variant three years later
Journal of Infection·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Intrahost dynamics, together with genetic and phenotypic traits predict the success of viral mutations
2024Open Access
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-care use among patients with cancer in England, UK: a comprehensive phase-by-phase time-series analysis across attendance types for 38 cancers
The Lancet Digital Health·2024· 17 citedOpen Access
Initial antigen encounter determines robust T-cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 variant three years later
2024Open Access
Early evolution of BA.2.86 sheds light on the origins of highly divergent SARS-CoV-2 lineages
2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Unraveling the potential of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in infectious disease diagnosis: Challenges and prospects
Science Bulletin·2024· 8 cited
The evolutionary drivers and correlates of viral host jumps
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2024· 49 citedOpen Access
Detection of a historic reservoir of bedaquiline/clofazimine resistance-associated variants in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Genome Medicine·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
Increase in antioxidant capacity associated with the successful subclone of hypervirulent carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11-KL64
Nature Communications·2024· 47 citedOpen Access
Examining the association of live virus neutralisation activity of capillary microsamples and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infections: a nested case control study within the Virus Watch community cohort
2023Open Access
Reviewer #3 (Public Review): The inter-continental population dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
2023Open Access
The inter-continental population dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
2023Open Access
The inter-continental population dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
2023Open Access
Reviewer #2 (Public Review): The inter-continental population dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
2023Open Access
Reviewer #1 (Public Review): The inter-continental population dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Andrea Manica(13), Liam P. Shaw(7), Thibaut Jombart(5), Franck Prugnolle(5), Mark Achtman(5), Lucy van Dorp(5), Adrien Rieux(5), Jérôme Goudet(5), Mait Metspalu(4), Anders Eriksson(4), Lucy A. Weinert(4), Vegard Eldholm(4), Thibaut Jombart(3), Ene Metspalu(3), Toomas Kivisild(3), Mislav Acman(3), Simon Rasmussen(3), Anders Albrechtsen(3), Monika Karmin(3), Tsunehiko Hanihara(3)