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20 May 2026

By: ECCP

Joining the MIBiG 5.0 Annotathon: Powering the Future of Natural Product Discovery

450+ scientists unite to curate biosynthetic gene clusters and fuel global discovery in natural products.
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18 May 2026

By: tsn

Identification of new sources of quantitative resistance in oilseed rape against Leptosphaeria maculans: toward more sustainable management of collar necrosis?

A study published in Molecular Plant Pathology, conducted as part of Camille Rabeau’s CIFRE thesis under the supervision of Audren Jiquel and Isabelle Fudal (UR INRAE BIOGER) and Sébastien Faure (Innolea), has identified sources of quantitative resistance in ‘semi-winter’ rapeseed genotypes against the fungus responsible for collar necrosis, Leptosphaeria maculans. These quantitative resistances are mediated by ‘gene-for-gene’ relationships with fungal effectors conserved within the populations, which are expressed during the pathogen’s colonization of the rapeseed stem.
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18 February 2026

By: BIOGER

A specialized fungal metabolite plays a structural role in turgor generation and host plant penetration

Researchers from BIOGER, as part of an international consortium, demonstrate the role of a fungal metabolite in the generation of appressorial turgor and host plant penetration. The study is published in the February 12, 2026 issue of Science.
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18 February 2026

By: tsn

Molecular investigation of Rlm3 from rapeseed as a potential broad-spectrum resistance gene against fungal pathogens producing structurally conserved effectors

A study published in Plant Pathology, performed during Nacera Talbi's thesis, under the supervision of Isabelle Fudal in the BIOGER Institute, characterized the Rlm3 resistance gene in oilseed rape as a potential broad-spectrum resistance gene.
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18 February 2026

By: tsn

Welcome to Ilona DUCROIX and Léonie GAILLEDRAT

Since January 2026, Ilona DUCROIX and Léonie GAILLEDRAT have joined the EPLM team.
Elza Neau au début de sa soutenance de thèse
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26 January 2026

2:30 pm. Amphi A0.04 - Building A. Campus Agro Paris-Saclay 22, place de l’agronomie 91120 Palaiseau/France.

Elza NEAU's thesis defense

Elza NEAU defended her PhD thesis entitled “Multiple Roads Lead to Multidrug Resistance in Phytopathogenic Fungi: Zymoseptoria tritici as a Case Study.” The defense took place on January 26th at 2:30 pm, in English, in Amphitheater A0.04 (Building A, Agro Paris-Saclay campus).
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11 December 2025

By: BIOGER

Best Poster Award at the INRAE Microscopists Days

Congratulations to Margot Magnier and Héloïse Gaudin, who won the 1st prize in the poster competition at the 14th Scientific and Technical Days (JST) of the INRAE Microscopists Network !
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10 December 2025

By: BIOGER

Visit of the University of Adelaide to the Agro Paris-Saclay Campus

On November 13th, 2025, the BIOGER and ECOSYS units welcomed a delegation from the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Wine of the University of Adelaide at the Agro Paris-Saclay Campus facilities.
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26 November 2025

Campus Agro Paris-Saclay, 22 place de l'Agronomie, 91120 Palaiseau. Amphi B1.01

Camille RABEAU's s thesis defense

Camille RABEAU presented her thesis entitled "Identification, introgression, and validation of major resistance genes involved in rapeseed quantitative resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans, identified by an innovative effectoromics approach", under the supervision of Isabelle FUDAL-GROLIER, on Wednesday, November 26.
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14 November 2025

By: ECCP

Press review: Fungi in the spotlight

Fungi: Exploring a kingdom with unsuspected powers! A focus on the study of specialized metabolites at BIOGER.
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12 November 2025

By: FS

Off-season sex in Zymoseptoria tritici: little room for late encounters

This study represents the latest contribution to the empirical work conducted at BIOGER on the determinants and epidemiological consequences of sexual reproduction in Zymoseptoria tritici, the causal agent of Septoria tritici blotch in wheat.
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20 October 2025

By: BIOGER & ECOSYS

SLU and INRAE collaboration

INRAE strengthens its collaboration with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) within the framework of the European Research Alliance for Pesticide-Free Agriculture. Visit to the BIOGER & ECOSYS units on the Agro Paris-Saclay Campus.
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15 September 2025

By: TV & ALB

Leaf rust workshop

A leaf rust workshop took place late August at INRAE BIOGER at Palaiseau, as part of the IPMorama project.
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27 August 2025

By: BIOGER

2025 IS-MPMI Congress

BIOGER at the International Symposium on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Cologne.
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19 August 2025

By: N.Lapalu

JOBIM 2025 - GrAuFlow : A snakemake workflow for pangenome graph augmentation using short read data

Poster presented at JOBIM 2025 as part of Antoine Malet’s apprenticeship within the GraPanPhy project (SPE, INRAE), focusing on the establishment of genome-wide graphs for the analysis and monitoring of plant fungal pathogen populations.
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04 August 2025

By: FS

First report of the rust fungus Uromyces plumbarius in Europe

Uromyces plumbarius was first reported on Oenothera lindheimeri in Europe with widespread distribution and association with two common natural enemies of rust fungi.
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05 June 2025

By: https://sco.lt/8Mp2TA

Young Researcher Profile : Julien Pernier

Cell Biology Researcher at BIOGER
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20 May 2025

By: FS

Diversity, a major lever in the regulation of pests

The collective scientific expertise "RegulNat," focused on plant diversity as an agroecological solution for crop protection against pests, involved scientists from several INRAE units, including BIOGER, between 2021 and 2023. A review article presenting the main findings of this expertise has been published in the journal One Earth.
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10 May 2025

By: FS

Discovering the rust fungi (Pucciniales) of Yvelines

International Plant Health Day, celebrated each year on May 12, is this year an opportunity to spotlight the publication of a particularly lavishly illustrated article: “A photographic contribution to the inventory of Pucciniales (rust fungi) around Clayes-sous-Bois.” This second 2025 special issue of the Bulletin des Naturalistes des Yvelines attests to the close links between citizen science (amateur botanists/mycologists) and more academic disciplines—here, Phytopathology represented by researchers from units such as BIOGER.
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29 April 2025

By: tsn

MPSeqM, a tool combining multiplex PCR and high-throughput sequencing to study the polymorphism of eight Leptosphaeria maculans avirulence genes and its application to field surveys in France

Angélique GAUTIER, Valérie LAVAL and Marie-Hélène BALESDENT have developed a new tool, MPseqM, combining multiplex PCR and Illumina sequencing, to characterize the allelic variants of eight AvrLm genes in L. maculans populations. This work was the subject of an article published in BMC Microbiology.
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10 April 2025

By: TM & AD

HDR defense

On the occasion of his "Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches" defense, Thierry Marcel has presented his research work and prospects under the title "Adaptation of phytopathogenic fungi to their biotic and abiotic environments"
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