Ecole Universitaire de Recherche de Sciences des Plantes de Paris-Saclay

Plants are a major stake for our societies in terms of biological models, sources of biodiversity, basis of the food chains and for the sustainable production of raw materials and molecules of interest for health, well-being, industry, agriculture and the environment.

SPS-GSR research activities concern the genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms that control plant physiology and development as well as their interactions with fluctuating biotic or abiotic environments. These studies extend from molecules to the entire plant and use the concepts and tools of biochemistry, biophysics, imaging, molecular biology, genetics, evolution, cell biology, modelling, ecophysiology, and bioinformatics. They are multidisciplinary by nature and oriented towards the construction of an integrative biology.

Our community brings together about 700 people (57 teams and 5 institutes from 8 institutions of research (INRAE, CNRS, and CEA) and education (AgroParisTech, Univ. Paris-Cité, UEVE, UVSQ, and Université Paris-Saclay (UPSaclay)), with dedicated Master’s, Engineer and PhD programs in Plant Sciences. The UPSaclay is at the 15^th position of global Shanghai ranking 2023 (1^st for continental Europe, 11^th in Agricultural Sciences) and one of the European's leading campuses of research and education in Agriculture and, more specifically, "Plant Sciences", with respect to size, impact and academic quality.

Our main objective is to build on the strengths of our community to make UPSaclay one of the best universities in the world for “Plant Sciences” through the three following components: (1) fundamental and applied research, (2) education and training to and through research, and (3) innovation and transfer. Funding and coordination of the activities of the various partners within SPS-GSR will facilitate the establishment of new interactions between research and training and the internationalization of our teaching programs.