Biographical Sketch
PROFESSOR STÉPHANE MAURY
Laboratory of Woody and Crop Plants
UPRES EA 1207 University Orléans (France)
ARCHE USC1328 INRA
rue de Chartres, BP6759,
UFR Sciences,
45067 Orléans Cedex 2
FRANCE
http://www.univ-orleans.fr/lblgc/modules/AMS/article.php?storyid=27MA
Phone: +33 (0)2 38 41 70 22
Fax: +33 (0)2 38 49 49 11
stephane.maury@univ-orleans.fr
EDUCATION
- Authorisation Direction of Research (HDR) 2006 University Orléans, Faculty of Sciences (Plant Physiology)
- Ph.D. 2000 University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg (France), Institute of Plant Molecular Biology (Plant Genetic
Engineering and Phytopathology)
- Master 1996 University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, Faculty of Sciences (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
- License 1994 University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, Faculty of Sciences (Biochemistry)
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
09/2012-present
09/2011-09/2012
06/2008-present
01/2003-2011
09/2004-09/2009
10/2000-08/2012
Professor in Plant Physiology at University of Orléans
Member
of
CNU
section
66
(Physiology)
Assistant Director of Laboratory of Woody and Crop Plants University Orléans
Member of national jury for high school professors recruitment
Assistant Director of Teaching Department of Biology University Orléans
Assistant Professor in Plant Physiology at University of Orléans
PUBLICATIONS
1.
Martz, F., Maury, S., Pinçon, G., and Legrand, M. (1998). cDNA cloning, substrate specificity and
expression study of tobacco caffeoyl-CoA 3-O-methyltransferase, a lignin biosynthetic enzyme. Plant Molecular
Biology 36, 427-437.
2.
Maury, S., Geoffroy, P., and Legrand, M. (1999). Tobacco O-methyltransferases involved in
phenylpropanoid metabolism. The different caffeoyl-Coenzyme A/5-Hydroxyferuloyl-Coenzyme A 3/5-O
methyltransferase and caffeic acid/5-Hydroxyferulic acid 3/5-O-methyltransferase classes have distinct substrate
specificities and expression patterns. Plant Physiology 121, 215-223.
3.
Pinçon, G., Maury, S., Hoffmann, L., Geoffroy, P., Lapierre, C., Pollet, B., and Legrand, M. (2001).
Repression of O-methyltransferase genes in transgenic tobacco affects lignin synthesis and plant growth.
Phytochemistry 57, 1167-1176.
4.
Hoffmann, L., Maury, S., Bergdoll, M., Thion, L., Erard, M., and Legrand, M. (2001). Identification of
the enzymatic active site of tobacco caffeoylcoenzyme A O-methyltransferase by site-directed mutagenesis.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 276, 36831–36838.
5.
Hoffmann, L., Maury, S., Martz, F., Geoffroy, P., and Legrand, M. (2003). Purification, cloning and
properties of an acyltransferase controlling shikimate and quinate ester intermediates in phenylpropanoid
metabolism. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278, 95-103.
6.
Gadzovska, S., Maury, S., Ounnar, S., Righezza, M., Kascakova, S., Refregiers, M., Spasenoski, M.,
Joseph, C., and Hagège, D. (2005). Identification and quantification of hypericin and pseudohypericin in
different Hypericum perforatum L. in vitro cultures. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 43, 591-601.
7.
Causevic, A., Delaunay, A., Ounnar, S., Righezza, M., Delmotte, F., Brignolas, F., Hagège, D., and
Maury, S. (2005). DNA methylating and demethylating treatments modify phenotype and cell wall
differentiation state in sugarbeet cell lines. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 43, 681-691.
8.
Marron, N., Maury, S., Rinaldi, C., and Brignolas, F. (2006). Impact of drought and leaf development
stage on enzymatic antioxidant system of two Populus deltoides × nigra clones. Annals of Forest Science 63,
323-327.
9.
Hano, C., Addi, M., Bensaddek, L., Crônier, D., Baltora-Rosset, S., Doussot, J., Maury, S., Mesnard,
F., Chabbert, B., Hawkins, S., et al. (2006). Differential accumulation of monolignol-derived compounds in
elicited flax (Linum usitatissimum) cell suspension cultures. Planta 223, 975-989.
10.
Causevic, A., Gentil, M.-V., Delaunay, A., El Soud, W., Garcia, Z., Pannetier, C., Brignolas, F.,
Hagège, D., and Maury, S. (2006). Relationship between DNA methylation and histone acetylation levels, cell
redox and cell differentiation states in sugarbeet lines. Planta 224, 812-827.
11.
Gadzovska, S., Maury, S., Delaunay, A., Spasenoski, M., Joseph, C., Hagège, D. (2007) Jasmonic acid
elicitation of Hypericum perforatum L. cell suspensions and effects on the production of phenylpropanoids and
naphtodianthrones. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 89, 1-13.
12.
Gentil M.-V., Maury S., (2007) Characterization of epigenetic biomarkers using new molecular
approaches (chapter 16). In Genomics-Assisted Crop Improvement: Genomics Approaches and Platforms.
Varshney, Rajeev; Tuberosa, Roberto (Eds.) Springer, Vol 1 pp351-370.
13.
Teyssier E, Bernacchia G, Maury S, How Kit A, Stammitti-Bert L, Rolin D, Gallusci P. (2008) Tissue
dependent variations of DNA methylation and endoreduplication levels during tomato fruit development and
ripening. Planta 228, 391-399.
14.
Gourcilleau D, Bogeat-Triboulot MB, Le Thiec D, Lafon-Placette C, Delaunay A, El-Soud WA,
Brignolas F, Maury S. (2010) DNA methylation and histone acetylation: genetic variations in hybrid poplars,
impact of water deficit and relationships with productivity. Annals of Forest Science 67, 2081-10.
15.
Maury S, Delaunay A, Mesnard F, Crônier D, Chabbert B, Geoffroy P, Legrand M. Omethyltransferase(s)-suppressed plants produce lower amounts of phenolic vir inducers and are less susceptible
to Agrobacterium tumefaciens infection. Planta 232, 975-986 doi: 10.1007/s00425-010-1230-x.
16. Trap-Gentil M-V, Hébrard C, Lafon-Placette C, Delaunay A, Hagège D, Joseph C, Brignolas F, Lefebvre M,
Barnes S, Maury S (2011) Time course and amplitude of DNA methylation in the shoot apical meristem are
critical points for bolting induction in sugar beet and bolting tolerance between genotypes. Journal of
Experimental Botany 62, 2585-2597. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erq433.
17. Pavoković D, Omarszad O, Maury S, Joseph C, Delaunay A, Krsnik-Rasol M, Hagège D (2011) Role for
carbohydrate-metabolizing enzymes in sugar sensing and differentiation in sugar beet cell lines. Food
Technology and Biotechnology 49, 435-446. http://www.ftb.com.hr/49/FTB_49-4_435.pdf.
18. Maury* S, Trap-Gentil* M-V, Hébrard C, Weyens G, Delaunay A, Lefebvre M, Barnes S, Joseph C (2012)
Genic DNA methylation remodelling during in vitro organogenesis: organ-specificity and conservation between
parental lines of epialleles. Physiologia Plantarum 146, 321–335. doi 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01634.x. (* :
Co-auteurs).
19. Gadzovska, S, Maury, S, Delaunay, A, Spasenoski, M, Hagège, D, Courtois D, Joseph, C (2012) The
influence of salicylic acid elicitation of shoot, callus, and cell suspension cultures on production of
naphtodianthrones and phenylpropanoids in Hypericum perforatum L. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 89,
1-13. doi 10.1007/s11240-012-0248-0.
20. Lafon-Placette C, Faivre-Rampant P, Delaunay A, Street N, Brignolas F, Maury S (2013) Methylome of
DNase I sensitive chromatin in Populus trichocarpa shoot apical meristematic cells: a simplified approach
revealing characteristics of gene-body DNA methylation in open chromatin state. New Phytologist 197, 416-430.
doi 10.1111/nph.12026.
21. Hébrard C, Trap-Gentil M-V, Lafon-Placette C, Delaunay A, Joseph C, Lefebvre M, Barnes S, Maury S
(2013) Identification of differentially methylated regions during vernalization revealed a role of RNA
METHYLTRANSFERASE in bolting. Journal of Experimental Botany 64, 651-663. doi 10.1093/jxb/ers363.
22. Bräutigam K, Vining K, Lafon-Placette C, Fossdal CG, Mirouze M, Gutiérrez MJ, Fluch S, Fernández Fraga
M, Guevara MÁ, Abarca D, Johnsen Ø, Maury S, Strauss SH, Campbell M, Rohde A, Díaz-Sala C, Cervera MT
(2013) Epigenetic regulation of adaptive response of forest tree species to the environment. Ecology and
Evolution 3, 399-415. doi 10.1002/ece3.461.
23. Zhu J, Shevchenko O, Ma C, Maury S, Freitag M, Strauss SH (2013) Poplars with a PtDDM1-RNAi
transgene have reduced DNA methylation and show aberrant post-dormancy morphology. Planta 237, 14831493. doi 10.1007/s00425-013-1858-4.
24. Teyssier C, Maury S, Beaufour M, Grondin C, Delaunay A, Le Metté C, Ader K, Cadene M, Label P, LeluWalter MA (2013) In search of markers for somatic embryo maturation in hybrid larch (Larix × eurolepis):
global DNA methylation and proteomic analyses. Physiologia Plantarum in press. doi 10.1111/ppl.12081.
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES (MAJORS OF 2005-present)
1 Conferences about epigenetic:
Maury S., Gentil M.V., Delaunay A., Joseph C., Hagège D., Barnes S., Lefebvre M. Looking for epigenetic
molecular markers of sugar beet developmental plasticity using restriction landmark genome scanning (RLGS): a
new approach for breeding selection. 14th Plant and Animal Genome Congress, San Diego, USA, January, 14-18,
2006. (Invited).
Gentil, M.-V., Causevic, A., Delaunay, A., Gourcilleau, D., Joseph, C., Hagège, D., Brignolas, F. and Maury, S.
New Molecular approaches for the research of epigenetic biomarkers of plant morphogenesis. Plant Genomic
European Meeting VI, Teneriffe, Spain, 3-6 October, 2007
Lafon-Placette C, Gourcilleau D, Chamaillard S, Fichot R, Bogeat-Triboulot MB, Le Thiec D, Delaunay A,
Villar M, Brignolas F, Maury S, “Epigenetic, water deficit and productivity in poplars” at the Vth International
Poplar Symposium, Orvieto, Italy, 20-23 September 2010.
Maury S, Lafon-Placette C, Delaunay A, Brignolas F, “Genotypic variation of epigenetic mechanisms and its
correlation with morphological traits and stress responses in model tree species” at the Meeting Forest ecosystem
genomics Research: supporTing Transatlantic Cooperation (ForestTrack), Aranjuez, Spain, 30 September-1st
October 2010 (Invited)
Maury S. DNA methylation and plant organogenesis, a potential source of markers for selection". ‘‘Epigenetics,
Chromatin and Gene regulation’’ Crop Design BASF Gent, Belgique, 21 Novembre 2011. (Invited)
Maury S (2012) Epigénétique et adaptation des arbres aux variations de l’environnement. Colloque
Biotechnocentre, Seillac, France, 11-12 Octobre 2012. (Invited)
Lafon-Placette C, Faivre-Rampant P, Delaunay A, Street N, Brignolas F, Maury S Methylome of DNase I
sensitive chromatin: a simplified approach revealing characteristics of gene-body DNA methylation in open
chromatin state of Populus trichocarpa meristematic cells. Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conferences Plant
Epigenetic, Stress and Evolution, Suzhou, Chine, 29 October - 2 November 2012.
2. Reviewer for articles in epigenetic from 2005-present: Journal of Biotechnology, Journal of Crop
and Horticulture, Plant Growth and Regulation, Plant Breeding, Journal of Food Technology
and Biotechnology, Annals of Forest Science, Journal of Plant Physiology, Journal of
Experimental Botany, Natural Product Research, New Phytologist, Plant Cell Reports, BMC
Genomics.
3. Reviewer for research program in epigenetic from 2005-present: from French National Agency for
Research (ANR) National Institute for Agronomic research (INRA) and National Genetic resources (BRG).
4. Ph.D in epigenetic from 2005-present: direction of PhD in epigenetic (5) or member of commission for other
PhD (5)
5. Grants 20005-present: from academic (5) or industries (7) partners.