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Peter Moffett

Professeur, Faculté des sciences
FAC. SCIENCES Biologie

Présentation

Sujet de recherche

Plants, Gene (Living Organisms), Virus (Living Organisms), Enzymes and Proteins

Disciplines de recherche

Biology and Related Sciences

Mots-clés

Biologie végétale, innate immunity, NLR, phytopathogène, Plant biology, Plant Disease Resistance, plant pathogen, RNAi, RNA Silencing, virus

Intérêts de recherche

We study the plant innate immune system, with the long-term goal of applying this knowledge to the generation of disease resistant plants. Our research uses several model systems, including tobacco, tomato and Arabidopsis to study interactions between plants and pathogens, including viruses, viroids and bacteria. This includes the investigation of how plants recognize pathogens, the signaling molecules involved in disease resistance and ultimately, how plants eliminate pathogens. We also investigate how pathogens counteract plant defenses and manipulate the host environment for their own benefit.

Langues parlées et écrites

Anglais, Français

Diplômes

(2000). (Doctorate, Biochemistry). McGill University.

(1994). (Bachelor's, Biochemistry). McGill University.

Financement

  • Research Chair. (Awarded). Co-applicant. Chaire de recherche en phytoprotection. Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries & de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ) (QC). Programme de partenariat pour l’innovation en agroalimentaire. 1 500 000 $. (2022-2027)
  • Grant. (Under Review). Co-applicant. Microbiote et interactions des bactéries dans la rhizosphère du soya: élaboration de communautés synthétiques à partir de sols québécois. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Équipe. 150 000 $. (2023-2026)
  • Grant. (Awarded). Co-applicant. CLEan plAnt extractioN SEquencing Diagnostics (CLEANSED) for Clean Grapevines in Canada. Genome Canada. GAPP. 6 353 644 $. (2021-2024)
  • Grant. (Awarded). Principal Applicant. Détection simultanée du virome de la vigne et rôle des facteurs biotiques et abiotiques sur l’expression des symptômes de virose dans la vigne. Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries & de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ) (QC). Prime Vert. 492 000 $. (2019-2024)
  • Grant. (Awarded). Co-applicant. Centre SÈVE : Centre de recherche en sciences du végétal. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Regroupements Stratégiques. 3 310 000 $. (2017-2024)
  • Grant. (Awarded). Co-applicant. Accelerating innovations to adapt agro-environments to climate change: The Eastern Canadian Plant Phenotyping Platform. Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). 23 798 545 $. (2017-2023)
  • Grant. (Awarded). Co-applicant. utilisation de la génomique pour augmenter la biovigilance et améliorer la gestion des maladies des cultures. Genome Canada. Partenariat - AAC & GC - Appel de la Gestion pour des Propositions en Génomique. 340 476 $. (2020-2023)
  • Grant. (Awarded). Principal Applicant. Manipulation du microenvironnement par des agents phytopathogènes et contre-défense par les plantes. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Équipes. 150 000 $. (2020-2023)
  • Grant. (Awarded). Principal Applicant. Molecular mechanisms of plant defense against pathogens. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Discovery. 414 000 $. (2017-2023)
  • Grant. (Awarded). Principal Applicant. Metabolic and genetic elements controlling plant-microbe interactions. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). NOVA: NSERC-FRQNT Team Research supplement - Alliance Grants. 30 000 $. (2021-2022)
  • Grant. (Awarded). Co-applicant. AgroPhytoSciences. (2014-2020)
  • Grant. (Awarded). Principal Applicant. Étude moléculaire sur les interactions entres plantes et viroides. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Équipes. 162 000 $. (2017-2020)
  • Grant. (Completed). Principal Applicant. Improving a plant vaccine platform through modulation of the plant defence system. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Collaborative Research and Development Grants. 290 387 $. (2015-2018)
  • Grant. (Completed). Co-applicant. Acquisition of a in vivo imaging system. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Research Tools and Instruments. 144 824 $. (2017-2018)

Publications

Articles de revue

  • Guilherme Silva-Martins*, Charles Roussin-Léveillée*, Ayooluwa Bolaji*, Varusha Pillay* Veerapen, Peter Moffett. (2022). A jasmonic acid-related mechanism affects expression and antiviral defense against PVX in. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (Accepted).
  • Charles Roussin-Léveillée*, Gaële Lajeunesse**, Méliane St-Amand**, Varusha Pillay Veerapen*, Guilherme Silva-Martins*, Kinya Nomura, Sandrine Brassard**, Ayooluwa Bolaji*, Sheng Yang He, Peter Moffett. (2022). Evolutionarily conserved bacterial effectors hijack abscisic acid signaling to induce an aqueous environment in the apoplast. Cell Host & Microbe 30 (4), 489-501.e4. (Accepted).
  • Vahid Jalali Javaran*, Peter Moffett, Pierre Lemoyne, Dong Xu, Charith Raj Adkar-Purushothama and Mamadou Lamine Fall. (2022). Grapevine Virology in the Third-Generation Sequencing Era: From Virus Detection to Viral Epitranscriptomics. Plants (10), 2355. DOI. (Published).
  • Gaële Lajeunesse*, Charles Roussin-Léveilée*, Sophie Boutin**, Élodie Fortin**, Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe, Peter Moffett. (2022). Light prevents pathogen-induced aqueous microenvironments via potentiation of salicylic acid signaling. Nature Communications (Accepted).
  • Antoine Pelletier** and Peter Moffett. (2022). N and N′-mediated recognition confers resistance to tomato brown rugose fruit virus. microPublication Biology, 10.17912/micropub.biology.000660 (*denotes HQP, **denotes undergrads) (Published).
  • Charles Roussin-Léveillée**, Guilherme Silva-Martins*, Peter Moffett. (2020). ARGONAUTE5 Mediates Fine-Tuning of Vegetative-to-Reproductive Phase Transition Through Its Interaction with miR156 in Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiology 61 (5), 957-966. DOI. (Published).
  • Chantal Brosseau*, Ayooluwa Adurogbangba*, Charles Roussin-Léveillée**, Zhenxing Zhao,* Sébastien Biga**, Peter Moffett. (2020). Arabidopsis AGO2 Natural variation in the gene is associated with susceptibility to potato virus X. New Phytologist 226 (3), 866-878. (Published).
  • Afzal Akram*, Aqsa Hafeez Khan, Ghulam Rasool, Shahid Mansoor, Peter Moffett, Rob W. Briddon, Muhammad Saeed. (2020). Codiaeum variegatum in Pakistan harbours pedilanthus leaf curl virus andpapaya leaf curl virus as well as a newly identified betasatellite. Archives of Virology 165 (8), 1877-1881. (Published).
  • Afzal Akram*, Aqsa Hafeez Khan, Shahid Mansoor, Peter Moffett, Rob W. Briddon & Muhammad Saeed. (2020). Volkameria inermisDetection and Molecular Characterization of Clerodendron Yellow Mosaic Virus Infecting in Pakistan. Journal of Plant Pathology 102 957. (Published).
  • Guilherme Silva-Martins*, Ayooluwa Bolaji*, Peter Moffett. (2020). What does it take to be antiviral? An Argonaute-centered perspective on plant antiviral defense. Journal of Experimental Botany 71 (20), 6197-6210. (Published).
  • Ma X*, Zhou Y, Moffett P. (2019). Alterations in cellular RNA decapping dynamics affect tomato spotted wilt virus cap snatching and infection in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 224 (2), 789-803. (Published).
  • Emmanuel Aguilar*, Francisco J. del Toro, Chantal Brosseau*, Peter Moffett, Tomás Canto Francisco Tenllado. (2019). Cell death triggered by the P25 protein in Potato virus X-associated synergisms results from endoplasmic reticulum stress in Nicotiana benthamiana. Molecular Plant Pathology 20 (2), 194-210. (Published).
  • Afzal Akram*, Khalid Pervaiz Akhtar, Najeeb Ullah, Muhammad Qasim Aslam, Peter Moffett, Shahid Mansoor, Rob W Briddon, Muhammad Saeed. (2019). Digera arvensisIdentification of two further agriculturally important begomoviruses and their associated satellites infecting the weed in Pakistan. European Journal of Plant Pathology 155 (2), 659–666. (Published).
  • Xiaofang Ma*, Ni Hong, Peter Moffett, Yijun Zhou and Guoping Wang. (2019). Functional analysis of apple stem pitting virus coat protein variants. Virology Journal 16 (1), 20. (Published).
  • Rahim Ullah*, Khalid Pervaiz Akhtar, Peter Moffett, Tawaf Ali Shah, Manzoor Hussain, Muhammad Kashif Riaz Khan, Shahid Mansoor, Muhammad Saeed. (2018). Gossypium herbaceumAnalysis of the resistance of to cotton leaf curl kokhran virus strain burewala and cotton leaf curl multan betasatellite. Journal of plant pathology 100 (2), 313-316. (Published).
  • Lafond-Lapalme J*, Duceppe M-O, Wang S, Moffett P, Mimee B. (2017). A new method for decontamination of de novo transcriptomes using a hierarchical clustering algorithm. Bioinformatics 33 (9), 1293-1300. (Published).
  • Meteignier L-V*, El Oirdi M*, Cohen M*, Barff T*, Matteau D, Lucier J-F, Rodrigue R, Jacques P-E, Yoshioka K and Moffett P. (2017). ArabidopsisTranslatome analysis of an NB-LRR immune response identifies important contributors to plant immunityin. Journal of Experimental Botany 68 (9), 2333-2344. (Published).
  • Alazem M*, He MH, Moffett P, Lin NS. (2017). Bamboo Mosaic VirusAbscisic Acid Induces Resistance against through Argonaute2 and 3. Plant Physiology 174 (1), 339-355. (Published).
  • Munusamy P, Zolotarov Y, Meteignier L-V*, Moffett P and Strömvik MV. (2017). De novo computational identification of stress-related sequence motifs and microRNA target sites inuntranslated regions of a plant translatome. Scientific Reports 7 (1), 3882. (Published).
  • Duceppe MO, Lafond-Lapalme J*, Palomares-Rius JE, Sabeh M, Blok V, Moffett P, Mimee B. (2017). Globodera rostochiensisAnalysis of survival and hatching transcriptomes from potato cyst nematodes, and. Scientific Reports 7 (1), 3882. (Published).
  • R Ullah*, KP Akhtar, P Moffett, F Akbar, I Hassan, S Mansoor, RW Briddon, H Mumtaz Hassan, M Saeed. (2017). Gossypium hirsutum LExamination by grafting of the extreme resistance to cotton leaf curl disease in two wild . cultivars. Journal of Plant Pathology 99 (3), 627-633. (Published).
  • Vega-Arreguín JC*, Shimada-Beltrán H, Sevillano-Serrano J, Moffett P. (2017). Phytophthora capsiciNon-host plant resistance against is mediated in part by members of the R gene family in. Frontiers in Plant Science 15 (8), 205. (Published).
  • Odokonyero D, Mendoza MR, Moffett P, Scholthof HB. (2017). Tobacco rattle virus (TRV)-Mediated Silencing of ARGONAUTES (NbAGOs) Reveals New Antiviral Candidates and Dominant Effects of TRV-NbAGO1. Phytopathology 107 (8), 977-987. (Published).
  • Moffett, P. (2017). Transfer and modification of NLR proteins for virus resistance in plants. Current Opinion in Virology 26 43-48. (Published).
  • Chen X, Zhu M, Jiang L, Zhao W, Li J, Wu J, Li C, Bai B, Lu G, Chen H, Moffett P and Tao X. (2016). A multilayered regulatory mechanism for the autoinhibition and activation of a plant CC-NB-LRR resistance protein with an extra N-terminal domain. New Phytologist 212 161-175. (Published).
  • Brosseau C, E*l Oirdi M*, Adurogbangba A*, Ma X* and Moffett P. (2016). Antiviral Defense involves AGO4 in an Arabidopsis-Potexvirus interaction. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 29 (11), 878-888. (Published).
  • Dong OX, Meteignier LV*, Plourde MB, Ahmed BM, Wang M, Jensen C, Jin H, Moffett P, Li X, Germain H. (2016). Arabidopsis TAF15b localizes to RNA processing bodies and contributes to snc1-mediated autoimmunity. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 29 (4), 247-257. (Published).
  • Ma X*, Hong N, Moffett P, Wang G. (2016). Genetic diversity and evolution of Apple stem pitting virus isolates from pear in China. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 38 (2), 218-230. (Published).
  • Migicovsky Z, Gardner KM, Money D, Sawler J, Bloom JS, Moffett P, Chao CT, Schwaninger H, Fazio G, Zhong G-Y, Myles S. (2016). Genome to phenome mapping in apple using historical data. The Plant Genome 9 (2), 1-15. (Published).
  • Meteignier L-V*, Zhou J, Cohen M*, Bhattacharjee S*, Brosseau C*, Caamal Chan MG*, Robatzek S, Moffett P. (2016). NB-LRR signaling induces translational repression of viral transcripts and the formation of RNA processing bodiesthrough mechanisms differing from those activated by UV stress and RNAi. Journal of Experimental Botany 67 (8), 2353-66. (Published).
  • Hamel LP*, Sekine KT, Wallon T**, Sugiwaka Y, Kobayashi K, Moffett P. (2016). The chloroplastic protein THF1 interacts with the coiled-coil domain of the disease resistance protein N' and regulates light-dependent cell death. Plant Physiology 171 658-674. (Published).
  • Peter Moffett. (2016). Using decoys to detect pathogens: an integrated approach. Trends in Plant Sciences 21 369-370. (Published).

Articles de journaux

  • Emanuelle Boutin-Gilbert. (2015). De beaux aliments sans produits chimiques, c'est possible. La Tribune.

Articles de conférence

  • Varusha Pillay Veerapen*, Peter Moffett. (2022). A plant response to the accumulation of double-stranded RNA in the absence of RNA silencing. American Society for Virology, Annual Conference. (Published).
  • Charles Roussin-Léveillée*, Gaële Lajeunesse, Méliane St-Amand, Varusha Pillay Veerapen, Guilherme Silva-Martin, Kinya Nomura, Sandrine Brassard, Ayooluwa Bolaji, Sheng Yang He, Peter Moffett. (2022). Before the flood: Strategies used by microbial pathogens to induce an aqueous apoplast and ways to prevent it (Selected for oral presentation). Gordon Research Seminar. Diversifying the Plant Molecular Biology Toolkit to Understand and Engineer Plants. (Published).
  • Charles Roussin-Léveillée*, Gaële Lajeunesse, Méliane St-Amand, Varusha Pillay Veerapen, Guilherme Silva-Martin, Kinya Nomura, Sandrine Brassard, Ayooluwa Bolaji, Sheng Yang He, Peter Moffett. (2022). Conserved bacterial effectors manipulate host hormone signaling to establish a favorable microenvironment critical for virulence. 71st Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists (*presenter). (Published).
  • Vahid J. Javaran*, A. Poursalavati, Peter Moffett, Mamadou L. Fall. (2022). Detection of grapevine virome (viruses and viroids) through Nanopore cDNA and direct RNA sequencing technology. Canadian Phytophathological Society Annual Meeting “Harnessing the phytobiome for sustainable plant health”. (Published).
  • Gaële Lajeunesse*, Charles Roussin-Léveillée, Sophie Boutin, Élodie Fortin, Varusha Pillay Veerapen, Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe, Peter Moffett. (2022). Diurnal light cycles impact bacterial induction ofan aqueous living space in the phyllosphere. 71st Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists. (Published).
  • Charles Roussin-Léveillée*, Gaële Lajeunesse, Guilherme Silva-Martins, Sandrine Brassard, Ayooluwa Bolaji, Sheng Yang He, Peter Moffett. (2022). Exploitation of phytohormone networks by a bacterial pathogen induces an aqueous microenvironment in the apoplast. Centre SÈVE 2020 Student Poster Competition. (Published).
  • Guilherme Silva-Martins*, Charles Roussin-Léveillée, Ayooluwa Bolaji , Peter Moffett. (2022). Jasmonic acid regulates Argonaute 5-mediated defense against virus infection. Plant Biology 2020 Worldwide Summit. (Published).
  • Guillaume Ravel*, Darren Bardati, Peter Moffett, Helen Jensen, Amina Abed, Kristine Naes. (2022). Phytophthora infestans Développement de cultivars de pomme de terre adaptés àl'agriculture biologique et résistants au parl'utilisation de marqueurs moléculaires dans un processus de sélection végétaleparticipative. Colloque sur la pomme de terre 2022. (Published).
  • Charles Roussin-Léveillée*, Gaële Lajeunesse, Méliane St-Amand, Varusha Pillay Veerapen, Guilherme Silva-Martin, Kinya Nomura, Sandrine Brassard, Ayooluwa Bolaji, Sheng Yang He, Peter Moffett. (2022). Strategies used by microbial pathogens to induce an aqueous apoplast and ways to prevent it. Gordon Research Conference, Spatial and Temporal Dynamics in Plant Biology. (Published).
  • Fayruza Lalany* , Mamadou L. Fall, Peter Moffett. (2020). Botrytis cinereaEngineering fungal viruses: a potential methodfor biocontrol of necrotrophic fungal plant pathogen,. Centre SÈVE 2020 Student Poster Competition. (Published).
  • Charles Roussin-Léveillée*, Gaële Lajeunesse, Guilherme Silva-Martins, Sandrine Brassard, Ayooluwa Bolaji, Sheng Yang He, Peter Moffett. (2020). Establishment of an aqueous microenvironment in the apoplast through manipulation of phytohormone networks. Plant Biology 2020 Worldwide Summit. (Published).
  • Simon Glanowski*, Charles Roussin-Léveillée, Peter Moffett. (2020). Identification of potential amino acid transporters involved in Arabidopsis thaliana defense against pathogens. Centre SÈVE 2020 Student Poster Competition. (Published).
  • Geneviève Clément* , Hélène Scheer, Christophe Ritzenthaler, Mamadou Lamine Fall, Peter Moffett. (2020). N. Development of a New dsRNA Extraction Method for Virus Detection using Sequencing From and Grapevine. Centre SÈVE 2020 Student Poster Competition. (Published).
  • Geneviève Clément* , Hélène Scheer, Christophe Ritzenthaler, Mamadou Lamine Fall, Peter Moffett. (2020). N.Development of a New dsRNA Extraction Method for Virus Detection using Sequencing from and Grapevine. Canadian Society for Plant Biology Virtual Meeting. (Published).
  • Gaële Lajeunesse*, Charles Roussin-Léveillée and Peter Moffett. (2020). Pseudomonas syringaeLight induces resistance against proliferation in Arabidopsis. Plant Biology 2020 Worldwide Summit. (Published).
  • Varusha Veerapen*, Chantal Brosseau, Ayooluwa Bolaji, Benjamin Cloutier, Matthieu Glanowski, Peter Moffett. (2020). Resistance to viroids can be transferred between plant species using natural variation in the AGO2 gene. Centre SÈVE 2020 Student Poster Competition. (Published).
  • Varusha Pillay Veerapen* and Peter Moffett. (2020). Viroid resistance conferred by AGO2 in transgenic tomato plants: Viroids or AGO2, who wins?. Plant Biology 2020 Worldwide Summit. (Published).
  • Ayooluwa Adurogbangba*, Nuria Montes-Casado, Chantal Brosseau, Fernando Garcia-Arenal and Peter Moffett. (2019). AGO2 Natural Variation in determines susceptibility to Potexvirus and Potyvirus but not to Cucumovirus. XVIII International congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. (Published).
  • Gaële Lajeunesse*, Charles Roussin-Léveillée, Peter Moffett. (2019). Characterization of a bacterial feeding strategy based on the manipulation of the host sugar export machinery (winner, student award). 69th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists. (Published).
  • Guilherme Silva Martin*, Ayooluwa Adurogbangba, Charles Roussin-Léveillée, and Peter Moffett. (2019). Phytohormone crosstalk is important for Argonaute-mediated defense against virus infection. XVIII International congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. (Published).
  • Charles Roussin-Léveillée*, Gaële Lajeunesseᵁ and Peter Moffett. (2019). Pseudomonas Identification of effectors responsible for sugar depletion in Arabidopsis reveals a bacterial feeding strategy. XVIII International congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. (Published).
  • Charles Roussin-Ĺeveilĺee*, Guilherme Silva Martins and Peter Moffett. (2018). Arabidopsis thalianaInteraction between ARGONAUTE5 and miR156 Mediates Developmental Phase Transition in (selected for oral presentation). Plant Biology 2018. (Published).
  • Matthieu Glanowski* and Peter Moffett. (2018). Identification of Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes susceptible to viroids. Viroid-2018: International Conference on Viroids and Viroid-Like RNAs. (Published).
  • Guilherme Silva Martins*, Ayooluwa Adurogbangba and Peter Moffett. (2018). Jasmonic acid regulates systemic defense against potexvirus infection by repressing Argonaute 5 (poster winner, 2nd place). Plant Biology 2018. (Published).
  • Zhenxing Zhao*, Guilherme Silva Martins, Chantal Brosseau, Zaifeng Fan and Peter Moffett. (2018). Molecular mechanisms of AGO2 function in antiviral defense. Plant Biology 2018. (Published).
  • Ayooluwa Adurogbangba*, Chantal Brosseau, and Peter Moffett. (2018). Natural Variation in AGO2 determines susceptibility to Potexvirus and Potyvirus but not to Cucumovirus. Plant Biology 2018. (Published).
  • Xiaofang Ma*, Yinghua Ji, Yijun Zhou and Peter Moffett. (2018). The role of Ty-1 in RNA silencing and regulation of RNA viruses. Plant Biology 2018. (Published).
  • *Pierrick Bru, Charith Raj Adkar-Purushothama, François Bolduc, Peter Moffett and Jean -Pierre Perreault. (2017). Viroid evolution and adaptation during a plant infection. Riboclub Annual Meeting. (Published).
  • Ayooluwa Adurogbangba*, Chantal Brosseau, Mohamed El Oirdi, Xiaofang Ma and Peter Moffett. (2016). Antiviral Defense and localization of AGO4 in an Arabidopsis-Potexvirus interaction (selected for oral presentation). Plant Biotech 2016. (Published).
  • M.-P. Tétreault*, B. Mimee, V. Toussaint, J. Lafond-Lapalme and P. Moffett. (2016). Effects of different tomato production systems on soil microbiotes and the relationship between microbiome and bacterial. 16th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. (Published).
  • Zoë Migicovsky*, Kyle M. Gardner, Daniel Money, Jason Sawler, Joshua S. Bloom, Peter Moffett, C. Thomas Chao, Heidi Schwaninger, Gennaro Fazio, Gan-Yuan Zhong and Sean Myles. (2016). Genomics Reveals the Past and Informs the Future of Apple Improvement. Plant and Animal Genome Conference. (Published).
  • Chantal Brosseau*, Ayooluwa Adurogbangba, Charles Roussin-Léveillée and Peter Moffett. (2016). Natural variability in the Arabidopsis AGO2 sequence gene alters antiviral activity (selected for oral presentation). Plant Biotech 2016. (Published).
  • Teura Barff*, Louis-Valentin Meteignier, Mathias Cohen, Mohamed El Oirdi, Keiko Yoshioka, and Peter Moffett. (2016). Requirement for translationally regulated candidate genes during plant NB-LRR- mediated defense responses. International Society for Plant-Microbe Interactions. (Published).

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés

  • Séminaire de recherche II. PBI 702. (2015-05-04).
  • Séminaire de recherche IV. PBI 706. (2015-05-04).
  • Séminaire de recherche V. PBI 708. (2015-05-04).
  • Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire. BIM 606. (2015-01-08).

Gestion d'évènements

  • Organizing committee. (2022) Symposium On Biofertilizers Biostimulants and Biopesticides Quebec-Morocco. (Conference).
  • Organizing committee member. (2021) colloque 217 – Interactions plante-microorganismes : défis, politiques et opportunités 88e Congrès de l’Acfas. (Workshop).
  • Scientific Committee Member. (2019) 69th annual conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists. (Conference).
  • Symposium Chair. (2018) Plant Biology, 2018. (Conference).
  • Organizing committee member. (2016) Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants satellite meeting (in conjunction with the American Society for Plant Biology). (Conference).

Activités de collaboration internationale

  • Collaborator. United States of America. David Mackey, Ohio State University. The Mackey group is interested in how pathogens induce favourable microenvironments in the apoplast, with complementary interests to our own. We have exchanged extensively on methods to study water-soaking and isolation and analysis of apoplastic fluids. We are currently collaborating on a project to study the effects of ABA on nutrient mobilization to the apoplast and co-authoring a review on effector-triggered susceptibility and nutrient mobilization. We are also collaborating on a project to investigate factors involved in coronatine production in Pseudomonas syringae.
  • Collaborator. United States of America. Sheng-Yang He, Professor, Michigan State University. Hosting of PhD student (3 months) at MSU and subsequent collaboration on microbial dysbiosis in plant-pathogen interactions.
  • Collaborator. France. Christophe Ritzenthaler, Université de Strasbourg/CNRS. The Ritzenthaler lab hosted master's student (Geneviève Clément) to learn a technique for the purification of viral dsRNA. Collaboration on the further development of this methodology.
  • Collaborator. Spain. Fernando Garcia-Arenal, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Collaboration on Pepino mosaic virus and on the study of natural variation AGO2, virus resistance and life traits.
  • Collaborator. Mexico. Julio Vega-Arreguin, UNAM. Collaboration on the role of I2-like NB-LRR proteins in conferring resistance to Phytophthora capsici.
  • Collaborator. China. Xiaorong Tao, Nanjing Agricultural University. Collaboration of the mechanism of action of the Sw-5 protein (NB-LRR conferring resistance to Tospoviruses). This collaboration was key to Dr. Tao recently being awarded a research grant from the Chinese government to work on this project. Funds from this grant cover travel costs for me to visit his lab in China.
  • Collaborator. China. Yijun Zhou, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China. Collaboration, via postdoc Xiaofang Ma, on the role of RdRp proteins in defense against viruses.
  • co-supervisor. China. Zaifeng Fan, China Agricultural University, co-supervision of China Research Scholar, Zhenxing Zhao.
  • Collaborator. Pakistan. Muhammad Saeed, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. Hosting of Higher Education Commission scholar for six month and collaboration afterwards on plant-geminivirus interaction.
  • Collaborator. Spain. Francisco Tenllado, Madrid University. Hosting of a visiting PhD student and subsequent collaboration on projects related to the PVX P25 protein.
  • Collaborator. United States of America. Longstanding collaboration with Herman Scholthof, Texas A&M, starting when Dr. Scholthof performed a sabbatical in my lab. This work, focused on AGO protein function, has resulted in several publications, continual sharing of reagents, an internship in the Scholthof lab by a graduate student.
  • Collaborator. Taiwan. Na-ShengLin, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. Hosting of visiting Postdoc and subsequent collaboration on the study of the role of AGO proteins in resistance against Bamboo mosaic virus.
  • Collaborator. Japan. KappeiKobayashi, Ehime University and Ken-Taro Sekine, Iwate Biotechnology Research Center. We and the Kobayashi/Sekine group have a common interest in I2-like NB-LRR proteins and using different members of the protein family, identified the same interacting protein (THF1). We have combined our results and shared reagents extensively to examine the role of THF1 in disease resistance.
  • Collaborator. United Kingdom. Silke Robatzek and Ji Zhou, Sainsbury Laboratory. Collaboration, using our biological data together with the program engineering experience of Dr. Zhou, to develop protocols for quantifying processing bodies in plant cells.

Présentations

  • (2022). Natural variation in RNA silencing components and anti-viral defenses in plants. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Plant Virology Group. Virtual, Canada
  • (2021). Natural variation in RNA silencing components and anti-viral defenses in plants. Ohio State University, Department of Plant Pathology. Columbus, OH, United States of America
  • (2020). Natural variation in RNA silencing components and anti-viral defenses in plants. University of Ottawa, Department of Biology. Ottawa, Canada
  • (2019). Natural variation in RNA silencing components and anti-viral defences in plants. Extracellular and Intracellular Perception of Viruses - IS-MPMI satellite meeting. Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • Peter Moffett*. (2018). Molecular mechanisms of anti-viral defenses in plants. University of Helsinki, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Engineered Plant Immunity: Mini-symposium part II. Helsinki, Finland
  • (2018). Molecular mechanisms of anti-viral defenses in plants. Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Nanjing, China
  • (2018). Mécanismes moléculaires de défense antivirale chez les plantes. Université Laval, Département de Phytopathologie. Québec, Canada
  • (2018). Mécanismes moléculaires de défense antivirale chez les plantes. Université Laval. Québec, Canada
  • Peter Moffett (oral presentation), Ayooluwa Adurogbangba, Charles Roussin-Léveillée and Chantal Brosseau. (2018). Natural variation in the Arabidopsis AGO2 gene alters antiviral activity. Plant Biology 2018. Montreal, QC, Canada
  • (2018). Plant-virus interactions: natural variation and molecular mechanisms. Nanjing Agricultural University. Nanjing, China
  • (2018). Plant-virus interactions: natural variation and molecular mechanisms. Chinese Society of Plant Pathology, 2018 Annual Meeting. Tai'an, China
  • (2018). Plant-virus interactions: natural variation and molecular mechanisms. Institut de Biologie Moléculaire de Plantes, CNRS, Strasbourg. Strasbourg, France
  • Peter Moffett*. (2018). Transfer and modification of NLR proteins for disease resistance in plants. University of Helsinki, Viikki Plant Science Centre. Helsinki, Finland
  • (2017). Molecular mechanisms of anti-viral defenses in plants. Queen's University, Department of Biology. Kinston, ON, Canada
  • Peter Moffett*, Teura Barff, Mathias Cohen, Mohamed El Oirdi, Keiko Yoshioka, and Louis-Valentin Meteigner. (2017). Requirement for translationally regulated candidate genes during plant NB-LRR- mediated defense responses. Plants from Sea to Sky, Annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists. Vancouver, Canada
  • Peter Moffett. (2016). Molecular mechanisms of anti-viral defenses in plants. Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants. Austin, United States of America
  • Peter Moffett*, Ayooluwa Adurogbangba, Charles Roussin-Léveillé and Chantal Brosseau (selected for oral presentation). (2016). Natural variability in the Arabidopsis AGO2 sequence gene alters antiviral activity. International Society for Plant-Microbe Interactions. Portland, OR, United States of America
  • Peter Moffett. (2016). Natural variation in the AGO2 gene alters antiviral activity. Taming Plant Viruses - Fundamental Biology to Bionanotechnology. Pitlochry, United Kingdom
  • Peter Moffett. (2016). RNA Silencing and Processing Components in Plant Antiviral Defenses. American Society of Virology. Blacksburg, VA, United States of America