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Maxime Deforet
CNRS Research Scientist ORCID 0000-0002-1377-6727
Office (room 520)
(+33) 1 44 27 37 06

Research interests

Micro-organisms biophysics Physics of bacterial colony spreading

Publications

2025

⊞ Cooperative nutrient scavenging is an evolutionary advantage in cancer - Nature (Feb. 2025)
G. Guzelsoy , S.D. Elorza , M. Ros , L.T. Schachtner , M. Hayashi , S. Hobson-Gutierrez , P. Rundstrom , J.S. Brunner , R. Pillai , W.E. Walkowicz , L.W.S. Finley , M. Deforet , T. Papagiannakopoulos , C. Carmona-Fontaine
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2024

⊞ DiSTNet2D: Leveraging Long-Range Temporal Information for Efficient Segmentation and Tracking - PRX Life (Apr. 2024)
J. Ollion , M. Maliet , C. Giuglaris , E. Vacher , M. Deforet
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXLife.2.023004

2023

⊞ Direct comparison of spatial transcriptional heterogeneity across diverse Bacillus subtilis biofilm communities - Nature communications (Nov. 2023)
Y. Dergham , D. Le Coq , P. Nicolas , E. Bidnenko , S. Dérozier , M. Deforet , E. Huillet , P. Sanchez-Vizuete , J. Deschamps , K. Hamze , R. Briandet
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43386-w
⊞ Emergence of Exopolysaccharides Overproducers Is Linked to Environmental Spatial Structure via Redox State - mSphere (Apr. 2023)
M. Ardré , M. Deforet
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00123-23
⊞ Long-range alteration of the physical environment mediates cooperation between Pseudomonas aeruginosa swarming colonies - Environmental Microbiology (Mar. 2023)
M. Deforet
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16373

2022

⊞ Flagellar Motility During E. coli Biofilm Formation Provides a Competitive Disadvantage Which Recedes in the Presence of Co-Colonizers - Front Cell Infect Microbiol (Jul. 2022)
W. Benyoussef , M. Deforet , A. Monmeyran , N. Henry
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.3389/fcimb.2022.896898
⊞ Spatial-temporal dynamics of a microbial cooperative behavior resistant to cheating - Nature communications (Jun. 2022)
H. Monaco , K.S. Liu , T. Sereno , M. Deforet , B.P. Taylor , Y. Chen , C.C. Reagor , J.B. Xavier
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28321-9

2021

⊞ Cooperation between melanoma cell states promotes metastasis through heterotypic cluster formation - Developmental Cell (Aug. 2021)
N.R. Campbell , A. Rao , M.V. Hunter , M.K. Sznurkowska , L. Briker , M. Zhang , M. Baron , S. Heilmann , M. Deforet , C. Kenny , L. Ferretti , T.H. Huang , S. Perlee , M. Garg , J. Nsengimana , M. Saini , E. Montal , M. Tagore , J. Newton-Bishop , M.R. Middleton , P. Corrie , D.J. Adams , R. Rabbie , N. Aceto , M.P. Levesque , R.A. Cornell , I. Yanai , J.B. Xavier , R.M. White
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2021.08.018
⊞ Open science saves lives: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic - BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (Jun. 2021)
L. Besancon , N. Peiffer-Smadja , C. Segalas , H. Jiang , P. Masuzzo , C. Smout , E. Billy , M. Deforet , C. Leyrat
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1186/s12874-021-01304-y

2019

⊞ Evolution at the edge of expanding populations - The American Naturalist (Sep. 2019)
M. Deforet , C. Carmona-Fontaine , K.S. Korolev , J.B. Xavier
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2018

⊞ Environmentally Mediated Social Dilemmas - Trends in Ecology and Evolution (Nov. 2018)
S. Estrela , E. Libby , J. Van Cleve , F. Débarre , M. Deforet , W. R. Harcombe , J. Peña , S. P. Brown , M. E. Hochberg
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2018.10.004