BONCOMPAGNI Éric

French molecular biologist and microbiologist, full professor at the" Université Côte d’Azur" and member of the Sophia Agrobiotech Institute (INRAE/CNRS/UniCA). My work focuses on rhizobia symbiosis with leguminous plants, nodule senescence, choline/betaine osmoregulatory metabolism in Sinorhizobium meliloti and priming against insect pests. 

Biography and academic background 

- Full Professor at the "Université Côte d'Azur". 

- Member of the Sophia Agrobiotech Institute. 

- Elected member of "Conseil Académique d'UniCA" 

- Elected assistant director of the "Département des Sciences de la Vie" 

- Assistant director of Team IRL

- Elected member of the Cosp de l' EURLife 

- Member of L@UCA copil 

- Work in microbiology, plant biology and microbial genetics. 

Research activities - Rhizobia symbiosis. - Nodule senescence (Medicago truncatula). - Rhizobia priming upon insect pest in plant. - Choline and glycine betaine metabolism. - ABC transporters and osmotic adaptation. 

Representative publications 

1. Metabolism of choline-O-sulfate into glycine betaine (PNAS, 1998). 

2.  Bacteria resistance to Legume Defensine Peptides (Plos. Biol., 2011).

3.  Involvment of proteinase in nodule senescence (New Phytol., 2014)

4. Glutathione deficiency and nodule senescence (Front. Plant Sci., 2020)

5. A legume‐rhizobium transcriptome of symbiotic nodule senescence (Plant Cell Environ., 2022)

6. MtCP6 promoter regulation in onset of senescence (Plant Cell Physiol, 2025). 

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