
Functional Biology, Insects and Interactions
The UMR203 BF2I (Biologie Fonctionnelle Insectes et Interactions) Laboratory is a joined research unit between the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon) and Plant Health and the Environment (SPE) Division of the Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE). The laboratory is located on the LyonTech - La Doua Campus of the University of Lyon (Lyon/Villeurbanne, France) and it is hosted within the Department of Biotechnologies and Bioinformatics at INSA Lyon. The scientific project of the unit is based on the understanding of the functions managing the interaction of some groups of insects, of agronomic importance, with their direct biological partners (plant-host, symbiotic micro-organisms). This research mobilizes various disciplinary fields ranging from physiology to functional genomics of the insect. The challenge is to analyze and understand the functioning of insects in sustainable interaction with their biotic partners. The objective is to develop knowledge and methods to identify new effectors and targets for the control of insect pests with methods that are part of a sustainable development approach. The unit's programs are developed by three thematic groups.
The laboratory staff is actively involved in research training of Master and PhD students, as well as, in course teaching at the INSA de Lyon. [see: laboratory organizational chart]. Read more about the laboratory research focus Visit our dedicated pages |
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Des chercheurs de l’UMR BF2i, en collaboration avec les Universités de Leuven et d’Oxford, viennent de découvrir que, chez les pucerons, les protéines inhibitrices de l’apoptose (IAP) ont subi une grande expansion génique et des modifications stru
Phylloxéra : la génomique éclaire l’histoire de l’invasion du vignoble français et révèle une nouvelle famille de gènes