Transverse team
Transverse team
The molecular biology facility (ACEP, Atelier Cartographie, Expression et Polymorphisme) Head Mathieu Falques, INRA
The facility includes 4 engineers and technicians, and offers expertise, technological watch, training and support for the projects of the laboratory. It is oriented towards (i) molecular markers, (ii) sequence polymorphism analysis and (iii) gene expression studies. This facility is organized to analyze large numbers of plant samples over short periods of time, due to the seasonal constraints of marker-assisted breeding.
The bioinformatics and informatics facility (ABI, Atelier Bioinformatique et Informatique) Head Johann Joets, INRA
The facility provides bioinformatics expertise and IT support. The staff includes 6 experts in system administration, software development or bio-analysis, and develops databases and softwares for proteomics, genetics and genomics. ABI offers hardware resources, scientific programming and consulting for DNA, RNA and protein sequence analysis up to genome-wide scale. ABI works in tight collaboration with the Bioinformatics facilities of University Paris-Sud and INRA, and contributes to the future French Bioinformatics Institute.