Plant biology for the agro-environment

The Plant Biology for Agro-Environment (BiPa) program offers multidisciplinary training focused on knowledge generated from major study models such as Arabidopsis thaliana, but also from cultivated plants that are now establishing themselves as true models (rice, corn, etc.). Our program covers all plant-related topics (developmental biology, mineral nutrition and metabolism, plant adaptation to climate change, plant-microorganism interactions, ecophysiology). In addition to traditional approaches to biology, we also emphasize modeling and bioinformatics, disciplines that are currently essential for the exploitation of the massive amounts of data generated on a daily basis.

Objectives

This program is designed to be both generalist and high-level. Its objective is to train students with broad general knowledge, but also cutting-edge expertise in the field of plant science. Ultimately, this program will enable you to pursue further training in fundamental or applied research (PhD), or to realize your professional project in relation to the challenges of modern agriculture.

This master's program also focuses on helping students become self-sufficient in order to facilitate their integration into the professional world through dedicated teaching units (management and project management) and numerous group projects offered in the various TU.

Upon completion of the program, BiPa graduates will have the best knowledge and opportunities to become the researchers and research engineers of the coming years, capable of responding to scientific and societal challenges related to the plant world (fundamental science, biotechnology, climate change, agroecology).

Training content

List of Teaching Units

M1, first semester

• TU for the four Plant Biology tracks:
  • Biostatistics with R
  • Plant molecular genetics
  • Plant nutrition
  • Plant development
  • Plant-microorganism interactions
  • Fundamentals of ecophysiology
• TU BiPa TU :
  • Adaptation to the environment and signage
  • Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology

M1, second semester

• TU for the four Plant Biology tracks
  • Experimental approaches to plant biology
  • Bioinformatics: data and databases
  • Bibliographic summary
  • Project management
• One TU to be chosen from:
  • Gene networks—modeling
  • Improvement of tropical and Mediterranean plants

• Four-month internship in a laboratory or company

Master's degree, first semester

• TU for the four Plant Biology tracks:
  • Quantitative genetics
  • Epigenetics in plants
  • Ecophysiology: from phenotype to ideotype
  • BIGOmics, comparative genomics
  • Data processing
  • Bioinformatics: building queries
  • Project management
• TU BiPa TU :
  • Model plants and modeling
  • Mineral nutrition and plant adaptation to abiotic stresses
  • Analysis of differential gene expression based on RNA-Seq data
  • Thematic SchoolTransport, Signaling, and Membrane Dynamics

Master's degree, second semester

• Critical analysis of scientific information
• Six-month internship in a laboratory or company