Dr Delphine Chinchilla
Head of the Botanical garden
JURASSICA Botanical garden
Route de Fontenais 21
2900 Porrentruy
Switzerland
Tel. +41 32 420 9217
delphine.chinchilla[at]jurassica.ch
Delphine Chinchilla has an academic background in Plant Science and, as an independent researcher, she contributed to increase our knowledge in plant immunity and their capacity to recognize microbes. Working on the infinitely small, at the molecular level, on various projects, she has also developed a solid technical expertise in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Plant Physiology.
Since September 2022, she addressed the challenge of supervising the scientific activities of the JURASSICA Botanical Garden. As curator, she is responsible for managing the botanical collections and the botanical projects that arise at the museum and the garden.
Publications
Employment history
| 2020–2022 | Associated researcher, Prof. Klaus Schläppi lab, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2019 | French teacher for foreign adults, Ecole Tremplin, Delémont, Switzerland |
| 2017–2019 | Associated researcher, Prof. Laure Weisskopf lab, University of Fribourg, Switzerland |
| 2006–2014 | Independent researcher, Botanical Institut, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2003–2006 | Postdoctoral fellow, Prof. Thomas Boller lab, Botanical Institut, Basel, Switzerland |
Academic background
| 1999–2003 | PhD Plant Sciences, CNRS, University Paris XI, France |
| 1998–1999 | MSc (DEA) Phytopathology, University Paris VI Grignon, France |
| 1994–1998 | BSc Cellular Biology and Physiology, University Paris XII, France |
Past research thematics
| 2020–2022 | Analysis of the Arabidopsis phenotype in response to the root bacterial microbiota |
| 2017–2019 | The sulfur volatile organic compounds emitted by microbiota bacteria in the biocontrol of potato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans |
| 2006–2014 | The function of the membrane protein BAK1 in plant immunity |
| 2003–2006 | Recognition of microbes by plant surface receptors leading to immunity |
| 1998–2003 | The role of ankyrin-motif protein kinases in plant development and in the symbiosis between leguminous plant Medicago spp. and the bacteria Rhizobium meliloti |
Funding
| 2011–2014 |
SNF project [CHF 350,964 / SNF 31003A-138255 / PI]
The function of BAK1 in plant immunity
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| 2008–2011 |
SNF project [CHF 318,000 / SNF 31003A-120655 / PI]
Regulation of LRR-receptor kinases in plant innate immunity
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| 1999–2002 | PhD studentship, French Ministry for Higher Education and Research (MENRT) |
Professional services
- National and international scientific communication
- Technical laboratory skills in biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology, cell biology
- Supervision of MSc and PhD students
- Teaching laboratory research practice to university students
- Peer-reviewer and expert for the following scientific journals: PLOS genetics, Nature Genetics, Nature Plants, Nature Communications, ACS Chemical Biology, The Plant Cell, Plant Physiology, Plant Journal, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Functional Biology, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Molecular Plant Pathology, Journal of Experimental Botany, New Phytologist, Frontiers in Plant Science, Trends in Plant Science, Plant Signaling and Behavior, Environmental Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology Reports