Curriculum vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION

NAME:                    Stefano COLELLA

BIRTH PLACE:       Genova, Italy

CITIZENSHIP:         Italian

TITLE AND AFFILIATION  

INRAE Research Scientist (CR) 

Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE)

Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (UMR LSTM)

MAILING ADDRESS

Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditérranéennes

UMR1342 IRD-CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro-Université de Montpellier

Campus International de Baillarguet

TA-A82/J, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5

FRANCE

EDUCATION  

10/1998   Specializzazione in Genetica Applicata, School of Specialization in Applied Genetics (Ph.D. equivalent), Università di Pavia, Italy

03/1995       Laurea in Scienze Biologiche, Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology (M.Sc. equivalent), University of Genova, Italy

LICENSURE/BOARDS

05/1996    Italian Qualifying Examination for Board Certified Biologist - Esame di Stato perl’Abilitazione all’Esercizio della Professione di Biologo

ADVANCED COURSES

05/2019    Fast Reading Short-Course [3 days] Formation Permanente INRA, Montpelier, France

04/2018    Training School for PhD Students and Supervisors [1 week] INRA, Lyon, France

11/2012    Time and Priorities Management Short-Course  [2 days] Formation Permanente INRA, Clermont-Ferrant, France

05/2010    Team Management Short-Course  [3 days] Formation Permanente INRA, Lyon, France

05/2003    Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles Short-Course  [8 days] University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center , Houston, TX, USA

04/2002     AACR Associate Members Grant Writing Workshop [1 afternoon] 2002 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA

09/1999     European School of Genetic Medicine, "CANCER GENETICS" [1 week] European Genetics Foundation, La Nunziata Centre  - Sestri Levante, Italy

 09/1997    Practical Course: "BIOINFORMATICS: COMPUTER METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY" [1 week] ICGEB - Trieste, Italy

 05/1997    Practical Course: "OPTICAL MICROSCOPY AND MICROPHOTOGRAPHY"  [2 days] Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy

RESEARCH POSITIONS

09/2022 - present

Research scientist (CR) at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) working in the MOVE Team, Plant Health Insitute of Montpellier (UMR PHIM), Montpellier, FRANCE.

01/2020 - 08/2022

Research scientist (CR) at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) working in the CAIRS Team, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (UMR LSTM), Montpellier, FRANCE.

10/2016 - 12/2019    

Research scientist (CR) at the French National Insitute for Agricultural Research (INRA) working in the MASCE Team, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (UMR LSTM), Montpellier, FRANCE.

11/2007- 09/2016    

Research scientist (CR) at the French National Insitute for Agricultural Research (INRA) working in the Symtrophic Team, UMR203 Biologie Fonctionnelle Insectes et Interactions, INRA-INSA de Lyon, Villeurbanne, FRANCE. Genomics and transcriptomic approaches to study aphids – buchnera symbiosis.

09/2012- 12/2014    

Deputy Director UMR203 Biologie Fonctionnelle Insectes et Interactions (UMR203 BF2I), INRA-INSA de Lyon, Villeurbanne, FRANCE.

11/2004- 10/2007

Senior post-doctoral research scientist with Dr. Joannis Ragoussis, Genomics Laboratory, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK: Genomics approaches and technology developments applied to human genetics research.

11/2001- 10/2004

Research Associate with Prof. Ralf Krahe, Section of Cancer Genetics, Department of Genetics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA: Genomics approaches to human cancer research.

08/2000- 11/2001

Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. Ralf Krahe Division of Human Cancer Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA: DNA and RNA profiling of human cancers using DNA microarrays technologies; expression profiling in myotonic dystrophy.  

11/1998 – 06/2000

Postdoctoral Fellow (Special Training Award) with Prof. Paul Kleiheus and Dr. Hiroko Ohgaki, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, FRANCE: Genetic characterization of Gliomas progression.

11/1996 – 10/1998 

Specialization (Ph.D. equivalent) dissertation research with Dr. Miria Stefanini, Istituto di Genetica Molecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pavia, ITALY: Identification of the molecular defect in patients assigned to the complementation groups A and B of Cockayne Syndrome.

03/1996 – 10/1996

Research training with Prof. Manlio Ferrarini, the Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, ITALY: characterization of the antibody response in cerebrospinal fluid of Multiple Sclerosis patients.

03/1995 - 03/1996

Research training with Dr. Paolo Scartezzini, Divisione di Pediatria, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova, ITALY: cDNA selection on chromosome 21 and cloning of a novel gene.

10/1992 - 02/1995

M.Sc. dissertation research with Dr. Franca Dagna-Bricarelli, Centro di Genetica Umana, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova, ITALY: Analysis of the mutation in the FMR-1 gene (Martin-Bell Syndrome or FRAXq27.3) in two male fetuses identified in prenatal diagnosis.  

HONORS AND AWARDS

2002                   AACR-AFLAC Scholar-In-Training Award, Oncogenomics

1998-1999     Special Training Award, IARC, WHO

1997-1998     Fondazione Adriano Buzzati-Traverso Research Fellowship

1996-1997     Telethon Research Fellowship

1996                   Istituto Superiore di Sanità Research Fellowship

LANGUAGES

Italian

Native language

English

Very good knowledge of the written and spoken language.

French

Very good knowledge of the spoken language and good reading/writing skills.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES

               go to Stefano Colella's Seminars & Lectures Page

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

go to Stefano Colella's Publication Page

Conferences Posters [P] and Oral Presentations by myself or colleagues [OP] 

[Presenter name underlined]

1. Cayrol B, Chabanne D, Colella S, Uzest M. Voyage dans la tête d’un puceron. Episode 3 : détecter des transcrits dans des insectes transparisés. 14ème Renconre du Réseau BAPOA, Montpellier, France. November 21th – 22nd, 2024. [P]

2. Fu Y, Deshoux M, Achard E, Le Blaye S, Monsion B, Cayrol B, Picon E, Sauvion N, Thébaud G, Colella S, Uzest M. Identification of receptors of the plant virus Turnip mosaic virus (Potyviridae) in their aphid vectors. 23rd European Society of Vector Ecology Conference, Montpellier, France. October 14th – 17th, 2024. [OP]

3. Cayrol B, Colella S, Uzest M. Voyage dans la tête d’un puceron. Episode 2 : détecter des transcrits dans des insectes transparisés. 13ème Renconre du Réseau BAPOA, Lyon, France. November 9th – 10th, 2023. [OP]

4. Fu Y, Deshoux M, Cayrol B, Le Blaye S, Hudaversian S, Le Trionnaire G, Sauvion N, Thébaud G, Colella S, Uzest M. Identification of plant virus receptors in the stylets of their insect vectors using CRISPR-Cas9 mutant aphid lines. 13ème  Renconre du Réseau BAPOA, Lyon, France. November 9th – 10th, 2023. [OP]

5. Fu Y, Deshoux M, Cayrol B, Le Blaye S, Colella S, Uzest M. Identification of plant virus receptors in the stylets of their insect vectors using CRISPR-Cas9 mutant aphid lines. 12th  International Congress of Plant Pathology, Lyon, France. August 20th – 25th, 2023. [OP]

6. Duong B, Nguyen HX, Phan HV, Colella S, Trinh PQ, Hoang GT, Nguyen TT, Marraccini P, Lebrun M, Duponnois R. Identification of bacterial endophytes of interest for coffee crop in Vietnam. 28th Conference of Association for the Science and Information on Coffee, Montpellier, France. June 28th – July 1st, 2021. [P]

7. Boivin S, Ait Lahmidi N, Sherlock D, Dijon D, Heulin-Gotty K, Le Quere A, Pervent M, Tauzin M, Mazurier S, Bonhomme M, Carlsson G, Jensen E, Journet E-P, Lopez-Bellido RJ, Seidenglanz M, Marinkovic J, Colella S, Brunel B, Young P, Lepetit M. The competitiveness to form nodules shapes the capacities of Rhizobium leguminosarum sv viciae communities to promote symbiosis with specific hosts. International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics ICLGG 2019, Dijon, France. May 13-17, 2019. [OP]

8. Colella S, Lambert I, Paysant-Le Roux C, Tauzin M, Guichard C, Tamby JP, Lepetit M, Brunaud V and Martin-Magniette ML. Data analysis automation and databases as key tools to multiple sources genomics data integration: starting from the legume model Medicago truncatula. 18th International Conference on Systems Biology, Lyon, France. October 28 – November 1, 2018 [P]

9. Lambert I, Paysant-Le Roux C, Pervent M, Le Queré A, Tauzin M, Lepetit M, Martin-Magniette ML and Colella S. From gene expression to genomic networks: development of a user-friendly pipeline for the analysis and visualization of RNA-seq data. Journées Ouvertes Biologie Informatique Mathématiques (JOBIM), Marseille, France. Juille 03-06, 2018. [P]

10. Parisot N, Colella S, Simonet P, Gaget K, Duport G, Baa-Puyoulet P, Rahbé Y, Charles H, Febvay G, Calevro F and Callaerts P. Bacteriocyte reprogramming to maintain organismal homeostasis under nutritional stress in aphid symbiosis. XI European Congress of Entomology, Naples, Italy. July 02-06, 2018. [P]

11. Colella S, Lambert I, Pervent M, Le Queré A, Tauzin M, Jardinaud MF, Martin-Magniette ML and Lepetit M. Systemic responses to plant N status in Medicago truncatula symbiosis. Réunion du reseau AGROSYM, Dijon, France. 29-31 May, 2018. [OP]

12. Lambert I, Pervent M, Tencelin M, Tauzin M, Le Queré A, Frugier F, Bonhomme M, Jacquet C, Brunaud V, Martin-Magniette ML, Lepetit M and Colella S. Identification of gene expression networks induced by systemic signalling in response to abiotic and biotic stresses in the legume model Medicago truncatula. 9ème édition des « Journées des doctorants SPE » INRA, Montpellier, France. June 20-22, 2017. [P]

13. Vargas-Chavez C, Parisot N, Goubert C, Baa-Puyoulet P, Bouleisteix M, Burlet N, Callaerts P, Charles H, Colella S, Febvay G, Gabaldon T, Jacquin-Joly E, Loska D, Maire J, Masson F, Meslin C, Montagné N, Moya A, Vincent-Monegat C, Rebollo R, Vallier A, Vigneron A, Zaimann-Rémy A, Calevro F, Vieira C, Latorre A, Heddi A. Exploring host-symbiont interactions through whole genome sequencing of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae. Immuninv Lyon France. June 7-9, 2017. [OP]

14. Parisot N, Simonet P, Gaget K, Duport G, Baa-Puyoulet P, Rahbé Y, Charles H, Febvay G, Callaerts P, Calevro F, Colella S. Life history traits and tissue-specific gene expression changes underlying the symbiotic pea aphid resilience to a tyrosine and phenylalanine deppleted diet. Réseau Français de Biologie Adaptative des Pucerons et Organismes Associés 2016, Amiens, France. November 9-10, 2016. [OP]  

15. Cardinaud M, Parisot N, Villalba J, Duport G, Da Rocha M, Colella S, Calevro F, Gatti JL, Poirié M. Impact of facultative symbionts on the pea aphid immunity, a molecular approach. Réseau Français de Biologie Adaptative des Pucerons et Organismes Associés 2016, Amiens, France. November 9-10, 2016. [OP]  

16. Vargas-Chavez C, Parisot N, Goubert C, Baa-Puyoulet P, Balmand S, Bouleisteix M, Burlet N, Charles H, Colella S, Febvay G, Gabaldon T, Loska D, Maire J, Masson F, Moya A, Rebollo R, Vallier A, Vigneron A, Vincent-Monegat C, Zaimann-Rémy A, Calevro F, Vieira C, Latorre A, Heddi A. The draft genome sequence of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae as a model to explore the host-symbiont interactions in a nascent stage endosymbiosis. Journées Ouvertes Biologie Informatique Mathématiques (JOBIM), Lyon, France. June 29-30, 2016. [P]

17. Simonet P, Duport G, Gaget K, Severine B, Colella S, Gerard F, Charles H, Heddi A, Calevro F. Direct flow cytometry measurments and cell imaging reveal a fine-tuning of endosymbiont and bacteriocyte cell dynamics during aphid development. UK-France joint meeting on Aphids, Paris, France. November 5-6, 2015. [OP]  

18. Le Queré A, Pervent M, Nigg M, Karouani A, Colella S, Laguerre G, Heulin K, Patrel D, Lepetit M. Adaptation of rhizobium legume symbiosis to environmental constrains. 4th Meeting on Molecular Mechanism in Nitrogen Fixing Root Endosymbiosis, Nice, France. October 29-30, 2015. [OP]

19. Baa-Puyoulet P, Labernardiere M, Parisot N, Gauthier JP, Febvay G, Calevro F, Rahbe Y, Charles H, Simon JC, Colella S. From SymbAphidBase to SymbAphidCyc: two companion databases to study and compare aphid symbionts from genomes to metabolic pathways. Journées Ouvertes Biologie Informatique Mathématiques (JOBIM), Clermont-Ferrand, France. July 6-9, 2015. [P]

20. Simonet P, Duport G, Gaget K, Weiss-Gayet M, Colella S, Gerard F, Charles H, Vinuelas J, Heddi A, Calevro F. Coordination des dynamiques cellulaires entre bactériocytes et endosymbiotes au cours du développement des insectes : Une nouvelle approche par cytométrie en flux. Réunion du Réseau Ecologie des Interactions Durable (REID), Lyon, France. March 23-26, 2015. [OP]  

21. Labernardiere M, Baa-Puyoulet P, Gauthier JP, Febvay G, Calevro F, Rahbé Y, Charles H, Simon JC, Colella S. SymbAphidBase: a new database dedicated to aphid symbionts to store novel sequenced genomes and standardize their annotations. 13th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB), Strasbourg, France. September 7-10, 2014. [P]

22. Baa-Puyoulet P, Vellozo A, Huerta-Cepas J, Febvay G, Calevro F, Sagot MF, Charles H, Gabaldon T, Colella S. Annotating arthropods genome to study and compare their metabolism: the ArthropodaCyc collection of Cyc databases powered by CycADS. 13th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB), Strasbourg, France. September 7-10, 2014. [P]

23. Baa-Puyoulet P, Vellozo A, Huerta-Cepas J, Febvay G, Calevro F, Gabaldon T, Sagot MF, Charles H, Colella S. « ArthropodaCyc » : une collection de bases de données enrichies à l’aide de CycADS pour étudier et comparer le métabolisme des arthropodes. 17ème Colloque de Biologie de l’Insecte - CBI-2013, Montpellier, France. October 7-9, 2013. [P]

24. Gaget K, Duport G, Rey M, Balmand S, Charles H, Febvay G, Colella S, Calevro F. Diminution de fécondité et défauts de développement induits par l’inactivation fonctionnelle par RNAi du gène codant la phénylalanine hydroxylase chez le puceron du pois, Acyrthosiphon pisum. 17ème Colloque de Biologie de l’Insecte - CBI-2013, Montpellier, France. October 7-9, 2013. [P]

25. Rey M, Bellvert F, Duport G, Baa-Puyoulet P, Calevro F, Colella S, Charles H, Comte G, Febvay G. Analyse métabolomique de la symbiose entre le puceron Acyrthosiphon pisum et la bactérie Buchnera aphidicola. Réseau Français de Biologie Adaptative des Pucerons et Organismes Associés 2013, Montpellier, France. October 10-11, 2013. [OP]

26. Rey M, Bellvert F, Duport G, Baa-Puyoulet P, Calevro F, Colella S, Charles H, Comte G, Febvay G. Analyse métabolomique de la symbiose entre le puceron Acyrthosiphon pisum et la bactérie Buchnera aphidicola. 7èmes Journées Scientifiques du Réseau Français de Métabolomique et Fluxomique, Amiens, France. June 10-12, 2013. [OP]

27. Rabatel A, Gaget K, Duport G, Charles H, Febvay G, Colella S, Calevro F. Phenotypic effects of ACYPI007803 knockdown by RNAi in the pea aphid. 8th Meeting of the International Aphid Genomics Consortium, Harpenden, UK. January 17-18, 2013. [P]

28. Baa-Puyoulet P, Vellozo A, Huerta-Cepas J, Febvay G, Sagot MF, Gabaldon T, Charles H, Colella S. The CycADS annotation database system to support the development and update of enriched BioCyc databases: development of ad hoc BioCyc DB (AcypiCyc, ArthropodaCyc …). 8th Meeting of the International Aphid Genomics Consortium, Harpenden, UK. January 17-18,  2013. [P]

29. Baa-Puyoulet P, Vellozo AF, Huerta-Cepas J, Febvay G, Gabaldon T, Sagot MF, Charles H, Colella S: The CycADS annotation database system to support the development and update of enriched BioCyc databases. Development of ad hoc BioCyc DB : AcypiCyc, ArthopodaCyc. Réseau Français de Biologie Adaptative des Pucerons et Organismes Associés 2012, Lyon, France. November 15-16, 2012. [P]

30. Rabatel A, Duport G, Gaget K, Charles H, Febvay G, Colella S, Calevro F: Phénotypes induits par l'inactivation fonctionnelle par RNAi du gène ACYPY007803 (phényalanine hydroxylase) chez le puceron du pois. Réseau Français de Biologie Adaptative des Pucerons et Organismes Associés, Lyon 2012, France. November 15-16, 2012.  [OP]

31. Baa-Puyoulet P, Vellozo AF, Huerta-Cepas J, Febvay G, Gabaldon T, Sagot MF, Charles H, Colella S: The CycADS annotation database system to support the development and update of enriched BioCyc databases. Development of ad hoc BioCyc DB : AcypiCyc, ArthopodaCyc. Journées Ouvertes Biologie Informatique Mathématiques (JOBIM), Rennes, France. July 3-6, 2012. [P]

32. Rahbé Y, Tagu D, Condemine G, Guiderdoni E, Calevro F, Colella S, Duport G, Fayard JM, Febvay G, Gaget K et al: Aphicibles - Symbiosis, digestion and reproduction as aphid physiological processes to identify new targets for insecticides. ANR - Colloque Plant Genomics 2012, Pont Royal en Provence, France. April 3-5, 2012. [P]

33. Rahbé Y, Colella S: Interactions plantes-pucerons et mécanismes de tolérance : compatibilité, phloémophagie et symbiose. Le phloème dans tous ses états - Secondes journées de Poitiers, Poitiers (France). April 2-3, 2012. [OP]

34. Rabatel A, Febvay G, Gaget K, Duport G, Bendridi N, Rahbé Y, Baa-Puyoulet P, Charles H, Calevro F, Colella S: Integration of metabolic pathways and host regulation in symbiosis: tyrosine and cuticular protein biosynthesis during the pea aphid embryonic development. Réseau Français de Biologie Adaptative des Pucerons et Organismes Associés 2011, Paris, France. November 7-8, 2011. [OP]

35. Charles H, Balmand S, Lamelas A, Cottret L, Pérez-Brocal V, Burdin B, Latorre A, Febvay G, Colella S, Calevro F et al. Réévaluation génomique de la fonction de transport chez Buchnera, endocytobiote des pucerons : une faible diversité de transporteurs et une organisation membranaire variable. Réseau Français de Biologie Adaptative des Pucerons et Organismes Associés 2011, Paris, France. November 7-8, 2011. [OP]

36. Rabatel A, Febvay G, Gaget K, Duport G, Bendridi N, Rahbé Y, Baa-Puyoulet P, Charles H, Calevro F, Colella S. Integration of metabolic pathways and host regulation in symbiosis: tyrosine and cuticular protein biosynthesis during the pea aphid embryonic development. 6th  International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science, Amsterdam, The Netherland. October 2-5, 2011. [P]

37. Charles H, Colella S, Calevro F, Febvay G, Rahbé Y, Rabatel A, Baa-Puyoulet P. Exploration génomique et fonctionnelle des insectes et de leurs partenaires symbiotiques. Journée Sciences Croisées INSA de Lyon "Modélisation et Sciences Numériques : nouveaux instruments et opportunités", Villeurbanne, France. October 20, 2011. [OP]

38. Baa-Puyoulet P, Vellozo AF, Huerta-Cepas J, Febvay G, Gabaldon T, Sagot MF, Charles H, Colella S. “ArthropodaCyc”: a BioCyc database powered by CycADS to study and compare the metabolism of arthropods. 5th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, Kansas City, USA. June 9-12, 2011. [P]

39. Rabatel A, Febvay G, Gaget K, Duport G, Rahbé Y, Charles H, Calevro F, Colella S: Transcriptome analysis of embryo development in a parthenogenetic and symbiotic insect model, the pea aphid. Integrative Post-Genomics – IPG 2010, Lyon, France. November 25-26, 2010. [P]

40. Rahbé Y, Parisot N, Gaget K, Colella S, Rabatel A, Calevro F, Duport G, Febvay G, Gabaldon T, Charles H: Genomic analysis of the transport function in the symbiotic system of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. 5th meeting GDRE-RA "Comparative genomics", Barcelone, Spain. November 16-17, 2010. [OP]

41. Sapountzis P, Duport G, Gaget K, Balmand S, Febvay G, Jaubert-Possamai S, Charles H, Rahbé Y, Colella S, Calevro F: Individual and compartment specific response to RNAi in aphids: each individual matters. Réseau Français de Biologie Adaptative des Pucerons 2010, Lyon, France. October 20-21, 2010. [OP]

42. Parisot N, Gaget K, Colella S, Rabatel A, Calevro F, Duport G, Febvay G, Gabaldon T, Charles H, Rahbé Y: Annotation et évolution des familles de transporteurs chez le puceron du pois (Acyrthosiphon pisum). Réseau Français de Biologie Adaptative des Pucerons 2010, Lyon, France. October 20-21, 2010. [OP]

43. Parisot N, Gaget K, Colella S, Rabatel A, Calevro F, Duport G, Febvay G, Gabaldon T, Charles H, Rahbé Y: Analyse génomique de la fonction de transport dans le système symbiotique du puceron du pois Acyrthosiphon pisum. 16ème Colloque de Biologie de l’Insecte - CBI-2010, Lyon, France. October 18-20, 2010. [P]

44. Sapountzis P, Duport G, Gaget K, Balmand S, Jaubert-Possamai S, Febvay G, Charles H, Rahbé Y, Colella S, Calevro F: Réponse tissu-spécifique au traitement par RNAi chez le puceron du pois : une étude cinétique à l’échelle de l’individu. 16ème Colloque de Biologie de l’Insecte - CBI-2010, Lyon, France. October 18-20, 2010. [P]

45. Rabatel A, Febvay G, Gaget K, Duport G, Rahbé Y, Charles H, Calevro F, Colella S: Caractérisation transcriptomique du développement embryonnaire et larvaire du puceron du pois Acyrthosiphon pisum. 16ème Colloque de Biologie de l’Insecte - CBI-2010, Lyon, France. October 18-20, 2010. [OP]

46. Legeai F, Colella S, Huerta-Cepas J, Gauthier JP, Vellozo A, Baa-Puyoulet P, Sagot MF, Gabaldon T, Collin O, Charles H et al: A tale of genome, annotations, metabolism and phylogenomics: the pea aphid genome resources. 10th Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory / Wellcome Trust conference "Genome Informatics"; Hinxton, UK. Septembre 15-19, 2010. [P]

47. Rabatel A, Febvay G, Masselot P, Gaget K, Duport G, Rahbé Y, Charles H, Calevro F, Colella S: Characterization of partenogenetic embryo development in the context of symbiosis using transcriptome analysis in the pea aphid model. EMBO Workshop “Systems Biology of Development” 2010, Ascona, Switzerland. August 16-20,  2010. [P]

48. Gallot A, Guernec G, Colella S, Charles H, Jaubert-Possamai S, Tagu D. Genes regulated in early embryogenesis during the switch from parthenogenetic to sexual reproduction in the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum). 4th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, Kansas City, KS,  USA. June 10-13, 2010. [P]

49. Sapountzis P, Duport G, Gaget K, Horn T, Boutros M, Febvay G, Jaubert-Possamai S, Charles H, Rahbé Y, Colella S et al: Single insect and tissue compartment specific response to RNAi microinjection in aphids: each individual matters. 4th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, Kansas City, KS,  USA. June 10-13, 2010. [P]

50. Colella S, Vellozo A, Cottret L, Febvay G, Calevro F, Rahbé Y, Douglas AE, Sagot MF, Charles H: AcypiCyc (Acyrthosiphon pisum Cyc database): a model database to visualize and study the metabolic network underlying the pea aphid-Buchnera symbiosis. 6th International Symbiosis Society (ISS) Congress, Madison, WI, USA. August 9-15, 2009. [P]

51. Rabatel A, Bendridi N, Duport G, Rey M, Colella S, Rahbé Y, Charles H, Febvay G, Calevro F. Besoins en acides aminés des embryons de femelles parthénogénétiques du puceron du pois. Réseau Français de Biologie Adaptative des Pucerons 2009, Paris, France. June 24-25, 2009. [OP]

52. MacDonald SJ, Ramsey J, Jander G, Nakabachi A, Thomas GH, Wilson ACC, Ashton PD, Calevro F, Charles H, Colella S et al. The power of combining genome annotation and systems level modeling. 5th Meeting of the International Aphid Genomics Consortium "Pea Aphid Genome Annotation Workshop 2"; Barcelona, Spain. June, 2009. [OP]

53. Wilson ACC, Ashton P, Calevro F, Charles H, Colella S, Febvay G, Jander G, Kushlan PF, MacDonald SJ, Schwartz JF et al. Genomic insight into the amino acid relations of the pea aphid with its symbiotic bacterium Buchnera aphidicola. 8th  International Symposium on Aphids (8 ISA 2009), Catania, Italy. June 8-12 , 2009. [OP]

54. Rabatel A, Bendridi N, Duport G, Rey M, Colella S, Bermingham J, Rahbé Y, Wilkinson T, Charles H, Febvay G et al. Metabolic requirements in essential amino acids in parthenogenetic pea aphid embryos. 8th  International Symposium on Aphids (8 ISA 2009), Catania, Italy. June 8-12 , 2009. [OP]

55. Colella S, Vellozo A, Cottret L, Febvay G, Calevro F, Rahbé Y, Sagot MF, Charles H. AcypiCyc (Acyrthosiphon pisum Cyc database) and CycADS (Cyc Annotation Database System): moving from genome sequence annotation to metabolic network analyses. 8th  International Symposium on Aphids (8 ISA 2009), Catania, Italy. June 8-12 , 2009. [P]

56. Calevro F, Charles H, Fayard JM, Febvay G, Rahbé Y, Duport G, Vinuelas J, Rabatel A, Colella S, Laroche S, Brinza L, Cottret L. Interactions trophiques dans la symbiose puceron - Buchnera : Régulations transcriptionnelles de la réponse à la carence en acides aminés essentiels. Réseau Français de Biologie Adaptative des Pucerons 2008, Paris, France. January 29-30 , 2008. [OP]

57. Colella S, Vellozo A, Cottret L, Febvay G, Calevro F, Rahbé Y, MacDonald SJ, Ashton P, Douglas AE, Thomas GH, Sagot MF, Charles H. Annotation of metabolism genes: towads the implementation of an Acyrthosiphon pisum Cyc database (ApsCyc) to perform metabolic network analyses. 4th Meeting of the International Aphid Genomics Consortium "Pea Aphid Genome Annotation Workshop 1", Princetown, NY, USA. July, 2008. [P]

58. Vellozo A, Colella S, Cottret L, Febvay G, Calevro F, Rahbé Y, Sagot MF, Charles H. Development of the Acyrthosiphon pisum Cyc database (ApsCyc): from genome sequence to metabolic network analyses. Integrative Post-Genomics – IPG 2008, Lyon, France. November, 2008. [P]

59. Charles H, Calevro F, Colella S, Fayard JM, Febvay G, Rahbé Y, Duport G, Laroche S, Vinuelas J, Brinza L, Rabatel A, Vellozo A, Ahmed A, Sagot MF, Cottret L, Gautier C, Lacroix V, Genieys S, Volpert V, Pujo-Menjouet L. Caractérisation et modélisation de la « fonction symbiotique » de Buchnera aphidicola chez le puceron du pois Acyrthosiphon pisum. Séminaire INRA AgroBI, Bordeaux, France. December, 2008. [OP]

60. Colella S, Yau C, Taylor J, Mirza G, Butler H, Clouston P, Basset AS, Seller A, Holmes C, Ragoussis J. QuantiSNP: an Objective Bayes Hidden Markov Model (OB-HMM) to identify and map copy number variation in the genome using Whole Genome Genotyping SNP array data. Genomics Disorders 2007, Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK. March 2007. [P]

61. Colella S, Yau C, Taylor J, Mirza G, Butler H, Clouston P, Basset AS, Seller A, Holmes C, Ragoussis J. Validation of the Infinium™ Whole Genome Genotyping assay for segmental aneuploidy profiling. 2006 American Society of Human Genetics, New Orleans, LA, USA. October 9-13, 2006. [P]

62. Ragoussis J, Marcelline L, Viprakasit V, Smile S, Gibbons RJ, Higgs DR, Colella S. High-throughput detection and quantification of CpG sites methylation levels in the genome using MASSCleave technology. 2005 American Society of Human Genetics, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. October 25-29, 2005. [P]

63. Krahe R, Tuna M, Bachinski LL, Zhang B, Colella S, Luthra R, Lozano G, Strong LC.  Genomic and epigenetic profiling of p53 and non-p53 Li-Fraumeni syndrome tumors reveals multiple hits in the p53 pathway. 2005 American Society of Human Genetics, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. October 25-29, 2005. [P]

64. Colella S, Marcelline L, Viprakasit V, Smile S, Gibbons RJ, Higgs DR, Ragoussis J. MassCleave and MassExtend assays to detect and quantify CpG sites methylation levels in the genome. ESF Functional Genomics Conference, Oslo, Norway. September 06-09, 2005. [P]

65. Richards KL*, Colella S*, Baggerly KA, Tsavachidis S, Lang JC, Schuller DE, Krahe R. Genomic and transcriptomic profiling of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) identifies a genetically distinct subgroup of head and neck cancers. ASCO 41st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA. May 13-17, 2005. [P]

66. Richards KL*, Colella S*, Baggerly KA, Tsavachidis S, Lang JC, Schuller DE, Krahe R. Genomic and transcriptomic profiling of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) identifies a genetically distinct subgroup of head and neck cancers. AACR Special Conference, Oncogenomics 2005: Dissecting Cancer Through Genome Research, San Diego, CA, USA. February 2-5, 2005. [P]

67. Tuna M*, Colella S*, Rhee J, Zhang B, Tsavachidis S, Baggerly KA, Krahe R. Integrated genomic and transcriptomic profiling of oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines and primary tumors identifies novel tumorigenesis-associated genes. AACR Special Conference, Oncogenomics 2005: Dissecting Cancer Through Genome Research, San Diego, CA, USA. February 2-5, 2005. [P]

68. Ruteshouser EC, Hendrickson BW, Colella S, Krahe R, Huff V. Genome-wide loss of heterozygosity analysis of WT1-wildtype and WT1-mutant Wilms tumors. 2004 American Society of Human Genetics Meeting, Toronto, Canada. October 26-30, 2004. [P]

69. Stefanini M, Oneda R, Nardo T, Colella S, Negrini S, Botta E, Lehmann AR, Fawcett H, Mallery D. From clinical features to molecular defects: lack of clear genotype-phenotype relationships in Cockayne syndrome. Workshop on Cockayne syndrome and related disorders of DNA repair and transcription: from bench to bedside and back. Sponsored by the NIH Office of Rare Diseases, the National Institute of Aging and the National Cancer Institute. Washington, USA. May 23-26, 2004.

70. Krahe R, Sirito M, Colella S, Ashizawa T, Virtaneva K, Bassez G, Eymard B, Udd B, Wright FA. DM1 and DM2 trascriptome profiling reveals global gene expression changes. “New Directions in Biology of Disease of Skeletal Muscle” NIH Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA. January 25-28, 2004.

71. Krahe R, Hendrickson BW, Colella S, Alam R, Wright FA, Huff V.  Genome anatomy of Wilms’ Tumor: genome-wide LOH analysis reveals unique signatures and tumor subgroups. 2003 American Society of Human genetics Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA. November 3-9, 2003. [P]

72. Krahe R, Colella S, Sirito M, Ashizawa T, Bassez G, Eymard B, Udd B, Wright FA, Virtaneva K. DM1 and DM2 trascriptome profiling reveals global gene expression changes. The 4th International Myotonic Dystrophy Conference (IDMC-4), Glasgow, UK. April 10-12, 2003. [OP]

73. Colella S, Baggerly KA, Wen S, Do K-A, Zhou X, Lee JJ, Shen L, Issa JP, Virtaneva K, Hong W-K., El-Naggar AK, Lang JC, Schuller DE, Krahe R. Global profiling of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) reveals different clinical subgroups and new insights in HNSCC tumorigenesis. 2003 Oncogenomics Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA January 29- February 2, 2003. [P]

74. Hendrickson BW, Colella S, Alam R, Huff V, Krahe, R. Genome-wide LOH Analysis of Wilms Tumor (WT) Reveals Complex and Unique Signatures that Identify Tumor Subgroups. 2002 Oncogenomics Conference, Dublin, Ireland. May 1-5, 2002. [P]

75. Colella S, Davuluri RV, Dharmonolla C, Lozano G, Krahe R. Combination of Expression Profiling of p53 knock-out Mouse Embryo Fibroblasts (MEFs) and in silico Data Mining for p53 Responsive Elements to Identify Novel Putative p53 Transcriptional Targets. 2002 Oncogenomics Conference, Dublin, Ireland. May 1-5, 2002. [P]

76. Colella S, Clarke JW, Baggerly KA, Virtaneva K, Bonner A, Lang JC, Schuller DE, Krahe R. Global RNA profiling of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas reveals specific tumor signatures. 2002 AACR Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. April 6-10, 2002. [P]

77. Krahe R, Colella S, Ashizawa T, Udd B, Wright FA, Virtaneva K. Microarray-based expression profiling of gene expression changes in DM1 and DM2. The 3rd International Myotonic Dystrophy Conference (IDMC-3), Kyoto, Japan. October 9-11, 2001. [OP]

78. Ruediger R, Huong TP, Colella S, Ohgaki H, Yang F, Nakamura M, Fujisawa H, Kleihues P, Walter G. Disruption of PP2A subunit interaction in human cancer caused by mutation or reduced expression of the A subunit. 2001 Salk Institute/EMBL  Meeting on Oncogenesis and Growth Control, La Jolla, CA, USA. August 18-22, 2001. [P]

79. Kleihues P, Huang H, Colella S, Ohgaki H. Gene expression profiling og diffuse astrocytomas by cDNA arrays. AACR 92st annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA. March 24-28, 2001. [P]

80. Negrini S, Colella S, Nardo T, Botta E, Lehmann AR, Stefanini M. Molecular alteration in patients affected by cockayne syndrome group A. Workshop on DNA repair; interplay with other cellular processes, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherland. February 25-March 2, 2001. [P]

81. Ohgaki H, Fujisawa H, Huang H, Nakamura M, Colella S, Kleihues P. Genetic alterations involved in the evolution and progression of diffuse astrocytomas. Society of neuro-oncology 5th annual meeting, Chicago, IL, USA. November 9-12, 2000. [P]

82. Negrini S, Nardo T, Botta E, Colella S, Lehmann AR, Stefanini M. Molecular alteration in patients affected by Cockayne Syndrome group A.  VIII Convegno annuale della societa Italiana di mutagenesi ambientale, Mondello, Italy. October 18-21, 2000. [P]

83. Negrini S, Nardo T, Botta E, Colella S, Lehmann AR, Stefanini M. Molecular analysis of mutations in the CSA gene in patients with Cockayne Syndrome. Convegno del gruppo di cooperazione in Neuroscience Molecolari, Milano, Italy September 14-15, 2000. [P]

84. Kleihues P, Huang H, Colella S , Ohgaki H. Gene expression profiling of diffuse astrocytomas by cDNA arrays. 14th International  congress of Neuropathology, Birmingham, UK. September, 2000. [P]

85. Nakamura M, Ohgaki H, Fujisawa H, Kleihues P, Yang F, Colella S, Reis RM. Loss of heterozygosity on chromosomes 10,19 and 13q in primary and secondary glioblastomas. AACR 91st annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA. April 1-5, 2000. [P]

86. Nardo T, Colella S, Negrini S, Lehmann AR, Stefanini M. Clinical,cellular and molecular features of Italian patients affected by Cockayne Syndrome. VII Convegno annuale della società Italiana di mutagenesi  Ambientale SIMA, Cortona, Italy. October 6-8, 1999. [P]

87. Stefanini M, Nardo T, Colella S, Navazza V, Pietra D, Negrini S, Mallery D, Lehmann AR. Molecular  defect in patients with Cockayne Syndrome. Gordon research conference on Mammalian DNA repair, Ventura, CA, USA. February 7-12, 1999. [P]

88. Stefanini M, Colella S, Nardo T, Negri C, Pedrini MA, Scovassi AI. Genetic, molecular and functional characterisation of Cockayne Syndrome, a transcription defective hereditary disease. VII Convention Telethon, Rome, Italy. November 15-17, 1998. [P]

89. Stefanini M, Mallery D, Colella S, Nardo T, Lehmann AR. Molecular defect in patients with Cockayne's Syndrome. DNA repair: Bacteria to humans Conference, Warrenton, VA, USA. April 16-18, 1998. [P]

90. Colella S, Nardo T, Mallery D, Lehmann AR, Stefanini M. Molecular analysis  of Cockayne Syndrome patients. Convegno Associazione Genetica Italiana (AGI), Italy. 1998. [P]

91. Stefanini M, Colella S, Nardo T, Negri C, Pedrini MA, Scovassi AI. Genetic molecular and functional characterisation of Cockayne Syndrome , a transcription defective hereditary disease. VI Convention Telethon, Bologna, Italy. November 16-18, 1997. [P]

92. Colella S, Tanganelli B, Nardo T, Mallery D, Lehmann AR, Stefanini M. Analysis of the molecular defect in patients with cockayne's syndrome complementation group B. 11th European  conference on advanced technology and biotechnology for the clinical laboratory, Milan  Italy. October 21-24, 1997. [P]

93. Colella S, Tanganelli B, Nardo T, Mallery D, Lehmann AR, Stefanini M. Analisi del difetto molecolare in pazienti al gruppo B della sindrome di cockayne. Convegno congiunto AGI-SIMA(Associazione di Genetica Italiana-Associazione Italiana di Mutagenesi Ambientale). Orvieto, Italy. September, 1997. [P]

94. Colella S, Tanganelli B, Nardo T, Mallery D, Lehmann AR, Stefanini M. Analysis of the molecular defect in patients belonging to the group B of Cockayne Syndrome. 7th International conference on environmental mutagenesis. Toulouse France. September 7-12, 1997. [P]

95. Colombo S, Dono M, Colella S, Gazzola P, Roncella S, Mancardi GS, Ferrarini M. Caratterizzazione dei linfociti B nel liquor di pazienti con sclerosi multipla. XIV Meeting Gruppo di Cooperazione in Immunologia, Ancona, Italy June, 1997. [P]

96. Colella S, Egeo A, Baffico M, Fumagalli P, Rasore-Quartino A, Nizetic D, Taramelli R, Scartezzini P. Identification and characterization of a new human gene located in down syndrome critical region of chromosome 21 and differentially expressed in fetal heart and skeletal muscle. European Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, London, U.K. April 11-13, 1996. [P]

97. Scartezzini P, Egeo A, Colella S, Baffico M, Fumagalli P, Taramelli R, Rasore-Quartino A. Identificazione di geni ad espressione tessuto specifica mediante cDNA selection. X Congresso FISME (Federazione Italiana per lo Studio delle Malattie Ereditarie), Spoleto, Italy. September 20-23, 1995. [P]

98. Perroni L, Colella S, Grasso M, Giussani MG, Bulfamante G, Dagna-Bricarelli F. Analisi della mutazione del gene fmr-1 nei tessuti di due feti maschi identificati in diagnosi prenatale. X Congresso FISME (Federazione Italiana per lo Studio delle Malattie Ereditarie), Spoleto, Italy. September 20-23, 1995. [P]

99. Grasso M, Perroni L, Lituania M, Colella S, Lo Nigro C, Piombo G, Dagna-Bricarelli F. Diagnosi prenatale di Sindrome di Martin-Bell. X Congresso FISME (Federazione Italiana per lo Studio delle Malattie Ereditarie), Spoleto, Italy. September 20-23, 1995. [P]

        * These authors contributed equally to this work.