LGDP: Plant Genome and Development Laboratory

The Genomics and Plant Development Laboratory studies the way in which plant genomes are organised and how genes are regulated, more specifically, the roles they play in plant development and the ways in which they adapt to biotic and abiotic stresses.
The research unit is attached to the CNRS's National Institute of Biological Sciences.
The unit's teams share their molecular tools and develop different approaches for studying the genomes of two model species: Arabidopsis thaliana and rice.

The LGDP is a partner of the labex AGRO and the labex TULIP.

Director(s)

• M. Jean-Marc Deragon (Director)

Research areas

• Reprogramming plant translation in stress situations : role played by LA and related proteins
• The nucleous and rRNA genes
• Redoxins in plant development and environmental stress response
• Genome analysis and evolution
• Transciptional gene silencing and RNAi in plants

Equipments

• Technology plateform BIO-ENVIRONNEMENT
• Culture rooms
• Sequencing
• Microscopy service

Partnerships

• Agropolis community
• Natural reserves of the Pyrénées-Orientales region
  
• Numerous collaborations with laboratories in Europe (UK, Spain, Poland), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), US, South America (Brazil).

Additional information

ANR programmes

• ANR PLANT RNPBODIES
• ANR HEAT-ADAPT: Post-transcriptional regulation of the heat stress response in plants.
• ANR PAGE
• ANR Epi-RNase
• ANR CYNTHIOL
• ANR NERDPATH