The teacher-searchers

Plant Sciences and Agronomy Department

• Molecular Genetics
• Plant Physiology
• Cell Biology

• Plant response to stress
• Cell signaling
• Stomatal movement
• Molecular physiology

ORCID
ID: 0000-0001-9302-2556
IDHAL: olivier-rodrigues

Head of fourth-year Research program

• PhD in Integrative Plant Biology, Montpellier SupAgro
• Master’s Degree in Functional Plant Biology, University of Montpellier
• Master’s Degree in Agrosciences, University of Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse
• Bachelor’s Degree in Cell Biology, University of Provence, Marseille

• 2018–2020: Postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. Study of the control of stomatal dynamics and plant resistance to water stress and pathogen attack.
• 2015–2017: Temporary teaching and research assistant (ATER) at the University of Montpellier. Courses in plant physiology, cell biology and biotechnology. Investigation of the role of ethylene signaling in plant development in the presence of microorganisms.
• 2011–2014: Thesis, IPSIM, Montpellier: “Roles of Arabidopsis thaliana guard cell aquaporins in the transport of water and hydrogen peroxide.”

• Melotto, M., Fochs, B., Jaramillo Z., Rodrigues, O. (In press). Fighting for survival at the Stomatal Gate. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. by Melotto M., Fochs B., Jaramillo Z., Rodrigues O. (2024). Fighting for survival at the Stomatal Gate. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol, 75(1), 551–577. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-070623-091552
• Hou, S., Rodrigues, O., Liu, Z., Shan, L., & He, P. (2024). Small holes, big impact: Stomata in plant-pathogen-climate epic trifecta. Molecular plant, 17(1), 26–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.11.011
• Liu, Z., Hou, S., Rodrigues, O., Wang, P., Luo, D., Munemasa, S., Lei, J., Liu, J., Ortiz-Morea, F. A., Wang, X., Nomura, K., Yin, C., Wang, H., Zhang, W., Zhu-Salzman, K., He, S. Y., He, P., & Shan, L. (2022). Phytocytokine signalling reopens stomata in plant immunity and water loss. Nature, 605(7909), 332–339. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04684-3
• Rodrigues, O., & Shan, L. (2022). Stomata in a state of emergency: H2O2 is the target locked. Trends in plant science, 27(3), 274–286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.10.002
• Babilonia, K., Wang, P., Liu, Z., Jamieson, P., Mormile, B., Rodrigues, O., Zhang, L., Lin, W., Danmaigona Clement, C., Menezes de Moura, S., Alves-Ferreira, M., Finlayson, S. A., Loring Nichols, R., Wheeler, T. A., Dever, J. K., Shan, L., & He, P. (2021). A non-proteinaceous Fusarium cell wall extract triggers receptor-like protein-dependent immune responses in Arabidopsis and cotton. The New Phytologist, 230(1), 275–289. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17146
• Rodrigues, O., Reshetnyak, G., Grondin, A., Saijo, Y., Leonhardt, N., Maurel, C., & Verdoucq, L. (2017). Aquaporins facilitate hydrogen peroxide entry into guard cells to mediate ABA- and pathogen-triggered stomatal closure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(34), 9200–9205. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704754114
• Maurel, C., Verdoucq, L., & Rodrigues, O. (2016). Aquaporins and plant transpiration. Plant, cell & environment, 39(11), 2580–2587. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12814
• Grondin, A., Rodrigues, O., Verdoucq, L., Merlot, S., Leonhardt, N., & Maurel, C. (2015). Aquaporins Contribute to ABA-Triggered Stomatal Closure through OST1-Mediated Phosphorylation. The Plant cell, 27(7), 1945–1954. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.15.00421
• Verdoucq, L., Rodrigues, O., Martinière, A., Luu, D. T., & Maurel, C. (2014). Plant aquaporins on the move: reversible phosphorylation, lateral motion and cycling. Current opinion in plant biology, 22, 101–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2014.09.011
• Rakotoniaina NF., Vander Cruyssen A., Romeo-Oliván A., Chervin C., Jacques A., Rodrigues O. (2025) Stomatal movements examination: a new model to reveal interactions between grapevine and Phaeomoniella chlamydospora, an esca-associated pathogen. J. Plant Growth Regul. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-025-11700-z

Internal Research Unit UPR PPGV (Plant Physiology, Pathology and Genetics)