Jean RIVOAL

Professor Jean RIVOAL holds a full professorship at the University of Montreal's Department of Biological Sciences within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He is affiliated with the Institut de recherche en biologie végétale (IRBV) and teaches courses such as Plant Physiology and Redox Biology. His research focuses on regulatory mechanisms of plant primary metabolism under environmental stress, particularly glycolytic pathway dynamics in non-photosynthetic tissues like roots and cell cultures. Key techniques include enzyme characterization, metabolic flux analysis, and transgenic plant studies. RIVOAL has supervised numerous graduate students and leads grants on metabolic control, stress adaptation, and biotechnology applications. His lab investigates redox regulation, protein modifications, and phosphorylation effects on enzyme activity. Collaborative projects include SEVE research center initiatives and equipment grants for centrifuges and analytical tools.

• Education: Expertise in plant biochemistry and metabolism, with a focus on enzymatic and genetic regulation.
• Grants: Holds funding from CRSNG and FRQNT for projects on metabolic control analysis, stress response, and transgenic plant systems.
• Labs/Teams: Leads research in the IRBV, focusing on metabolic pathways and stress biology.

Research themes emphasize plant metabolic adaptation to abiotic stress, with studies on enzymes like glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and S-glutathionylation mechanisms. His work bridges biochemical analysis, genomics, and systems biology approaches to understand stress resilience in crops.