Education

Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology, Inapg, France, 1997

Current position

Director of Research INRA, IPS2, Orsay, France

Publications

1. Pflieger, S., Blanchet, S., Meziadi, C., Richard, M. M., Thareau, V., Mary, F., Mazoyer, C. and Geffroy, V. (2014). The "one-step" Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV)-derived vector is a functional genomics tool for efficient overexpression of heterologous protein, virus-induced gene silencing and genetic mapping of BPMV R-gene in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). BMC Plant Biol 14: 232.
   
2. Richard, M. M., Pflieger, S., Sevignac, M., Thareau, V., Blanchet, S., Li, Y., Jackson, S. A. and Geffroy, V. (2014). Fine mapping of Co-x, an anthracnose resistance gene to a highly virulent strain of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum in common bean. Theor Appl Genet 127(7): 1653-1666.
   
3. Schmutz, J., McClean, P. E., Mamidi, S., Wu, G. A., Cannon, S. B., Grimwood, J., Jenkins, J., Shu, S., Song, Q., Chavarro, C., Torres-Torres, M., Geffroy, V., Moghaddam, S. M., Gao, D., Abernathy, B., Barry, K., Blair, M., Brick, M. A., Chovatia, M., Gepts, P., Goodstein, D. M., Gonzales, M., Hellsten, U., Hyten, D. L., Jia, G., Kelly, J. D., Kudrna, D., Lee, R., Richard, M. M., Miklas, P. N., Osorno, J. M., Rodrigues, J., Thareau, V., Urrea, C. A., Wang, M., Yu, Y., Zhang, M., Wing, R. A., Cregan, P. B., Rokhsar, D. S. and Jackson, S. A. (2014). A reference genome for common bean and genome-wide analysis of dual domestications. Nat Genet 46(7): 707-713.
   
4. Fonseca, A., Richard, M. M., Geffroy, V. and Pedrosa-Harand, A. (2014). Epigenetic analyses and the distribution of repetitive DNA and resistance genes reveal the complexity of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L., Fabaceae) heterochromatin. Cytogenet Genome Res 143(1-3): 168-178.
   
5. Richard, M. M., Chen, N. W., Thareau, V., Pflieger, S., Blanchet, S., Pedrosa-Harand, A., Iwata, A., Chavarro, C., Jackson, S. A. and Geffroy, V. (2013). The subtelomeric khipu satellite repeat from Phaseolus vulgaris: Lessons Learned from the genome analysis of the andean genotype G19833. Front Plant Sci 4: 109.
   
6. Iwata, A., Tek, A. L., Richard, M. M., Abernathy, B., Fonseca, A., Schmutz, J., Chen, N. W., Thareau, V., Magdelenat, G., Li, Y., Murata, M., Pedrosa-Harand, A., Geffroy, V., Nagaki, K. and Jackson, S. A. (2013). Identification and characterization of functional centromeres of the common bean. Plant J 76(1): 47-60.
   
7. Pflieger, S., Richard, M. M., Blanchet, S., Meziadi, C. and Geffroy, V. (2013). VIGS technology: an attractive tool for functional genomics studies in legumes. Functional Plant Biology 40(12): 1234-1248.
   
8. Ashfield, T., Egan, A. N., Pfeil, B. E., Chen, N. W., Podicheti, R., Ratnaparkhe, M. B., Ameline-Torregrosa, C., Denny, R., Cannon, S., Doyle, J. J., Geffroy, V., Roe, B. A., Saghai Maroof, M. A., Young, N. D. and Innes, R. W. (2012). Evolution of a complex disease resistance gene cluster in diploid Phaseolus and tetraploid Glycine. Plant Physiol 159(1): 336-354.
   
9. Kalunke, R., Janni, M., Sella, L., David, P., Geffroy, V., Favaron, F. and D'Ovidio, R. (2011). Transcript analysis of the bean polygalacturonase inhibiting protein gene family reveals that Pvpgip2 is expressed in the whole plant and is strongly induced by pathogen infection. Journal of Plant Pathology: 141-148.
   
10. Fonseca, A., Ferreira, J., dos Santos, T. R., Mosiolek, M., Bellucci, E., Kami, J., Gepts, P., Geffroy, V., Schweizer, D., dos Santos, K. G. and Pedrosa-Harand, A. (2010). Cytogenetic map of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Chromosome Res 18(4): 487-502.
    
11. David, P., des Francs-Small, C. C., Sevignac, M., Thareau, V., Macadre, C., Langin, T. and Geffroy, V. (2010). Three highly similar formate dehydrogenase genes located in the vicinity of the B4 resistance gene cluster are differentially expressed under biotic and abiotic stresses in Phaseolus vulgaris. Theor Appl Genet 121(1): 87-103.
    
12. Chen, N. W., Sevignac, M., Thareau, V., Magdelenat, G., David, P., Ashfield, T., Innes, R. W. and Geffroy, V. (2010). Specific resistances against Pseudomonas syringae effectors AvrB and AvrRpm1 have evolved differently in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), soybean (Glycine max), and Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytol 187(4): 941-956.
    
13. David, P., Chen, N. W., Pedrosa-Harand, A., Thareau, V., Sevignac, M., Cannon, S. B., Debouck, D., Langin, T. and Geffroy, V. (2009). A nomadic subtelomeric disease resistance gene cluster in common bean. Plant Physiol 151(3): 1048-1065.
    
14. Pedrosa-Harand, A., Kami, J., Gepts, P., Geffroy, V. and Schweizer, D. (2009). Cytogenetic mapping of common bean chromosomes reveals a less compartmentalized small-genome plant species. Chromosome Res 17(3): 405-417.
    
15. Geffroy, V., Macadre, C., David, P., Pedrosa-Harand, A., Sevignac, M., Dauga, C. and Langin, T. (2009). Molecular analysis of a large subtelomeric nucleotide-binding-site-leucine-rich-repeat family in two representative genotypes of the major gene pools of Phaseolus vulgaris. Genetics 181(2): 405-419.
    
16. David, P., Sevignac, M., Thareau, V., Catillon, Y., Kami, J., Gepts, P., Langin, T. and Geffroy, V. (2008). BAC end sequences corresponding to the B4 resistance gene cluster in common bean: a resource for markers and synteny analyses. Mol Genet Genomics 280(6): 521-533.
    
17. Innes, R. W., Ameline-Torregrosa, C., Ashfield, T., Cannon, E., Cannon, S. B., Chacko, B., Chen, N. W., Couloux, A., Dalwani, A., Denny, R., Deshpande, S., Egan, A. N., Glover, N., Hans, C. S., Howell, S., Ilut, D., Jackson, S., Lai, H., Mammadov, J., Del Campo, S. M., Metcalf, M., Nguyen, A., O'Bleness, M., Pfeil, B. E., Podicheti, R., Ratnaparkhe, M. B., Samain, S., Sanders, I., Segurens, B., Sevignac, M., Sherman-Broyles, S., Thareau, V., Tucker, D. M., Walling, J., Wawrzynski, A., Yi, J., Doyle, J. J., Geffroy, V., Roe, B. A., Maroof, M. A. and Young, N. D. (2008). Differential accumulation of retroelements and diversification of NB-LRR disease resistance genes in duplicated regions following polyploidy in the ancestor of soybean. Plant Physiol 148(4): 1740-1759.
    
18. Wawrzynski, A., Ashfield, T., Chen, N. W., Mammadov, J., Nguyen, A., Podicheti, R., Cannon, S. B., Thareau, V., Ameline-Torregrosa, C., Cannon, E., Chacko, B., Couloux, A., Dalwani, A., Denny, R., Deshpande, S., Egan, A. N., Glover, N., Howell, S., Ilut, D., Lai, H., Del Campo, S. M., Metcalf, M., O'Bleness, M., Pfeil, B. E., Ratnaparkhe, M. B., Samain, S., Sanders, I., Segurens, B., Sevignac, M., Sherman-Broyles, S., Tucker, D. M., Yi, J., Doyle, J. J., Geffroy, V., Roe, B. A., Maroof, M. A., Young, N. D. and Innes, R. W. (2008). Replication of nonautonomous retroelements in soybean appears to be both recent and common. Plant Physiol 148(4): 1760-1771.
    
19. Geffroy, V., Sevignac, M., Billant, P., Dron, M. and Langin, T. (2008). Resistance to Colletotrichum lindemuthianum in Phaseolus vulgaris: a case study for mapping two independent genes. Theor Appl Genet 116(3): 407-415.
    
20. Hannah, M. A., Kramer, K. M., Geffroy, V., Kopka, J., Blair, M. W., Erban, A., Vallejos, C. E., Heyer, A. G., Sanders, F. E., Millner, P. A. and Pilbeam, D. J. (2007). Hybrid weakness controlled by the dosage-dependent lethal (DL) gene system in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is caused by a shoot-derived inhibitory signal leading to salicylic acid-associated root death. New Phytol 176(3): 537-549.
    
21. Kami, J., Poncet, V., Geffroy, V. and Gepts, P. (2006). Development of four phylogenetically-arrayed BAC libraries and sequence of the APA locus in Phaseolus vulgaris. Theor Appl Genet 112(6): 987-998.
    
22. Ferrier-Cana, E., Macadre, C., Sevignac, M., David, P., Langin, T. and Geffroy, V. (2005). Distinct post-transcriptional modifications result into seven alternative transcripts of the CC-NBS-LRR gene JA1tr of Phaseolus vulgaris. Theor Appl Genet 110(5): 895-905.
    
23. Ferrier-Cana, E., Geffroy, V., Macadre, C., Creusot, F., Imbert-Bollore, P., Sevignac, M. and Langin, T. (2003). Characterization of expressed NBS-LRR resistance gene candidates from common bean. Theor Appl Genet 106(2): 251-261.
    
24. Geffroy, V., De Astis, G. and Bergeault, E. (2001). RF mixers using standard digital CMOS 0.35 mu m process, In: Sigmon, B. (ed). Ieee Mtt-S international microwave symposium digest. Vols 1-3, 83-86.
    
25. Geffroy, V., Sevignac, M., De Oliveira, J. C., Fouilloux, G., Skroch, P., Thoquet, P., Gepts, P., Langin, T. and Dron, M. (2000). Inheritance of partial resistance against Colletotrichum lindemuthianum in Phaseolus vulgaris and co-localization of quantitative trait loci with genes involved in specific resistance. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 13(3): 287-296.
    
26. Geffroy, V., Sicard, D., de Oliveira, J. C., Sevignac, M., Cohen, S., Gepts, P., Neema, C., Langin, T. and Dron, M. (1999). Identification of an ancestral resistance gene cluster involved in the coevolution process between Phaseolus vulgaris and its fungal pathogen Colletotrichum lindemuthianum. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 12(9): 774-784.
    
27. Creusot, F., Macadre, C., Ferrier Cana, E., Riou, C., Geffroy, V., Sevignac, M., Dron, M. and Langin, T. (1999). Cloning and molecular characterization of three members of the NBS-LRR subfamily located in the vicinity of the Co-2 locus for anthracnose resistance in Phaseolus vulgaris. Genome 42(2): 254-264.
    
28. Freyre, R., Skroch, P. W., Geffroy, V., Adam-Blondon, A.-F., Shirmohamadali, A., Johnson, W. C., Llaca, V., Nodari, R., Pereira, P. and Tsai, S.-M. (1998). Towards an integrated linkage map of common bean. 4. Development of a core linkage map and alignment of RFLP maps. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 97(5-6): 847-856.
    
29. Geffroy, V., Creusot, F., Falquet, J., Sevignac, M., Adam-Blondon, A. F., Bannerot, H., Gepts, P. and Dron, M. (1998). A family of LRR sequences in the vicinity of the Co-2 locus for anthracnose resistance in Phaseolus vulgaris and its potential use in marker-assisted selection. Theor Appl Genet 96(3-4): 494-502.