Number of documents
200
Gilles PILATE (Research Director - HDR)
Molecular Physiology of Wood Formation Team (BOIS) - "Deciphering molecular mechanisms responsible for wood formation"
https://www6.val-de-loire.inrae.fr/biofora/Recherche/Equipe-BOIS
gilles.pilate@inrae.fr
Position
Research Officer at BioForA UMR (Integrated Biology for Forest and Tree Diversity Valuation, part of the ECOFA Department of INRAE)
Scientific Manager of LICA (Tree Cellular Engineering Lab, https://www6.inrae.fr/lica)
Assignment manager to the Presidence of INRAE Val de Loire Centre
Education
- 2019. DU Integrated Bioinformatics, Paris Diderot University
- 2002. HDR in Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Orleans University
- 1985-1987. PhD thesis, Paris VI University, Life Sciences, Plant Biology and Physiology, Experimental Ontogeny Laboratory, fellowship from the French Research Ministry
- 1984. MS degree in Plant Biology and Physiology, Paris VI University
Professional experiences
- November 1991-present. Research scientist at INRA, now INRAE, BioForA UMR (previously AGPF), Val de Loire Centre
- 1989-1991. Research Associate, Conifer Biotechnology Lab, Plant Biotechnology Institute, NRCC, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- 1988. Post-doctoral position, Molecular Genetic Laboratory, Biological Science Division, NRCC, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Summit Canadian fellowship.
Academic associations
- 2009 : elected at the “International Academy of Wood Science”
Research area / technical skills
- Identification of the molecular mechanisms responsible for the tension stresses present in the cell walls of tension wood fibres. Collaborations with LMGC (CNRS-Montpellier) and ECOFOG (INRAE CNRS UMR in French Guyana, ANR Blanc project ‘Stress in Trees’, PhD of Fernanda Guedes and Amra Secerovic)
- Effects of lignin modifications of GM poplar wood on saccharification efficiency. Collaboration with VIB Ghent, BIA (INRAE Nantes), IJPB (INRAE Versailles), FARE (INRAE Reims)
- Tension wood : lint and saccharification efficiency (FP7 EnergyPoplar EU project, ANR Blanc project ‘Stress in Trees’, regional project ‘OPeNSPeNU’)
- Toward designing a model for secondary cell wall construction in poplar wood fibres (Clément Cuello PhD)
- Implementation on poplar of novel genome editing techniques (PIA Genius project)