IJPB PhD projects 2025

Plant Science Speciality

> Decoding Plant Growth in Changing Temperatures: The Interplay of Calcium and Cell Wall Metabolism
Team: "Primary Cell Wall" PAR
Direction: Alexis Peaucelle
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> Characterisation of interindividual epigenetic variability in Arabidopsis
Team: "Epigenetic Natural Variation " VarEpi
Direction: Vincent Coustham

> Contribution of plant autophagy in nitrogen nutrition during maize - arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
Teams: "Symbiotic Nitrogen Acquisition in Plant-Microbe Systems" SYNAPS & "Senescence, Autophagy, Nutrient Recycling and Nitrogen Use Efficiency" SATURNE
Direction: Alia Dellagi, Co-direction: Céline Masclaux-Daubresse

> Impact of tonoplastic sugar transport modification on plant response to the increase of atmospheric CO₂
Team: "Carbon, Allocation, Transport and Signaling" CATS
Direction: Rozenn Le Hir

> The importance of the transcriptional control of suberin biosynthesis for the resistance of seeds to stress
Team: "Seed - Development, Regulation, and Metabolism"  SEED-DREAM
Direction: Sébastien Baud

> Genetic regulation of plant somatic embryogenesis initiation
Team: "Cell Biology and Plant Regeneration" BCR
Direction: Oumaya bouchabké-Coussa, Co-direction: Pierre Hilson

> Revealing the relationship between plant cell wall architecture and function in growth, development, and fruit ripening
Team: "Primary Cell Wall" PAR
Direction: Kalina Haas, Co-direction: Heman Höfte

> Elucidating the role of decorated glucosinolates in seed responses to heat stress
Team: "Seed - Development, Regulation, and Metabolism"  SEED-DREAM
Direction: Massimiliano Corso

> Ecotype-dependent role of the membrane NETwork of Wall-Associated-Kinase-Like receptors in regulating growth-defense trade-offs in Arabidopsis
Team: "Glycanes et Signalisation" GAS
Direction: Samantha Vernhettes, Co-direction: Aline Voxeur

Biology Speciality

> Analysis of the role of the CUC genes in root development
Team: "Transcription Factors and Architecture" FTA
Direction: Patrick Laufs, Co-direction: Jean-Chistophe Palauqui

> Unraveling the Function of TRMs in Protoxylem Vessel Formation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Team: "Spatial Control of Cell Division" SPACE
Direction: Magalie Uyttewaal, Co-direction: David Bouchez

> Exploration of the Functional Diversity of Plant Mitochondrial Peptidyl-tRNA Hydrolases
Team: "Organelles and Reproduction" OrgaRepro
Direction: Hakim Mireau

> Investigating the functional connection between a microtubule-associated protein and NLP7 in Arabidopsis thaliana: A cytoskeletal role in nitrate signaling
Team: "Nitrogen Use, transport and signaling"  NUTS
Direction: Zsolt Kelemen, Co-direction: Anne Krapp

> Role of microbiota and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in maize performance under low-input agroecological practices
Team: "Symbiotic Nitrogen Acquisition in Plant-Microbe Systems" SYNAPS
Direction: Benoît Alunni, Co-direction: Eoghan King

Chemistry Speciality

> Biocatalytic approaches for lignin model synthesis and lignin demethylation
Team: "Lignocellulosic Biopolymers: from Cell Wall Assemblies to Synthons for Green Chemistry" APSYNTH
Direction: Betty Cottyn

Gennetics Speciality

> A dance of chromosomes: Unravelling the secrets of meiotic pairing and synapsis in Physcomitrium patens
Team: "Meiosis Mechanisms" MeioMe
Direction : Rajeev Kumar

Agronomy Speciality

> Identification and functional characterization of tonoplast sugar transporters in Setaria viridis under elevated CO₂ conditions
Team: "Carbon, Allocation, Transport and Signaling" CATS
Direction: Rozenn Le Hir

Evolution Speciality

> Horizontal Gene Transfer in Plant Evolution and Breeding
Team: "Genomic Analysis of Plant-Parasite Interactions" AGIPP
Direction: Florian Maumus, news IJPB, 17/1/25


Research developed at the Institute Jean-Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences.