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Cultivation and imaging of S. latissima embryo monolayered cell sheets inside microfluidic devices. Clerc T., Boscq S., Attia R., Kaminski Schierle G.S., Charrier B., Näubli N.F. Bioengineering 2022, 9(11), 718. doi:10.3390/bioengineering9110718

Targeted Laser Ablation in the Embryo of Saccharina latissima. Boscq S, Dutertre S, Theodorou I, Charrier B. J. Vis. Exp. (181), e63518, 2022 doi:10.3791/63518 PDF iconDownload boscq_laserablation_jove2022.pdf (729.78 KB)

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Tip growth in the brown alga Ectocarpus is controlled by a RHO-GAP-BAR domain protein independently from F-actin organisation. Nehr Z, Chenivesse S, Billoud B, Genicot S, Desban N, Theodorou I, Nasir A, Le Bail A, Rabillé H, Godfroy O, Katsaros C, Charrier B.  BioRxiv. 2021, 10.1101/2021.08.28.458042

Acquisition of cell identity in the brown alga Ectocarpus: which of time, cell shape or position matters most? Billoud B, Saint-Marcoux D, Chenivesse S, Duchêne C, Noûs C, Langdale J A, Charrier B. BioRxiv, 2021, 10.1101/2021.08.21.457218

Growth and immunolocalisation of the brown alga Ectocarpus in a microfluidic environment. Charrier B, Boscq S, Nelson B J, Läubli N F. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:745654. 2021. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.745654. PDF iconDownload charrier_ectomicrofluidics_fims2021.pdf (2.25 MB)

Brown algae: Ectocarpus and Saccharina as experimental models for developmental biology (Chapter 2). Theodorou I & Charrier B. In “Handbook of Marine Model Organisms in Experimental Biology – Established and Emerging”. (A. Boutet & B. Schierwater, eds). Francis &Taylor Group, CRC Press. ISBN 9780367444471, 485 pp. 2021. DOI : 10.1201/9781003217503. (book chapter) PDF iconDownload theodoroucharrier_ectocarpussaccharina_handbookofmarinemodels2021.pdf (2.04 MB)

Development and objectives of the PHYCOMORPH European Guidelines for the Sustainable Aquaculture of Seaweeds (PEGASUS). Barbier M, Araujo R. Holdt S L, Jacquemin B, Rebours C, Charrier B. Special issue: Seaweed resources of the world: a 2020 vision. Issue editors: Alan T. Critchley, Anicia Hurtado, Leonel Pereira, Melania Cornish, Danilo Largo and Nicholas Paul. Bot Mar, 63(1): 5-16, 2020 doi: 10.1515/bot-2019-0051

PEGASUS: Phycomorph European Guidelines for a Sustainable Aquaculture of Seaweeds. Barbier M., Charrier B. Araujo R. Holdt S.L. Jacquemin B. Rebours C.COST Action FA1406 (M. Barbier & B. Charrier, eds), Roscoff, France, 194 pp., 2019 (white paper). PDF iconDownload pegasus_sustainable_seaweed_aquaculture_9may2019.pdf (7.69 MB)

Design Principles of Branching Morphogenesis in Filamentous Organisms. Coudert Y, Harris S, Charrier B. Curr Biol, R1149–R1162, 2019 (free CNRS archives: https://hal-cnrs.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02999235v1

Alginates along the filament of the brown alga Ectocarpus help cells cope with stress. Rabillé H, Torode T, Tesson B, Le Bail A, Billoud B, Rolland E, Le Panse S, Jam M, Charrier B. Sci Rep,  9:12956 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49427-z, 2019

The brown algal mode of tip growth: Keeping stress under control. Rabillé H, Billoud B, Tesson B, Le Panse S, Rolland É, Charrier B. PLoS Biol 17(1): e2005258. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005258. 2019

Gazing at cell wall expansion under a golden light. Charrier B, Rabillé H, Billoud BTrends Plant Sci. pii: S1360-1385(18)30246-2. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2018.10.013., 2019. PDF iconDownload charrier_opinion_tips2019.pdf (2.5 MB)

Insights into the Evolution of Multicellularity from the Sea Lettuce Genome. De Clerck O, Kao SM, Bogaert KA, Blomme J, Foflonker F, Kwantes M, Vancaester E, Vanderstraeten L, Aydogdu E, Boesger J, Califano G, Charrier B, Clewes R, Del Cortona A, D'Hondt S, Fernandez-Pozo N, Gachon CM, Hanikenne M, Lattermann L, Leliaert F, Liu X, Maggs CA, Popper ZA, Raven JA, Van Bel M, Wilhelmsson PKI, Bhattacharya D, Coates JC, Rensing SA, Van Der Straeten D, Vardi A, Sterck L, Vandepoele K, Van de Peer Y, Wichard T, Bothwell JH. Curr Biol. 28(18):2921-2933.e5.. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.015, 2018 PDF iconDownload de_clerck_currbiol2018.pdf (3 MB)

Protocols for Macroalgae Research. Charrier, B., Wichard, T. & Reddy, C. R. K. (eds). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 496 pp., ISBN-13: 978-1498796422, 2018. (book)

Neurogenetic asymmetries in the catshark developing habenulae: mechanistic and evolutionary implications. Lagadec R, Lanoizelet M, Sánchez-Farías N, Hérard F, Menuet A, Mayeur H, Billoud B, Rodriguez-Moldes I, Candal E, Mazan S. Sci Rep 8, 4616, 2018.

Furthering knowledge on seaweed growth and development to facilitate sustainable aquaculture. Charrier B, Abreu MH, Araujo R, Bruhn A, Coates JC, De Clerck O, Katsaros C, Robaina RR, Wichard T.  New Phytol 216(4):967-975. doi: 10.1111/nph.14728, 2017PDF iconDownload charrier_newphytologist2017.pdf (1.21 MB)

Dynamic and microscale mapping of cell growth: case of Ectocarpus filaments. Rabillé H, Billoud B, Rolland E, Charrier B. In “Protocols in macroalgae research"”, CRC Press, Francis & Taylor Group. ISBN-10: 1498796427. ISBN-13: 978-1498796422, 2017. PDF iconDownload rabille_cell_surface_mapping_protocolbookmacroalguares_crc_2018.pdf (930.09 KB)

Actin fluorescent staining in the filamentous brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus. Rabillé H, Koutalianou M, Charrier B, Katsaros C. In “Protocols in macroalgae research”,  Charrier, Wichard & Reddy Eds; CRC Press, Francis & Taylor Group. ISBN-10: 1498796427. ISBN-13: 978-1498796422, 2017. PDF iconDownload rabille_actin_immunolocalisation_protocolbookmacroalguares_crc_2018.pdf (359.75 KB)

Morphoelasticity in the development of brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus : From cell rounding to branching. Jia F, Ben Amar M, Billoud B, Charrier BJ. R. Soc. Interface 14 : 20160596. 2017 PDF iconDownload jia_interface2017.pdf (1.37 MB)

Surfing amongst oil-tankers: Developing under-represented fields in the current landscape. Charrier B, Coates J.C., Stavridou I. Trends Plant Sci, 22(1) : 1-3, 2017

Production of genetically and developmentally modified seaweeds: Exploiting the potential of artificial selection techniques. Charrier B, Rolland E, Gupta V and Reddy RC. Front. Plant Sci. 6:127. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00127, 2015, pdf document

Localization of causal locus in the genome of the brown macroalga Ectocarpus: NGS-based mapping and positional cloning approaches. Billoud B, Jouanno É, Nehr Z, Carton B, Rolland É, Chenivesse S and Charrier B. Front. Plant Sci 6:68. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00068, 2015 pdf document

The green seaweed Ulva: a model system to study morphogenesis. Wichard T, Charrier B, Mineur F, Bothwell JH, De Clerck O and Coates JC. Front. Plant Sci 6:72. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00072, 2015 pdf document

Laser capture microdissection in Ectocarpus siliculosus: the pathway to cell-specific transcriptomics in brown algae. Saint-Marcoux D, Billoud B, Langdale JA, Charrier B. Front. Plant Sci. 6:54. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00054, 2015 pdf document

Understanding “green” multicellularity: do seaweeds hold the key? Coates JC, Aiman UE and Charrier B. Front. Plant Sci. 5:737. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00737, 2015 pdf document

Brown algal morphogenesis: Atomic Force Microscopy as a tool to study the role of mechanical forces. Tesson B, Charrier B. Front. Plant Sci. 5:471. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00471, 2014 pdf document

Algal Morpho-inducers. Nehr Z and Charrier B. In “Outstanding Marine Molecules”, J-M Kornprobst & S. Labarre Eds. Wiley Blackwell, pp217-223, 2014. ISBN: 978-3-527-33465-0, 2014

Computational prediction and experimental validation of microRNAs in the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus. Billoud B, Nehr Z, Le Bail A, Charrier B. Nucleic Acids Research 42(1):417-29, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt856, 2013 pdf document

Genome structure and metabolic features in the red seaweed Chondrus crispus shed light on evolution of the Archaeplastida. Collén J, Porcel B, Carré W, Ball SG, Chaparro C, Tonon T, Barbeyron T, Michel G, Noel B, Valentin K, Elias M, Artiguenave F, Arun A, Aury JM, Barbosa-Neto JF, Bothwell JH, Bouget FY, Brillet L, Cabello-Hurtado F, Capella-Gutiérrez S, Charrier B, Cladière L, Cock JM, Coelho SM, Colleoni C, Czjzek M, Da Silva C, Delage L, Denoeud F, Deschamps P, Dittami SM, Gabaldón T, Gachon CM, Groisillier A, Hervé C, Jabbari K, Katinka M, Kloareg B, Kowalczyk N, Labadie K, Leblanc C, Lopez PJ, McLachlan DH, Meslet-Cladiere L, Moustafa A, Nehr Z, Nyvall Collén P, Panaud O, Partensky F, Poulain J, Rensing SA, Rousvoal S, Samson G, Symeonidi A, Weissenbach J, Zambounis A, Wincker P, Boyen C. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110(13):5247-52, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1221259110, 2013 pdf document

Culture methods and mutant generation in the filamentous brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus. Le Bail A, Charrier B. Methods in Molecular Biology (I. De Smet Ed), Humana Press, Springer Protocole 959:323-32 doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-221-6_22, 2013

Plant Proteus: Brown algae morphological plasticity and underlying developmental mechanisms. Charrier B, Le Bail A, de Reviers B. Trends in Plant Science 17(8): 468-477, doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.03.003., 2012

Space-time decoupling in the branching process in the mutant etoile of the filamentous brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus. Nehr Z, Billoud B, Le Bail A, Charrier B. Plant Signaling & Behavior 6(12): 1889 - 1892, doi: 10.4161/psb.6.12.18054, 2011

ETOILE Regulates Developmental Patterning in the Filamentous Brown Alga Ectocarpus siliculosus. Le Bail A, Billoud B, Le Panse S, Chenivesse S, Charrier B. The Plant Cell 23(4): 1666-1678, doi:10.1105/tpc.110.081919, 2011 pdf document

Origins of life: computing and simulation approaches. B Billoud. In "Origins and Evolution of Life. An Astrobiological Perspective". M. Gargaud, P. López-Garcìa, H. Martin (eds). Publisher Cambridge University Press, Series: Cambridge Astrobiology ISBN: 9780521761314, chapter 5, pp 66-81., 2011

The Ectocarpus genome and the independent evolution of multicellularity in the brown algae. Cock JM, Sterck L, Rouzé P, Scornet D, Allen AE, Amoutzias G, Anthouard V, Artiguenave F, J-M aury, JH. Badger, B Beszteri, K Billiau, E Bonnet, JHF Bothwell, C Bowler, C Boyen, C Brownlee, CJ Carrano, B Charrier, GY Cho, SM Coelho, J Collén, E Corre, C Da Silva, L Delage, N Delaroque, SM Dittami, S Doulbeau, M Elias, G Farnham, CMM Gachon, B Gschloessl, S Heesch, K Jabbari, C Jubin, HKawai, K Kimura, B Kloareg, FC Küpper, D Lang, A Le Bail, C Leblanc, P Lerouge, M Lohr, PJ Lopez, C Martens, F Maumus, G Michel, D Miranda-Saavedra, J Morales, H Moreau, T Motomura, C Nagasato, CA Napoli, DR Nelson, P Nyvall- Collén, AF Peters, C Pommier, P Potin, J Poulain, H Quesneville, B Read, SA Rensing, A Ritter, S Rousvoal, M Samanta, G Samson, DC Schroeder, B Ségurens, M Strittmatter, T Tonon, J Tregear, K Valentin, P von Dassow, T Yamagishi, Y Van de Peer & P Wincker. Nature 465(7298):617-21, doi: 10.1038/nature09016, 2010

Auxin metabolism and function in the multicellular brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus. Le Bail A, Billoud B, Kowalczyk N, Kowalczyk M, Gicquel M, Le Panse S, Stewart S, Scornet D, Cock JM, Ljung K and Charrier B. Plant Physiology 153(1):128-44. doi: 10.1104/pp.109.149708, 2010 pdf document

A stochastic 1D nearest-neighbour automaton models the early development of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus. Billoud B, Le Bail A and Charrier B. Functional Plant Biology 35: 1014-1024., 2008

Normalisation genes for expression analyses in the brown alga model Ectocarpus siliculosus. Le Bail A, Dittami S, De Franco P-O, Rousvoal S, Cock JM, Tonon T, Charrier B. BMC Molecular Biology 9(1):75, 2008pdf document

Initial pattern of development of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae) sporophyte. Le Bail A, Billoud B, Maisonneuve C, Peters A, Cock JM, Charrier B. Journal of Phycology 44(5): 1269-81 44: 1269-81, 2008

Life-cycle-generation-specific developmental processes are modified in the immediate upright mutant of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus. A. F. Peters, D. Scornet, M. Ratin, B. Charrier, A. Monnier, Y. Merrien, E. Corre, S.M. Coelho, J. M. Cock. Development 135(8):1503-12, 2008

Development and physiology of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus: two centuries of research. B. Charrier, S. Coelho, A. Le Bail, T. Tonon, G. Michel, P. Potin, B. Kloareg, C. Boyen, A.F. Peters, J. M. Cock. New Phytologist DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02304.x, 2008 pdf document

BOOK Chapter

  1. Theodorou I & Charrier B. Brown algae: Ectocarpus and Saccharina as experimental models for developmental biology, In “Established and emerging marine organisms in experimental biology”, (A. Boutet & B. Schierwater, eds). Francis &Taylor Group, CRC Press (in press)

  2. Charrier B. Research programmes to support sustainable development of seaweed aquaculture. In: “PEGASUS: Phycomorph European Guidelines for a Sustainable Aquaculture of Seaweeds”. COST Action FA1406 (M. Barbier & B. Charrier, eds), Roscoff, France, 194 pp., 2019. doi.org/10.21411/2c3w-yc73.

  3. Rabillé H, Billoud B, Rolland E, Charrier B. Dynamic and microscale mapping of cell growth: case of Ectocarpus filaments. In “Protocols for Macroalgae Research”, (B. Charrier, T. Wichard & CRK Reddy, eds) CRC Press, Francis & Taylor Group. ISBN-10: 1498796427. ISBN-13: 978-1498796422, pp 349-364, 2018.

  4. Rabillé H, Koutalianou M, Charrier B, Katsaros C. Actin fluorescent staining in the filamentous brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus. In “Protocols for Macroalgae Research”, (B. Charrier, T. Wichard & CRK Reddy, eds), CRC Press, Francis & Taylor Group. ISBN-10: 1498796427. ISBN-13: 978-1498796422, pp 365-379, 2018.

  5. Nehr Z & Charrier B. “Algal Morpho-inducers”, in “Outstanding Marine Molecules”, J-M Kornprobst & S. Labarre Eds. Wiley Blackwell, pp217-223. ISBN: 978-3-527-33465-0, 2014.