Marc Galland
Plant Researcher Chargé De Recherche (IGEPP INRAE, Le Rheu, Rennes)
Rennes, Brittany, France
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Top SchoolMarc Galland is a plant researcher and data-savvy scientist with 11 years of experience bridging molecular plant biology, omics and computational genomics. Currently a Chargé de Recherche at INRAE Le Rheu, he investigates genetic and molecular resistance in pea and faba bean to aphids using comparative biology, multi-omics and AI-driven candidate discovery. His trajectory includes postdoctoral work on tomato and rice systems, hands-on bioinformatics at the University of Amsterdam, and founding a genomics services company, reflecting both academic depth and applied R&D. He also led a local computational biology community and served as liaison to a university Data Science Center, underlining his commitment to reproducible workflows and researcher training. Marc combines field-relevant breeding resources and rich germplasm with machine learning to pursue sustainable protein cropping and reduced deforestation through European crop substitution. Notably, he blends experimental wet-lab expertise with practical data stewardship, making him effective at translating complex omics into actionable resistance targets.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Licence, Biologie, Licence, Biologie at Université Jean Monnet Saint-EtienneResearch Doctorate, Plant Molecular Biology, Research Doctorate, Plant Molecular Biology at Université Montpellier 2
English, Spanish, Dutch
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Github Skills (90)
seq10
tidyr10
genomics10
alpha10
r10
dplyr10
open-science10
scripting10
rails10
sequencing10
rstudio10
bioinformatics10
react10
annotate9
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
BleekerLab/protocols
Jan 2017 - Nov 2020
Contributions:3 PRs, 130 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 9 months
biologymolecularbioinformaticsmolecular-biologyprotocols
carpentries-incubator/open-science-with-r
Aug 2019 - Oct 2021
Carpentry-style lesson on how to use R, RStudio together with git & Github to promote Open Science practices.
Contributions:103 commits, 5 PRs, 46 pushes in 2 years 2 months
rrstudioopen-sciencecarpentriesdata-science
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