I am a plant biologist with a broad background from physiology, cell signaling, omics and genetics. My research is currently focused on investigating the impact of water deficit on cell wall-related traits in maize using a multiscale systems approach.
As deputy director of the IJPB since 2022, I am responsible for scientific strategy. My personal research focuses on the identification of new targets affecting maize cell wall digestibility in the context of climate change, especially water deficit. My ongoing projects target three major challenges:
1. At the whole-plant level, my aim is to study the impact of different environments on yield and digestibility of forage maize in order to develop predictive tools to optimise digestible yield (PhD thesis of Oscar Main 2021–2024, Plant2Pro projects MAMMA MIA 2021–2024 and CHAMPAGNE 2023–2025).
2. At the gene network level, I am investigating the effects of different environmental conditions on transcriptomic responses, with the aim of identifying molecular markers associated with good digestibility (PIA3 project AMAIZING 2011–2021, Plant2Pro project MAMMA MIA 2021–2024 and ANR project Stat4Plant 2021–2025).
3. At the genomic level, I aim to give biological meaning to co-expressed gene communities by mapping cis-regulatory sequences in gene-proximal regions to identify variants with high-potential for breeding models (PhD thesis of Julien Rozière 2019–2022, Plant2Pro project PLMViewer 2020–2023, and the interdisciplinary programme PRECURSOR 2024–2025 within DIGIT-BIO).
1. At the whole-plant level, my aim is to study the impact of different environments on yield and digestibility of forage maize in order to develop predictive tools to optimise digestible yield (PhD thesis of Oscar Main 2021–2024, Plant2Pro projects MAMMA MIA 2021–2024 and CHAMPAGNE 2023–2025).
2. At the gene network level, I am investigating the effects of different environmental conditions on transcriptomic responses, with the aim of identifying molecular markers associated with good digestibility (PIA3 project AMAIZING 2011–2021, Plant2Pro project MAMMA MIA 2021–2024 and ANR project Stat4Plant 2021–2025).
3. At the genomic level, I aim to give biological meaning to co-expressed gene communities by mapping cis-regulatory sequences in gene-proximal regions to identify variants with high-potential for breeding models (PhD thesis of Julien Rozière 2019–2022, Plant2Pro project PLMViewer 2020–2023, and the interdisciplinary programme PRECURSOR 2024–2025 within DIGIT-BIO).
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