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Michel Cusson

ResearcherDépartement de biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatiqueUniversité Laval

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Michel Cusson

Researcher

Département de biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique

Université Laval

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 NSERC), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Enzyme assays Enzyme inhibitors Ethyl-branched substrates Farnesyl diphosphate synthase Gene function analysis Homology modeling Juvenile hormone biosynthesis Mevalonate pathway

Latest papers

Major changes in gene expression between strains of diapausing and non-diapause spruce budworm.
PloS one · 2026
Molecular insights into juvenile hormone maturation by juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase.
The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026
From Adam's rib: the Siberian moth's female W chromosome is derived from its Z counterpart.
Molecular biology and evolution · 2026

All 34 publications

Latest funding

Functional and structural characterization of an insect mevalonate pathway enzyme
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$144,000
Properties and functions of farnesyl diphosphate synthase paralogs in the Lepidoptera
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$140,000
Enzymatic adaptations for the biosynthesis of ethyl-substituted juvenile hormones
NSERC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$95,000

All 4 grants and awards

34 publications.

Major changes in gene expression between strains of diapausing and non-diapause spruce budworm.

van der Burg KRL, Gauthier J, Roe AD, Cusson M, Boyle B, Levesque RC, Marshall KE

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0349357 PMID: 42611883

Molecular insights into juvenile hormone maturation by juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase.

Picard MÈ, Cusson M, Shi R

The Journal of biological chemistry2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2026.111474 PMID: 42001950

From Adam's rib: the Siberian moth's female W chromosome is derived from its Z counterpart.

Shipova AA, Belousova IA, Yakimova ME, Kirichenko NI, Ageev AA, Cusson M, Lukhtanov VA, Ershov NI, Martemyanov VV

Molecular biology and evolution2026

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msag055 PMID: 41779147

Genomics-based assessment of the geographic origin of spongy moths (Lymantria dispar) intercepted during vessel inspections, using SpongySeq, an amplicon sequencing panel.

Picq S, Capron A, Prunier J, Boyle B, Djoumad A, Stewart D, Wu Y, Hamelin R, Cusson M

BMC genomics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12864-025-11978-z PMID: 41691151

Genetics of flight in spongy moths (Lymantria dispar ssp.): functionally integrated profiling of a complex invasive trait.

Blackburn GS, Keeling CI, Prunier J, Keena MA, Béliveau C, Hamelin R, Havill NP, Hebert FO, Levesque RC, Cusson M, Porth I

BMC genomics2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09936-8 PMID: 38822259

Phenological Features of the Spongy Moth, Lymantria dispar (L.) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), in the Northernmost Portions of Its Eurasian Range.

Ponomarev VI, Klobukov GI, Napalkova VV, Akhanaev YB, Pavlushin SV, Yakimova ME, Subbotina AO, Picq S, Cusson M, Martemyanov VV

Insects2023

DOI: 10.3390/insects14030276 PMID: 36975961

Range-wide population genomics of the spongy moth, Lymantria dispar (Erebidae): Implications for biosurveillance, subspecies classification and phylogeography of a destructive moth.

Picq S, Wu Y, Martemyanov VV, Pouliot E, Pfister SE, Hamelin R, Cusson M

Evolutionary applications2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/eva.13522 PMID: 36969137

A TaqMan Assay for the Detection and Monitoring of Potentially Invasive Lasiocampids, With Particular Attention to the Siberian Silk Moth, Dendrolimus sibiricus (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae).

Stewart D, Djoumad A, Holden D, Kimoto T, Capron A, Dubatolov VV, Akhanaev YB, Yakimova ME, Martemyanov VV, Cusson M

Journal of insect science (Online)2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieac062 PMID: 36723233

The Spruce Budworm Genome: Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of Antifreeze Proteins.

Béliveau C, Gagné P, Picq S, Vernygora O, Keeling CI, Pinkney K, Doucet D, Wen F, Johnston JS, Maaroufi H, Boyle B, Laroche J, Dewar K, Juretic N, Blackburn G, Nisole A, Brunet B, Brandao M, Lumley L, Duan J, Quan G, Lucarotti CJ, Roe AD, Sperling FAH, Levesque RC, Cusson M

Genome biology and evolution2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac087 PMID: 35668612

Development of a qPCR-based method for counting overwintering spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) larvae collected during fall surveys and for assessing their natural enemy load: a proof-of-concept study.

Djoumad A, Tanguay P, Régnière J, Trudel G, Morrison A, Fournier C, Carleton D, Nisole A, Stewart D, Cusson M

Pest management science2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/ps.6645 PMID: 34529882

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Michel Cusson

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Major changes in gene expression between strains of diapausing and non-diapause spruce budworm.

Molecular insights into juvenile hormone maturation by juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase.

From Adam's rib: the Siberian moth's female W chromosome is derived from its Z counterpart.

Genomics-based assessment of the geographic origin of spongy moths (Lymantria dispar) intercepted during vessel inspections, using SpongySeq, an amplicon sequencing panel.

Genetics of flight in spongy moths (Lymantria dispar ssp.): functionally integrated profiling of a complex invasive trait.

Phenological Features of the Spongy Moth, Lymantria dispar (L.) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), in the Northernmost Portions of Its Eurasian Range.

Range-wide population genomics of the spongy moth, Lymantria dispar (Erebidae): Implications for biosurveillance, subspecies classification and phylogeography of a destructive moth.

A TaqMan Assay for the Detection and Monitoring of Potentially Invasive Lasiocampids, With Particular Attention to the Siberian Silk Moth, Dendrolimus sibiricus (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae).

The Spruce Budworm Genome: Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of Antifreeze Proteins.

Development of a qPCR-based method for counting overwintering spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) larvae collected during fall surveys and for assessing their natural enemy load: a proof-of-concept study.

Functional and structural characterization of an insect mevalonate pathway enzyme

Properties and functions of farnesyl diphosphate synthase paralogs in the Lepidoptera

Enzymatic adaptations for the biosynthesis of ethyl-substituted juvenile hormones

Disruption of lepidoteran development by polydnaviruses

Frequent collaborators

Rong Shi

Richard Hamelin

Ilga Porth

Manon Couture