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Jean-David Rochaix

Jean-David Rochaix

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Molecular Biology
Switzerland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
101
Citations
25889
World Ranking
733
National Ranking
13

Molecular Biology

D-Index
101
Citations
25889
World Ranking
518
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2002 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Jean-David Rochaix is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Molecular Biology and Plant Science, with additional work related to Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Biochemistry.

Their work covers key topics including Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, ATP Synthase and ATPases Research, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, and Light Effects on Plants.

Frequent venues for publication include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Plant Science, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, The Plant Cell, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. These publications reflect a consistent output across prominent journals in the field.

Notable recent papers by Rochaix include:

  • Global Dynamic Molecular Profiling of Stomatal Lineage Cell Development by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing, 2020, Molecular Plant
  • Identification of novel regulators required for early development of vein pattern in the cotyledons by single-cell RNA-sequencing, 2022, The Plant Journal
  • Architecture of chloroplast TOC-TIC translocon supercomplex, 2023, Nature
  • Rational design of geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase enhances carotenoid production and improves photosynthetic efficiency in Nicotiana tabacum, 2021, Science Bulletin
  • WRKY33-PIF4 loop is required for the regulation of H2O2 homeostasis, 2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Jean-David Rochaix has collaborated frequently with researchers including Xuwu Sun, Yaping Zhou, Zhixin Liu, Rui Wu, and Chenxi Guo, reflecting a network of collaboration across their research areas.

In 2002, Rochaix was recognized as a Member of the Academia Europaea, an acknowledgment within the scientific community. This membership indicates recognition by peers but does not imply further details regarding awards or distinctions.

Best Publications

  • State transitions and light adaptation require chloroplast thylakoid protein kinase STN7

    Stéphane Bellafiore;Frédy Barneche;Gilles Peltier;Jean-David Rochaix

  • Role of Chloroplast Protein Kinase Stt7 in LHCII Phosphorylation and State Transition in Chlamydomonas

    Nathalie Depège;Stéphane Bellafiore;Jean-David Rochaix

  • Transposition of R factor genes to bacteriophage lambda

    Douglas E. Berg;Julian Davies;Bernard Allet;Jean-David Rochaix

  • The argininosuccinate lyase gene of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: an important tool for nuclear transformation and for correlating the genetic and molecular maps of the ARG7 locus.

    R Debuchy;S Purton;J D Rochaix

  • The Molecular Biology of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Chlamydomonas

    J.-D Rochaix;M. Goldschmidt-Clermont;Sabeeha Merchant

  • Regulation and dynamics of the light-harvesting system.

    Jean-David Rochaix

  • The chloroplast ycf3 and ycf4 open reading frames of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are required for the accumulation of the photosystem I complex.

    Eric Boudreau;Yuichiro Takahashi;Claude Lemieux;Monique Turmel

  • Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as the Photosynthetic Yeast

    Jean-David Rochaix

  • The flanking regions of PsaD drive efficient gene expression in the nucleus of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    N. Fischer;J.-D. Rochaix

  • The PPH1 phosphatase is specifically involved in LHCII dephosphorylation and state transitions in Arabidopsis.

    Alexey Shapiguzov;Björn Ingelsson;Iga Samol;Charles Andres

  • Sequence of the chloroplast DNA region of Chlamydomonas reinhardii containing the gene of the large subunit of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase and parts of its flanking genes

    Michel Philippe Dron;Michèle Rahire;Jean-David Rochaix

  • The bacterial phleomycin resistance gene ble as a dominant selectable marker in Chlamydomonas.

    David R. Stevens;Jean-David Rochaix;Saul Purton

  • Role of thylakoid protein kinases in photosynthetic acclimation

    Jean-David Rochaix

  • Post-transcriptional regulation of chloroplast gene expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Jean-David Rochaix

  • Chloroplast transit peptides from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii share features with both mitochondrial and higher plant chloroplast presequences

    Lars-Gunnar Franzén;Jean-David Rochaix;Gunnar von Heijne

  • Restriction endonuclease map of the chloroplast DNA of Chlamydomonas reinhardii

    J.D. Rochaix

  • Chlamydomonas reinhardii gene for the 32 000 mol. wt. protein of photosystem II contains four large introns and is located entirely within the chloroplast inverted repeat.

    Jeanne Marie Erickson;Michèle Rahire;Jean-David Rochaix

  • Directed chloroplast transformation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: insertional inactivation of the psaC gene encoding the iron sulfur protein destabilizes photosystem I.

    Yuichiro Takahashi;Michel P. Goldschmidt-Clermont;Su Yin Bianca Maria Soen;Lars Gunnar Franzen

  • Expression of the nuclear encoded OEE1 protein is required for oxygen evolution and stability of photosystem II particles in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Stephen Patrick Mayfield;Pierre Bennoun;Jean-David Rochaix

  • A small chloroplast RNA may be required for trans-splicing in chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont;Yves Choquet;Jacqueline Girard-Bascou;François Michel

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont
Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont University of Geneva
Michael Hippler
Michael Hippler University of Münster
Lixin Zhang
Lixin Zhang East China University of Science and Technology
Herbert Zuber
Herbert Zuber ETH Zurich
Jörg Nickelsen
Jörg Nickelsen Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Roberto Bassi
Roberto Bassi University of Verona
Adrian Bird
Adrian Bird University of Edinburgh
Norbert Rolland
Norbert Rolland Grenoble Alpes University
Gilles Peltier
Gilles Peltier CEA Cadarache
Monique Turmel
Monique Turmel Université Laval

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