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The Saclay Plant Sciences network brings together about 60 research teams specializing in plant sciences, from 6 institutes in the Paris region, and represents almost 800 people. The research activities of the SPS teams focus on understanding the mechanisms that control plant development and physiology, and their interactions with the biotic and abiotic environment. The studies carried out are multi-disciplinary and multi-scale. They use concepts and tools from biochemistry, biophysics, imaging, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, genomics, ecology, bioinformatics and modeling, and extend from genes to plants in their natural or agricultural environments.

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29 June 2026

By: AB

Publications citing SPS – June

These are the articles citing SPS published this month by the research teams in our perimeter
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22 June 2026

By: AB

Meet the SPS PhD students – Axelle Deroubaix

Axelle Deroubaix, a third-year PhD student in the BIOGER research unit, shares her experience. Her PhD, which focuses on the role of fungal metabolic effectors in the establishment of the biotrophic phase of infection by Colletotrichum higginsianum, is fully funded by SPS.

Hela Younsi and her supervisors at IJPB, Eoghan King et Alia Dellagi, look back at Hela’s visit to Versailles, co-funded by SPS under the call Mobility for students or teachers / Pedagogical events / Courses.

Emilie Baconnais, a third-year PhD student at IJPB, shares her experience as a doctoral student. Her PhD, focusing on the role of pH in cell wall assembly and expansion, is fully funded by SPS.

The 2025-2026 academic year marked the anniversaries of the two tracks of the Master’s 2 in Plant Sciences in their current form: the Research track celebrated its 10th anniversary, and the Professional IQPV (Innovation in Quality and Plant Production) track celebrated its 25th anniversary.