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Caroline Angelard
Date of birth : 07/09/1982
Nationality : French
Université de Lausanne, Département d’Ecologie et d’Evolution, 1015 Lausanne, Suisse
Cangelar@unil.ch
Website : http://www.caroline-angelard.com
 
 
Education and Research experience

2010-2013 (July)  Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow, University of Bloomington (US) and University of Lausanne (CH).
Environmental heterogeneity and AMF genetic diversity.
Advisors: Prof. Ian Sanders (Lausanne, CH) and Prof. James Bever (Bloomington, US)
 
2005-10 PhD in life sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Thesis: Effects of genetic alterations in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth and on their response to a change of host.
Advisor: Prof. Ian Sanders, Department of Ecology and Evolution
 
2004-05 Master (part 2) of Genome Cell Development Evolution, With Honours
University of ParisXI, Paris, France.
Thesis: Fertility of sex-ratio distorter males in Drosophila simulans.
Advisor: Dr D. Joly and C. Montchamp-Moreau (CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
 
2003-04 Master (part 1) of Population and Ecosystem Biology, With Honours
University of Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
Thesis: Gonotrophic cycle of Aedes detritus (Haliday, 1833) (Diptera, Culicidae).
Advisor: A. Carron (EID, Montpellier, France)
 
2002-03 Bachelor (Third year of BSc) of Biology of Organisms, With Honours
University of Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
 
2000-02 DEUG (first two years of BSc) of Life Sciences, With Honours
Paul Sabatier University, Albi, France
 
2000 Baccalaureat scientific
Lycée Foch, Rodez, France
 
 
Grants

 Grant based on university criteria, 2004, Euros 4’000.- financial support for Research Master (part 2) (From Crous).

Travel grant, 2008, CHF 1’000.-, for Evolution08 meeting in Minneapolis, USA (from Swiss
Zoological Society).

Research grant, 2009, CHF 8’000.-, to finish PhD (From Société Académique Vaudoise).

Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowships for career development, 2009, EUR
243’304.- for 3 years based project (from European Commission CORDIS).

Fellowship for prospective researchers, 2009, CHF 41’700.- for one 1 year based project
(from Swiss National Science Foundation).
 
 
 
Publications

  • Published
 
Carron A, Angelard C, Boullet A, Hervé JP. Christophers’ stage durations and effect of interrupted blood meal in the mosquito Aedes caspius (diptera: culicidae). Parasite 2007, 14:225-229.
 
Angelard C, Montchamp-Moreau C, Joly D. Female driven mechanisms, ejaculate size and quality contribute to the lower fertility of sex-ratio distorter males in Drosophila simulans. BMC Evol Biol 2008, 8:326.
 
Angelard C, Colard A, Niculita-Hirzel H, Croll D, Sanders IR. Segregation in a mycorrhizal fungus alters rice growth and symbiosis-specific gene transcription. Current Biology 2010, 20:1216-1221.
 
Angelard C, Sanders IR. Effect of segregation and genetic exchange on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on colonization of roots. New Phytologist 2011, 189:652-657.
 
Colard A, Angelard C, Sanders IR. Genetic Exchange in an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus results in increased rice growth and altered mycorrhiza-specific gene transcription. Applied and environmental microbiology 2011, 77:6510-6515
 
Johnson NC, Angelard C, Sanders IR, Kiers ET. Principles to help predict community outcomes of mycorrhizal responses to global changes. Ecology Letters. (In press)
 
Angelard C, Sanders IR. Rapid evolution within the lifetime of a symbiotic fungus is caused by host shift. In P. Pontarotti (ed.), Evolutionary Biology: 16th Meeting 2012, Springer edition. (In press)
 
Angelard C, Bever JD. The genetics of Symbionts. In S. Maloy and K. Hughes (eds.), Brenner's Online Encyclopedia of Genetics, 2nd Edition. Academic Press. (In press).
 
  • Submitted
 
Angelard C, Tanner CJ, Fontanillas P, Niculita-Hirzel H, Sanders IR. Rapid genetic change and plasticity in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is caused by a host shift and enhanced by segregation. ISME (In revision).
 
Roger A, Colard A, Angelard C, Sanders IR. Relatedness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi drives plant growth via intraspecific fungal competition and kin recognition. ISME (In revision)
 
  • In preparation
 
Angelard C, Sanders IR, James JD. Additivity in plant growth enhancement depends on AMF genotypes, phosphate availability and plant species.
 
Angelard C, Sanders IR, James JD. Negative feedbacks between plants and AMF individuals.
 
 
 
Teaching experience

PracticalCourses Undergraduate students of the University of lausanne
2006-09 Population Biology: 3rd year Biology students. Responsible of the courses.
2006-09 Botany: 1st year Biology and Pharmacy students
2008-10 Field and lab works in Roscoff (France):  Master students
2008 Mycology: 1st year Biology and Pharmacy students
2007 Population Biology: 2nd year Biology students
Student supervision
·    Effect of genetic drift in AMF on plant gene expression (MSc part1, 2008) Co-supervision with Dr Alexandre Colard
·    Segregation, drift and host change in AMF (3rd year student, 2011)
·    Segregation and drift in 3 AMF species (4th year student, 2012)
·    Preferential allocation of phosphate toward better mutualists, spatial structure, and the maintenance of the arbuscular mycorrhizal mutualism (4th year student, 2012, NSF funding 6’000$)
 
 
Media

 
Science Now
 
“Better rice through fungi” June 10, 2010
Nature news “An underground revolution” Nature 466: 552-553
Le Temps “Le riz dopé grâce à une symbiose” June 11, 2010
24 Heures Des mères champignons qui peuvent être fières de leurs filles” June 11, 2010
France Inter Radio interview, 7pm News, June 10, 2010
Le Monde “Agronomie Un champignon pour doper la croissance du riz” June 12, 2010
Le figaro “Un champignon augmente la croissance du riz” June 11, 2010
 
 
Skills

 Lab work: general molecular biology (PCR, cloning, sequencing, AFLP, SSRs) and genetic analyses (BioEdit, GeneMapper)

Experimental work: Working with plants (cultures and experimental design in greenhouse, phenotypic measurements), microorganisms (in-vitro cultures of AMF, experimental design, phenotypic measurements and plant inoculation) and insects (cultures, experimental design, physiological and behavioural measurements)

Statistical analysis: Familiar with JMP and R
 
Languages

 French (first language), English (fluent), Spanish (basics)
 
 
 
Oral presentations – International meetings

2013         Evolution 2013, Utah, USA. Abstract submitted.

2013         Rapid genetic change and plasticity in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is caused by a host shift and enhanced by segregation. 27th Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.

2012         Rapid evolution within the lifetime of a symbiotic fungus is caused by host shift. 16th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, Marseilles, France.

2009         Alteration of AMF genotypes and phenotypes caused by segregation and by change in host species. ICOM6, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

2008         Effect of genetic drift in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on plant growth and fungal colonization. Evolution08, Minneapolis, USA. (Competitive grants: Swiss Zoological Society, travel grant 1000 CHF)

2008         Effect of genetic drift in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on plant growth and fungal colonization. Biology08, Lausanne, Switzerland.

2007         Effect of genetic exchange in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on plant growth. Population and Evolutionary Biology of Fungal Symbionts, Ascona, Switzerland.

2007         Effect of genetic change in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on plant growth and on their response to a change of environment. 3rd meeting in Ecology and Behaviour, Montpellier, France.

2006         Effect of genetic exchange in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth. 10th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, Marseilles, France.
 
 
Oral presentations – Intra-University seminar

 2010         Effects of genetic alterations in AMF on plants and fungi and postdoctoral project. Bever Group meeting, Biology Department, Indiana University, USA

2010         AMF genetic diversity and postdoctoral project. Student seminar, Biology Department, Indiana University, USA

2010         Effect of genetic alterations in AMF on plants and fungi. EcoLunch meeting, Biology Department, Indiana University, USA

2006         Fertility of male distorter in Drosophila simulans. Topic group Ecology and Evolution, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Lausanne University, Switzerland

2005         Effect of genetic change and exchange in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth and on their response to a change of environment. Department seminar, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Lausanne University, Switzerland
 
Poster presentations

 2009         Effect of genetic drift in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on their response to a change of environment. Biology09, Bern, Switzerland.

2008         Effect of genetic drift in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on plant growth and fungal colonization. D.Day2008, Lausanne, Switzerland.
 
 
 
 
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