UMR

Our specificity is to mix experimental and theoretical approaches to produce knowledge about the genetics and evolution of quantitative traits. We have a special interest on cultivated plants in relation with agriculture.

Altogether, our research covers a wide range of disciplinary fields in Biology (including theoretical and evolutionary biology), Agronomical sciences, Mathematics (biostatistics and mathematical modeling) and Bioinformatics. In such a multidiciplinary environment, our specificity is population genetics and genomics for quantitative traits observed at different integration levels in contrasted environments : molecular phenotypes, architectural or developmental traits, yield components and adaptive traits. Our scientific production is recognized worldwide.

We contribute to the agro-ecological transition though the valorization of cultivated diversity in wheat (participatory breeding), maize (marker-assisted selection and genomic selection), and by conceiving varietal or species mixtures.

Organisation

Click on the titles to jump on the corresponding webpage IELABORATOIRECOMMUNJ. Fiévet, J. EnjalbertC. RemouéACEPBASEJ. LegrandDEAPT. FlutreGE2MorFY. DeveauxGEvADM. TenaillonGQMSL. MoreauSERVICESDIRECTIONC. Dillmann,K. Alix, A. CharcossetAssistant : S. Le BihanBiOSSY. de Oliveira, C. VitteD.Abu-AwadUnderstanding and predictingthe genetic basesof interactionsUnderstanding and enlighteningevolutionarymechanismsUnderstanding andmobilizingcultivated diversityfor the actorsE. MarchadierR. RincentS. NicolasY. de OliveiraEvolutionary genomicsdomesticationPlants, flowers, pollinatorsComputer scienceand open scienceHuman ressourcesFinancial managementField experimentsPolymorphismsSequencingLife-history traits,biotic interactionsQTL, GxE interactions,selection methodsParticipatory breeding,plant-plant interactionsQuantitativeproteomicsPAPPSOM. Blein-Nicolas,W. BienvenutAxe 1Axe 2Axe 3SEQM. FalqueA. VenonSerres de l'IDEEVV. Héraudet (ESE)Assistant : S. Le BihanAssis

As shown above, we are organized into:

  • Three research axes that determine our scientific politics.

  • Five research teams (BASE, DEAP, GEvAD, GE2MorF and GQMS). Each contribute to the research axes at different levels, indicated by the colored barplots.

  • A quantitative proteomics platform (PAPPSO) and a technical plateau for long DNA fragemnts sequencing (SEQ). We also contribute to the greenhouses platform Les Serres de l’IDEEV

  • Three transversal support teams (SERVICES, ACEP and BiOSS) and the shared Biology lab (LABORATOIRE COMMUN)

  • A working group to collectively manage our experiments in the fields and the greenhouses (IE)

We are about 50 permanent staff, including researchers, engineers, and technichal staff. Each year, we have about 60 additional colleagues recruited on non-permanent positions (Postdoctoral fellows, PhD, master, engineers, technical staff, …).

Direction

Function Name Position
Director Christine Dillmann Professor, Université Paris-Saclay, Faculté des Sciences
Deputy director Alain Charcosset Research Director, INRAE
Deputy director Karine Alix Professor, AgroParisTech