Publications and communications of Fabrice Franck

Corato, A., Le, T. T., Baurain, D., Jacques, P., Remacle, C.* , & Franck, F.*. (23 February 2022). A Fast-Growing Oleaginous Strain of Coelastrella Capable of Astaxanthin and Canthaxanthin Accumulation in Phototrophy and Heterotrophy. Life (Basel, Switzerland), 12 (3), 334. doi:10.3390/life12030334

Godaux, D., Lorge, P., Ghysels, B., Job, N., Franck, F., Caldarella, G., Cardol, P., & Remacle, C. (18 November 2020). Polypeptide monomérique présentant une activité hydrogénase, en particulier polypeptide monomérique recombinant présentant une activité hydrogénase.

Gerin, S., Delhez, T., Corato, A., Remacle, C., & Franck, F. (2020). A novel culture medium for freshwater diatoms promotes efficient photoautotrophic batch production of biomass, fucoxanthin, and eicosapentaenoic acid. Journal of Applied Phycology, 32, 1581-1596. doi:10.1007/s10811-020-02097-1

Carone, M., Corato, A., Dauvrin, T., Thanh, T. L., Durante, L., Joris, B., Franck, F., & Remacle, C. (2019). Heterotrophic growth of microalgae. In P. H. Rampelotto & A. Hallman, Heterotrophic growth of microalgae (Grand challenges in biology and biotechnology). Springer.

Weck, K., Calvo, S., Gerin, S., Franck, F., & Toye, D. (September 2018). Experimental study and modelling of hydrodynamics and light distribution in a photobioreactor for the culture of encapsulated microalgae (ValoAlgue project) [Poster presentation]. ESBES, Lisbonne, Portugal.

Lorge, P., Remacle, C., Gerin, S., Job, N., Franck, F., Caldarella, G., Ghysels, B., Godaux, D., & Cardol, P. (30 November 2017). Dispositif pour la production d'hydrogène gazeux.

Corato, A., Franck, F., & Jacques, P. (September 2017). Characterisation of a secondary carotenoid producer microalga of the genus Coelastrella [Poster presentation]. Advances in industrial biotechnology - Prospects and challenges for the devlopment of algal biotechnology.

Thanh, T. L., Corato, A., Gerards, T., Gerin, S., & Franck, F. (September 2017). Heterotrophy compared to phototrophy for growth characteristics and pigment compositions in batch cultures of four green microalga [Poster presentation]. Advances in industrial biotechnology - Prospects and challenges for the developoment of algal biotechnology, Bielefeld, Germany.

Lorge, P., Remacle, C., Gerin, S., Job, N., Franck, F., Caldarella, G., Ghysels, B., Godaux, D., & Cardol, P. (31 August 2017). DISPOSITIF PHOTO-CATALYTIQUE POUR LA PRODUCTION D'HYDROGENE GAZEUX.

Franck, F., & Gerards, T. (01 February 2017). Microalgues: du laboratoire au pilote industriel pour la production de molécules bioactives [Paper presentation]. InBioS Day.

Franck, F., Ghysels, B., & Godaux, D. (2017). Hydrogen photoproduction by oxygenic photosynthetic microorganisms. In F. Darvishi & S. Hiligsmann (Eds.), Microbial fuels: technologies and applications (pp. 315-349). CRC Press. doi:10.1201/9781351246101-9

Franck, F. (09 December 2016). Les recherches sur les microalgues à l'Université de Liège [Paper presentation]. réunion du Laboratoire Mer, Molécules et Santé, Université du Maine, Le Mans, France.

Richir, J., Batigny, A., Georges, N., Fullgrabe, L., Suvarov, P., Gobert, S., Lepoint, G., Borges, A., Champenois, W., Franck, F., Roberty, S., Lejeune, P., Abadie, A., Leduc, M., Boissery, P., Rigaud, V., Andral, B., Lefebvre, A., Belin, C., ... Grosjean, P. (27 October 2016). EcoNum, a research unit devoted to marine environment monitoring [Paper presentation]. 2ème workshop "Environnement Marin et Développement Durable: Quels enjeux pour demain?", Essaouira, Morocco.

Richir, J., Abadie, A., Grosjean, P., Franck, F., Lepoint, G., Lejeune, P., Silva, J., Santos, R., & Gobert, S. (18 October 2016). A one year survey of seagrass primary productivity using the diving-PAM technique [Poster presentation]. 12th International Seagrass Biology Workshop, Nant Gwrtheyrn, United Kingdom.

Franck, F., de Marchin, T., Fratamico, A., & Vaneyck, J. (06 August 2016). Alternative electron transport to oxygen in green microalgae during induction and steady-state photosynthesis [Paper presentation]. Photosynthetic electron and proton transport in plants and algae, Arnhem, Netherlands.

Franck, F. (06 July 2016). La production en masse de microalgues: limitations actuelles, perspectives d'amélioration et applications dans le domanaine des pigments valorisables [Paper presentation]. Les Journées Condorcet 2016, Gembloux, Belgium.

Fratamico, A., Tocquin, P., & Franck, F. (June 2016). The chlorophyll a fluorescence induction curve in the green microalga Haematococcus pluvialis: Further insight into the nature of the P-S-M fluctuation and its relationship with the "low-wave" phenomenon at steady-state. Photosynthesis Research, 128 (3), 271-285. doi:10.1007/s11120-016-0241-2

Franck, F. (12 May 2016). Biotechnologies algales: état actuel et perspectives de valorisation de la biomasse [Paper presentation]. La chimie vert, une industrie d'avenir, Gembloux, Belgium.

Franck, F. (2016). La culture industrielle de microalgues [Paper presentation]. Rencontre LIEGE CREATIVE: le potentiel des microalgues, Liège, Belgium.

Gerin, S., Leprince, P., Sluse, F., Franck, F., & Mathy, G. (2016). New features on the environmental regulation of metabolism revealed by modeling the cellular proteomic adaptations induced by light, carbon and inorganic nitrogen in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, 1158. doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01158

Roberty, S., Bailleul, B., Berne, N., Franck, F., & Cardol, P. (August 2015). Critical role of oxygen photoreduction downstream of PSI in Symbiodinium: photoprotection, energetic adjustement and ROS production [Paper presentation]. 6th European Phycological Congress : Algae bring life to the world, London, United Kingdom.

Franck, F. (2015). La culture industrielle de microalgues [Paper presentation]. Fascination of Plants Day, Liège, Belgium.

Calusinska, M., Hamilton, C., Monsieurs, P., Mathy, G., Leys, N., Franck, F., Joris, B., Thonart, P., Hiligsmann, S., & Wilmotte, A. (2015). Genome-wide transcriptional analysis suggests hydrogenase- and nitrogenase-mediated hydrogen production in Clostridium butyricum CWBI 1009. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 8 (27), 1-16. doi:10.1186/s13068-015-0203-5

de Marchin, T., Erpicum, M., & Franck, F. (2015). Photosynthesis of Scenedesmus obliquus in outdoor open thin-layer cascade system in high and low CO2 in Belgium. Journal of Biotechnology, 215, 2-12. doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.06.429

Roberty, S., Fransolet, D., Cardol, P., Plumier, J.-C., & Franck, F. (2015). Imbalance between oxygen photoreduction and antioxidant capacities in Symbiodinium cells exposed to combined heat and high light stress. Coral Reefs, 34, 1063-1073. doi:10.1007/s00338-015-1328-5

Roberty, S., Bailleul, B., Berne, N., Franck, F.* , & Cardol, P.*. (October 2014). PSI Mehler reaction is the main alternative photosynthetic electron pathway in Symbiodinium sp., symbiotic dinoflagellates of cnidarians. New Phytologist, 204 (1), 81-91. doi:10.1111/nph.12903

de Marchin, T., Erpicum, M., & Franck, F. (24 September 2014). Photosynthetic adaptations during cultivation of Scenedesmus in open thin-layer cascade system in Liège [Paper presentation]. International CeBiTec Research Conference, Bielefeld, Germany.

Ehx, G.* , Gerin, S.* , Mathy, G., Franck, F., Oliveira, H. C., Vercesi, A. E., & Sluse, F. (21 July 2014). Liver proteomic response to hypertriglyceridemia in human-apolipoprotein C-III transgenic mice at cellular and mitochondrial compartment levels. Lipids in Health and Disease, 13, 116. doi:10.1186/1476-511X-13-116

Franck, F., & Remacle, C. (22 May 2014). Applications des microalgues [Paper presentation]. La biotechnologie blanche: une industrie d'avenir, Gembloux, Belgium.

de Marchin, T., Ghysels, B., Roberty, S., & Franck, F. (15 April 2014). Photosynthetic adaptations to CO2 limitation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii - Colloque annuel de la Société Française de Photosynthèse [Poster presentation]. Colloque annuel de la Société Française de Photosynthèse.

Fratamico, A., Cardol, P., Tocquin, P., & Franck, F. (14 April 2014). Study of an undershoot in chlorophyll fluorescence signal after a saturating pulse in PAM measurements [Paper presentation]. Journées de la Société Française de Photosynthèse 2014 (SFPhi 2014), Paris, France.

Gerin, S., Mathy, G., & Franck, F. (14 April 2014). Cumulative effect of Aox1 inactivation and N source modulation on the cellular proteome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii - New insights in the metabolic interconnexion between respiration and photosynthesis [Paper presentation]. Journées de la Société Française de Photosynthèse (SFphi), Paris, France.

Franck, F. (31 March 2014). Complexité de la réponse photosynthétique des microalgues cultivées en masse : implications pour les rendements et perspectives d’amélioration [Paper presentation]. Phototrophes aquatiques et biotechnologie, Mahdia, Tunisia.

de Marchin, T., Ghysels, B., Nicolay, S., & Franck, F. (January 2014). Analysis of PSII antenna size heterogeneity of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during state transitions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Bioenergetics, 1837 (1), 121-130. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.07.009

Franck, F., Remacle, C., Wilmotte, A., Joris, B., Thonart, P., & Hiligsmann, S. (2014). Summary of ARC Final Report – MicroH2 - A collaborative project on algal and bacterial H2 production. ULg - Université de Liège.

Gerin, S., Mathy, G., & Franck, F. (2014). Modeling the dependence of respiration and photosynthesis upon light, acetate, carbon dioxide, nitrate and ammonium in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using design of experiments and multiple regression. BMC Systems Biology, 8 (96). doi:10.1186/s12918-014-0096-0

Plancke, C., Vigeolas, H., Hohner, R., Roberty, S., Emonds-Alt, B., Larosa, V., Willamme, R., Duby, F., Onga Dhali, D., Thonart, P., Hiligsmann, S., Franck, F., Eppe, G., Cardol, P., Hippler, M., & Remacle, C. (2014). Lack of isocitrate lyase in Chlamydomonas leads to changes in carbon metabolism and in the response to oxidative stress under mixotrophic growth. Plant Journal, 77 (3), 404-417. doi:10.1111/tpj.12392

de Marchin, T., Ghysels, B., & Franck, F. (12 August 2013). Study of photosynthesis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii under High and Low CO2 conditions [Poster presentation]. The 16th International Congress on Photosynthesis.

Gerin, S., Mathy, G., & Franck, F. (August 2013). Modelization of photosynthetic and respiratory maximal activities as a function of culture parameters in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using design of experiment and data analysis by JMP (SAS Institute) [Poster presentation]. 16th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research, Saint-Louis, United States - Missouri.

de Marchin, T., Ghysels, B., Nicolay, S., & Franck, F. (18 June 2013). Analysis of PSII antenna size heterogeneity of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during state transitions - Colloque annuel de la Société Française de Photosynthèse [Paper presentation]. Colloque annuel de la Société Française de Photosynthèse.

Godaux, D., Ghysels, B., Berne, N., Franck, F., Remacle, C., & Cardol, P. (18 June 2013). Induction of photosynthesis electron transfer upon anoxia in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: role of hydrogenase activity and PSI-cyclic electron flow [Paper presentation]. Colloque de la société française de photosynthèse, Paris, France.

Franck, F. (06 June 2013). Les microalgues: un défi énergétique [Paper presentation]. Parole d'Expert, Liège, Belgium.

Ghysels, B., Godaux, D., Matagne, R.-F., Cardol, P., & Franck, F. (23 May 2013). Function of the Chloroplast Hydrogenase in the Microalga Chlamydomonas: The Role of Hydrogenase and State Transitions during Photosynthetic Activation in Anaerobiosis. PLoS ONE, 8 (5), 64161. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064161

Allorent, G., Tokutsu, R., Roach, T., Peers, G., Cardol, P., Girard-Bascou, J., Seigneurin-Berny, P., Kuntz, M., Breyton, C., Franck, F., Wollman, F.-A., Niyogi, K., Krieger-Liszkay, A., Minagawa, J., & Finazzi, G. (March 2013). A dual strategy to cope with high light in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Cell, 25 (2), 545-557. doi:10.1105/tpc.112.108274

Franck, F. (21 January 2013). Electron transport to oxygen in microalgae during photosynthetic induction and at steady-state: evidence from PAM fluorimetry and oxymetry [Paper presentation]. Sunbiopath-Bammbo-Giavap joined conference, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Ammar, J., Ben Ouada, H., Franck, F., & Detienne, X. (2013). Cycle écologique de Dunaliella salina et Artemia salina en relation avec la fluctuation des paramètres physicochimiques des eaux de la saline Sebkhet Al Hdhibet au sud tunisien. Mésogée, 69, 59-69.

Roberty, S., Berne, N., Bailleul, B., Franck, F., & Cardol, P. (2013). Oxygen reduction at the acceptor side of PSI is the main alternative photosynthetic electron pathway in reef-building corals endosymbionts Symbiodinium [Poster presentation]. Journées de la Société Française de Photosynthèse, Paris, France.

Franck, F. (30 November 2012). La photosynthèse: aujourd'hui, hier et demain [Paper presentation]. Les énergies, Liège, Belgium.

Roberty, S., Cardol, P., & Franck, F. (11 July 2012). Alternative photosynthetic electron pathways in symbiotic dinoflagellates of reef-building corals [Paper presentation]. 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns (Queensland), Australia.

de Marchin, T., Ghysels, B., & Franck, F. (15 June 2012). Study of photosynthesis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii under High and Low CO2 conditions [Poster presentation]. 1st Young Algaeneers Symposium, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Gerin, S., Mathy, G., & Franck, F. (15 June 2012). Metabolic plasticity of wild-type and AOX-deficient Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells related to the inorganic nitrogen source (nitrate or ammonium), as revealed by a 2D-DIGE comparative proteomic analysis [Poster presentation]. Young Algaeneers Symposium, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Fratamico, A., Tocquin, P., & Franck, F. (14 June 2012). Optimization of an Haematococcus pluvialis medium by a Genetic Algorithm-based strategy [Poster presentation]. Young Algaeneers Symposium (1st edition), Wageningen, Netherlands.

Franck, F. (07 June 2012). Biocarburants de troisième génération à partir de microalgues: réalisations et perspectives [Paper presentation]. Journée d'études: La biomasse, ressource énergétique et chimique du futur, Liège, Belgium.

Beckers, L., Calusinska, M., Hamilton, C., Hiligsmann, S., Wilmotte, A., Remacle, C., Franck, F., Joris, B., & Thonart, P. (04 June 2012). The MicroH2 project:an association of four laboratories to improve theknowledge on biohydrogen production precesses [Poster presentation]. 18th World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC), Toronto, Canada.

Vigeolas, H., Duby, F., Kaymak, E., Niessen, G., Motte, P., Franck, F., & Remacle, C. (28 March 2012). Isolation and partial characterization of mutants with elevated lipid content in Chlorella sorokiniana and Scenedesmus obliquus. Journal of Biotechnology, 162, 3-12. doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.03.017

Bassi, R., Cardol, P., Choquet, Y., de Marchin, T., Economou, C., Franck, F., Goldschmidt-Clermont, M., Jacobi, A., Loizeau, K., Mathy, G., Plancke, C., Posten, C., Purton, S., Remacle, C., Vejrazka, C., Wei, L., & Wollman, F.-A. (2012). Finding the bottleneck: a research strategy for improved biomass production. In C. Posten & C. Walter (Eds.), Microalgal Biotechnology: integration and economy (pp. 227-249). Berlin, Germany: de Gruyter.

Formighieri, C.* , Franck, F.* , & Bassi, R. (2012). Regulation of the pigment optical density of an algal cell: filling the gap between photosynthetic productivity in the laboratory and in mass culture. Journal of Biotechnology, 162, 115-123. doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.02.021

Franck, F. (2012). Une brève histoire des centres réactionnels de la photosynthèse. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 81, 143-146.

Franck, F. (2012). La production de biocarburants de troisième génération à partir de microalgues: biodiésel et hydrogène [Paper presentation]. Journées Internationales d’Information : Phototrophes Aquatiques et Biotechnologie, Sousse, Tunisia.

Mignolet, E., Lecler, R., Ghysels, B., Remacle, C., & Franck, F. (2012). Function of the chloroplastic NADP(H) dehydrogenase NDA2 for the H2 photoproduction in sulphur-deprived Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Biotechnology, 162, 81-88.

Mignolet, E., Lecler, R., Ghysels, B., Remacle, C., & Franck, F. (2012). Function of the chloroplastic NAD(P)H dehydrogenase Nda2 for H(2) photoproduction in sulphur-deprived Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Biotechnology, 162 (1), 81-8. doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.07.002

Tocquin, P.* , Fratamico, A.* , & Franck, F. (2012). Screening for a low-cost Haematococcus pluvialis medium reveals an unexpected impact of a low N:P ratio on vegetative growth. Journal of Applied Phycology, 24 (3), 365-373. doi:10.1007/s10811-011-9771-3

Houyoux, P.-A., Ghysels, B., Lecler, R., & Franck, F. (24 September 2011). Interplay between non-photochemical plastoquinone reduction and re-oxidation in pre-illuminated Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: a chlorophyll fluorescence study. Photosynthesis Research, 110, 13-24. doi:10.1007/s11120-011-9686-5

de Marchin, T., Ghysels, B., & Franck, F. (18 September 2011). Influence of the nitrogen source and of the mitochondrial alternative oxidase (AOX) on the response to sulphur deficiency in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [Poster presentation]. Microorganisms for Bio-fuel Production from Sunlight, Bielefeld, Germany.

Godaux, D., Emonds-Alt, B., Cardol, P., Franck, F., & Remacle, C. (18 September 2011). Insertional mutagenesis to select mutants for modified hydrogen photoproduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [Poster presentation]. Microorganisms for Bio-fuel Production from Sunlight, Bielefeld, Germany.

Godaux, D., Emonds-Alt, B., Cardol, P., Franck, F., Remacle, C., Vertruyen, B. (Other coll.), & Compère, P. (Other coll.). (17 May 2011). Insertional mutagenesis to select mutants for modified hydrogen photoproduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [Poster presentation]. Colloque annuel de la Société Francaise de Potosynthèse, Paris, France.

Ghysels, B., Matagne, R.-F., & Franck, F. (May 2011). A Chlamydomonas mutant locked in anaerobiosis [Paper presentation]. Colloque annuel de la Société Française de Photosynthèse, Paris, France.

Lecler, R., Godaux, D., Vigeolas, H., Hiligsmann, S., Thonart, P., Franck, F., Cardol, P., & Remacle, C. (2011). Functional analysis of hydrogen photoproduction in respiratory-deficient mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36, 9562-9570. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.04.229

de Marchin, T., Ghysels, B., & Franck, F. (2010). La réponse photosynthétique d'une algue verte à la carence en soufre. Editions universitaires europeennes.

Roberty, S., Poulicek, M., & Franck, F. (December 2010). Alternative photosynthetic electron pathways in different clades of Symbiodinium: the Mehler reaction [Poster presentation]. Euro ISRS symposium 2010 - Reefs in a changing environment, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Lecler, R., Godaux, D., Hamilton, C., Hiligsmann, S., Franck, F., & Remacle, C. (27 June 2010). (Functionnal) analysis of hydrogen production in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mitochondrial mutants [Poster presentation]. 9th International Hydrogenase conference, Uppsala, Sweden.

Lecler, R., Mignolet, E., Franck, F., & Remacle, C. (May 2010). On the relative contributions of the PSII-dependent and Nda2-dependent pathways to the hydrogen photoproduction in S-depleted cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [Poster presentation]. Colloque annuel de la SFP (Société Française de Photosynthèse), Paris, France.

Masset, J.* , Hiligsmann, S.* , Hamilton, C., Beckers, L., Franck, F., & Thonart, P. (April 2010). Effect of pH on glucose and starch fermentation in batch and sequenced-batch mode with a recently isolated strain of hydrogen-producing Clostridium butyricum CWBI1009. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35 (8), 3371-3378. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.01.061

Franck, F. (10 March 2010). La production de biodiésel à partir de microalgues: une technologie immature mais prometteuse [Paper presentation]. 4ème table ronde biocarburants 2010, Namur, Belgium.

Franck, F. (2010). La production photosynthétique d'oxygène.

Cardol, P., De Paepe, R., Franck, F., Forti, G., & Finazzi, G. (2010). The onset of NPQ and Deltamu(H)+ upon illumination of tobacco plants studied through the influence of mitochondrial electron transport. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1797 (2), 177-88. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.10.002

Cardol, P., & Franck, F. (2010). Eukaryotic algae: where lies the diversity of oxygenic photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research, 106 (1-2), 1-2. doi:10.1007/s11120-010-9585-1

Gérin, S., Mathy, G., Blomme, A., Franck, F., & Sluse, F. (2010). Plasticity of the mitoproteome to nitrogen sources (nitrate and ammonium) in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: the logic of Aox1 gene localization. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Bioenergetics, 1797, 994-1003. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.02.034

Ghysels, B., & Franck, F. (2010). Hydrogen photo-evolution upon S deprivation stepwise: An illustration of microalgal photosynthetic and metabolic flexibility and a step stone for future biotechnological methods of renewable H2 production. Photosynthesis Research, 106, 145-154. doi:10.1007/s11120-010-9582-4

Mathy, G., Cardol, P., Dinant, M., Blomme, A., Gérin, S., Ghysels, B., Cloes, M., De Pauw, E., Leprince, P., Remacle, C., Sluse-Goffart, C., Franck, F., Matagne, R.-F., & Sluse, F. (2010). Proteomic and functional characterization of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant lacking the mitochondrial alternative oxidase 1. Journal of Proteome Research, 9, 2825-2838. doi:10.1021/pr900866e

Roberty, S., Fransolet, D., Ladrière, O., Poulicek, M., Plumier, J.-C., & Franck, F. (2010). Photoacclimation responses of a symbiotic sea anemone reveal an important host cellular plasticity [Poster presentation]. 17th Benelux Congress of Zoology, Ghent, Belgium.

Cardol, P., Alric, J., Girard-Bascou, J., Franck, F., Wollman, F.-A., & Finazzi, G. (2009). Impaired respiration discloses the physiological significance of state transitions in Chlamydomonas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (37), 15979-84. doi:10.1073/pnas.0908111106

Havaux, M., Ksas, B., Szewczyk, A., Rumeau, D., Franck, F., Caffari, S., & Triantaphyllidès, C. (2009). Vitamin B6 deficient plants display increased sensitivity to high light and photo-oxidative stress. BMC Plant Biology, 9, 130. doi:10.1186/1471-2229-9-130

Cloes, M., Mathy, G., Cardol, P., Dobson, R., Franck, F., & Sluse, F. (18 July 2008). S13.45 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mitoproteome adaptation in response to inactivation of the energy-dissipating alternative oxidase 1 by RNA interference. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Bioenergetics, 1777 (Supplement 1), 99. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.05.388

Franck, F., Dinant, M., Cardol, P., Remacle, C., & Matagne, R.-F. (June 2008). Importance of the alternative pathway of respiration for avoidance of ROS production and for optimisation of photosynthesis in Chlamydomonas [Paper presentation]. 13th International Chlamydomonas Conference, Hyères-les-Palmiers, France.

Franck, F., & Houyoux, P.-A. (2008). The Mehler reaction in Chlamydomonas during photosynthetic induction and steady-state photosynthesis in wild-type and in a mitochondrial mutant. In J. F. Allen, E. Gantt, J. H. Golbeck, ... B. Osmond (Eds.), Photosynthesis: Energy from the Sun. Springer.

Jans, F., Mignolet, E., Houyoux, P.-A., Cardol, P., Ghysels, B., Cuiné, S., Cournac, L., Peltier, G., Remacle, C., & Franck, F. (2008). A type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenase mediates light-independent plastoquinone reduction in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105 (51), 20546-51. doi:10.1073/pnas.0806896105

Ladrière, O., Roberty, S., Baudesson, C., Compère, P., Franck, F., & Poulicek, M. (2008). The tropical sea anemone Aiptasia pallida as a lab model for the study of coral bleaching [Poster presentation]. 11th International Coral Reefs Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.

Schoefs, B., & Franck, F. (2008). The photoenzymatic cycle of NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase in primary bean leaves (Phaseolus vulgaris) during the first days of photoperiodic growth. Photosynthesis Research, 96, 15-26. doi:10.1007/s11120-007-9274-x

Ben Dhiab, R., Ben Ouada, H., Boussetta, H., Franck, F., Elabed, A., & Brouers, M. (August 2007). Growth, fluorescence, photosynthetic O-2 production and pigment content of salt adapted cultures of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis. Journal of Applied Phycology, 19 (4), 293-301. doi:10.1007/s10811-006-9113-z

Franck, F., & Houyoux, P.-A. (July 2007). The Mehler reaction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during photosynthetic induction and steady-state photosynthesis in wild-type and in a mitochondrial mutant [Poster presentation]. 14th International Congress of Photosynthesis, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Tzvetkova-Chevolleau, T., Franck, F., Alawady, A. E., Dall'Osto, L., Carriere, F., Bassi, R., Grimm, B., Nussaume, L., & Havaux, M. (June 2007). The light stress-induced protein ELIP2 is a regulator of chlorophyll synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal, 50 (5), 795-809. doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03090.x

Gielen, B., Low, M., Deckmyn, G., Metzger, U., Franck, F., Heerdt, C., Matyssek, R., Valcke, R., & Ceulemans, R. (March 2007). Chronic ozone exposure affects leaf senescence of adult beech trees: a chlorophyll fluorescence approach. Journal of Experimental Botany, 58 (4), 785-795. doi:10.1093/jxb/erl222

Franck, F. (07 September 2006). The photosynthetic electron transport network: occurrence and function of cyclic and side pathways [Paper presentation]. Photosynthese-Workshop Nord-West, Aachen, Germany.

Cardol, P., Lapaille, M., Minet, P., Franck, F., Matagne, R.-F., & Remacle, C. (September 2006). ND3 and ND4L subunits of mitochondrial complex I, both nucleus encoded in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, are required for activity and assembly of the enzyme. Eukaryotic Cell, 5 (9), 1460-1467. doi:10.1128/EC.00118-06

Franck, F. (13 April 2006). Dissipation de l’énergie d’excitation et transport d’électrons vers l’oxygène en relation avec les transitions d’état chez Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [Paper presentation]. -, Paris, France.

Boddi, B., Loudeche, R., & Franck, F. (November 2005). Delayed chlorophyll accumulation and pigment photodestruction in the epicotyls of dark-grown pea (Pisum sativum). Physiologia Plantarum, 125 (3), 365-372. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2005.00569.x

Franck, F., Dewez, D., & Popovic, R. (2005). Changes in the room-temperature emission spectrum of chlorophyll during fast and slow phases of the Kautsky effect in intact leaves. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 81 (2, Mar-Apr), 431-436. doi:10.1562/2004-03-01-RA-094.1

Dewez, D., Franck, F., Popovic, R., & Marchand, M. (19 July 2004). Protochlorophyllide phototransformation in the bundle sheath cells of Zea mays. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 75 (1-2), 73-80. doi:10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2004.05.008

Franck, F. (10 June 2004). The light-dependent NADPH-protochlorophyllide-oxidoreductase: a photoenzyme with multiple functions in chloroplast development.

Cardol, P., Gloire, G., Havaux, M., Remacle, C., Matagne, R.-F., & Franck, F. (December 2003). Photosynthesis and state transitions in mitochondrial mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii affected in respiration. Plant Physiology, 133 (4), 2010-2020. doi:10.1104/pp.103.028076

Schoefs, B., & Franck, F. (December 2003). Protochlorophyllide reduction: Mechanisms and evolution. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 78 (6), 543-557. doi:10.1562/0031-8655(2003)078<0543:PRMAE>2.0.CO;2

Boddi, B., Popovic, R., & Franck, F. (January 2003). Early reactions of light-induced protochlorophyllide and chlorophyllide transformations analyzed in vivo at room temperature with a diode array spectrofluorometer. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 69 (1), 31-39. doi:10.1016/S1011-1344(02)00389-5

Franck, F., Juneau, P., & Popovic, R. (02 December 2002). Resolution of the Photosystem I and Photosystem II contributions to chlorophyll fluorescence of intact leaves at room temperature. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Bioenergetics, 1556 (2-3), 239-246. doi:10.1016/S0005-2728(02)00366-3

Franck, F. (03 October 2002). Relation between mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and photosynthetic activity in respiratory-deficient mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [Paper presentation]. Conversion of Solar Energy in Photosynthesis: Structures, machanisms and Cell regulation, Krakow, Poland.

Baryla, B., Carrier, P., Franck, F., Coulomb, C., Sahut, C., & Havaux, M. (2001). Leaf chlorosis in oilseed rape plants (Brassica napus) grown on cadmium-polluted soil: causes and consequences for photosynthesis and growth. Planta, 212, 696-709. doi:10.1007/s004250000439

Franck, F., Sperling, U., Frick, G., Pochert, B., van Cleve, B., Apel, K., & Armstrong, G. A. (December 2000). Regulation of Etioplast Pigment-Protein Complexes, Inner Membrane Architecture, and Protochlorophyllide a Chemical Heterogeneity by Light-Dependent Nadph:Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductases a and B. Plant Physiology, 124 (4), 1678-96. doi:10.1104/pp.124.4.1678

Barthelemy, X., Bouvier, G., Radunz, A., De Buyl, S., Schmid, G. H., & Franck, F. (2000). Localization of Nadph-Protochlorophyllide Reductase in Plastids of Barley at Different Greening Stages. Photosynthesis Research, 64 (1), 63-76. doi:10.1023/A:1026576319029

Schoefs, B., Bertrand, M., & Franck, F. (2000). Spectroscopic properties of protochlorophyllide analyzed in situ in the course of etiolation and in illuminated leaves. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 72 (1), 85-93. doi:10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0085:SPOPAI>2.0.CO;2

Franck, F., Bereza, B., & Boddi, B. (1999). Protochlorophyllide-NADP(+) and protochlorophyllide-NADPH complexes and their regeneration after flash illumination in leaves and etioplast membranes of dark-grown wheat. Photosynthesis Research, 59 (1), 53-61. doi:10.1023/A:1006157610954

Mysliwa-Kurdziel, B., Franck, F., Chahdi, M. A. O., & Strzalka, K. (1999). Changes in endothermic transitions associated with light-induced chlorophyllide formation, as investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. Physiologia Plantarum, 107 (2), 230-239. doi:10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.100211.x

Mysliwa-Kurdziel, B., Franck, F., & Strzalka, K. (1999). Analysis of fluorescence lifetime of protochlorophyllide and chlorophyllide in isolated etioplast membranes measured from multifrequency cross-correlation phase fluorometry. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 70 (4), 616-623. doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb08260.x

Schoefs, B., & Franck, F. (December 1998). Chlorophyll Synthesis in Dark-Grown Pine Primary Needles. Plant Physiology, 118 (4), 1159-68. doi:10.1104/pp.118.4.1159

Chahdi, M. A. O., Schoefs, B., & Franck, F. (1998). Isolation and characterization of photoactive complexes of NADPH : protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase from wheat. Planta, 206 (4), 673-680. doi:10.1007/s004250050446

Eullaffroy, P., Popovic, R., & Franck, F. (1998). Changes of chlorophyll(ide) fluorescence yield induced by a short light pulse as a probe to monitor the early steps of etioplast phototransformation in dark-grown leaves. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 67 (6), 676-682. doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb09112.x

Sperling, U., Franck, F., van Cleve, B., Frick, G., Apel, K., & Armstrong, G. A. (1998). Etioplast differentiation in Arabidopsis: Both PORA and PORB restore the prolamellar body and photoactive protochlorophyllide-F655 to the cop1 photomorphogenic mutant. Plant Cell, 10 (2), 283-296. doi:10.1105/tpc.10.2.283

Barthelemy, X., Popovic, R., & Franck, F. (1997). Studies on the O-J-I-P transient of chlorophyll fluorescence in relation to photosystem II assembly and heterogeneity in plastids of greening barley. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 39 (3), 213-218. doi:10.1016/S1011-1344(97)00012-2

Boddi, B., & Franck, F. (1997). Room temperature fluorescence spectra of protochlorophyllide and chlorophyllide forms in etiolated bean leaves. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 41 (1-2), 73-82. doi:10.1016/S1011-1344(97)00084-5

Franck, F., Eullaffroy, P., & Popovic, R. (1997). Formation of long-wavelength chlorophyllide (Chlide695) is required for the assembly of Photosystem II in etiolated barley leaves. Photosynthesis Research, 51 (2), 107-118. doi:10.1023/A:1005767526448

MysliwaKurdziel, B., Barthelemy, X., Strzalka, K., & Franck, F. (1997). The early stages of photosystem II assembly monitored by measurements of fluorescence lifetime, fluorescence induction and isoelectric focusing of chlorophyll-proteins in barley etiochloroplasts. Plant and Cell Physiology, 38 (11), 1187-1196.

deAlda, J., Tapia, M. I., Franck, F., Llama, M. J., & Serra, J. L. (1996). Changes in nitrogen source modify distribution of excitation energy in the cyanobacterium Phormidium laminosum. Physiologia Plantarum, 97 (1), 69-78.

Franck, F., & Schoefs, B. (1996). Chlorophyll synthesis in relation to the assembly of photosystems. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 65 (4-5), 269-278.

Eullaffroy, Salvetat, Franck, F., & Popovic, R. (1995). Temperature dependence of chlorophyll(ide) spectral shifts and photoactive protochlorophyllide regeneration after flash in etiolated barley leaves. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 62 (4), 751-756. doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097.1995.tb08725.x

Franck, F., Schoefs, B., Barthélemy, X., Mysliwa-Kurdziel, B., Strzalka, K., & Popovic, R. (1995). Protection of native chlorophyll(ide) forms ans of photosystem II against photodamage during early stages of chloroplast differentiation. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 17, 123-132.

Franck, F., OUAZZANI, M. A., DUJARDIN, E., & POPOVIC, R. (1994). OPTICAL MULTICHANNEL ANALYSIS OF PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE PHOTOTRANSFORMATION IN DETERGENT-SOLUBILIZED ETIOPLAST MEMBRANES OF WHEAT. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. C, Journal of Biosciences, 49 (1-2), 125-131. doi:10.1515/znc-1994-1-218

Franck, F. (1993). Photosynthetic activities during early assembly of thylakoid membranes. In C. Sundqvist & M. Ryberg (Eds.), Pigment-protein complexes in plastids: synthesis and assembly (pp. 365-381). San Diego, United States - California: Academic Press.

Franck, F. (1993). ON THE FORMATION OF PHOTOSYSTEM-II CHLOROPHYLL PROTEINS AFTER A SHORT LIGHT FLASH IN ETIOLATED BARLEY LEAVES, AS MONITORED BY INVIVO FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 18 (1), 35-40. doi:10.1016/1011-1344(93)80038-B

Franck, F., Barthélemy, X., & Strzalka, K. (1993). Spectroscopic characterization of protochlorophyllide photoreduction in the greening leaf. Photosynthetica, 29 (2), 185-194.

Franck, F., & SCHMID, G. H. (1993). PREFERENTIAL DEACTIVATION OF THE S(3) STATE OF THE WATER-OXIDIZING COMPLEX, FAVORED BY PLASTOQUINONE REDUCTION IN BARLEY CHLOROPLASTS. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. C, Journal of Biosciences, 48 (7-8), 603-608. doi:10.1515/znc-1993-7-813

SCHOEFS, B., & Franck, F. (1993). PHOTOREDUCTION OF PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE TO CHLOROPHYLLIDE IN 2-D-OLD DARK-GROWN BEAN (PHASEOLUS-VULGARIS CV COMMODORE) LEAVES - COMPARISON WITH 10-D-OLD DARK-GROWN (ETIOLATED) LEAVES. Journal of Experimental Botany, 44 (263), 1053-1057. doi:10.1093/jxb/44.6.1053

Franck, F., & Strzalka, K. (31 August 1992). Detection of the Photoactive Protochlorophyllide-Protein Complex in the Light During the Greening of Barley. FEBS Letters, 309 (1), 73-7. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(92)80742-Y

Bader, K. P., Franck, F., & Schmid, G. H. (1992). Comparison of the O2-evolving complexes of oscillatoria chalybea with that of different greening stages of higher plant chloroplasts: an amperometric and mass spectrometric study. In J. H. Argyroudi-Akoyunoglou (Ed.), Regulation of Chloroplast Biogenesis (pp. 439-444). New York, United States - New York: Plenum Press.

Franck, F., & Dujardin, E. (1992). QUENCHING OF A ROOM-TEMPERATURE FLUORESCENCE BAND AT 693-NM DURING PHOTOACTIVATION OF THE WATER-SPLITTING SYSTEM OF PHOTOSYSTEM-II IN FLASHED BARLEY LEAVES. Photosynthesis Research, 31 (1), 41-47. doi:10.1007/BF00049535

Schoefs, B., Bertrand, M., & Franck, F. (1992). Plant greening - Biogenesis of photosynthetic apparatus in bean leaves irradiated shortly after germination. Photosynthetica, 27 (4), 497-504.

SCHOEFS, B., Bertrand, M.-C., Garnir, H.-P., & Franck, F. (1992). PHOTOREDUCTION OF PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE IN DARK-GROWN BEAN COTYLEDONS AS A FUNCTION OF AGE. In N. Murata (Ed.), Research in Photosynthesis (pp. 170-170). Netherlands: Kluwer.

Schoefs, B., & Franck, F. (1991). Photosystem II assembly in 2-day-old bean leaves during the first 16 hrs. of greening. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences. Série III. Sciences de la Vie, 313 (10), 441-445.

Franck, F. (1990). Development of PSII photochemistry after a single white flash in etiolated barley leaves. In M. Baltscheffsky (Ed.), Current Research in Photosynthesis (pp. 751-754). Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

BEAUREGARD, M., Franck, F., DUJARDIN, E., & POPOVIC, R. (1989). INHIBITION OF THE PHOTOSYSTEM-II PHOTOACTIVATION PROCESS IN FLASHED LEAVES BY SULFATE. Journal of Plant Physiology, 134 (3), 370-374.

Franck, F., & Schmid, G. H. (1989). Interaction of hydroxylamine with the S1, S2 and S3 states of the water-oxidizing complex in etiochloroplasts of oat. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 977, 215-218. doi:10.1016/S0005-2728(89)80074-X

Dujardin, E., Franck, F., Gysembergh, R., & Sironval, C. (1986). The protochlorophyllide-chlorophillide cycle and photosynthesis. Photobiochemistry and Photobiophysics, 12, 97-105.

Franck, F., & Peltier, G. (1986). Light-induced gas exchanges in shortly illuminated intact etiolated leaves measured by mass spectrometry. In Colloque de Photosynthèse (pp. 128-129).

Franck, F., Sironval, C., Gysembergh, R., & Schmid, G. (1986). The conditions for the assembly of functional PSII units in etiolated leaves. In G. Akoyunoglou (Ed.), Regulation of Chloroplast Differentiation. Alan R. Liss.

Franck, F., & Schmid, G. H. (1985). The role of NADPH in the reversible phototransformation of chlorophyllide P682 into chlorophyllide P678 in etioplasts of oat. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. Section C, Biosciences, 40c, 832-838. doi:10.1515/znc-1985-11-1213

Franck, F., & Schmid, G. H. (1985). On the correlation between oxygen uptake in plastids of greening etiolated oat leaves and pigment photooxidation. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. Section C, Biosciences, 40c, 699-704. doi:10.1515/znc-1985-9-1020

Franck, F., & Inoue, Y. (1984). Thermoluminescence in etiolated bean leaves. In C. Sironval & M. Brouers (Eds.), Protochlorophyllide Reduction and Greening (pp. 237-240). The Hague, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers.

Franck, F., & Inoue, Y. (1984). Light-driven reversible transformation of chlorophyllide P696,684 into chlorophyllide P688,678 in illuminated etiolated bean leaves. Photobiochemistry and Photobiology, 8, 85-96.

Franck, F., & Schmid, G. H. (1984). Flash patterns of oxygen evolution in greening etioplasts of oat. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. Section C, Biosciences, 39c, 1091-1096. doi:10.1515/znc-1984-11-1216

Franck, F., Sironval, C., & Schmid, G. H. (1984). Extension of the experiment of J.H.C. Smith on the onset of oxygen evolution in etiolated leaves. In M. Brouers & C. Sironval (Eds.), Protochlorophyllide Reduction and Greening (pp. 223-236). The Hague, Netherlands: M. Nijhoff/W. Junk Publishers.

Sironval, C., Franck, F., Gysembergh, R., Bereza, B., & Dujardin, E. (1984). The Franck-Inoue Chlorophyllide Microcycle II in Vivo and in Vitro. In Protochlorophyllide Reduction and Greening (pp. 197-222). Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-6143-2_17

Kyle, D. J., Arntzen, C. J., Franck, F., & Inoue, Y. (1983). Light-induced quenching of photosystem II fluorescence at 77 K. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 38, 609-614. doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097.1983.tb03390.x

Franck, F. (1982). Sur la nature et les propriétés des intermédiaires P-,695 dans la photoréduction de la protochlorophyllide en chlorophyllide [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/66981

Dobek, A., Dujardin, E., Franck, F., Sironval, C., Breton, J., & Roux, E. (1981). The first events of protochlorophyll(ide) photoreduction investigated in etiolated leaves by means of the fluorescence excited by short, 610 nm laser flashes at room temperature. Photobiochemistry and Photobiophysics, 2, 35-44.

Franck, F. (1981). Quenching of the chlorophyllide fluorescence by a short-lived intermediate in the photoreduction of protochlorophyllide. In G. Akoyunoglou (Ed.), Photosynthesis V (pp. 45-53). Philadelphia, United States: Balaban International Science Services.

Franck, F., Dujardin, E., & Sironval, C. (1980). Non-fluorescent, short-lived intermediate in photoenzymatic protochlorophyllide reduction at room temperature. Plant Science Letters, 18, 375-380. doi:10.1016/0304-4211(80)90101-7

Franck, F., & Mathis, P. (1980). A short-lived intermediate in the photoenzymatic reduction of protochlorophyll(ide) into chlorophyll(ide) at a physiological temperature. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 32, 799-803. doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097.1980.tb04058.x