To Thi Mai Huong

2007 –  2010

Doctor in Food science and Biotechnology  

University of Burgundy, France

French government scholarship

2009 –  2010

Master  Business of Administration (double courses alternance) 

Dijon Institute of Business Administration (IAE Dijon), France

Burgundy regional scholarship

2006 –  2007

Master in Food Science and Biotechnology  

National Institute of Agricultural Science, Food and Environment (Agrosup Dijon) French government scholarship

2001 – 2006

Engineer in Food Science and Technology 

Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam. AUF Excellence program

Jan.13 - now

Relevant Experience

Leader of Plant biotechnology team, Department of Life Sciences, USTH

Jun.11 – Jun.12

Postdoctoral fellow at French National Center for Scientific Research UMR 6022

- European Council FP7 ICON project : “A new metabolic pathway engineering to produce the branched-chain fatty acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for use in biolubrication”

Oct.07 – Dec.10

PhD Candidate fellow at Institute Jules Guyot, University of Burgundy (France)

- Project: “Membrane lipid composition in the Lactic Acid Bacteria under stress conditions: Physical role of the Cyclic Fatty Acid in Oenococcus oeni ATCC BAA1163 and Lactococcus lactis sub cremoris MG1363”

1.         Nga T P Mai, Duc Chung Mai, Van Hiep Nguyen, Quoc Khang Le, Viet Linh Duong, and Huong Thi Mai To*(2021). Discovery of new genetic determinants that inhibit rice growth under phosphate starvation using GWAS. Journal of Plant Physiology (ISSN 0176-1617). Volume 257, February 2021, page 153340.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153340

2.      Huong Thi Mai To, Khang Quoc Le, Hiep Van Nguyen, Linh Viet Duong, Hanh Thi Kieu, Quynh Anh Thi Chu, Trang Phuong Tran, Nga T. P. Mai (2020). A genome-wide association study reveals the quantitative trait locus and candidate genes that regulate phosphate efficiency in a Vietnamese rice collection. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants (ISSN: 0971-5894).  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-020-00902-2

3. Hieu Trang Nguyen, Huong To Thi Mai, Daniel Moukouanga, Michel Lebrun, Stephane Bellafiore, Antony Champion (2020). CRISPR/Cas9-mediateding gene editing in the jasmonate biosynthesis OsAOC gene in rice. Jasmonate in Plant Biology: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 2085. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0142-6_15

4. To Thi Mai Huong*, Nguyen H.T., Dang N.T.M., Bui T.X., Phung N.T.P., Lavarence J, Gantet P., Lebrun M., Bellafiore S. and Champion A. (2019) Unraveling genetic control of shoot and root growth of rice under jasmonate treatment conditions by genome wide association study. The Rice journal. 12(69). https://thericejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12284-019-0327-5

5. Hieu Trang Nguyen, Huong Thi Mai To, Michel Lebrun, Stephane Bellafiore, Antony Champion (2019). Jasmonates - the master regulator of rice development, adaptation and 
   defense. Plants. 8 (9) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31505882

6. Thi Mai Huong To, Cosette Grandvalet, Hervé Alexandre, Raphaëlle Tourdot-Maréchal (2015): Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase from Oenococcus oeni: Expression in Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris and Biochemical Characterization. Archive in Microbiology. 2015 Nov; 197(9):1063-74. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26294376

7. Chung D Mai, Nhung TP Phung, Huong TM To, Mathieu Gonin, Giang T Hoang, Khanh L Nguyen, Vinh N Do, Brigitte Courtois, Pascal Gantet (2014). Genes controlling root development in rice.  The Rice Journal, 7:30. http://www.thericejournal.com/content/7/1/30

8. Thi Mai Huong To, Cosette Grandvalet, Raphaëlle Tourdot-Maréchal (2011). “Cyclopropanation of membrane unsaturated fatty acids is not essential for acid adaptation in Lactococcus lactis”. Applied Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 77 no. 10, 3327-3334 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126440/

1. Le Thi Van Anh, Hoang Dinh Phuc, Nguyen Huong Giang, Pham Quynh Trang, Le Ho Nguyen, Nguyen Mai Quynh, Huong Thi Mai To* (2021). Agarose-Paraffin Double Embedding Assisted With 3D Printing For High Throughput Rice Root Sectioning. Journal of Biotechnology, 19(), volume 1, 2021 (Accepted)

2. Nga T.P. Mai, Khang Quốc Lê, Quỳnh Anh Thị Chu, Huong Thi Mai To*(2021). Genome wide association studies analyse the natural ability of uptaking the phosphate in Vietnamese rice landraces. Journal of Biotechnology, 19(1), volume 1, 2021. (Accepted)

3. Huong Thi Mai To*, Nga T. P. Mai, Minh Anh Ngo, Ngan Huyen Nguyen, Kieu Thi Hanh, Thi Trang Nguyen, Hien Thi Thu Vu, Dang Khanh Tran, Anh Thi Van Le, Trang Hieu Nguyen, Antony Champion (2019). Physiological And Molecular Comparative Analysis Of Two Contrasting Rice Varieties Under Jasmonic Acid Treatment. Journal of Biotechnology (ISBN 1811-4989). https://doi.org/10.15625/1811-4989/17/4/14428

     4.  Nguyen Van Phuong, Nguyen Thuy Linh, Trinh Dinh Duy, Tran Le Nam Khanh, Do
         Doan Thu Giang, Ta Thi Thuy Linh, Mai Thi Phuong Nga, To Thi Mai Huong, Mai
        Duc Chung, Chu Hoang Ha, Le Tran Binh (2021). Identification and evaluation of enzymes             gelatinase, amylase, and catalase produced by rice root endophytic bacteria isolated from Hai Duong             with antimicrobial properties against Xanthomonas oryzea pv. Oryzea. Academia Journal of         Biology 2021, 43(): 1–DOI: 10.15625/2615-9023/15906

5.  Nga T. P. Mai, Ngan Huyen Nguyen, Minh Anh Ngo, Phuong Nguyen, Michel Lebrun, Huong Thi Mai To* (2018). Investigating the genetic variability of 12 Vietnamese rice accessions (Oryza sativa L.) in response to phosphorus deficiency. Journal of Biotechnology. 16(4): 621-631, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15625/1811-4989/16/4/11016

6.  Ngan Huyen Nguyen, Nguyet Thi Minh Dang, Thai Xuan Bui, Hieu Trang Nguyen, Antony Champion, Huong Thi Mai To*(2018). Identification of the Genetic Control of Number of Crown Roots at the early developmental stage in rice. Proceedings of National Conference of Biotechnology 2018. Publishing house of Natural Science and Technology. p1398-1404

7. Nguyen Van Phuong, Mai Thi Phuong Nga, To Thi Mai Huong, Mai Duc Chung, Chu Hoang Ha, Le Tran Binh (2020). In vitro screening for plant growth promoting traits and antifungal activity against Magnaporthe oryzea from submerged rice root endophytic bacteria. Proceedings of 2000 Vietnam National Conference on Biotechnology. Publishing House of Hue University (ISBN: 978-604-974-562-1). p568-574

8. Ta Thi Thuy Linh, Mai Thi Phuong Nga, To Thi Mai Huong, Mai Duc Chung, Chu Hoang Ha, Le Tran Binh, Nguyen Van Phuong (2020). In vitro screening of siderophore-producers from upland rice root endophytic bacteria for antagonistic activities against Fusarium oxysporum and Xanthomonas oryzea pv. Oryzea. Proceedings of 2000 Vietnam National Conference on Biotechnology. Publishing House of Hue University (ISBN: 978-604-974-562-1). Page 114-120

1.      Huong Thi Mai To^1,2*, Hieu Trang Nguyen^2,3, Nguyet Thi Minh Dang^1,2 ,Thai Xuan Bui^1,2, Nhung Thi Phuong Phung², Ngan Huyen Nguyen², Jérémy Lavarence³, Pascal Gantet³, Michel Lebrun^1,2,3, Stephane Bellafiore³ , Antony Champion^3*. Genetic control of rice shoot and root growth under jasmonate treatment conditions by genome wide association study. Root research at the Forefront of Science International Symposium. Israel, July 2018.

2.      Huong Thi Mai To, Nguyet Thi Minh Dang,Thai Xuan Bui, Nhung Thi Phuong Phung, Ngan Huyen Nguyen, Hieu Trang Nguyen , Antony Champion^3*. Application of Genome wide association study for dissecting some interest trait in rice. National conference on Biotechnology. Hanoi, Oct 2018

3.      Nguyet Thi Minh Dang¹, Huong Thi Mai To^1*, Thai Xuan Bui¹, Nhung Thi Phuong Phung², Chung Duc Mai², Nga Phuong Mai¹, Hanh Thi Kieu¹, Antony Champion^3*.   Discovery of QTLs associated with the number of crown roots at early stage in Vietnamese rice collection using GWAS. 15th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics. Korea, Sept 2017

4.      Huong Thi Mai To^1*, Nguyet Thi Minh Dang¹, Thai Xuan Bui¹, Nhung Thi Phuong Phung², Chung Duc Mai², Nga Phuong Mai¹, Hanh Thi Kieu¹, Antony Champion^3*. GWAS reveals new QTLs for the sensitivity to Jasmonic Acid linked to plant growth and stress tolerance in Vietnamese rice collection. Workshop “Developing Abiotic stress resistance for rice”. Newton Fund, Sep 2017 

5.      Le Khanh Nguyen, Francois Sabot, Daniel Moukouanga, Thi Phuong Nhung Phung, Thi Mai Huong To, Laurent Laplaze, Michel Lebrun, Pascal Gantet, Brigitte Courtois. Characterization of a QTL detected in Vietnamese rice collection by GWAS and related to crown root development. 14th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics. Montpellier, Sept 2016

6.      Thi Giang Hoang, Thi Mai Huong To, Mathieu Gonin, Jeremy Lavarence, Duc Chung Mai, Boris Parizot, Tom Beeckman, Michel Lebrun, Antony Champion, Laurent Laplaze, Pascal Gantet. Research of CRL1-regulated genes that complement crl1 mutant for the formation of crown roots. 14th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics. Montpellier, Sept 2016

7.      To Thi Mai Huong, Elkassis Elie, Frederic Beaudoin, Thomasset Brigitte: “A new metabolic pathway engineering to produced branched chain fatty acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”.  20th International Symposium on Plant Lipids, Séville, 8-13 July 2012, Spain

8.      TO Thi-Mai-Huong, Grandvalet Cosette, Tourdot-Marechal Raphaëlle: “Cyclopropanation of membrane unsaturated fatty acids is not primordial in acid stress response of Lactococcus lactis”.  Club des Bactéries Lactiques CBL 2010. 27-29 October 2010. Nancy, France

9.      Thi Mai Huong To, Cosette Grandvalet, Thu Ha Nguyen, Raphaëlle Tourdot-Maréchal : «  Rôle des acides gras cycliques (CFAs) membranaires dans l’adaptation à l’acidité chez les bactéries lactiques. Etude du gène cfa–codant la CFA Synthase ». 16^th Forum for Young Researchers. June 2010. Besançon, France.

10.  TO Thi-Mai-Huong, Grandvalet Cosette, Alexandre Hervé, Tourdot-Marechal Raphaëlle: “Membrane fatty acid cyclisation in relation with lactic acid bacteria stress response”. 15^th Forum for Young Researchers. 25-27 June 2009. Dijon, France

11.  TO Thi-Mai-Huong, Grandvalet Cosette, Alexandre Hervé, Tourdot-Marechal Raphaëlle: “Characterization of the O. oeni cfa gene by heterologous complementation of the Lactococcus lactis cfa-deficient strain”.    1^st International conference in « Microbial stress - from molecules to systems ». 7-10^th May 2009. Semmering, Austria

1.   May 2018. [France].  Workshop training on “Genome editing in Agriculture”. Travel grant funded by CIRAD Montpellier, France.

2.   Sept. 2017. [France]. Workshop training on “Omics Comparative”. Travel grant funded by CIRAD, Montpellier.

3.   June 2017. [France]. Workshop training on “Analysing and modelling phenotypes for challenging environments. Travel grant funded by CIRAD, Montpellier.