IPSiM (Institut for Plant Sciences of Montpellier) is a Joint Research Unit supported by four institutions : CNRS, INRA, Institut agro, and the University of Montpellier. Its research activity aims at elucidating the fundamental mechanisms that govern the water and mineral nutrition of plants, and their responses to abiotic environmental constraints, including those due to climate change.

Our objective is dual : to understand better the organization and functioning of plants ; to contribute to the development of a sustainable agriculture, that saves natural resources and respects the environment.

For this, we develop an Integrative Biology approach. We combine multidisciplinary (genomics, biophysics, molecular biology, modelling) and multiscale (from gene to whole plant) approaches on various plant species (model and crop plants). Our projects address how the development and physiological functions of organs are coordinated, with an especially recognized expertise on roots. The aim is to determine how this coordination leads to an integrated response of plants to environmental constraints and how it governs plant growth.

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Highlights

Proton channels finally identified in plants

November 2023. Alexis De Angeli. Team: Ion Flux Coordination and signaling in plant cells (INFLUX)

Benoit Lacombe (HoNuDe team) is in the list of most cited researchers in 2023

Clarivate released its list of Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) on November 2023

IPSiM and Michigan State University join forces to create an International Associate Laboratory (LIA)

Coordinated by the Plant Biology and Breeding (BAP) Department at INRAE, the IN-COMBI LIA also brings Montpellier’s Institut Agro and the University of Montpellier on board. The impetus for the project came from Benoît Lacombe and Sandrine Ruffel (INRAE’s IPSiM Unit) and from Hatem Rouached at MSU, who share a long history of collaboration.

Election of Christophe Maurel to the Academy of Sciences

In integrative biology – December 2022

Gabriel Krouk (SYSTEMS team) is still in 2022 in the list of most cited researchers

Clarivate released its list of Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) on November 15, 2022.

Scientific events

Journées Protéome Vert 2024

10-11 juin 2024, Institut Agro Montpellier
Organisatrice : Véronique Santoni

seminars

IBIP seminar: François Barbier

March 14, 2024 – Nutrient and metabolite signalling control shoot branching

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