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Résumé

 

B.Sc. en sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, 1988. Ph.D. en sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, 1992. Chercheur postdoctoral au University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum (Madison, Wisconsin, USA), de  1992 à 1994. En juin 1994, François-Joseph Lapointe est engagé à titre de professeur adjoint au Département de sciences biologiques de l’Université de Montréal. En juin 1998, il est promu au rang professeur agrégé et en juin 2003 il devient professeur titulaire. En 1990, il reçoit la Médaille d’or académique décernée par le Gouverneur général du Canada au meilleur étudiant au doctorat dans chaque université canadienne. Pour deux années consécutives (1995 et 1996), les étudiants du Département de sciences biologiques de l’Université de Montréal lui décernent le prix du meilleur professeur. En 1996, l’International Federation of Classification Societies (IFCS) lui remet son Prize for Outstanding Research à l’occasion de sa cinquième conférence bisannuelle tenue à Kobe (Japon). Il reçoit le prix d’excellence en enseignement de la Faculté des arts et des sciences en 2002 et le prestigieux prix d’excellence en enseignement de l’Université de Montréal en 2003. François-Joseph Lapointe a publié plus de 50 articles scientifiques et il a présenté les résultats de ses travaux de recherche lors de 120 conférences nationales et internationales. Ses recherches sont présentement financées par le Conseil de recherche en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG), le Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies (FQRNT), la Fondation de la faune du Québec (FFQ) ainsi que le Fonds mondial pour la nature (WWF).

À titre de chercheur en art, François-Joseph Lapointe s’intéresse à l’application de modèles scientifiques à des fins de création artistique. Il a créé un nouveau domaine de recherche en choréogénétique, à l’interface de la biologie et de la danse. Les fruits de ses expériences chorégraphiques ont été présentés dans le cadre d’expositions et d’ateliers en Amérique, en Europe et en Asie. Il poursuit actuellement des études doctorales en arts à l’Université du Québec à Montréal, sous la supervision de Martine Époque.

francois-joseph.lapointe@umontreal.ca

 

Publications

 

Lapointe, F.-J., & P. Legendre. 1990. A statistical framework to test the consensus of two nested classifications. Systematic Zoology, 39: 1-13.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & P. Legendre. 1991. The generation of random ultrametric matrices representing dendrograms. Journal of Classification, 178: 177-200.

Lapointe, F.-J., & P. Legendre. 1992. A statistical framework to test the consensus among additive trees (cladograms). Systematic Biology, 41: 158-171.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & P. Legendre. 1992. Statistical significance of the matrix correlation coefficient for comparing independent phylogenetic trees. Systematic Biology, 41: 378-384.  

Bleiweiss, R, J. A. W. Kirsch, & F.-J. Lapointe. 1994. DNA hybridization-based phylogeny for higher nonpasserines: Reevaluating a key portion of the avian family tree. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 3: 248-255.  

Legendre, P., F.-J. Lapointe, & P. Casgrain. 1994. Modeling brain evolution from behavior. Evolution, 48: 1487-1499.  

Lapointe, F.-J., J. A. W. Kirsch, & R. Bleiweiss. 1994. Jackknifing of weighted trees: Validation of phylogenies reconstructed from distances matrices. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 3: 256-267.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & P. Legendre. 1994. A classification of pure malt Scotch whiskies. Applied Statistics, 43: 237-257.  

Kirsch, J. A. W., F.-J. Lapointe, & A. Foeste. 1995. Resolutions of portions of the kangaroo phylogeny (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) using DNA hybridization. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 55: 309-328.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & J. A. W. Kirsch. 1995. Estimating phylogenies from lacunose distance matrices, with special reference to DNA hybridization data. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 12: 266-284.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & P. Legendre. 1995. Comparison tests for dendrograms: A comparative evaluation. Journal of Classification, 12: 265-282.

Legendre, P., & F.-J. Lapointe. 1995. Matching behavioral evolution to brain morphology. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 45: 110-121.  

Bolliet, V., M. A. Ali, F.-J. Lapointe, & J. Falcun. 1996. Rhythmic melatonin secretion in different teleost species: An in vitro study. Journal of Comparative Physiology B (Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology), 165: 677-683.  

Kirsch, J. A. W., T. F. Flannery, M. S. Springer, & F.-J. Lapointe. 1996. Camping in a different tree: Phylogeny of the Pteropodidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera) based on DNA hybridization, with evidence for bat monophyly. Australian Journal of Zoology, 43: 395-428.  

Landry, P.-A., F.-J. Lapointe, & J. A. W. Kirsch. 1996. Estimating phylogenies from lacunose distance matrices: Additive is superior to ultrametric estimation. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 13: 818-823.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & P. Legendre. 1996. Evolution of the marsupial brain: Does it reflect the evolution of behavior? Pp. 187-212, in Animals in their environment: A tribute to Paul Pirlot (T. Cabana, ed.), Orbis, Frelighsburg.  

Landry, P.-A., & F.-J. Lapointe. 1996. RAPD problems in phylogenetics. Zoologica Scripta, 25: 283-290.  

Kirsch, J. A. W., & F. J. Lapointe. 1997. You aren’t (always) what you eat: Evolution of nectar-feeding among Old World fruitbats (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae). Pp. 313-330, in Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation (K. Sytsma & T. Givnish, eds.), Cambridge University Press, New York.  

Kirsch, J. A. W., F.-J. Lapointe, & M. S. Springer. 1997. DNA-hybridization studies of marsupials and their implications for metatherian classification. Australian Journal of Zoology, 45: 211-280.  

Landry, P.-A., & F.-J. Lapointe. 1997. Estimation of Missing Distances in Path-Length Matrices: Problems and Solutions. Pp 209-224, in Mathematical Hierarchies and Biology (B. Mirkin, F. R. McMorris, F. S. Roberts, & A. Rzhetsky, eds.), DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, American Mathematical Society, Providence.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & G. Cucumel. 1997. The average consensus procedure: Combination of weighted trees containing identical or overlapping sets of objects. Systematic Biology, 46: 306-312.  

Lapointe, F.-J. 1998. How to validate phylogenetic trees? A stepwise procedure. Pp. 71-88, in Data Science, Classification, and Related Methods, (C. Hayashi, K. Yajima, H. H. Bock, N. Ohsumi, Y. Tanaka, & Y. Baba, eds.), Springer-Verlag, Tokyo.  

Lapointe, F.-J. 1998. For consensus (with branch lengths). Pp. 73-80, in Advances in Data Science and Classification, (A. Rizzi, M. Vichi, & H.-H. Bock, eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin.  

Lapointe, F.-J., J. A. W. Kirsch, & J. M. Hutcheon. 1999. Total evidence, consensus and bat phylogeny: A distance-based approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 11: 55-66.  

Mayer, G. C., J. A.W. Kirsch, J. M. Hutcheon, F.-J. Lapointe, & J. Gingras. 1999. On the valid name of the lesser New Zealand short-tailed bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 112: 470-490.  

Lapointe, F.-J., G. Baron, & P. Legendre. 1999. Encephalization, adaptation and evolution of Chiroptera: a statistical analysis with further evidence for bat monophyly. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 54: 119-126.  

Landry, P.-A., & F.-J. Lapointe. 1999. The genetic heterogeneity of deer mouse populations (Peromyscus maniculatus) in an insular landscape. Researches on Population Ecology, 41: 263-268.  

Roy, S., J.-P. Simon, & F.-J. Lapointe. 2000. Determination of the origin of the cold-adapted populations of barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv.) in Eastern North America: A total-evidence approach using RAPD and DNA sequences. Canadian Journal of Botany, 78: 1505-1513.  

Cucumel, G., & F.-J. Lapointe. 2000. A general approach to test the pertinence of a consensus classification. Pp.125-130, in Data Analysis, Classification, and Related Methods, (H. A. L. Kiers, J.-P. Rasson, P. J. F. Groenen, & M. Schader, eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin.  

Levasseur, C., P.-A. Landry, & F.-J. Lapointe. 2000. Estimating trees from incomplete data: A comparison of two methods. Pp.149-154, in Data Analysis, Classification, and Related Methods, (H. A. L. Kiers, J.-P. Rasson, P. J. F. Groenen, & M. Schader, eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin.  

Lapointe, F.-J. 2000. How to account for reticulation events in phylogenetic analysis: A review of distance-based methods. Journal of Classification, 17: 175-184. Campeau-Péloquin, A, J. A. W. Kirsch, M. D. B. Eldridge, & F.-J. Lapointe. 2001. Phylogenies of the rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupilia: Macropodidae) based on DNA/DNA hybridization. Australian Journal of Zoology, 49: 463-486.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & T. Garland, Jr. 2001. A generalized randomization model for the analysis of cross-species data. Journal of Classification, 18: 109-127.  

Landry, P.-A., & F.-J. Lapointe. 2001. Within-population craniometric variability of insular populations of deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, elucidated by landscape configuration. Oikos, 95: 136-146.

Lapointe, F.-J., & J. A. W. Kirsch. 2001. Construction and verification of a large phylogeny of Marsupials. Australian Mammalogy, 23: 9-22.  

Levasseur, C., & F.-J. Lapointe. 2001 War and peace in phylogenetics: A rejoinder on total evidence and consensus. Systematic Biology, 50: 881-891.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & P.-A. Landry. 2001. A fast procedure for estimating missing distances in incomplete matrices prior to phylogenetic analysis. Pp. 189-190, in Currents Computational Molecular Biology (N. El-Mabrouk, T. Lengauer, & D. Sankoff, eds.), Publications CRM, Montréal.

Gauthier, O., & F.-J. Lapointe. 2002. A comparison of alternative methods for detecting reticulation events in phylogenetic analysis. Pp. 341-347, in Classification, Clustering and Data Analysis - Recent Advances and Applications (K. Jajuga, A. Sokolowski, & H.-H. Bock, eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & G. Cucumel. 2002. Multiple consensus trees. Pp. 359-364, in Classification, Clustering and Data Analysis - Recent Advances and Applications (K. Jajuga, A. Sokolowski, & H.-H. Bock, eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin.  

Levasseur, C., & F.-J. Lapointe. 2002. A family of average consensus methods for weighted trees. Pp. 365-369, in Classification, Clustering and Data Analysis - Recent Advances and Applications (K. Jajuga, A. Sokolowski, & H.-H. Bock, eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & G. Cucumel. 2003. How good can a consensus get? Assessing the reliability of consensus trees in phylogenetic studies. Pp. 205-220, in Bioconsensus (M. Janowitz, F.-J. Lapointe, F. R. McMorris, B. Mirkin, & F. S. Roberts, eds.), DIMACS Series in Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, American Mathematical Society, Providence.  

Levasseur, C., & F.-J. Lapointe. 2003. Increasing phylogenetic accuracy with global congruence. Pp. 221-230, in Bioconsensus (M. Janowitz, F.-J. Lapointe, F. R. McMorris, B. Mirkin, & F. S. Roberts, eds.), DIMACS Series in Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, American Mathematical Society, Providence.  

Gauthier, O., P.-A. Landry, & F.-J. Lapointe. 2003. Missing data in craniometrics: A simulation study. Acta Theriologica, 48: 25-34.  

Wilkinson, M., & F.-J. Lapointe, & D. J. Gower. 2003. Branch lengths and support. Systematic Biology, 52: 127-130.  

Landry, P.A., S. Noël, N. Tessier, & F.-J. Lapointe. 2003. Landscape-dependent differentiation of deer mouse populations (Peromyscus maniculatus): A total-evidence approach using molecular and morphometric data. Pp. 507-512, in Rats, Mice and People: Rodent Biology and Management (G. R. Singleton, L. A. Hinds, C. J. Krebs, & D. M. Spratt, eds.), ACIAR Monograph No. 96, Canberra, Australia.  

Levasseur, C., P.-A. Landry, V. Makarenkov, J. A. W. Kirsch, & F.-J. Lapointe. 2003. Incomplete distance matrices, supertrees and bat phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 27: 239-246.  

Tessier, N., & F.-J. Lapointe. 2003. A noninvasive method to obtain DNA from skin samples of freshwater turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 4: 710-712.  

Lapointe, F.-J., M. Wilkinson, & D. Bryant. 2003. Matrix representations with parsimony or with distances. Two sides of the same coin? Systematic Biology, 52: 865-868.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & C. Levasseur. 2004. Everything you always wanted to know about the average consensus, and more. Pages 87-105 in Phylogenetic supertrees: Combining information to reveal the Tree of Life, (O. R. P. Bininda-Emonds, ed.), Series in Computational Biology, Kluwer’s Academic Press, New York.  

Wilkinson, M., J. L. Thorley, D. Pisani, F.-J. Lapointe, & J. O. McInerney. 2004. Some desiderata for meta-analytical supertrees. Pages 227-246 in Phylogenetic supertrees: Combining information to reveal the Tree of Life, (O. R. P. Bininda-Emonds, ed.), Series in Computational Biology, Kluwer’s Academic Press, New York.  

Legendre, P., &. F.-J. Lapointe. 2004. Assessing the congruence among distance matrices: single malt Scotch whiskies revisited. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 46: 615-629.  

Makarenkov, V., & F.-J. Lapointe. 2004. A weighted least-squares approach for inferring phylogenetic trees from incomplete distance matrices and computing supertrees from the combination of partially overlapping path-length matrices. Bioinformatics, 20: 2113-2121.  

Noël, S., N. Tessier, B. Angers, D. M. Wood, & F.-J. Lapointe. 2004. Molecular identification of two species of myiasis-causing Cuterebra by multiplex PCR and RFLP. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 18: 161-166.  

Lapointe, F.-J., M. Wilkinson, & D. Bryant. 2003. Matrix representations with parsimony or with distances: two sides of the same coin? Systematic Biology, 52: 865-868.  

Janowitz, M., F.-J. Lapointe, F. R. McMorris, B. Mirkin, & F. S. Roberts, (eds.). 2003. Bioconsensus. DIMACS Series in Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, American Mathematical Society, Providence, 256 pages.  

Wilkinson, M., J. Cotton, C. Creevey, O. Eulenstein, S. R. Harris, F.-J. Lapointe, C. Levasseur, J. O. McInerney, D. Pisani, & J. L. Thorley. 2005. The shape of supertrees to come: tree shape related properties of fourteen supertree methods. Systematic Biology, 54: 419-431.  

Rioux Paquette, S., G. D. Shore, S. M. Behncke, F.-J. Lapointe, & E. E. Louis, Jr. 2005. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the endangered Malagasy radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata). Molecular Ecology Notes, 5: 527-530.  

Tessier, N., S. Rioux Paquette,†& F.-J. Lapointe. 2005. Conservation genetics of the wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) in Quebec, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 83: 765-772.  

Noël, S., B. Angers, & F.-J. Lapointe. 2005. Peromyscus populations and their Cuterebra parasites display congruent phylogeographical structure. Parasitology, 131: 237-245.  

Tessier, N., S. Noël, & F.-J. Lapointe. 2005. A new method to discriminate the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) from the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) using species-specific primers in multiplex PCR. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 82: 1832-1835.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & L. J. Rissler. 2005. Consensus, congruence, and the comparative phylogeography of codistributed species in California. The American Naturalist, 166: 290-299.  

Lapointe, F.-J. 2005 Choreogenetics: The generation of choreographic variants through genetic mutations and selection. Pages 366-369 in Workshop Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (F. Rothlauf, ed.), ACM Press, New York.  

Lapointe, F.-J., & M. Époque. 2005. The dancing genome project: Generation of human-computer choreography using a genetic algorithm. Pages 555-558, in ACM-Multimedia Conference. ACM Press, New York.  

Baniré Diallo, A., V. Makarenkov, M. Blanchette, & F.-J. Lapointe. 2006. A new efficient method for assessing missing nucleotides in DNA sequences in the framework of a generic evolutionary model. Pages 333-340, in Data Science and Classification (V. Batagelj, H.-H. Bock, A. Ferligoj, & A. Ziberna, eds), Springer, Berlin.  

Baniré Diallo, A., F.-J. Lapointe, & V. Makarenkov. 2006. A new effective method for estimating missing values in the sequence data prior to phylogenetic analysis. Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online, 2: 95-103.  

Levasseur, C., & F.-J. Lapointe. 2006. Total evidence, average consensus and matrix representation with parsimony: what a difference distances make. Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online, 2: 249-253.  

Rioux Paquette, S., S. M. Behncke, S. H. O’Brien, R. A. Brenneman, E. E. Louis, & F.-J. Lapointe. 2006. Riverbeds demarcate distinct conservation units of the radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata) in southern Madagascar. Conservation Genetics (in press).  

Rioux Paquette, S., & F.-J. Lapointe. 2006. The use of shell morphometrics for the management of the endangered Malagasy radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata). Biological Conservation (in press).  

Gauthier, O., & F.-J. Lapointe. 2006. Getting more from your trees with consensus networks. Systematic Biology (in press).  

Wilkinson, M., J. A. Cotton, F.-J. Lapointe, & D. Pisani. 2006. Consensus properties of supertree methods. Systematic Biology (in press).  

Gauthier, O., & F.-J. Lapointe. 2006. Hybrids and phylogenetics revisited: A statistical test of hybridization using quartets. Systematic Botany (in press).  

Noël, S., M. Ouellet, P. Galois, & F.-J. Lapointe. Impact of urban fragmentation on the genetic structure of the red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus). Conservation Genetics (in press).