Elena Martino

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Elena Martino is assistant professor at the Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology (http://www.dbios.unito.it/do/docenti.pl/Show?_id=emartino;sort=U2;search=;hits=201) (former Department of Plant Biology) - University of Turin. She got the Bachelor Degree in Natural Sciences (mark 110/110 cum laude et menzione) at the University of Turin on July 15, 1996, discussing a Master Degree report titled: “Morphological and functional characterization of symbiotic mycelia coming from a heavy metal contaminated site”. She got the Optime award from the Industrial Union of Turin and the award for the Best report in Natural Science for the Academic Year 1996/97. From 1997 to 1998 she was engaged in a Postgraduate Training Experience at the Department of Plant Biology of the University of Turin**,** obtaining a CNR (National Council of Research) grant concerning the thematic “Functional and genomic biodiversity of mycorrhizal fungi”. She got the PhD at the University of Turin on March 7, 2001, with a dissertation titled: “Interactions between ericoid mycorrhizal fungi and heavy metals”. During her PhD she spent two research periods abroad (Prof. G.M. Gadd Lab - Department of Biological Sciences - University of Dundee, Scotland, from March 1 to November 30, 1999; Dr. C. Azcon-Aguilar Lab - Zaidin Experimental Centre, Granada, Spain, from 3 to 11 August, 2000). On 2000 she got the Qualification to teach Natural Sciences, Geography and Microbiology at the Secondary School. She got a 1st level Bioinformatics Master at the University of Turin on February 7, 2002. Since November 1, 2002 she has a permanent position as assistant professor at the Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology of the University of Torino.

Since 2002 she has been involved in local University projects concerning the mechanisms regulating the interaction of soil fungi with different types of environmental contaminants and possible development of new bioremediation systems. She studied in particular the response of tolerant ericoid endomycorrhizal fungi coming from polluted sites to heavy metal stress. Through a proteomics approach, enzymes induced by heavy metals have been found, whose expression could partly explain the metal tolerance shown by these mycorrhizal fungi. From October 2003 to March 2004, she spent a research period in the Prof. P.D. Spanu Lab, Imperial College, London (UK), thanks to a fellowship from the National Academy of Lincei, working on fungal genetic transformation. She was able to stable genetically transform and visualize in planta an endomycorrhizal fungus for the first time. The possibility to genetically transform this fungus has been fundamental to unravel heavy metal tolerance mechanisms. From 2004 to 2006 she has been responsible for the subproject 3.3 (Endophytes and root associates as natural agents of bioremediation) of the Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Biosensing (CEBIOVEM) of the Department of Plant Biology, University of Turin. From 2002 to 2008 she was involved in a Piedmont Region project: “Asbestos hazard in Western Alps”, collaborating with Prof. B. Fubini (Chemistry Department, University of Turin) and with the Interdepartmental Centre for the Study of Asbestos and Others Dangerous Particulates G. Scansetti (Turin, Italy). Aim of the project was the study of the interaction between soil fungi and asbestos mineral fibres and the possible role of fungal microorganisms as detoxification agents. Interesting results were obtained and published, showing the ability of fungi to solubilize iron (one of the main responsible for asbestos toxicity), from the fibres. These results were commented on Nature Science Update, suggesting the interesting and important perspectives of this project.

In the period 2008-2012 she has been involved in a scientific collaboration with the group of Prof. M. Chalot and Dr. D. Blaudez (University of Nancy, France) including the participation to two different projects: (i) the Phytopop project (http://dendroremediation.univ-fcomte.fr/spip.php?rubrique5) with the purpose to explore poplar potential in phytoremediation processes. She was involved in the task aiming at identify mycorrhizal and endophytic fungi associated to poplar roots and at analyze their impact on the phytoremediation process; (ii) a project intended to investigate metal transporters in the ericoid endomycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius and to screen for metal tolerance an O. maius random-mutants collection. This collaboration was partly supported by a fellowship from the University of Turin (WWS - World Wide Style – project). Since 2010 she is involved in the international project “Exploring the Genome Diversity of Mycorrhizal Fungi to Understand the Evolution and Functioning of Symbiosis in Woody Shrubs and Trees” in the framework of the Mycorrhizal Genomics Initiative, MGI (https://jgi.doe.gov/the-mycorrhizal-genomics-initiative-or-exploring-tree-fungal-symbioses/) coordinated by Dr. F. Martin (INRAE / Université de Lorraine, Centre INRAE Grand Est Nancy) in collaboration with the Joint Genome Institute (JGI, California). Some results of this project have been published in Nature Genetics (http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v47/n4/full/ng.3223.html) and commented in the media (https://www.unito.it/comunicati_stampa/funghi-10-100-1000-genomi-ricercatrici-unito-su-nature-genetics).

In the framework of this collaboration, she got two projects funded by the Laboratoire d’excellence (Labex) ARBRE (Nancy, France) (Projets Incitatifs), the first one in 2013 (project title “Looking for effector symbiosis-related proteins in the ericoid endomycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius”) (https://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/ARBRE/?page_id=296) and the second one in 2019 (project title: "Isolation, identification, structural and functional characterization of new polyketides produced by the mycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius") (https://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/ARBRE/?page_id=296*).*

Since 2013 she develops part of her research activity at the Centre INRAE Grand Est Nancy (France) where she is hosted as invited researcher (https://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/IAM/?page_id=853).

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The Importance of Mycorrhizal Fungi and Their Associated Bacteria in Promoting Crops’ Performance: An Applicative Perspective

Miriana Bortolot , Beatrice Buffoni , Sonia Mazzarino , Gregory Hoff , Elena Martino et al.
Horticulturae, 2024, 10 (12), pp.1326. ⟨10.3390/horticulturae10121326⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05049433 v1

Frequency of the two mating types in the soil under productive and non-productive trees in five French orchards of the Périgord black truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.)

Juan Chen , Herminia de La Varga , Flora Todesco , Pauline Beacco , Elena Martino, et al.
Mycorrhiza, 2021, 31 (3), pp. 361-369. ⟨10.1007/s00572-020-01011-4⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03470614 v1
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Modulation of Plant and Fungal Gene Expression Upon Cd Exposure and Symbiosis in Ericoid Mycorrhizal Vaccinium myrtillus

Salvatore Casarrubia , Elena Martino , Stefania Daghino , Annegret Kohler , Emmanuelle Morin et al.
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020, 11, pp.341. ⟨10.3389/fmicb.2020.00341⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02905623 v1
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The virome from a collection of endomycorrhizal fungi reveals new viral taxa with unprecedented genome organization

Suvi Sutela , Marco Forgia , Eeva J Vainio , Marco Chiapello , Stefania Daghino et al.
Virus Evolution, 2020, ⟨10.1093/ve/veaa076⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03024031 v1
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Yeast expression of mammalian Onzin and fungal FCR1 suggests ancestral functions of PLAC8 proteins in mitochondrial metabolism and DNA repair

Stefania Daghino , Luigi Di Vietro , Luca Petiti , Elena Martino , Cristina Dallabona et al.
Scientific Reports, 2019, 9 (6629), ⟨10.1038/s41598-019-43136-3⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02948853 v1
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The Hydrophobin-Like OmSSP1 May Be an Effector in the Ericoid Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

Salvatore Casarrubia , Stefania Daghino , Annegret Kohler , Emmanuelle Morin , Hassine-Radhouane Khouja et al.
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018, 9, pp.1-14. ⟨10.3389/fpls.2018.00546⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01844910 v1

Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi and their genomes: another side to the mycorrhizal symbiosis?

Silvia Perotto , Stefania Daghino , Elena Martino
New Phytologist, 2018, 220 (4), pp.1141-1147. ⟨10.1111/nph.15218⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02989297 v1

Comparative genomics and transcriptomics depict ericoid mycorrhizal fungi as versatile saprotrophs and plant mutualists

Elena Martino , Emmanuelle Morin , Gwen-Aëlle Grelet , Alan Kuo , Annegret Kohler et al.
New Phytologist, 2018, 217 (3), pp.1213-1229. ⟨10.1111/nph.14974⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02080038 v1

Model systems to unravel the molecular mechanisms of heavy metal tolerance in the ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis

Stefania Daghino , Elena Martino , Silvia Perotto
Mycorrhiza, 2016, 26 (4), pp.263-274. ⟨10.1007/s00572-015-0675-y⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02988459 v1
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Ecologically Different Fungi Affect Arabidopsis Development: Contribution of Soluble and Volatile Compounds.

Salvatore Casarrubia , Sara Sapienza , Héma Fritz , Stefania Daghino , Maaria Rosenkranz et al.
PLoS ONE, 2016, 11 (12), pp.e0168236. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0168236⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01499062 v1
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New mutualistic fungal endophytes isolated from poplar roots display high metal tolerance

Laurence Lacercat-Didier , Charlotte Berthelot , Julie Foulon , Audrey Errard , Elena Martino et al.
Mycorrhiza, 2016, 26 (7), pp.657 - 671. ⟨10.1007/s00572-016-0699-y⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01512275 v1

Common and metal-specific proteomic responses to cadmium and zinc in the metal tolerant ericoid mycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius Zn

M. Chiapello , E. Martino , S. Perotto
Metallomics, 2015, 7 (5), pp.805-815. ⟨10.1039/c5mt00024f⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01579583 v1
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Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists

Annegret Kohler , Alan Kuo , Laszlo G. Nagy , Emmanuelle Morin , Kerrie W. Barry et al.
Nature Genetics, 2015, 47 (4), pp.410-U176. ⟨10.1038/ng.3223⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02639336 v1
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OmGOGAT-disruption in the ericoid mycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius induces reorganization of the N pathway and reduces tolerance to heavy-metals

H R Khouja , S Daghino , S Abbà , F Boutaraa , M Chalot et al.
Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2014, 71, pp.1-8. ⟨10.1016/j.fgb.2014.08.003⟩
Article dans une revue hal-01114970 v1

OmZnT1 and OmFET, two metal transporters from the metal-tolerant strain Zn of the ericoid mycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius, confer zinc tolerance in yeast

Radhouane Khouja, Hassine , Simona Abba, , Laurence Lacercat-Didier, , Stefania Daghino, , Didier Doillon, et al.
Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2013, 52, pp.53-64. ⟨10.1016/j.fgb.2012.11.004⟩
Article dans une revue hal-00943938 v1

Specific regions in the Sod1 locus of the ericoid mycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius from metal-enriched soils show a different sequence polymorphism

Marta Vallino , Elisa Zampieri , Claude Murat , Mariangela Girlanda , Sandro Picarella et al.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2011, 75 (2), pp.321 - 331. ⟨10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01003.x⟩
Article dans une revue hal-02649139 v1

Morphological analysis of early contacts between pine roots and two ectomycorrhizal Suillus strains

Paola Bonfante , R. Balestrini , Elena Martino , S. Perotto , Claude Plassard et al.
Mycorrhiza, 1998, 8, pp.1-10
Article dans une revue hal-02691145 v1

Characterization of polyketide synthases in an ericoid endomycorrhizal fungus using a molecular approach

Simone Belmondo , Stefania Daghino , Shingo Miyauchi , Gang Wu , Domitilla Meloni et al.
1st Conference for Young Botanists (CYBO), Feb 2020, Genova, Italy
Communication dans un congrès hal-03047783 v1

Molecular investigations of ericoid and orchid mycorrhizal fungi reveal new mycoviral taxa

Stefania Daghino , Suvi Sutela , Marco Forgia , Eeva J Vainio , Marco Chiapello et al.
115th Conference of the Italian Botanical Society,, Sep 2020, On-line, September 9-11, Italy
Communication dans un congrès hal-03047748 v1

The small secreted protein OmSSP1 is up-regulated in ericoid mycorrhiza and is involved in symbiosis

Stefania Daghino , Salvatore Casarrubia , Annegret Kohler , Emmanuelle Morin , Yohann Daguerre et al.
Effectome meeting XI, Nov 2018, Lauret, France
Communication dans un congrès hal-03047789 v1

Cd-regulated plant and fungal genes in the ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis

Salvatore Casarrubia , Elena Martino, , Stefania Daghino, , Annegret Kohler , Emmanuelle Morin et al.
Riunione annuale dei gruppi di lavoro SBI, Biologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Biotecnologie e Differenziamento, Jun 2018, Sanremo, Italy
Communication dans un congrès hal-03467505 v1

Comparative genomics and transcriptomics for understanding ericoid mycorrhizal fungi ecology

Elena Martino, , Emmanuelle Morin , Gwen-Aëlle Grelet , Annegret Kohler , Stefania Daghino et al.
9th International Conference on Mycorrhiza, ICOM9, Jul 2017, Prague, Czech Republic
Communication dans un congrès hal-03470193 v1

Oidiodendron maius: from the study of the tolerance mechanisms to the study of the interaction with the host plant

Elena Martino,
Invited seminar, Jan 2016, Hasselt, Belgium
Communication dans un congrès hal-03470225 v1

Phenotypic and genomic adaptation of the ericoid fungus Oidiodendron maius to heavy metals

Stefania Daghino, , Claude C. Murat , Stéphane de Mita , Elena Martino, , Francis M Martin et al.
13th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Apr 2016, Paris, France
Communication dans un congrès hal-03468346 v1

Polyketide synthases in the ericoid endomycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius

Simone Belmondo , Stefania Daghino , Shingo Miyauchi , Gang Wu , Domitilla Meloni et al.
15th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Feb 2020, ROME, Italy
Poster de conférence hal-02936036 v1

Modulation of plant and fungal gene expression upon Cd exposure and symbiosis in ericoid mycorrhizal Vaccinium myrtillus

Elena Martino, , Salvatore Casarrubia , Stefania Daghino , Annegret Kohler , Emmanuelle Morin et al.
115th Conference of the Italian Botanical Society, Sep 2020, online, Italy
Poster de conférence hal-03469225 v1

Genomic and phenotypic divergence among heavy metal tolerant and sensitive isolates of the ericoid fungus Oidiodendron maius

Stefania Daghino , Claude Murat , Stéphane de Mita , Elena Martino, , Francis Martin et al.
15th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG15), Feb 2020, Rome, Italy
Poster de conférence hal-03469262 v1

OmSSP1, a hydrophobin-like small secreted protein, is a putative effector in ericoid mycorrhiza

Stefania Daghino , Salvatore Casarrubia , Annegret Kohler , Emmanuelle Morin , Yohann Daguerre et al.
4th international Molecular Mycorrhiza Meeting, Feb 2019, Turin, Italy
Poster de conférence hal-03469295 v1

Transcriptomic analysis of plant and fungal Cd-regulated genes in the ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis

Salvatore Casarrubia , Elena Martino, , Stefania Daghino , Annegret Kohler , Emmanuelle Morin et al.
4th international Molecular Mycorrhiza Meeting, Feb 2019, Turin, Italy
Poster de conférence hal-03469280 v1

Polyketide synthases in the ericoid endomycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius

Elena Martino , Stefania Daghino , Simone Belmondo , Domitilla Meloni , Shingo Miyauchi et al.
VI International Plant Science Conference, Sep 2019, Padova, Italy
Poster de conférence hal-02936033 v1

The hydrophobin-like OmSSP1 may be an effector in the ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis

Salvatore Casarrubia , Stefania Daghino , Annegret Kohler , Emmanuelle Morin , Hassine-Radhouane Khouja et al.
3rd MPIterMic - ARBRE workshop on Molecular Plant Fungal Interactions, Nov 2018, Cologne, Germany
Poster de conférence hal-03469309 v1

The small secreted protein OmSSP1 is up-regulated in ericoid mycorrhiza and is involved in symbiosis

Salvatore Casarrubia , Stefania Daghino , Annegret Kohler , Emmanuelle Morin , Yohann Daguerre et al.
9th International Conference on Mycorrhiza, ICOM9, Jul 2017, Prague, Czech Republic
Poster de conférence hal-03470134 v1

New insights from genome and transcriptome analyses of four ericoid mycorrhizal fungi

Elena Martino, , Gwen-Aëlle Grelet , Emmanuelle Morin , Annegret Kohler , Stefania Daghino et al.
13th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Apr 2016, Paris, France
Poster de conférence hal-03470143 v1

Fungi with different ecological strategies affect Arabidopsis development in vitro: contribution of some soluble and volatile compounds

Salvatore Casarrubia , Sara Sapienza , Héma Fritz , Stefania Daghino, , Maaria Rosenkranz et al.
111° Congresso della Società Botanica Italiana (III International Plant Science Conference - IPSC), Sep 2016, Rome, Italy
Poster de conférence hal-03470159 v1