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Jean-Michel Ané
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3128-9439
Education |
B.S. University of Lyon (France) Molecular and Cellular Biology 1995
M.S. University of Toulouse (France) Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology 1997 Ph.D. University of Toulouse (France) Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology 2002 |
Professional Experience |
2014-present Full Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2010-2014 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004-2010 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2002-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis 1998-2002 Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Toulouse |
Patents |
Kirst M, Ané JM. Transgenic plants and methods of stimulating spontaneous nodule formation in non-legume plants. Patent pending.
Peters J, Mus F, Ané JM, Khokhani D. Genetically Modified Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria and Uses Thereof. Patent pending. Ané JM, Wiley-Kalil A, Maeda J. Chitin Oligomers for use in promoting non-leguminous plant growth and development. The United States Patent Application Publication No. US 10,149,472 B2 published on December 11, 2018. Ané JM, Kiss GB, Penmetsa RV, Dénarié J, Cook DR. A gene controlling the establishment of rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbioses. The United States Patent Application Publication No. 20050081262 published April 14, 2005. |
Honors and Awards |
2025, American Academy of Microbiology Fellow
2024, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow 2023, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor Award 2020, Postdoctoral Mentor Award 2017, Kellett Mid-Career Award 2015, Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award 2014, Rothermel Bascom Professorship of Agronomy 2009, Honored Instructors Award, University Housing, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1998, « Agrégation » in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, French National Education, Competitive entry in the French National Education System for permanent teaching positions 1993, Fellow of the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS-Lyon) |
Funding |
National Science Foundation (NSF) -Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)
National Science Foundation (NSF) - Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Hatch Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) John Innes Centre (JIC) - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Pivot Bio Valent BioSciences Corporation Mars Inc. |
Professional Activities |
Member of the UW-Madison Symbiosis Cluster steering committee (2005 - 2020).
Associate Chair of the Agronomy Department (2012 – 2015). Chair of the Agronomy Building Committee (2006 – 2015). Served in various departmental committees for the Agronomy and Bacteriology departments. Member of the Research Advisory Committee for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) (2011 - 2015). Served on the UW Madison - Sophomore Research Fellowship Review Committee (2017 - now) and Wisconsin Crop Improvement Center (WCIC) Advisory Committee (2016 – now). Panel member for the USDA-NRI Biology of Plant-Microbe Associations (2006), the NSF-GRFP (2007) Panel member for the USDA-NRI Biology of Plant-Microbe Associations (2006), the NSF-GRFP (2007) and the US Department of Energy (2009). Grant proposal reviewer for the US National Science Foundation (NSF-IOS and NSF-MCB), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the US Department of Energy (DOE BER, BES and GLBRC), the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (Earth and Life Sciences section), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the “Fonds de Recherche du Quebec Nature et Technologies” (FRQNT), the European Research Council (ERC), the French National Research Agency (ANR), the Danish Council for Independent Research, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Monitoring Editor for Plant Physiology (2018 - now), Associate Editor Plant & Cell Physiology (2017 - now), Associate Editor for Frontiers in Plant Sciences and Frontiers in Microbiology (2014 - 2017). Article reviewer for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS), Trends in Plant Sciences, Trends in Cell Biology, The Plant Cell, Annals of Botany, FEBS Letters, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (MPMI), New Phytologist, Nature, Nature Plants, Mycorrhiza, BioEnergy Research, Journal of Experimental Botany, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, The Plant Journal, Plant Physiology, Plant Science, Plant and Soil, Plant Cell and Environment, Plant Cell and Physiology, Physiologia Plantarum, BioMed Central Plant Biology, BioMed Central Biology, BioMed Central Genomics, American Journal of Botany, Genetics, Symbiosis, Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, Journal of Plant Physiology, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, African Journal of Agricultural Research, Current Opinion in Plant Biology (COPB), Nature Review Microbiology, and Wiley Editions. Member of Scientific Advisory Boards (SAB) for Pivot Bio, Inc. (http://pivotbio.com/ ) and Valent Biosciences (https://www.valentbiosciences.com/ ). |
Teaching and Training |
Teaches a course every spring semester on The Microbiome of Plants, Animals, and Humans (MICROBIOLOGY/BOTANY/ANIMAL SCIENCES 335) with three two 50-minute lectures per week since 2017.
Taught a course on Plant Biotechnology Principles and Techniques (AGRONOMY/HORTICULTURE/BOTANY 339) including two 75-minute lectures per week and two 3-hour laboratory sessions per week. Taught annually from 2005 to 2017. Taught graduate student seminars: AGRONOMY/HORTICULTURE 957 in 2005, 2011, and 2021 as well as AGRONOMY 920/HORTICULTURE 910 in 2014. Invited lectures on plant – microbe symbioses for:
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Outreach |
Organized outreach activities for the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board, the Wisconsin Crop Improvement Association, the Family Horticulture day, the Organic Field Day, the Science Expeditions, Darwin day Tree of Life Explorations, Martin Luther King Day of Service, the French-American Science Festival (Chicago), Middle School Science Symposium, the Wisconsin Science Festival, the Madison Middle School Science Symposium, PLATO Frontiers in Life Sciences, Wednesday Nite @ The Lab, the Latino Senior Financial Aid Night, the Jr. MANNRS Leadership Institute, and the Madison Children’s Museum.
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Membership Information |
American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Wisconsin Soybean Association International Symbiosis Society (ISS) International Society of Plant Microbe Interactions (IS-MPMI) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
Media Appearances |
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Undergraduate, Graduate and Postdoctoral Trainin
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Trained more than 200 UW-Madison undergraduate students for Independent Studies (299), Special Problems (699), capstone experiences, honors theses or affiliated to the Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) program.
Undergraduate training through Summer Research Programs (Symbiosis SRP and Plant Biology SRP) student which offers training and research experience to undergraduate students from underrepresented groups. These students are coming from other universities. Graduate training: affiliation to the Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics (PBPG), the Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB), the Microbiology Doctoral Training Program (MDTP), the Genetics Ph.D. training program, Plant Pathology, Agronomy, and Agroecology graduate programs for which he gives lectures on plant-microbe symbiotic associations. Served on graduate committees for 63 graduate students. Member of the MDTP steering committee in 2008-2010 and 2018 to now. Member of the MDTP recruitment committee from 2016 to now. Member of the Genetics Ph.D. recruitment committee from 2018 to now. Member of the CMB Coordinating Committee from 2018 to now. |
Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors |
Jean Dénarié and Charles Rosenberg (Ph.D. Advisors, INRA Toulouse, France)
Douglas Cook (Postdoctoral Advisor, University of California Davis) |
Postdoctoral advisees |
Current Postdocs
Former Postdocs
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Thesis Advisees and Co-advisees |
Current Ph.D. students:
Former Ph.D. and M.S. students:
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Language Skills |
English and French
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Other Interests |
Family, camping, backpacking, archery and outdoors
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