Emilie Chanclud

My research is mainly focused on plant pathogens adaptation to host resistance in the agro-ecosystem. To date, to constrain pathogens dispersion deploying resistant crop varieties (carrying the so-called resistance genes) is the major alternative to chemicals. However, the agro-ecosystem is highly conducive for virulent pathogens which easily overcome resistance. Plant resistance mainly relies on intracellular receptors recognizing a specific pathogen feature and inducing immunity. Although very efficient, pathogens evolve quickly to lose or mutate the cognate recognized feature that allows them to easily regain virulence on the previously resistant host. The evolutionary mechanisms behind this adaptation remain largely elusive and a better understanding is crucial to design future sustainable disease control strategies. My project aims to identify the genetic basis of adaptive evolution of pathogenic fungi in agricultural ecosystems by studying the adaptation of the pandemic pathogen, Zymoseptoria tritici, to wheat resistant varieties. 

Short CV

2018- Post-Doc in Pathogen Evolution with Prof. Croll (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
2017 Post-Doc in Plant Pathology with Prof. Kamoun (The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK)
2016 Post-Doc in Plant Development and Nutrition with Dr Lacombe (CNRS Montpellier, France)
2012-2015 PhD in Plant Pathology with Dr Morel (INRA Montpellier, France)
2010-2012 MSc in Plant Biology (University of Montpellier, France)
2007-2010 BSc in Plant Biology (University of Orléans, France)

Publications

Chanclud E. & Lacombe B. Plant hormones: Key players in gut microbiota and human diseases? Trends in Plant Science, 2017  

Bialas A., Zess E.K., De la Concepcion JC., Franceschetti M., Pennington H.G., Yoshida K., Upson J.L, Chanclud E., Wu CH., Langner T, Maqbool A, Varden F.A., Derevnina L., Belhaj K., Fujisaki K., Saitoh H., Terauchi R., Banfield M.J., Kamoun S. Lessons in effector and NLR biology of plant-microbe systems Molecular Plant Microbe interactions, 2017, 10.1094/MPMI-08-17-0196-FI

Chanclud E. & Morel JB. Plant hormones: a fungal point of view Molecular Plant Pathology, 2016, 10.1111/mpp.12393

Chanclud E., Kisiala A., Emery N.R.J., Chalvon V., Michel-Romiti C., Gravot A., Kroj T. and Morel J.B. Cytokinin production by the rice blast fungus is required for full virulence PLOS Pathogens, 2016, 12, e1005457

Kroj T., Chanclud E., Michel-Romiti C., Grand, X. and Morel J.B. Integration of decoy domains derived from protein targets of pathogen effectors into plant immune receptors is widespread New Phytologist, 2016, 210, 618-626