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Email

sebastian.duchene@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Senior Fellow)
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Education
PhD
University of Sydney
Masters (Coursework & Research)
University of the Andes
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of the Andes
ORCID

0000-0002-2863-0907

Dr Sebastian Duchene Garzon

Honorary (Senior Fellow)
Department of Microbiology and Immunology

133 Scholarly works
12 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Stepwise evolutionary transitions in Cladophorales plastid genomes reveal origins of hairpin chromosomes
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.038
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Genomic Epidemiology of Hospital-Associated SARS-CoV-2 Clusters in Hong Kong During a Period of Relaxed Visitation (May–August 2022)
    DOI: 10.1111/irv.70249
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Genomic diversity of Clade Ia monkeypox virus in the Central African Republic, 2019–2024
    DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2026.2645863
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Quantifying plasmid movement in drug-resistant Shigella species using phylodynamic inference
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013621
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Data-Driven Phylodynamics: Molecular Evolution to Epidemiology
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Piloting, Implementing and Evaluating First Few Hundred Protocols in the Australian Context
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Tracking Covid-19 Using Genomics
Sebastian Duchene Garzon

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Invasive Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis compared with Streptococcus pyogenes in Australia, 2011–23, and the emergence of a multi-continent stG62647 lineage: a retrospective clinical and genomic epidemiology study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101182
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Scaling Up Species Delimitation From DNA Barcodes to Whole Organelle Genomes: Strong Evidence for Discordance Among Genes and Methods for the Red Alga Dasyclonium
    DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.14132
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Pre-European contact leprosy in the Americas and its current persistence.
    DOI: 10.1126/science.adu7144
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Temporal and geographical lineage dynamics of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes in Australia from 2011 to 2023: a retrospective, multicentre, clinical and genomic epidemiology study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.101053
  • 2025

    Journal article

    How does date-rounding affect phylodynamic inference for public health?
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012900
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh
    DOI: 10.3390/v17040517

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2022

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Data-Driven Phylodynamics: Molecular Evolution to Epidemiology
  • 2021

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Nowcasting Outbreaks Leveraging Genomic and Epidemiological Data

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