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2024
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France
2024

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82
Citations
32783
World Ranking
1459
National Ranking
56

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2009 - Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Hervé Vaucheret is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France and has a research focus primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their research addresses multiple topics, including:

  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Vaucheret has published frequently in several scientific venues, with multiple publications found in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • New Phytologist
  • Cell Reports

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Vaucheret are:

  • The root-knot nematode effector MiEFF18 interacts with the plant core spliceosomal protein SmD1 required for giant cell formation, 2020, New Phytologist
  • The plant siRNA landscape, 2023, The Plant Cell
  • The Arabidopsis F-box protein FBW2 targets AGO1 for degradation to prevent spurious loading of illegitimate small RNA, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Heat stress promotes Arabidopsis AGO1 phase separation and association with stress granule components, 2024, iScience
  • Contrasting epigenetic control of transgenes and endogenous genes promotes post-transcriptional transgene silencing in Arabidopsis, 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators in Vaucheret's publications include:

  • Nathalie Bouteiller
  • Taline Elmayan
  • Martín Crespi
  • Emilie Elvira-Matelot
  • Patricia Baldrich

Vaucheret has been recognized with awards such as the Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France in 2009 and is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • A diverse and evolutionarily fluid set of microRNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Ramya Rajagopalan;Hervé Vaucheret;Jerry Trejo;David P. Bartel

  • Arabidopsis SGS2 and SGS3 Genes Are Required for Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing and Natural Virus Resistance

    Philippe Mourrain;Christophe Béclin;Taline Elmayan;Frank Feuerbach

  • Criteria for Annotation of Plant MicroRNAs

    Blake C. Meyers;Michael J. Axtell;Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel

  • The action of ARGONAUTE1 in the miRNA pathway and its regulation by the miRNA pathway are crucial for plant development.

    Hervé Vaucheret;Franck Vazquez;Patrice Crété;David P. Bartel

  • Systemic acquired silencing: transgene-specific post-transcriptional silencing is transmitted by grafting from silenced stocks to non-silenced scions.

    Jean‐Christophe Palauqui;Taline Elmayan;Jean‐Marie Pollien;Hervé Vaucheret

  • Post-transcriptional small RNA pathways in plants: mechanisms and regulations

    Hervé Vaucheret

  • Endogenous trans-Acting siRNAs Regulate the Accumulation of Arabidopsis mRNAs

    Franck Vazquez;Hervé Vaucheret;Hervé Vaucheret;Ramya Rajagopalan;Christelle Lepers

  • Functions of microRNAs and related small RNAs in plants.

    Allison C Mallory;Hervé Vaucheret

  • RNA Silencing in Plants--Defense and Counterdefense

    Vicki Vance;Hervé Vaucheret

  • Nuclear processing and export of microRNAs in Arabidopsis

    Mee Yeon Park;Gang Wu;Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser;Hervé Vaucheret

  • AGO1, QDE-2, and RDE-1 are related proteins required for post-transcriptional gene silencing in plants, quelling in fungi, and RNA interference in animals

    Mathilde Fagard;Stéphanie Boutet;Jean-Benoit Morel;Catherine Bellini

  • Fertile Hypomorphic ARGONAUTE (ago1) Mutants Impaired in Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing and Virus Resistance

    Jean-Benoit Morel;Christian Godon;Philippe Mourrain;Christophe Béclin

  • Transgene-induced gene silencing in plants.

    Hervé Vaucheret;Christophe Béclin;Taline Elmayan;Frank Feuerbach

  • Partially redundant functions of Arabidopsis DICER-like enzymes and a role for DCL4 in producing trans-acting siRNAs.

    Virginie Gasciolli;Allison C. Mallory;David P. Bartel;Hervé Vaucheret;Hervé Vaucheret

  • The Nuclear dsRNA Binding Protein HYL1 Is Required for MicroRNA Accumulation and Plant Development, but Not Posttranscriptional Transgene Silencing

    Franck Vazquez;Virginie Gasciolli;Patrice Crété;Hervé Vaucheret

  • miR390, Arabidopsis TAS3 tasiRNAs, and Their AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR Targets Define an Autoregulatory Network Quantitatively Regulating Lateral Root Growth

    Elena Marin;Virginie Jouannet;Aurélie Herz;Annemarie S. Lokerse

  • An antagonistic function for Arabidopsis DCL2 in development and a new function for DCL4 in generating viral siRNAs

    Nicolas Bouché;Dominique Lauressergues;Virginie Gasciolli;Hervé Vaucheret

  • DRB4-dependent TAS3 trans-acting siRNAs control leaf morphology through AGO7.

    Xavier Adenot;Taline Elmayan;Dominique Lauressergues;Stéphanie Boutet

  • Post-transcriptional gene silencing in plants

    Hervé Vaucheret;Christophe Béclin;Mathilde Fagard

  • Form, Function, and Regulation of ARGONAUTE Proteins

    Allison Mallory;Hervé Vaucheret

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Caboche
Michel Caboche INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Martin Crespi
Martin Crespi University of Paris-Saclay
Pierre Rouzé
Pierre Rouzé Ghent University
Xuemei Chen
Xuemei Chen University of California, Riverside
Shou-Wei Ding
Shou-Wei Ding University of California, Riverside
Blake C. Meyers
Blake C. Meyers University of California, Davis
Catherine Bellini
Catherine Bellini Umeå University
Manu Agarwal
Manu Agarwal University of Delhi
David C. Baulcombe
David C. Baulcombe University of Cambridge

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