Société Française de Bioinformatique

Mots-Clés

metagenomics honey bees varroa mite plants beekeepers data mining

Description

The aim of the internship will be to develop a metagenomic approach for the characterisation of DNA present in honey, other than belonging to honey bees. The focus will be on two other major types of organisms: plants and the varroa parasite. Thanks to a collaboration with the UMR Abeilles & Environnement (INRAE Avignon), we have set up a pilot study following hives that were migrated on different floral resources over the course of the season, including different species of varying pollen and nectar content, and with a general expectation of an increase in varroa infestation during the season. In addition, we have extracted DNA from a large number of honey samples of various origins. All the samples are anonymized before sequencing. The student will lead the investigation in order to propose a potential geographical origin of the honeys using the sequencing reads from the plants. Some additional questions may be investigated depending on the progress made during the internship.
More information: https://thibaultleroyfr.github.io/pdf/M2_MALLAURIE_offer_en.pdf