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24-month Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Quantitative Genetics at GQE-Le Moulon

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100

We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to join our research team at the laboratory Quantitative Genetics and Evolution – Le Moulon (GQE), located on the Paris-Saclay University campus, in the southern vicinity of Paris. The successful candidate will be part of the vibrant scientific environment of the Saclay Plant Science (SPS) community.

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Thesis defence - Yuqi NIE

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Tuesday December 16, 2025 - 2:00 pm

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Participation to the IPMorama project.

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

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Gene regulatory networks structure explain complex traits inheritance and evolution

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

The structure of gene regulatory networks help us understand how complex traits and diseases are inherited and evolve

First maize grain trial harvest in years

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Today in the field on the Saclay plateau for the first maize grain harvest in years — a symbolic step for our breeding and field teams !

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

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Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Postdoctoral Scholar Position: Mechanisms of reproductive isolation between crops and their wild relatives at GQE-Le Moulon

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Location: Université Paris-Saclay
Department: Quantitative Genetics and Evolution – Le Moulon (https://moulon.inrae.fr/en/)
Open and close dates: August 2025 until filled (will begin reviewing applications immediately).
Key words: Evolutionary genomics, Domestication, Speciation, Incompatibilities, Plant.

Plant domestication can be viewed as an early step in the divergence of independently evolving lineages, usually under strong selection at least in the cultivated pool. As a consequence, reproductive isolation between wild and domesticated crops can have already evolved, potentially leading to reproductive isolation (RI) that less fit hybrid offspring when crossed, and at the genome level by the occurrence of genomic regions that act as barriers reducing local gene flow in comparison to the rest of the genome [1]. The ANR-funded DomIsol project aims at characterizing the genomic and phenotypic divergence between crop species and their wild relatives, and inferring the extent of reproductive isolation in 14 species.

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200

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La polenta de Saclay en vente directe !

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Our 2024 production is for direct sale

2.50 euros for a 500g bag of polenta semolina

She works at IDEEV : Mélisande Blein-Nicolas, research engineer at GQE-Le Moulon

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Mélisande Blein-Nicolas juggles proteins and finances.

Gestionnaire financier.e : mobilité fonction publique

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Vous êtes agent.e catégorie B de la fonction publique et souhaitez vous rapprocher de la région parisienne ou simplement acquérir une nouvelle expérience professionelle ? Un poste de technicien.ne INRAE en gestion financière et comptable est ouvert à la mobilité dans l’unité mixte de recherche GQE-Le Moulon. Les candidatures sont ouverte jusqu’au 9 septembre 2025 sur la plate-forme INRAE JOBS

24-month Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Plant Genomics and Bioinformatics at GQE-Le Moulon

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0200

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced postdoctoral fellow to join our research team at the Institute Jean Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences and the laboratory Quantitative Genetics and Evolution – Le Moulon (GQE), located in the southern vicinity of Paris. The successful candidate will be part of the vibrant scientific environment of the Saclay Plant Science (SPS) community and will collaborate closely with researchers from the Institute for Plant Sciences – Paris Saclay (IPS2).

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0200

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Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0200

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The milpa, from Mesoamerica to present days, a multicropping traditional agricultural system serving agroecology

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Read the article in Les Comptes Rendus Biologies (Académie des Sciences) : https://doi.org/10.5802/crbiol.164

Revival of traditional agricultural systems – A multidisciplinary on-farm survey of maize-bean intercropping reveals unexpected competition effects on beans

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Read the article in Plants, People, Planet : https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.70049

Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0200

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Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Work on the participatory agronomic diagnostic in the framework of the European project LiveSeeding.

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Stand-up for science

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Stand-up for science

Science, the humanities, academic freedom and the university are pillars of democracy (1). In various countries, including France, the scientific approach and academic freedom are challenged by media (2). In the USA, the government is attempting to erase scientific data (3). We are witnessing a massive attack on university and research, that is unprecedented since the second world war. Scientifically proven findings like the evolution of life, the biodiversity crisis or climate change were wrongly denounced as ultra-left-wing/woke political views (4). We are deeply concerned by the Trump/Musk vision for the USA. We are also concerned by the propagation of those anti-scientific ideas in Europe. And this against a backdrop of reduced public funding for academic research and universities (5).

Maud Tenaillon, editor in chief of the journal Genome Biology and Evolution, from January 2025

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0100

A specialist in the genomics of crop plant domestication and adaptation, Maud Tenaillon has been elected Editor-in-Chief of the journal Genome Biology and Evolution (GBE) by the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE).

GQE-Le Moulon leaves X

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Since its takeover by Elon Musk in 2022, the publication policy of the X social network has changed significantly, leading to the closure of the accounts of numerous scientific institutes, researcher profiles and media specialising in ecological issues. For mathematician David Chavalarias, the social network X (formerly Twitter) has become a place of ‘disinformation’.