🌱🧬 FLOWERING LOCUS C integrates seasonal temperature signals over time. Prolonged winter cold is monitored in parallel through chromatin memory mechanisms. This robust system aligns flowering with spring #plantscience @sulteavn.bsky.social @miguelmontez.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Molecular integration of seasonal temperature signals in flowering time control - Nature Reviews Genetics

Plants must accurately time flowering by integrating seasonal temperature cues to ensure reproductive success. This Review describes how two mechanisms — rapid transcriptional responses and long-term ...

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🌱🧬 Epigenetic cold memory (vernalized state) is reset during somatic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis. This overturns the idea that the vernalized state cannot be erased through asexual reproduction. A strategy to reset parental effects #plantscience @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Resetting of epigenetic cold memory through somatic embryogenesis in plant regeneration - Nature Plants

This study shows that the epigenetic cold memory or ‘vernalized state’ in overwintering plants can be reset through somatic embryogenesis, overturning the long-standing idea that the vernalized state ...

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📆 Save The Date! The Plant-Bacteria Interaction Meeting (18th RPB) in Aussois, Savoie will take place from January 11 to 15th, 2027 👉 More info on the keynote speakers & sessions: plants-bacteria-2027.symposium.inrae.fr Deadline: September 25th @inrae-dpt-spe.bsky.social @sfp-france.bsky.social

Concluding remarks on a fantastic #Epiplant 2026 by organizers Leïla Tirichine and @celineduc.bsky.social after 3 days of inspiring science! We are already looking forward to #EpiPlant 2028 to be held in Grenoble under the lead of @cristelcarles.bsky.social @ugrenoblealpes.bsky.social. Stay tuned!👋

Congratulations to the #EpiPlant poster prize winners! 🥇Steffi Raju @steffiraju.bsky.social @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social 🥈Vangeli Geshkovski @vgeshkovski.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social 🥉Léa Feit @igred.fr

A fantastic #EpiPlant 2026 closing lecture by @plantevolution.bsky.social from @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social taking us on a transposon journey! In depth analysis of somatic transposition events revealed new fascinating aspects of TE biology.

@alineprobst.bsky.social, @episeedlink.bsky.social supervisor gave a talk in the @epiplant.bsky.social conference. Good talk for sure¡¡

GDR EPIPLANT@epiplant.bsky.social · last mo.

Now #EpiPlant GDR Director @alineprobst.bsky.social from @igred.fr taking us on a chromatin journey: histone variant H2B.8 plays a major role in the reprogramming of gene expression during the seed-to-seedling transition. More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I had the great opportunity to present a part of my PhD work for the first time at a conference! I am thankful to the @epiplant.bsky.social community for the insights and to the committee for the opportunity.

GDR EPIPLANT@epiplant.bsky.social · last mo.

Next is @mathildereignier.bsky.social, PhD student with @pierrebaduel.bsky.social @ibensens.bsky.social sharing impressive data on how mutating chromatin remodeler DDM1 in different Arabidopsis strains reveals transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of flowering time. #EpiPlant

Isabel Bäurle from IBB @unipotsdam.bsky.social delivers a #EpiPlant keynote on the interplay between transcription factors and chromatin to regulate heat stress memory in plants.

Strong start of day 3 at #EpiPlant 2026! Naïs Daviddi from @ips2parissaclay.bsky.social showing elegant demonstration of gene regulation by histone deacetylases during symbiotic nodulation in legumes.

Now #EpiPlant GDR Director @alineprobst.bsky.social from @igred.fr taking us on a chromatin journey: histone variant H2B.8 plays a major role in the reprogramming of gene expression during the seed-to-seedling transition. More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

How are hormonal responses controlled during plant development? @jiquesta.bsky.social from @cragenomica.bsky.social discussing VAL1-mediated chromatin control from germination to organogenesis. #EpiPlant

More talks on plant-microbe interactions at #Epiplant with Stéphanie Jaubert from Institut Sophia Agrobiotech @inrae-dpt-spe.bsky.social showing a neat case of cross-kingdom RNAi involving parasitic nematodes that hack plant AGO1 to induce host cell reprogramming.

#EpiPlant speaker Lionel Navarro from @ibensens.bsky.social presenting how DNA methylation and demethylation regulate plant immunity. Great data showing natural DNA methylation variation with consequences on gene expression and plant adaptation 🌱🦠

🧬 Time for transposable elements at #EpiPlant! Clémentine Vitte presenting very elegant work on the contribution of TEs to cis-regulation in plants.

Next is @mathildereignier.bsky.social, PhD student with @pierrebaduel.bsky.social @ibensens.bsky.social sharing impressive data on how mutating chromatin remodeler DDM1 in different Arabidopsis strains reveals transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of flowering time. #EpiPlant

More cool research on diatoms! Petra Bulankova from @ibensens.bsky.social discusses how diatoms repurpose mitosis for DNA damage–induced nuclear selection.

@borglab.bsky.social discussing fascinating idiosyncrasies of both brown and red algae when it comes to gene silencing and chromatin marks. Continuing his studies soon in his new lab in Kiel. #epigenetics

Next #EpiPlant keynote speaker is Mariella Ferrante from Stazione Zoologica A. Dohrn in Naples discussing DNA methylation in diatoms - with a role in sex determination mechanisms!

☀️Hot weather, hotter science! Day 2 at #EpiPlant 2026 starts with a keynote lecture by @borglab.bsky.social from @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social on chromatin evolution and function in complex red seaweeds.

Thanvi is starting her own lab in August 2026, supported by an Ambizione Fellowship. She’ll investigate the role of epigenetic variation in adaptation to high altitude. Check out her website: www.epidiversitylab.org

Epigenome Diversity Lab | Epigenome diversity

Investigating how epigenome features contribute to adaptation in plants

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I’ve Ben looking forward to this talk by @thanvisrikant.bsky.social, who is speaking about her postdoctoral work with @kbomblies.bsky.social on the effect of #polyploidy on #chromatin architecture!

Next at #EpiPlant is Cristel Carles @cristelcarles.bsky.social from LPCV Grenoble presenting very elegant work on how a PRC2 cofactor orchestrates developmental transitions and cell fate in plants. Want to know more? Check out the preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Fascinating opening lecture by Frédéric Berger @gmivienna.bsky.social @viennabiocenter.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social on how chromatin regulators cooperate to maintain transcriptional silencing in Arabidopsis and beyond! #EpiPlant

Kick-off of EPIPLANT 2026 by Leïla Tirichine and @celineduc.bsky.social in the beautiful city of Nantes! Three days of exciting science on the epigenetics of photosynthetic organisms 🌱🧬 Check #EpiPlant for all the latest posts about the conference!

The next EPIPLANT 🌱 conference will start on Monday the 22nd of June. We are looking forward to 2.5 days of great science! Thanks to celineduc.bsky.social and Leïla Tirichine for the organization.

🌱🧬 EPIPLANT 2026 is happening soon! Registration for the conference is still open, but places are limited and filling up fast. If you haven’t registered yet, now is the time to secure your spot 👉 epiplant-2026.sciencesconf.org We look forward to welcoming you to Nantes!

🌱 EPIPLANT is live! Registration is now open for the EPIPLANT 2026 conference (June 22–24). We look forward to welcoming you to Nantes, France for an exciting conference on the epigenetics of photosynthetic organisms! 👉 Details & registration: epiplant-2026.sciencesconf.org

Looking for a #PhD? Join us in (mostly) sunny Freiburg for a state-of-the-art program and research environment! #plantscience #epigenetics

Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics@mpi-ie.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our 🔥 brand-new PhD program IMPRS-EBM at the intersection of #Epigenetics, #Biophysics & #Metabolism is open for applications📢. Looking for a fully-funded #PhDposition at Max Planck? Here is your chance: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...

Pauline Jullien, researcher at @ibmp-cnrs.bsky.social and member of EPIPLANT, has received an @ercresearch.bsky.social Consolidator Grant for her project EPIPAT. Her work focuses on the #epigenetic mechanisms that regulate plant reproduction and plant-pathogen interactions. 📖 tinyurl.com/847583d9

Pauline Jullien remporte une bourse ERC « Consolidator » 2024

Félicitations à Pauline Julien, chercheuse à l'Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes (IBMP), cluster de recherche NetRNA, lauréate de l'ERC Consolidator 2024 ! !!!

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