Marie-Cecile Caillaud
Post Doctoral Scientist
Research interests
My PhD research (2005-2009) was conducted in "Biotic Interactions and Plant Health" laboratory, (INRA, CNRS and University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, France) under the supervision of Dr Pierre Abad and Dr Bruno Favery. My major contribution was the characterization of a plant Microtubule-Associated Protein MAP65-3 protein, showing its essential role for nematode-induced giant cell ontogenesis and nematode development (Caillaud et al., Plant Cell 2008). In a second part of my PhD, I have identified and have started to characterize a plant cell cycle checkpoint (Caillaud et al., PLoS ONE 2009). In addition, I participate to the annotation of M. incognita genome, the first plant parasitic nematode sequenced (Abad et al., Nature Biotechnology 2008).
In September 2009, I joint the Jonathan Jones's Lab to study in planta, the modes of action of candidate effectors from Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis. This Post doctoral project POETIC " Functional Analysis of Plant-pathogenic Oomycete Effectors and their Targets Inside Plant Cell is now supported by an EMBO long term fellowship ALTF 614-2009.
Selected Publications
Caillaud, M.C., Paganelli, L., Lecomte, P., Deslandes, L., Quentin, M.., Pecrix, Y., Le Bris, M.., Marfaing, N., Abad, P. and Favery, B. (2009) Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Protein Dynamics Reveal Conserved and Unsuspected Roles in Plant Cell Division. PLoS ONE 4(8): e6757. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006757
Caillaud, M.C., Lecomte, P., Jammes, F., Quentin, M., Pagnotta, S., Andrio, E., de Almeida-Engler, J., Marfaing, N., Gounon, P., Abad, P. and Favery, B. (2008) MAP65-3 Microtubule-Associated Protein is Essential for Nematode-Induced Giant Cell Ontogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 20 (2), 423-437.
Caillaud, M.C., Abad, P. and Favery, B. (2008) Cytoskeleton Reorganization, a Key Process In Root-Knot Nematode-Induced Giant Cell Ontogenesis. Plant Signaling and Behaviour, 10, 1-3
Caillaud, M.C., Dubreuil, G., Quentin, M., Perfus-Barbeoch, L., Lecomte, P., de Almeida-Engler, J., Abad, P., Rosso, M.-N. and Favery, B. (2008) Root-knot nematodes manipulate plant cell functions during a compatible interaction. Journal of Plant Physiology, 165 (1),104-113.
Abad, P., Aury, J.-M., Castagnone-Sereno, P., Danchin, E.G.J., Deleury, E., Gouzy, J., Perfus-Barbeoch, L., Anthouard, V., Artiguenave, F., Blok, V.C., Caillaud, M.C., Coutinho, P.M., Dasilva, C., De Luca, F., Deau, F., Esquibet, M., Flutre, T., Goldstone, J.V., Hamamouch, N., Hewezi, T., Jaillon, O., Jubin, C., Leonetti, P., Magliano, M., Maier, T.R., Markov, G.V., McVeigh, P., Pesole, G., Poulain, J., Robinson-Rechavi, M., Sallet, E., Ségurens, B., Steinbach, D., Tytgat, T., Ugarte, E., van Ghelder, C., Veronico, P., Baum, T.J., Blaxter, M., Bleve-Zacheo, T., Davis, E.L., Ewbank, J.J., Favery, B., Grenier, E., Henrissat, B., Jones, J.T., Laudet, V., Maule, A.G., Quesneville, H., Rosso, M.-N., Schiex, T., Smant, G., Weissenbach, J., and Wincker, P. (2008). Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Nature Biotechnology, 26, 909-915.
Caillaud, M.C., Quentin, M., Lecomte, P., de Almeida-Engler, J., Abad, P. and Favery, B. (2008). Functional analysis of a host microtubule-associated protein acting in nematode feeding cell formation. In Lorito, M., Woo, S.L., and Scala. F. (eds) Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 6.
