Know more

• Maiden name: Perfus-Barbeoch
• Associate Professor of Biology (MCU, HC)
• See Linkedin profile >>>

• Director of the international Master of Science "Biocontrol solutions for plant health" (100% in English) - MSc BOOST >>>
• Co-Director of the professional degree "Diagnosis and Biodiversity Management of Developments" - LP DEGEBA >>>

Publications:

• Mota APZ, Koutsovoulos GD, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Despot-Slade E, Labadie K, Aury JM, Robbe-Sermesant K, Bailly-Bechet M, Belser C, Péré A, Rancurel C, Kozlowski DK, Hassanaly-Goulamhoussen R, Da Rocha M, Noel B, Meštrović N, Wincker P, Danchin EGJ. Unzipped genome assemblies of polyploid root-knot nematodes reveal unusual and clade-specific telomeric repeats. Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 5;15(1):773.  

• Hassanaly-Goulamhoussen R, De Carvalho Augusto R, Marteu-Garello N, Péré A, Favery B, Da Rocha M, Danchin EGJ, Abad P, Grunau C, Perfus-Barbeoch L. Chromatin Landscape Dynamics in the Early Development of the Plant Parasitic Nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Dec 6;9:765690.

• Da Rocha M, Bournaud C, Dazenière J, Thorpe P, Bailly-Bechet M, Pellegrin C, Péré A, Grynberg P, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Eves-van den Akker S, Danchin EGJ. Genome Expression Dynamics Reveal the Parasitism Regulatory Landscape of the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita and a Promoter Motif Associated with Effector Genes. Genes (Basel). 2021 May 18;12(5):771.

• Phan NT, Orjuela J, Danchin EGJ, Klopp C, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Kozlowski DK, Koutsovoulos GD, Lopez-Roques C, Bouchez O, Zahm M, Besnard G, Bellafiore S. Genome structure and content of the rice root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola). Ecol Evol. 2020 Sep 13;10(20):11006-11021.

• Koutsovoulos GD, Poullet M, Elashry A, Kozlowski DKL, Sallet E, Da Rocha M, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Martin-Jimenez C, Frey JE, Ahrens CH, Kiewnick S, Danchin EGJ. Genome assembly and annotation of Meloidogyne enterolobii, an emerging parthenogenetic root-knot nematode. Sci Data. 2020 Oct 5;7(1):324.

• Phan NT, Orjuela J, Danchin EGJ, Klopp C, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Kozlowski DK, Koutsovoulos GD, Lopez-Roques C, Bouchez O, Zahm M, Besnard G, Bellafiore S. Genome structure and content of the rice root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola). Ecol Evol. 2020 Sep 13;10(20):11006-11021.

• Oota M, Tsai AY, Aoki D, Matsushita Y, Toyoda S, Fukushima K, Saeki K, Toda K, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Favery B, Ishikawa H, Sawa S. Identification of Naturally Occurring Polyamines as Root-Knot Nematode Attractants. Mol Plant. 2019 Dec 28.

• Marmonier A, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Rancurel C, Boissinot S, Favery B, Demangeat G, Brault V. In Vitro Acquisition of Specific Small Interfering RNAs Inhibits the Expression of Some Target Genes in the Plant Ectoparasite Xiphinema index. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Jul 3;20(13).

• Castagnone-Sereno P, Mulet K, Danchin EGJ, Koutsovoulos GD, Karaulic M, Da Rocha M, Bailly-Bechet M, Pratx L, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Abad P. Gene copy number variations as signatures of adaptive evolution in the parthenogenetic, plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Mol Ecol. 2019 Apr 9.

• Tsai AY, Higaki T, Nguyen CN, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Favery B, Sawa S. Regulation of Root-Knot Nematode Behavior by Seed-Coat Mucilage-Derived Attractants. Mol Plant. 2019 Jan 7;12(1):99-112.

• Pratx L, Rancurel C, Da Rocha M, Danchin EGJ, Castagnone-Sereno P, Abad P, Perfus-Barbeoch L. Genome-wide expert annotation of the epigenetic machinery of the plant-parasitic nematodes Meloidogyne spp., with a focus on the asexually reproducing species. BMC Genomics. 2018 May 3;19(1):321.

• Nguyen CN, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Quentin M, Zhao J, Magliano M, Marteu N, Da Rocha M, Nottet N,  Abad P, Favery B. A root-knot nematode small glycine and cysteine-rich secreted effector, MiSGCR1, is involved in plant parasitism. New Phytol. 2018 Jan;217(2):687-699

• Danchin EGJ, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Rancurel C, Thorpe P, Da Rocha M, Bajew S, Neilson R, Guzeeva ES, Da Silva C, Guy J, Labadie K, Esmenjaud D, Helder J, Jones JT, den Akker SE. The Transcriptomes of Xiphinema index and Longidorus elongatus Suggest Independent Acquisition of Some Plant Parasitism Genes by Horizontal Gene Transfer in Early-Branching Nematodes. Genes (Basel). 2017 Oct 23;8(10).

• Blanc-Mathieu R, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Aury JM, Da Rocha M, Gouzy J, Sallet E, Martin-Jimenez C, Bailly-Bechet M, Castagnone-Sereno P, Flot JF, Kozlowski DK, Cazareth J, Couloux A, Da Silva C, Guy J, Kim-Jo YJ, Rancurel C, Schiex T, Abad P, Wincker P, Danchin EGJ. Hybridization and polyploidy enable genomic plasticity without sex in the most devastating plant-parasitic nematodes. PLoS Genet. 2017Jun 8;13(6):e1006777.

• Rodiuc N, Barlet X, Hok S, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Allasia V, Engler G, Séassau A, Marteu N, de Almeida-Engler J, Panabières F, Abad P, Kemmerling B, Marco Y,Favery B, Keller H. Evolutionarily distant pathogens require the Arabidopsis phytosulfokine signalling pathway to establish disease. Plant Cell Environ. 2015 Aug 20.

• Perfus-Barbeoch L, Castagnone-Sereno P, Reichelt M, Fneich S, Roquis D, Pratx L, Cosseau C, Grunau C, Abad P. Elucidating the molecular bases of epigenetic inheritance in non-model invertebrates: the case of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Front Physiol. 2014 Jun 6;5:211.

• Danchin EG, Arguel MJ, Campan-Fournier A, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Magliano M, Rosso MN, Da Rocha M, Da Silva C, Nottet N, Labadie K, Guy J, Artiguenave F,Abad P. Identification of Novel Target Genes for Safer and More Specific Control of Root-Knot Nematodes from a Pan-Genome Mining. Research Article | published 31 Oct 2013 | PLOS Pathogens

• Castagnone-Sereno P, Danchin EG, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Abad P. Diversity and evolution of root-knot nematodes, genus Meloidogyne: new insights from the genomic era. Annu Rev Phytopathol. 2013;51:203-20.

• Jaouannet M, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Deleury E, Magliano M, Engler G, Vieira P, Danchin EG, Da Rocha M, Coquillard P, Abad P, Rosso MN. A root-knot nematode-secreted protein is injected into giant cells and targeted to the nuclei. New Phytol. 2012 Jun;194(4):924-31.

• Arguel MJ, Campan-Fournier A, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Danchin EG, Rosso MN, Da Silva C, Labadie K, Marteu N, Artiguenave F, Abad P. Identification of plant-parasitism genes in nematodes in silico screening and in vivo validation in Meloidogyne incognita. Commun Agric Appl Biol Sci. 2011;76(3):409-12.

• Danchin EGJ, Flot J-F, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Van Doninck K. Genomic perspectives on the long-term absence of sexual reproduction in animals. In: Pontarotti P (ed) Evolutionary Biology – Concepts, Biodiversity, Macroevolution and Genome Evolution. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, pp223-242. 2011.

• Castagnone-Sereno P, Deleury E, Danchin EG, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Abad P. Data-mining of the Meloidogyne incognita degradome and comparative analysis of proteases in nematodes.Genomics. 2011 Jan;97(1):29-36.

• Abad P, Gouzy J, Aury JM, Castagnone-Sereno P, Danchin EG, Deleury E, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Anthouard V, Artiguenave F, et al.. Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Nat Biotechnol. 2008 Aug;26(8):909-15.

• Caillaud MC, Dubreuil G, Quentin M, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Lecomte P, de Almeida Engler J, Abad P, Rosso MN, Favery B. Root-knot nematodes manipulate plant cell functions during a compatible interaction. J Plant Physiol. 2008 Jan;165(1):104-13.

• Perfus-Barbeoch L, Jones AM, Assmann SM. Plant heterotrimeric G protein function: insights from Arabidopsis and rice mutants. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2004 Dec;7(6):719-31.

• Klein M, Perfus-Barbeoch L, Frelet A, Gaedeke N, Reinhardt D, Mueller-Roeber B, Martinoia E, Forestier C. The plant multidrug resistance ABC transporter AtMRP5 is involved in guard cell hormonal signalling and water use. Plant J. 2003 Jan;33(1):119-29. 

• Perfus-Barbeoch L, Leonhardt N, Vavasseur A, Forestier C. Heavy metal toxicity: cadmium permeates through calcium channels and disturbs the plant water status. Plant J. 2002 Nov;32(4):539-48.