Isotopes Quantifications platform
The Stable Isotopes Workshop, hosted by the Institute for Plant Sciences of Montpellier (IPSiM), was created in 1990 and to provide a national analytical service for INRAE. Since then, its tasks have considerably evolved, and it ensures the analysis of non-radioactive 15N, 13C,18O, and 34S isotopic contents of samples not only from many different INRA laboratories, but also from other research institutions, including foreign ones. The workshop also aims at supporting the research programs of IPSiM that investigate the mechanisms of the nitrogen and carbon nutrition of plants, with a focus on the transport and metabolism of N and C compounds. Improving the mineral nutrition of plants, especially nitrogen nutrition, is an important issue for today’s agriculture, which must find solutions to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and thus limit nitrate pollution, while maintaining optimal crop production. Beyond the analytical service, the objective of the workshop is to develop novel methods for quantifying and “trace” nitrogen in the plant. To this end, the workshop is equipped with 2 high-performance isotope mass spectrometers.
Access
Contact
Prior to any request for analysis, it is advised to contact Thibaut Perez at +33 (0)4 99 61 25 18 or by email
Postal address: Thibaut Perez, Atelier de Quantifications Isotopiques (AQuI), UMR IPSiM, Bât. 7, Campus INRA/Institut Agro, 2, place Viala 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France.
Rates
To obtain a quote, download the request form, fill it in and send it to umr-ipsim-aqui@supagro.fr
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Staff
Expertise
Quantitative analysis of:
- 15N and 13C contents of plant, animal and soil samples
- atmospheric 15N2 and 13CO2
- 15NO (gaseous), 15NO3– and 15NH4+ (liquid solution)
- 13C in nucleic acids
- 15N and 13C in Xenopus oocytes (transport assays after heterologous expression of plant membrane transporters, in collaboration with the plant electrophysiology platform of IPSiM).
Equipments / Technologies
These two equipments are supplemented by gaseous analyzers allowing the direct injection of CO2 and N2.
Training
The platform contributed to the summer scientific school MISTRAL (Montpellier International School on ion and water TRansport in pLants) in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 (Module : Functional characterization of ion uptake in plants using stable isotopes and root architecture analysis : a case study with NO3–).
News
Publications
Vasseur F✉, Cornet D, Beurier G, Messier J, Rouan L, Bresson J, Ecarnot M, Stahl M, Heumos S, Gerard M, Reijnen H, Tillard P, Lacombe B, Emanuel A, Floret J, Estarague A, Przybylska S, Sartori K, Gillespie LM, Baron E, Kazakou E, Vile D, Violle C (2022) A perspective on plant phenomics: coupling deep learning and near-infrared spectroscopy.. Front. Plant Sci., 13:836488
Rasoarinaivo AR✉, Razafimbelo TM, Blanchart E, Chapuis-Lardy L, Chevallier T, Bouillet J-P, Trap J (2022) Specific effects of tree species on soil carbon sequestration in a rice-tree association mesocosm experiment: Evidence from natural 13C abundance. Rhizosphere, 21:100485
Kupcsik L, Chiodi C, Moturu TR, De Gernier H, Haelterman L, Louvieaux J, Tillard P, Sturrock CJ, Bennett MJ, Nacry P, Hermans C✉ (2021) Oilseed rape cultivars show diversity of root morphologies with the potential for better capture of nitrogen. Nitrogen, 2(4):491-505
Couchoud M, Salon C, Girodet S, Jeudy C, Vernoud V*✉, Prudent M*✉ (2020) Pea efficiency of post-drought recovery relies on the strategy to fine-tune nitrogen nutrition. Front. Plant Sci., 11:204
Li Y, Brooks MD, Yeoh-Wang J, McCoy RM, Rock TM, Pasquino AV, Moon CI, Patrick RM, Tanurdzic M, Ruffel S, Widhalm JR, McCombie WR, Coruzzi GM✉ (2020) SDG8-mediated histone methylation and RNA processing function in the response to nitrate signaling. Plant Physiol., 182(1):215-227
Pichereaux C*, Laurent E-A*, Gargaros A, Viudes S, Durieu C, Lamaze T✉, Grieu P, Burlet-Schiltz O✉ (2019) Analysis of durum wheat proteome changes under marine and fungal biostimulant treatments using large-scale quantitative proteomics: A useful dataset of durum wheat proteins. J. Proteomics, 200:28-39
Merret R✉, Carpenier M-C, Favory J-J, Picart C, Descombin J, Bousquet-Antonelli C, Tillard P, Lejay L, Deragon J-M, Charng Y-Y✉ (2017) Heat-shock protein HSP101 affects the release of ribosomal protein mRNAs for recovery after heat shock. Plant Physiol., 174(2):1216-1225
Li G, Tillard P, Gojon A, Maurel C✉ (2016) Dual regulation of root hydraulic conductivity and plasma membrane aquaporins by plant nitrate accumulation and high-affinity nitrate transporter NRT2.1. Plant Cell Physiol., 57(4):733-742
Wahbi S, Maghraoui T, Hafidi M, Sanguin H, Oufdou K, Prin Y, Duponnois R, Galiana A✉ (2016) Enhanced transfer of biologically fixed N from faba bean to intercropped wheat through mycorrhizal symbiosis. Appl. Soil Ecol., 107:91-98
Léran S, Edel KH, Pervent M, Hashimoto K, Corratgé-Faillie C, Offenborn JN, Tillard P, Gojon A, Kudla J, Lacombe B✉ (2015) Nitrate sensing and uptake in Arabidopsis are enhanced by ABI2, a phosphatase inactivated by the stress hormone abscisic acid. Sci. Signal., 8(375):ra43
Léran S, Garg B, Boursiac Y, Corratgé-Faillie C, Brachet C, Tillard P, Gojon A, Lacombe B✉ (2015) AtNPF5.5, a nitrate transporter affecting nitrogen accumulation in Arabidopsis embryo. Sci. Rep.-UK, 5:7962
Léran S, Muños S, Brachet C, Tillard P, Gojon A, Lacombe B✉ (2013) Arabidopsis NRT1.1 is a bidirectional transporter involved in root-to-shoot nitrate translocation. Mol. Plant, 6(6):1984-1987
Vasseur F, Violle C, Enquist BJ, Granier C, Vile D (2012) A common genetic basis to the origin of the leaf economics spectrum and metabolic scaling allometry. Ecol. Lett., 15(10):1149-1157
Laguerre G, Heulin-Gotty K, Brunel B, Klonowska A, Le Quéré A, Tillard P, Prin Y, Cleyet-Marel J-C, Lepetit M (2012) Local and systemic N signaling are involved in Medicago truncatula preference for the most efficient Sinorhizobium symbiotic partners. New Phytol., 195(2):437-449
Laugier E, Bouguyon E, Mauriès A, Tillard P, Gojon A, Lejay L (2012) Regulation of high-affinity nitrate uptake in roots of Arabidopsis depends predominantly on post-transcriptional control of the NRT2.1/NAR2.1 transport system . Plant Physiol., 158(2):1067-1078
Kiba T, Feria-Bourrellier A-B, Lafouge F, Lezhneva L, Boutet-Mercey S, Orsel M, Bréhaut V, Miller AJ, Daniel-Vedele F, Sakakibara H, Krapp A (2012) The Arabidopsis nitrate transporter NRT2.4 plays a double role in roots and shoots of nitrogen-starved plants[. Plant Cell, 24(1):245-258
Quality
The platform has the “Analysis reliability” certificate (level 2) delivered by CT2M.
