Laurent Deluc

Associate Professor
laurent.deluc [at] oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-4356

Our group conduct research on functional genomics with a strong emphasis on specialty and cereal crops. We study different aspects of plant biology in the context of a developmental program and in response to abiotic and biotic stresses. Our plant models grapevine, a major fruit crop in U.S. and Brachypodium Distachyon (stiff brome) for cereal. Our final objective is to provide the breeding community with gene(s)-to-trait relationships for genetic improvement through either traditional or accelerated breeding. We use fundamentals of plant physiology, genetic engineering (gain and loss of function, genome editing), Next Generation Sequencing (Deep and RNA-Seq), metabolomics, and systems biology to understand basic and complex processes responsible for phenotypic plasticity in plants (www.delucl.com).

At OSU

Affiliated with:

Horticulture

Headquarters:

OSU Main Campus

Career Links:

Department of Horticulture

Oregon Wine Research Institute

Plant Breeding and Genetics

I accept graduate students for Horticulture

Beyond OSU

Personal Links:

Deluc Lab

International Grape Genome Program (IGGP)

Biography

Education:

2004 Ph.D., Plant Science, University of Bordeaux I, Bordeaux, France.
Dissertation title: Identification of two regulatory genes associated with the control of phenolic compounds in grape berry.

1996 M.S., Integrative Biology in Forestry, University of Nancy I, France.
Dissertation title: Chemotoxomic specificities of fatty acids composition in seed oils of Coniferous

1995 B.S., Biology of Populations, University of Bordeaux I, France.

Employment:

June 2009-present Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University.

2005-2006 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nevada, Reno.

2006-2009 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nevada, Reno.

2003-2004 Instructor, University of Bordeaux I Courses: Biochemistry, Genetics and Plant Gene Engineering.

2000-2004 PhD Assistant, INRA, Villenave d’Ornon, France.

1999-2000 Researcher Assistant, University of Bordeaux I, Bordeaux, France.

Professional Accomplishments

Professional Affiliations:

Organization of symposium:

2012: Organizer of the 4th Annual Conference of Grape Research Coordination Network at Oregon State University (July 15th-18th, 2012, Corvallis).

Membership in scientific organization:

2010 to present: Member of the steering Committee of The International Grape Genome Program (IGGP). The IGGP is an organization of multinational collaborative researchers in grapevine research. The primary research focus is grapevine genomics carried out within the framework of the International Grape Genome Program. The steering committee consists of international members of the major wine regions of the world. The goal of the IGGP is to understand the genetic and molecular basis of all biological processes in Vitis that are relevant to the crop.

Member of the committee in charge of the manual curation of the grape 12X V1 genome annotation (http://gbrowse.cribi.unipd.it/private/gbrowse/vitis_vinifera/). The purpose of this group is to participate in a collaborative effort to curate and annotate the new version of the grape genome to propose a more consensus version (Principal Investigator – Mario Pezzotti [Italy])

Education:

PhD, Univ. of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, 2004

Service:

University Service:

From 2012 to 2015: Member of the Oversight Committee for the OSU-OHSU shared resource agreement
From 2011 to 2014: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing
2011: Integration of the Molecular and Cellular Graduate program.
2011: Member of the search committee for a Faculty Assistant Professor position in Systems biology at the College of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry.
2010 to present: Affiliate faculty member of the Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing
2009 to present: Member of the OSU-USDA Viticulture and Enology research group.

Department Service:

2012: Member of the search committee for a Faculty Research Assistant position, Department of Horticulture.
2009: Member of the Graduate Committee and the computer support committee.

Editorial activities:

2011-present: Associate editor of FRONTIERS in TECHNICAL ADVANCE in PLANT SCIENCES (FRONTIERS).
2011-present: Associate editor of BMC PLANT BIOLOGY
2013 - Present: Associate editor of FRONTIERS in PLANT SCIENCES (Section Physiology)

Reviewer activities:

2012: Functional and Integrative Genomics, Plant Physiology, Australian Journal of Wine and Grape Research, Plant Sciences
2011 to present: Associate Editor to BMC Plant Biology and Technical Advances in Plant Sciences (Frontiers).
2012: Functional & Integrative Genomics, Plant Physiology
2011: Plant Physiology, BMC Plant Biology
2010: American Society of Horticultural Science, Functional & Integrative Genomics, International Journal of Food Science & Technology
2008: Plant Molecular Biology
2006: Phytochemistry

Ad HOC review:

2012: Ad hoc reviewer for ESF EUCORES, ERA-NET programs, European Foundation.

Service to the Oregon Wine Research Institute:

2011 to present: Member of the Oregon Wine Research Institute Core Faculty committee (elaboration of strategic plans)
2011 to present: Member of the technical group committee

My Publications

Proceedings and Conference Presentations:

Laurent G. Deluc (2010). Fine-tuning of gene expression associated with the ABA and JA signaling pathways at the onset of ‘Pinot Noir’ berry Ripening. (Submitted as proceedings to International Science of Horticultural Science from the Grapevine Breeding and Genetics conference that was held in Geneva, NY, USA)-(Proceedings of the Xth Grapevine and Breeding Symposium, Ithaca, 2010).

Grant R. Cramer, Laurent G. Deluc, Kitty Spreeman, and Katherine Schegg (2010) – Substantial Technical Error in 2-D PAGE limit the ability to Detect Differentially Expressed Proteins (Proceedings of the Xth Grapevine and Breeding Symposium, Ithaca, 2010).

Jérôme Grimplet, Laurent G. Deluc, Matthew Wheatley, Karen Schlauch, Grant Cramer and John Cushman (2009) - Tissue-specific mRNA expression profile in grape berry tissues. In: Macromolecules and Secondary Metabolites of Grapevine and Wine. Eds. P. Jeandet, C. Clément and A. Conreaux. Lavoisier, Paris, France, pp. 53-59.