The seminars take place on the Montpellier Institut Agro/INRAE Campus of La Gaillarde (2, place P. Viala Montpellier)
Thursday january 15, 2025 – 14h Amphi 206
Pierre-Marc Delaux
Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Toulouse – https://www.evolutionpmi.com/
Evolution of plant – microbe interactions
Plants interact with a huge diversity of microorganisms in associations ranging from parasitic to mutualistic. Since plants colonized lands 450 million years ago, these associations have evolved in opposite directions. Mutualism has been maintained for hundreds of million years whereas the interactions with parasites are fast evolving.
Studying the interactions between plant lineages spanning 500 milion years of diversification and multiple microorganisms, our goals are to discover the plant molecular mechanisms behind mutualistic and parasitic interactions with microorganisms, to understand how they evolved, and to engineer improved symbiotic and immune abilities.
Studying the interactions between plant lineages spanning 500 milion years of diversification and multiple microorganisms, our goals are to discover the plant molecular mechanisms behind mutualistic and parasitic interactions with microorganisms, to understand how they evolved, and to engineer improved symbiotic and immune abilities.
Contact: Kevin Bellande (Plasticité)