Dr. Trinh Duy Chi

Qualifications 

• 2011: Bachelor in Biotechnology, Hanoi University of Agriculture
• 2014: Master in Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi
• 2019: Ph.D. in Plant development, University of Montpellier, France
• 2019-2023: Post-doctoral researcher at Laboratoire Reproduction et DÉveloppement des Plantes, ENS Lyon, France
• 2023-present: Lecturer in Department of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam

Research interests

• Genetic control of plant development in normal conditions and in response to abiotic stresses
• Mechanisms of organogenesis and morphogenesis

Selected publications

1. Trinh, D.C., Alonso-Serra, J., Asaoka, M., Colin, L., Cortes, M., Malivert, A., Takatani, S., Zhao, F., Traas, J., Trehin, C., and Hamant, O. (2021). How Mechanical Forces Shape Plant Organs. Curr. Biol. 31: R143–R159.
2. Bellande, K., Trinh, D.C., Gonzalez, A.A., Dubois, E., Petitot, A.S., Lucas, M., Champion, A., Gantet, P., Laplaze, L., and Guyomarc’H, S. (2022). PUCHI represses early meristem formation in developing lateral roots of Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Exp. Bot. 73: 3496–3510.
3. Trinh, D.-C., Martin, M., Bald, L., Maizel, A., Trehin, C., and Hamant, O. (2023). Increased gene expression variability hinders the formation of regional mechanical conflicts leading to reduced organ shape robustness. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 120: 2017.
4. Trinh, D.-C., Lionnet, C., Trehin, C., and Hamant, O. (2024). Sepal shape variability is robust to cell size heterogeneity in Arabidopsis. Biol. Lett. 20.
5. Trinh, D.-C., Melogno, I., Martin, M., Trehin, C., Smith, R.S., and Hamant, O. (2024). Arabidopsis floral buds are locked through stress-induced sepal tip curving. Nat. Plants.
6. Xu, S., He, X., Trinh, D.-C., Zhang, X., Wu, X., Qiu, D., Zhou, M., Xiang, D., Roeder, A.H.K., Hamant, O., and Hong, L. (2024). A 3-component module maintains sepal flatness in Arabidopsis. Curr. Biol. 4: 2023.12.06.570430.
7. Trinh, D. ‐C. (2025). PHS1ΔP as a promising tool to study microtubule‐related processes in plant sciences. Plant Biol. 27: 445–449.
8. Trinh, D.-C. (2026). Impacts of KATANIN loss-of-function on growth and development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Sci. 363: 112870.
9. Pham, T.-T.-T. and Trinh, D.C. (2026). How reduced microtubule dynamics affect gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. R. Soc. Open Sci. 13: 251760.
10. Trinh, DC., Hamant, O. Correlations between surface area and volume in cell size and growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-026-08363-7

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ORCID ID	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6570-9465
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Research Gate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chi-Trinh-5