Welcome to the Ané lab!

Understanding how symbiotic associations between plants and microbes develop is an important biological question that is particularly relevant in modern agriculture and economy.

We seek to understand the microbial signals and the signaling pathways controlling the establishment of plant - microbe symbioses and the stimulation of plant growth by these signals. We transfer information gained from model plants such as Medicago truncatula or Brachypodium distachyon to crops such as soybean, alfalfa and maize in order to take full advantage of the fantastic opportunities offered by these beneficial associations to our agriculture.

Our goal is to maintain soil quality and sustainability while protecting the environment over the long term and reducing costs for food, feed and biofuel production. 

We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot  -  Leonardo da Vinci

• XV International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions in Kyoto, Japan, - July 29 - August 2, 2012.
• 10th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference in Munich, Germany - September 2-5, 2012.
• 13th Symposium on Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes in Munich, Germany - September 6-7, 2012.

Recent publications

• Furseth BJ, Conley SP, Ané JM. Soybean Response to Soil Rhizobia and Seed-applied Rhizobia Inoculants in Wisconsin. Crop Science. 52 (1): 339-344, 2012.
• Capoen W, Sun J, Wysham D, Otegui MS, Venkateshwaran M, Hirsch S, Miwa H, Downie JA, Morris RJ, Ané JM, Oldroyd GED. The nuclear membranes control symbiotic calcium signalling of legumes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 108(34) 14348-14353, 2011.
• Horváth B, Yeun LH, Domonkos A, Halász G, Gobbato E, Ayaydin F, Míró K, Hirsch S, Sun J, Tadege M, Ratet P, Mysore K., Ané JM, Oldroyd GED, Kaló P. Medicago truncatula IPD3 is a member of the common symbiotic signaling pathway required for rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbioses. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 24 (11), 1345-1358, 2011.
• Riely BK, He H, Venkateshwaran M, Sarma B, Schraiber J, Ané JM, Cook DR. Identification of legume RopGEF gene families and characterization of a Medicago truncatula RopGEF mediating polar growth of root hairs. The Plant Journal, 65:230-243, 2011.
• Mukherjee A, Ané JM. Germinated spore exudates from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: molecular and developmental responses in higher land plants and their regulation by ethylene. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 24:2, 260-270, 2011.
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