348 Moore Hall Department of Agronomy 1575 Linden Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53706 USA

Office: 608-262-6457 Lab:    608-890-0155 Fax:    608-262-5217

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Education

B.S.       University of Lyon (France)            Molecular and Cellular Biology                1995

M.S.      University of Toulouse (France)      Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology        1997

Ph.D.     University of Toulouse (France)      Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology        2002

Professional Experience

2010-Present    Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agronomy.

2004-2010       Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agronomy.

2002-2004       Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis, Department of Plant Pathology.

2001-2002       Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Toulouse, Biochemistry.

1998-2001       Teaching Assistant, University of Toulouse, Biochemistry.

Funding

• Dynamin Related Proteins of Medicago truncatula. Hatch Grant, $58,797 from 2009 to 2012. PI: Sebastian Bednarek. CoPI: Jean-Michel Ané

• Characterizing Soybean Yield Response to Rhizobial Inoculants: $25,000. Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board from March 2009 to February 2010. PI: Shawn Conley. CoPI: Jean-Michel Ané

• Plant Responses to the Colonization by Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella. Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, $88,818 from 2008 to 2009. PI: Jean-Michel Ané. CoPI: Charles Kaspar and Eric Brown

• GEPR: An Interdisciplinary Approach to deciphering the molecular dialogue between the plasma membrane and cytoplasm of Medicago truncatula, NSF – Plant Genome Research Program, $2,462,216 from 2007 to 2010. PI: Michael R. Sussman, CoPIs: Jean-Michel Ané, Joshua Coon and Gheorghe Craciun.

• A calcium and calmodulin dependant protein kinase that is required for the early steps of bacterial and fungal symbioses, USDA-CSREES, $361,155, from 2005 to 2008. PI: Jean-Michel Ané.

• Soybean genes required for nodulation and mycorrhization, Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board, $79,992, from 2005 to 2008. PI: Jean-Michel Ané.

• A nuclear putative ion channel crucial for bacterial and fungal symbioses with plant roots, Hatch Grant, $85,956 from 2007 to 2011. PI: Jean-Michel Ané.

Publications

Patent

Ané JM, Kiss GB, Penmetsa RV, Dénarié J, Cook DR. A gene controlling the establishment of rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbioses, United States Patent Application Publication No. 20050081262 published April 14, 2005.

Honors and Awards

• 2000,  Travel grant of ASEDIS-SO (French seeds producers association) to attend the Plant and Animal Genome meeting VIII. San Diego, USA.

• 1997, 'Agrégation' and CAPET in Biochemistry, Microbiology and Physiology, French National Education, Competitive Entry in the French National Education System for permanent teaching positions.

• 1996-1993, ENS-Lyon fellow, French National Education, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon.

Professional Activities  

• Elected member of the International Medicago truncatula Steering Committee

• Panel member for the USDA-NRI Biology of Plant-Microbe Associations (2006) and the NSF-GRFP (2007).

• Grant proposal reviewer for the NSF Plant Genome Research Project, the NSF-MCB Gene and Genome Systems, the University of Wisconsin Madison Graduate School, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (Earth and Life Sciences section) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture

• Grant proposal reviewer for the NSF Article reviewer for Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, The Plant Journal, Plant Physiology, Plant Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Trends in Plant Sciences, FEBS letters, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, New Phytologist, BioMed Central Plant Biology, Symbiosis and Wiley Editions.

Other Expertise

• Teaching of a new course on Plant Biotechnology Principles and Techniques including both 3 hours laboratory sessions and lectures (2x75 minutes/week).

• Participation to the UW Madison Arabidopsis thaliana group (ATG) and to the Symbiosis Cluster for which he gives seminars. Member of the Symbiosis Cluster steering committee.

• Affiliation to the interdepartmental Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics (PBPG), the interdepartmental Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB), the Biotechnology Training Program (BTP), the Genetics Ph.D. training program, the Plant Pathology and the Agronomy graduate programs for which he gives lectures on plant-microbe symbiotic associations.

• Undergraduate training through Summer Research Programs (Symbiosis SRP and Plant Biology SRP) which offers training and research experience to undergraduate students of underrepresented groups. These students are generally coming from other universities.

• Training of UW Madison undergraduate students doing directed studies, honor thesis or affiliated to the Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) program.

 Membership Information:

American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

International Society of Plant Microbe Interactions (IS-MPMI)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

 

Collaborators and Other Affiliations

Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors

• Jean Dénarié and Charles Rosenberg (Graduate Advisors, INRA Toulouse, France)

• Douglas Cook (Postdoctoral Advisor, U. of California Davis)