Dr Christine Strullu-Derrien
Scientific Associate
Email: c.strullu-derrien@nhm.ac.uk
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Summary
My research focuses on the origin and evolution of Fungi and fungi-like microorganisms (oomycetes) associated with plants. I am interested in developing a multidisciplinary approach to bridge palaeomycology (study of fossil fungi), phylogenetics and genomics.Another focus of my research is the evolution of the various components of the vascular system in plants.
Qualifications
Degrees
- PhD, University of Angers, France, 2006 - 2010
- Master, University of Angers, France, 2005 - 2006
- Maitrise, University of Angers, France, 2004 - 2005
Academic
- Post-Doctoral Researcher, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ISYEB, France, 2018 - 2018
- Invited Researcher, INRA Nancy, France, 2014 - 2015
- Post-Doctoral Researcher Marie Curie FP7-PEOPLE 2011-Intra-European fellowship, The Natural History Museum, London, Earth Sciences, United Kingdom, 2012 - 2014
- PhD Researcher, Université d’Angers, Laboratoire Mycorhizes, France, 2006 - 2010
Non-academic
- Independent Researcher, Self-employment, France, 2015 - ongoing
Highlighted publications
- Strullu-Derrien C, Fercoq F, Gèze M, Kenrick P, Martos F, Selosse M-A, Benzerara K, Knoll AH (2023) Hapalosiphonacean cyanobacteria (Nostocales) thrived amid emerging embryophytes in an early Devonian (407-million-year-old) landscape. iScience 26, 107338 - 107338. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107338
- Strullu-Derrien C, Spencer ART, Goral T, Dee J, Honegger R, Kenrick P, Longcore JE, Berbee ML (2018) New insights into the evolutionary history of Fungi from a 407 Ma Blastocladiomycota fossil showing a complex hyphal thallus. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373, 20160502 - 20160502. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0502
- Strullu‐Derrien C, Selosse M, Kenrick P, Martin FM (2018) The origin and evolution of mycorrhizal symbioses: from palaeomycology to phylogenomics. New Phytologist 220, 1012 - 1030. doi: 10.1111/nph.15076
- Strullu‐Derrien C, Kenrick P, Pressel S, Duckett JG, Rioult J, Strullu D (2014) Fungal associations in Horneophyton ligneri from the Rhynie Chert (c. 407 million year old) closely resemble those in extant lower land plants: novel insights into ancestral plant–fungus symbioses. New Phytologist 203, 964 - 979. doi: 10.1111/nph.12805
- Gerrienne P, Gensel PG, Strullu-Derrien C, Lardeux H, Steemans P, Prestianni C (2011) A Simple Type of Wood in Two Early Devonian Plants. Science 333, 837 - 837. doi: 10.1126/science.1208882
- Strullu-Derrien C, Kenrick P, Rioult JP, Strullu DG (2011) Evidence of parasitic Oomycetes (Peronosporomycetes) infecting the stem cortex of the Carboniferous seed fernLyginopteris oldhamia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278, 675 - 680. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1603
- Strullu‐Derrien C, Rioult J, Strullu D (2009) Mycorrhizas in Upper Carboniferous Radiculites‐type cordaitalean rootlets. New Phytologist 182, 561 - 564. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02805.x
- Strullu-Derrien C, Strullu D-G (2007) Mycorrhization of fossil and living plants. Comptes Rendus Palevol 6, 483 - 494. doi: 10.1016/j.crpv.2007.09.006
- Strullu-Derrien C, Goral T, Spencer ART, Kenrick P, Catherine Aime M, Gaya E, Hawksworth DL A fungal plant pathogen discovered in the Devonian Rhynie Chert. Nature Communications 14, doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43276-1
Highlighted publications
- Strullu-Derrien C, Fercoq F, Gèze M, Kenrick P, Martos F, Selosse M-A, Benzerara K, Knoll AH (2023) Hapalosiphonacean cyanobacteria (Nostocales) thrived amid emerging embryophytes in an early Devonian (407-million-year-old) landscape. iScience 26, 107338 - 107338. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107338
- Strullu-Derrien C, Spencer ART, Goral T, Dee J, Honegger R, Kenrick P, Longcore JE, Berbee ML (2018) New insights into the evolutionary history of Fungi from a 407 Ma Blastocladiomycota fossil showing a complex hyphal thallus. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373, 20160502 - 20160502. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0502
- Strullu‐Derrien C, Selosse M, Kenrick P, Martin FM (2018) The origin and evolution of mycorrhizal symbioses: from palaeomycology to phylogenomics. New Phytologist 220, 1012 - 1030. doi: 10.1111/nph.15076
- Strullu‐Derrien C, Kenrick P, Pressel S, Duckett JG, Rioult J, Strullu D (2014) Fungal associations in Horneophyton ligneri from the Rhynie Chert (c. 407 million year old) closely resemble those in extant lower land plants: novel insights into ancestral plant–fungus symbioses. New Phytologist 203, 964 - 979. doi: 10.1111/nph.12805
- Gerrienne P, Gensel PG, Strullu-Derrien C, Lardeux H, Steemans P, Prestianni C (2011) A Simple Type of Wood in Two Early Devonian Plants. Science 333, 837 - 837. doi: 10.1126/science.1208882
- Strullu-Derrien C, Kenrick P, Rioult JP, Strullu DG (2011) Evidence of parasitic Oomycetes (Peronosporomycetes) infecting the stem cortex of the Carboniferous seed fernLyginopteris oldhamia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278, 675 - 680. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1603
- Strullu‐Derrien C, Rioult J, Strullu D (2009) Mycorrhizas in Upper Carboniferous Radiculites‐type cordaitalean rootlets. New Phytologist 182, 561 - 564. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02805.x
- Strullu-Derrien C, Strullu D-G (2007) Mycorrhization of fossil and living plants. Comptes Rendus Palevol 6, 483 - 494. doi: 10.1016/j.crpv.2007.09.006
- Strullu-Derrien C, Goral T, Spencer ART, Kenrick P, Catherine Aime M, Gaya E, Hawksworth DL A fungal plant pathogen discovered in the Devonian Rhynie Chert. Nature Communications 14, doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43276-1