Contact
Daniel Barthélémy
Cirad, Avenue Agropolis, TA 40 / 03, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5
France
Courriel
Biological Systems
The Biological Systems Department conducts research on the living world, its characterization and its exploitation: from the diversity, biology and functioning of organisms to the relations between them and with their environment.
It works on a genome, cell, organism and population level, centring its research on the interactions between genotypes and with their environment, drawing upon concepts and tools from the fields of genomics, molecular physiology, statistics, genetics, epidemiology and ecophysiology. This involves characterizing the genetic diversity of species, of related pests and diseases and of microorganisms of interest in agriculture, identifying and using the genes that control characters of interest in agriculture, implementing genetic improvement and propagation techniques, and studying biotic interactions, combining analysis and modelling so as to gain a clearer understanding of biological systems.