Marie-Hélène BALESDENT Professional career Coordination of

Marie-Hélène BALESDENT
Marie-Hélène BALESDENT, born THIBAULT, the 29th of September 1958 at La Calle (Algérie)
Nationality: French
2 Children (20 years, 17 years)
Professional address: INRA-AgroParisTech, UMR1290 BIOGER, bâtiment 13, Avenue Lucien
Bretignières, BP01, 78850 Thiverval grignon. Tel 01 30 81 45 73 ; fax 01 30 81 53 06,
[email protected]
H Index = 29 (August 2015)
Education and prices
1980 : Engineer in Agronomy, INA-PG (AgroParisTech) School
Master : "Biologie appliquée à l'agronomie, mention Pathologie Végétale approfondie".
December 1982 : PhD in Phytopathology, Paris-6 University.
2002
Price « Jean Dufrenoy » of the French “académie d’agriculture”, for my work on the
interaction between Leptosphaeria maculans and oilseed rape Colza
2015
Laurier de l’INRA « Impact »
Professional career
Since 1995 : Chargée de Recherches 1ère classe (CR1) in the team « génétique moléculaire des
interactions Leptosphaeria maculans – colza»
1986: recruited as a young scientist (CR2) at INRA - Versailles.
June 1985: Short work on the resistance of pea to the Pea Seed-Born Mosaïc Virus (INRA Versailles,
coll. Y Maury)
March 1983 - June 1984: teacher in an agricultural school in Martinique (West Indies) in plant
physiology, phytotechny and mathematics
October 1980-December 1982: PhD work in forest pathology at INRA Nancy. The work was on the
study of the variability of the plant and the pathogen in the pathosystem Fomes annosus
(currently Heterobasidion annosum) and the spruce tree (Picea)
Mars à September 1980: Research work for my master degree at INRA-Versailles: Detection of the
bacteria Erwinia chrysanthemi, a pathogen of the ornemental plant Dahlia, in the plant, soil
and water using immunological methods.
Coordination of important research projects
European projects:
2002-2006 : coordinator of the « site d’accueil Marie-Curie » project “ Fungene ” (Marie-Curie Host
fellowship, 5ème PCRD, (http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/rcn/63102_en.html)). Dotation 80 KE
1997-2001: coordinator of the European project FAIR « IMASCORE : Integrated strategies for the
management of stem canker of oilseed rape in Europe » (4ème PCRD), with 8 partners and 5
countries. Dotation EU 1 362.8 KE
National projects :
November 2012-November 2016 : coordinator of the CTPS project ICoSCoP « Intégration des
nouvelles connaissances sur les interactions plantes-champignon pour développer des
stratégies de gestion des résistances du colza au Phoma » (AAP 2012 « semences et sélection
végétale ») with the CETIOM (Terres Inovia) and INRA IGEPP. Dotation 160 KE.
October 2011-octobre 2016 : coordinator of the INRA metaprogram SMACH project « K-MASSTEC ».
Dotation 146.5 KE
January 2008-September 2011 : coordinator of the ANR Génoplante project « AVirLep : A
systematic, genome-wide search for Leptosphaeria maculans avirulence and agressiveness
genes to improve management of resistance genes of oilseed rape to stem canker disease »
with INRA - Rennes (UMR BiO3P et APBV), CETIOM and Biogemma. Dotation ANR 359 KE
(2010 : Nomination pour les Lauriers Genoplante en tant que meilleur coordinateur)
Expertise activities
Expert for the European Commission, to evaluate FAIR projects (6ème call of the 4éme PCRD, 16-20
Février 1998).
Scientific Expert for the CTPS (Section « Colza et autres crucifères » [oilseed rape and other
crucifers]) since 2009
Expert for two commission (Maladies and VATE) for the section « Colza et autres crucifères » du CTPS
since 2013.
Member of the “ advisory board ” of the center of excellence “ PAGEN ” and of the ERA-Chair
project« Biotalent » (Institute of plant genetics, Poznan) (www.pagen.poznan.pl )
Expert for the French agency ANSES (working Group “biological risks for plant health”) since January
2015
Training activities :
3 PhD, 8 Master2, 8 Master1 or BTS