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IJPB PhD projects 2025

List of PhD projects and IJPB teams hosting a PhD student as part of the 2025 call. Please note that this list may be updated until June 16th.

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
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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

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

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.


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IJPB PhD projects 2025