2014 Laureate
Current position
Director of the department of chromosome biology
Host institution
Max Planck Institute
raphael.mercier@gmail.com
Meiotic metaphase II in Arabidopsis thaliana
Raphael Mercier aims at understanding the different aspects the cell division at the heart of heredity, meiosis. Using genetic approaches, he and his group are deciphering the mechanisms of meiotic recombination, cell cycle regulation and chromosome segregation.
• 2001 2001 Ph. D. University Paris-Sud, FranceGeorges Pelletier's lab
• 2001-2003 : Postdoctoral fellow, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, Gareth Jones’ and Chris Franklin’s lab
• elected EMBO Member. 2020: Honorary Professor University of Cologne
• Laureate of the "scientific challenge" price Les lauriers de l'INRA, 2016
• Laureate of the Simone et Cino del Duca Foundation, Institut de France, 2014
• Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC), 2011
Intervention in the French radio show La tête au carré Les mystères de la méiose
Jan 2017, France Inter
The synaptonemal complex imposes crossover interference and heterochiasmy in Arabidopsis
Mars 2021, Proc Natl Acad Sci.
Don’t Forget Your Sister: Directing Double-Strand Break Repair at Meiosis
Mai 2020, Dev Cell.
Patronus is the elusive plant securin, preventing chromosome separation by antagonizing separase
Août 2019, Proc Natl Acad Sci.
Mutations of the AtYAK1 Kinase Suppress TOR Deficiency in Arabidopsis
Juin 2019, Cell Rep.