Philippe GRANDCOLAS

Philippe Grandcolas
Philippe GRANDCOLAS
Directeur de recherche au CNRS
Entité de rattachement
Evolution fonctionnelle et Taxonomie (EvoFoncT)
Recherches
Habilité(e) à diriger des recherches

Contact

Réseaux sociaux
Courriel
pg@mnhn.fr
Téléphone
01 40 79 38 48
01 71 21 46 60
Fax
01 40 79 56 79
Adresse(s)

45 rue Buffon
CP50
75005 Paris

Responsabilités hors unité

  • Senior Research Scientist, Team "Evofonct" in Isyeb

  • Membre, Conseil scientifique, Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité, FRB

  • Membre, conseil scientifique CEEBIOS

  • Associate Editor,  Bionomina, PeerJ

  • Vice-Chair, Scientific Council, GBIF

  • Président, Conseil Scientifique, Sud Expert Plante Développement durable SEP2D

Research

My research focuses on the phylogenetic analysis of evolution and is aimed at reconciling the approaches developed for building trees on the one side and those developed for using trees on the other side. The rationale of such a reconciliation is to conduct conservative tests of evolutionary hypotheses ("scenarios") and to provide the best biodiversity sampling possible according to taxonomic knowledge. In this framework, I contributed to the concept of phylogenetic tests of evolutionary scenarios (e.g., Grandcolas, 1997 ; Grandcolas et al., 2001, 2004, 2011 ; Grandcolas & D’Haese, 2003) and I studied the evolution of behavior in Dictyopteran Insects (e.g., Grandcolas, 1998 ; Grandcolas & Deleporte, 1996 ; Legendre et al., 2008, 2013 ; Pellens et al., 2002, 2007).

These phylogenetic and comparative approaches were rooted in systematic studies and field sampling of cockroaches, with varied contributions to their taxonomy, behavior and classification (e.g., Grandcolas, 1994, 1996, 1997). During the last years, developing such approaches has been made in collaboration with the colleagues from my former team "Phylevo" and the present team "Evofonct" headed by Frédéric Legendre. In doing so, we consider the fundamental need for making available the biodiversity data through the taxonomic system, the collections and associated data bases, concerning fossil and present species, and morphological molecular or behavioral data.

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More recently, I contributed to the phylogenetic analysis of the origin of island biota with the study of the special case of New Caledonia. "Island" is a polysemic term used for both small continents or ephemeral "oceanic" terrestrial landscapes and the theories of island biogeography are still in need of important clarification. New Caledonia is particularly interesting in this respect, since it was considered continental on a misunderstood geological basis but should actually be regarded as an old oceanic island. It offers then a great opportunity to understand how to analyse and date the origin of the biota without being trapped in diverse ad hoc assumptions of dispersal or vicariance (e.g., Murienne et al., 2005 ; Grandcolas et al., 2008 ; Nattier et al., 2011).

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Pandémie et biodiversité Philippe Grandcolas
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COVID-19 (2020)

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Conférences filmées

 

Journal The Conversation

 

Autres médias (Interviews)

 

Commission d’enquête  du Covid-19 lancée par les parlementaires de La France insoumise

 

Société Française d’Ecologie (SFE) : Regards et débats sur la biodiversité

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Publications

2023
  • Malem Julien, Robillard Tony, Cluzel Dominique, Bellier Loïc, Nattier Romain, Grandcolas Philippe & Legendre Frédéric, Juin 2023 — Origins of old lineages in New Caledonia: A geologically informed test of the islandhopping hypothesis. Journal of Biogeography. Jbi.14673. tex.earlyaccessdate: JUN 2023 tex.eissn: 1365-2699 tex.unique-id: WOS:001019467500001.
    ISSN: 
    0305-0270, 1365-2699
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14673
  • Grandcolas P. & Marc C., 2023 — Tout comprendre (ou presque) sur la biodiversité. Dir. CNRS Editions.
    ISBN: 
    978-2-271-14681-6
    https://www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/ecologie-environnement-sciences-de-la-terre/tout-comprendre-ou-presque-sur-la-biodiversite/
  • Schubnel Thomas, Mazurier Arnaud, Nel André, Grandcolas Philippe, Desutter‐Grandcolas Laure, Legendre Frédéric & Garrouste Romain, 2023 — Flat does not mean 2D: Using Xray microtomography to study insect wings in 3D as a model for comparative studies. Abstract While not generally used for relatively flat structures, X-ray microtomography can provide decisive insights for... Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Vol. n/a, n/a, 2041–210X.14132. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
    ISSN: 
    2041-210X, 2041-210X
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14132
2022
  • Jouault Corentin, Engel Michael S, Legendre Frédéric, Huang Diying, Grandcolas Philippe & Nel André, Octobre 2022 — Incrementing and clarifying the diversity and early evolution of termites (Blattodea: Isoptera). Abstract The past diversity of Isoptera is relatively poorly documented. Many early-diverging families are only represented... Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol. 196, n° 2, p. 608-629.
    ISSN: 
    0024-4082, 1096-3642
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac064
  • Locatelli Emma R., Briggs Derek E. G., Leslie Andrew, Munzinger Jerome, Grandcolas Philippe, Lowry II Porter P., Cantrill David J., Maurizot Pierre, Cluzel Dominique, Folcher Nicolas, Garrouste Romain & Nel Andre, Octobre 2022 — Leaves in iron oxide: remarkable preservation of a neogene flora from new caledonia. PALAIOS. Vol. 37, n° 10, p. 622-632. tex.eissn: 1938-5323 tex.orcid-numbers: Cantrill, David/0000-0002-1185-4015 tex.researcherid-numbers: Locatelli, Emma R/D-8800-2013 Cantrill, David/R-1415-2019 tex.unique-id: WOS:000887813600005.
    ISSN: 
    0883-1351
    https://dx.doi.org/10.2110/palo.2022.019
  • Jouault Corentin, Engel Michael S., Huang Diying, Berger Juliette, Grandcolas Philippe, Perkovsky Evgeny E., Legendre Frédéric & Nel André, Mai 2022 — Termite Valkyries: Soldier-Like Alate Termites From the Cretaceous and Task Specialization in the Early Evolution of Isoptera. In several insect eusocial lineages, e.g., some aphids, thrips, ants, some stingless bees, and termites, task specialization is... Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 10, p. 737367.
    ISSN: 
    2296-701X
    https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.737367
  • Grandcolas P, 2022 — En 2022, tirons les leçons des controverses sur les origines du SARS-Cov-2. The Conversation. On line.
    https://theconversation.com/en-2022-tirons-les-lecons-des-controverses-sur-les-origines-du-sars-cov-2-173102
  • Berger Juliette, Legendre Frédéric, Zelosko Kevin-Markus, Harrison Mark C., Grandcolas Philippe, Bornberg-Bauer Erich & Fouks Bertrand, 2022 — Eusocial Transition in Blattodea: Transposable Elements and Shifts of Gene Expression. (1) Unravelling the molecular basis underlying major evolutionary transitions can shed light on how complex phenotypes arise.... Genes. Vol. 13, n° 11, p. 1948.
    ISSN: 
    2073-4425
    https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes13111948
  • Grandcolas Philippe, 2022 — Protéger la biodiversité : Philippe Grandcolas plaide pour des « solutions fondées sur la nature (PODCAST DU 10 NOVEMBRE 2022). Public Sénat. PODCAST.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II7xcldQol4
  • Grandcolas P, 2022 — Covid : L’épineuse question de son origine (PODCAST DU 24 janvier 2022). Journal les Echos. PODCAST.
    https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/sciences-prospective/lepineuse-question-des-origines-du-covid-1381467
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