Permanent staff

Research subject

Impact of environmental changes on the distribution and genetic structure of tropical species at the biogeographical scale (Coffea and Amborella species).

Keywords: biogeography, NGS, tropical forests, species distribution models, climate change, landscape genetics

Professional experiences

2001- Now

Research scientist at IRD Montpellier, France

2000-2001

Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Davis, USA (Paul Gepts’ Lab)

Partners

UMR AMAP, UMR CEFE, UMR ESPACE-DEV, CIRAD, Neslté (France)

EMBRAPA (Brazil)

Wageningen University(Netherland)

NARO (Uganda)

CNRA, Université Abobo-Adjamé (Côte d’Ivoire)

Université Yaoundé I (Cameroon)

Jardin botanique de Meise (Belgique)

DDR (Nouvelle Calédonie)

Selected projects

2018-2019

ADAPT-IN-WILD -Source: Agropolis foundation

Parteners: IRD / CIRAD / TIMC-IMAG / EPHE / Embrapa – Br

2015-2019

CLIMCOFFEA - Source: Agropolis foundation / CAPES / EMBRAPA

Partners: IRD / CIRAD / Embrapa – Br /Wageningen Un.-Nl / Naro-Ug

2010-2012

Coffea retrotransposons - Source: Agropolis foundation / CAPES

Partners: IRD/ Embrapa / EPAMIG – Br /Naro-Ug

2009-2013

ANR CoffeaSeq ANR-09-GENM-014 - Source: ANR

Partners: Genescope/ IRD / Cirad /INRA / Embrapa /other International Institutes of the consortium

2008-2010

Coffea inter-specific hybridization in New Caledonia - Source: Province Sud New Caledonia (convention No C. 319 – 08)

Partners: DDR-NC/IRD

2009

Diversity and Evolution of Amborella - AMBRES - Source: Projets incitatifs IRD

Partners: IRD /UM2 UMR AMAP

Publications

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RESEARCHGATE

WEB OF SCIENCE

Significant publications in the last 6 years

Kiwuka C, Goudsmit E, Tournebize R, Oliveira de AquinoS , Douma JC, Bellanger L, Crouzillat D, Stoffelen P, Sumirat U, Legnaté H, Marraccini P, de Kochko A, Carvalho Andrade A, Wasswa Mulumba J, Musoli P, Anten NPR, Poncet V (2021) Genetic diversity of native and cultivated Ugandan robusta coffee (Coffea Canephora Pierre Ex A. Froehner): Climate influences, breeding potential and diversity conservation. PLOS ONE 16(2): e0245965

Merot-L’anthoene V, Tournebize R, Darracq O, Rattina V, Lepelley M, Bellanger L, Tranchant-Dubreuil C, Coulee M, Pegard M, Metairon S, Fournier C, Stoffelen P, Janssens SB, Kiwuka C, Musoli P, Sumirat U, Legnate H, Kambale JL, Ferreira da Costa Neto J, Revel C, De Kochko A, Descombes P, Crouzillat D, Poncet V (2019) Development and evaluation of a genome-wide Coffee 8.5K SNP array and its application for high-density genetic mapping and for investigating the origin of Coffea arabica L. Plant Biotechnology Journal 17:1418-1430

Poncet V, Birnbaum P, Burtet-Sarramegna V, de Kochko A, Fogliani B, Gâteblé G, Isnard S, Jaffré T, Job D, Munoz F, Munzinger J, Scutt CP, Tournebize R, Trueba S, Pillon Y (2019) Amborella - Bearing witness to the past? Annual Plant Reviews Online 3:1-41

Tournebize R, Poncet V, Jakobsson M, Vigouroux, Manel S (2019) McSwan: a joint site frequency spectrum method to detect and date selective sweeps across multiple population genomes. Molecular Ecology Ressource 19(1):283-295

Tournebize, R., S. Manel, Y. Vigouroux, F. Munoz, A. de Kochko and V. Poncet (2017). Two disjunct Pleistocene populations and anisotropic postglacial expansion shaped the current genetic structure of the relict plant Amborella trichopoda. PLoS One 12(8): e0183412.

Gomez C, Despinoy M, Hamon S, Hamon P, Salmon D, Akaffou DS, Legnate H, de Kochko A, Mangeas M, Poncet V (2016) Shift in precipitation regime promotes interspecific hybridization of introduced Coffea species. Ecology and Evolution, in press

Dereeper A, Bocs S, Rouard M, Guignon V, Ravel S, Tranchant-Dubreuil C, Poncet V, Garsmeur O, Lashermes P, Droc G (2015) The coffee genome hub: a resource for coffee ge-nomes. Nucleic Acids Res 43:D1028-35

Poncet V, Scutt C, Tournebize R, Villegente M, Cueff G, Rajjou L, Balliau T, Zivy M, Fogliani B, Job C, de Kochko A, Sarramegna-Burtet V, Job D (2015) The Amborella vacuolar processing enzyme family. Frontiers in plant science 6: 618

Denoeud F et al (including Poncet V) (2014) The Coffee Genome Provides Insight into the Con-vergent Evolution of Caffeine Biosynthesis. Science 345:1181-1184

Amborella Genome Project (including Poncet, V.) (2013) The Amborella genome and the evolution of flowering plants. Science 342:1241089

Hardy OJ, Born C, Budde K, Daïnou K, Dauby G, Duminil J, Ewédjé EE, Gomez C, Heuertz M, Koffi GK, Lowe A, Micheneau C, Ndiade Bourobou D, Piñeiro R, Poncet V (2013). Comparative phylogeography of African rain forest trees: a review of genetic signatures of vegetation history in the Guineo-Congolian region. Comptes rendus Geoscience 345:284-296

Poncet V, Munoz F, Munzinger J, Pillon Y, Gomez C, Couderc M, Tranchant-Dubreuil C, Hamon S, de Kochko A (2013) Phylogeography and niche modelling of the relict plant Amborella trichopoda (Amborellaceae) reveal multiple Pleistocene refugia in New Caledonia. Mol Ecol 22:6163-6178

Poncet V, Couderc M, Tranchant-Dubreuil C, Gomez C, Hamon P, Hamon S, Pillon Y, Munzinger J, de Kochko A (2012) Microsatellite markers for Amborella (Amborellaceae), a monotypic genus endemic to New Caledonia. Am J Bot 99:e411-414

Yu Q, Guyot R, de Kochko A, Byers A, Navajas-Perez R, Langston BJ, Dubreuil-Tranchant C, Paterson AH, Poncet V, Nagai C, Ming R (2011) Micro-collinearity and ge-nome evolution in the vicinity of an ethylene receptor gene of cultivated diploid and allotetraploid coffee species (Coffea). Plant J 67:305-317

de Kochko A, Akaffou S, Andrade AC, Campa C, Crouzillat D, Guyot R, Hamon P, Ming R, Mueller LA, Poncet V, Tranchant-Dubreuil C, Hamon S (2010) Advances in Coffea Genomics. Advances in Botanical Research 53:23-63

Gomez C, Batti A, Le Pierres D, Campa C, Hamon S, de Kochko A, Hamon P, Huynh F, Despinoy M, Poncet V (2010) Favourable habitats for Coffea inter-specific hybridization in cen-tral New Caledonia: combined genetic and spatial analyses. Journal of Applied Ecology 47:85-95

Gomez C, Mangeas M, Petit M, Corbane C, Hamon P, Hamon S, De Kochko A, Le Pierres D, Poncet V, Despinoy M (2010) Use of high-resolution satellite imagery in an inte-grated model to predict the distribution of shade coffee tree hybrid zones. Remote Sensing of En-vironment 114:2731-2744