Lucas Mikaël – Diade

Mikaël

Lucas

Specialities

Bioinformatics

Function

Research Scientist

Team(s)

CERES

Membership Institute

IRD

My area of expertise is plant systems biology and multi-scale modeling, spanning from gene networks to the whole plant. Currently, my work focuses on decoding the gene regulatory networks that govern root development.

Keywords

System biology
Modelisation
Development
Root system
Gene network

Publications

Barry L., Baca Cabrera J.C., Lucas M., Lobet G., Boursiac Y., Grondin A. 2025. Role of xylem in root hydraulics: Functionality and implications for drought adaptation. Quantitative Plant Biology. 6. 1–8.

Ndoye M. S., Lucas M., Ajmera I. B., Sine B., Faye A., Burridge J., Ngom M., Gantet P., Wells D. M., Kane N. A., Lynch J. P., Diédhiou A. G., Grondin A., Laplaze L. 2024. Modeling reveals synergies among root traits for phosphorus acquisition in pearl millet. Crop Design. 3 (3). 100059.

Bellande K., Trinh D.-C., Gonzalez A.-A., Dubois E., Petitot A.-S., Lucas M., Champion A., Gantet P., Laplaze L., Guyomarc'h S. 2022. PUCHI represses early meristem formation in developing lateral roots of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73 (11). 3496-3510.

Lavarenne J., Gonin M., Champion A., Javelle M., Adam H., Rouster J., Conejero G., Lartaud M., Verdeil J.-L., Laplaze L., Sallaud C., Lucas M., Gantet P. 2020. Transcriptome profiling of laser-captured crown root primordia reveals new pathways activated during early stages of crown root formation in rice. PLOS ONE. 15(11). e0238736.

Lavarenne J., Gonin M., Guyomarc'h S., Rouster J., Champion A., Sallaud C., Laplaze L., Gantet P., Lucas M. 2019. Inference of the gene regulatory network acting downstream of CROWN ROOTLESS 1 in rice reveals a regulatory cascade linking genes involved in auxin signaling, crown root initiation, and root meristem specification and maintenance. The Plant Journal. 100(5). 954-968.

Faye A., Sine B., Chopart J.-L., Grondin A., Lucas M., Diedhiou A. G., Gantet P., Cournac L., Ming D., Audebert A., Kane A., Laplaze L. 2019. Development of a model estimating root length density from root impacts on a soil profile in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br). Application to measure root system response to water stress in field conditions. PLOS ONE. 14 (7). e0214182.

Trinh D.-C., Lavenus J., Goh T., Boutte Y., Drogue Q., Vaissayre V., Tellier F., Lucas M., Voss U., Gantet P., Faure J.-D., Dussert S., Fukaki H., Bennett M., Laplaze L., Guyomarch' S. 2019. PUCHI regulates very long chain fatty acid biosynthesis during lateral root and callus formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 116 (28). 14325-14330.