ERASysBio+ iSAM

Participants : Christophe Godin, Etienne Farcot, Jan Traas, Teva Vernoux, James A.h. Murray [Univ. Cardiff, UK] , Yrjö Helariutta [Univ. Helsinki, Finland] .

(Contractor for Virtual Plants: Inria. From September 2008 to September 2011)

This project essentially aims at improving our knowledge of shoot apical meristem, and more specifically the combined action of auxin and cytokinin, using a systems biology approach. It is part of a wider program, the ERASysBio initiative, a consortium of European funding bodies, ministries and project management agencies. The purpose of this consortium is to develop fundamental and strategic collaboration in the funding of systems approaches to biological research. The iSAM project is one of the 16 transnational consortia that have been selected out of 51 proposals; in total they comprise 85 working groups from 14 countries. Four partners are involved in iSAM: the group of J. Murray will focus on mutants of cell cycle regulation, the group of Y. Helariutta is specialized in several aspects of cytokinin regulation, while the group of J. Traas in Lyon provides input regarding auxin regulation and transport, and Virtual Plants is in charge of the modeling aspects, in synergy with the three other groups.

Other bilateral relations

Yann Guédon is working with Claudia Negron (PhD student) and Ted DeJong (University of California, Davis) on the influence of water stress and pruning practices on the branching and axillary flowering structures of almond shoots.