Identification and functional studies of genes associated with vernalization and floral transition in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L).

Doctorate (PhD) in Biochemistry
Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, 2006 - ?

Master’s (MSc) in Biology
Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, 2006

Bachelor’s (BSc) in Biochemistry
Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, 2003

Technical Diploma in Biological Analysis
École Supérieure Polytechnique, Sénégal, 1998

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Diallo, A., Kane, N.A., Agharbaoui, Z., Badawi, M. and Sarhan, F. (2010) Heterologous expression of Wheat VERNALIZATION 2 (TaVRN2) gene in Arabidopsis delays flowering and enhances freezing tolerance. PLoS ONE 5: e8690. [PDF] [Suppl 1] [Suppl 2] [Suppl 3]

Houde, M. and Diallo, A.O. (2008) Identification of genes and pathways associated with aluminum stress and tolerance using transcriptome profiling of wheat near-isogenic lines. BMC Genomics 9:400. [PDF] [Suppl 1] [Suppl 2] [Suppl 3]

Kane, N.A.*, Agharbaoui, Z.*, Diallo, A.O., Adam, H., Tominaga, Y., Ouellet, F. and Sarhan, F. (2007) TaVRT2 represses the transcription of the wheat vernalization gene TaVRN1. The Plant Journal 51: 670-680. [PDF] [Suppl 1]
* equal contribution

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Diallo, A.O. (2008) Wheat VERNALIZATION 2 (TaVRN2) delays flowering and enhances freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. 2nd Annual Montreal Plant Meeting, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Diallo, A.O., Kane, N.A, Agharbaoui, Z., Badawi, M. and Sarhan, F. (2008) Expression of wheat VERNALIZATION 2, TaVRN2 delays flowering and enhances freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. Annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists, Ottawa, Canada.

OTHER SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS

Diallo, A.O., Kane, N.A., Agharbaoui, Z., Badawi, M. and Sarhan F. (2009) The Wheat VERNALIZATION 2 (TaVRN2) delays flowering and enhances freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Phycological Society of America, Honolulu, USA.

Diallo, A.O. and Houde, M. (2008) New pathways associated with aluminum stress and tolerance are identified using microarrays in wheat. Annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists, Ottawa, Canada.

Adam, H., Kane, N.A., Agharbaoui, Z., Diallo, A.O., Tominaga, Y. and Sarhan, F. (2006) TaVRT-2 is the major flowering repressor that regulates the expression of the wheat vernalization gene VRN-1. Annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists, Boston, USA.

Diallo, A.O., Kane, N.A., Agharbaoui, Z. and Sarhan, F. (2005) The VRN-2 gene in hexaploid wheat: Molecular characterization and regulation staudies. Annual meeting of CCPB, Edmonton, Canada.

Kane, N.A., Danyluk, J., Tardif, G., Diallo, A.O., Laliberté, J.F., Limin, A.E., Fowler, D.B. and Sarhan, F. (2004) TaVRT-2, a MADS-box negatively regulated by vernalization, is part of the floral inductive pathways in hexaploid wheat. Second Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop, Québec, Canada.

Diallo, A.O. (2006) TITLE. M.Sc. thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal.

Diallo, A.O. (2006) Characterization of the vernalization 2 (vrn2) gene from hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). M.Sc. thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal.