CV

Education

• PhD in plant biology, Université Paris-Saclay, since September 2024
  • Doctoral school: Sciences du Végétal : du gène à l’écosystème
  • Thesis: Editing of strigolactone biosynthesis genes in pea for the modulation of rhizospheric interactions and assessment of associated risks
  • IJPB (INRAE, Versailles) and Plant Health Laboratory (ANSES)
  • Supervisors: Fabien Nogué, Alexandre de Saint Germain and Julie Mallet
• Engineering degree, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), from 2017
  • HuTech (Humanities and Technology) programme, an engineering track that gives a large place to the humanities and social sciences, such as philosophy, history of science, logic and design methodology
  • Exchange semester (6 months) at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany

Research experience

• Research internship (6 months), Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), INRAE, Versailles
  • Cell-cycle regulation of Cas9 activity to improve homology-directed repair (HDR) in the moss Physcomitrium patens
  • Supervisors: Fabien Nogué and Pierre-François Perroud
• Research internship (6 months), 2020, ECOBIO lab, Rennes
  • Inhibition of sewage sludge anaerobic digestion by propionic acid
  • Supervisor: Céline Roose-Amsaleg
  • Continued the project for 6 more months alongside my studies, as a dedicated research course at UTC
  • This work contributed to a publication in the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Awards

• Best talk award, 2026 INRAE BAP division PhD and postdoc days, May 2026
  • For the talk A novel gene editing protocol opens the door to strigolactone diversity studies in pea

Publications

Efficient and heritable gene editing through CRISPR-Cas9 in Pisum sativum

Soulard, C., Monfort, M., Pillot, J.-P., Gery, C., Chauvin, L., Morlière, S., Lesné, A., Sugio, A., Pilet-Nayel, M.-L., Rameau, C., Nogué, F., & de Saint Germain, A. (2025). Efficient and heritable gene editing through CRISPR-Cas9 in Pisum sativum. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 23(8), 3398–3400. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.70091

Propionic acid-related inhibition during anaerobic digestion: Insights into methane production and microbial community responses

Liu, X., Soulard, C., Jamilloux, V., Pauss, A., André, L., Ribeiro, T., Guérin-Rechdaoui, S., Rocher, V., Lacroix, C., Bureau, C., Midoux, C., Chapleur, O., Bize, A., & Roose-Amsaleg, C. (2026). Propionic acid-related inhibition during anaerobic digestion: Insights into methane production and microbial community responses. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 14(5), 123824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.123824

Talks

Gene editing of the strigolactone biosynthetic pathway in Pisum sativum sheds light on the role of two MAX1 homologs (and other genes in the non-canonical SL pathway)

October 05, 2026

ICS2026, Paris, France

Gene editing in pea and method development for risk assessment

September 29, 2026

DARWIN project meeting, Angers, France

Genetic transformation and genome editing in pea

June 01, 2026

RegenCrop network, PRTGE 2026 workshop (Plant Regeneration, Transformation and Genome Editing), Versailles, France

A novel gene editing protocol opens the door to strigolactone diversity studies in pea

May 29, 2026

2026 INRAE BAP division PhD and postdoc days (Best talk award), Versailles, France

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in pea paves the way to a better understanding of strigolactones

March 20, 2026

DOCTOLEG 2026, PhD day of the INRAE Pulse Group, Online

Genome editing for the functional analysis of genes in pea

November 24, 2025

Pea4ever project days, Paris, France

A novel gene editing protocol opens the door to strigolactone diversity studies in pea

June 30, 2025

IPGSA 2025, International Plant Growth Substances Association conference, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Posters

Gene editing of the strigolactone biosynthetic pathway in Pisum sativum sheds light on the role of two MAX1 homologs (and other genes in the non-canonical SL pathway)

October 05, 2026

ICS2026, Paris, France

Evaluating potential unintended effects of CRISPR-Cas9 in pea (Pisum sativum) through whole-genome sequencing

June 2026

JSDA 2026, ANSES scientific and doctoral days, Maisons-Alfort, France

A novel gene editing protocol opens the door to strigolactone diversity studies in pea

June 30, 2025

IPGSA 2025, International Plant Growth Substances Association conference, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Teaching and other activities

ICS2026 conference

2026 INRAE BAP division PhD and postdoc days

BI202: Fundamentals of molecular and cell biology (tutorials)

IJPB unit council (Conseil de service)