#EpiPlant
The new website of the GDR Epiplant is up and running:
gdr-epiplant.cnrs.fr

Check out the 4 research axes:
-Tech development
-Chromatin dynamics
-ncRNA & epitranscriptomics
-Epigenetics & adaptation to climate change

#Epiplant #PlantScience #genomics #RNAsky #epigenetics
@alineprobst.bsky.social
GDR EPIPLANT
gdr-epiplant.cnrs.fr
November 14, 2024 at 9:39 AM
EPIPLANT conference

🌱 You like plants and epigenetics?
Explore mechanisms of chromatin regulation & epigenetics in Nantes, France!
🎤 Great speakers + oral & poster slots from selected abstracts.
22-24 June 2026
Abstract submission deadline: 24 April 2026.
epiplant-2026.sciencesconf.org
Plant Epigenetics 2026 - Sciencesconf.org
EPIPLANT 2026 will bring together the scientific community working across the broad fields of plant and algal epigenetics, chromatin dynamics, environmental responses and transgenerational inheritance. EPIPLANT 2026 is the biennial symposium of the CNRS Groupement de Recherche (GDR) EPIPLANT.
epiplant-2026.sciencesconf.org
March 4, 2026 at 3:54 PM
🌱 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
March 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The GDR EPIPLANT is now on Bluesky! You can connect with us here @epiplant.bsky.social to stay in touch with the latest news from the plant epigenetics community 🌱🌿🧬

You can also check out the new EPIPLANT website: gdr-epiplant.cnrs.fr
GDR EPIPLANT
gdr-epiplant.cnrs.fr
December 6, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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!
June 22, 2026 at 7:37 AM
🌱🧬 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!
March 27, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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
June 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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
June 22, 2026 at 8:11 AM
🧬 Time for transposable elements at #EpiPlant! Clémentine Vitte presenting very elegant work on the contribution of TEs to cis-regulation in plants.
June 23, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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.
June 24, 2026 at 7:10 AM
#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 🌱🦠
June 23, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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.
June 24, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Our very own @ibrahimkeita.bsky.social @lipme-toulouse.bsky.social @inrae-toulouse.bsky.social presenting his PhD work at #EpiPlant! His work suggests an interplay between long non-coding RNAs and histone modifiers to promote transcriptional reprogramming in root nodule symbiosis. Stay tuned!
June 24, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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...
June 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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!
June 23, 2026 at 6:12 AM
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
June 23, 2026 at 12:51 PM
☀️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.
June 23, 2026 at 5:40 AM
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...
June 22, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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!👋
June 24, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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
June 23, 2026 at 2:05 PM
This week we are at #EpiPlant 2026 in Nantes with @yaranoureddine.bsky.social & @ibrahimkeita.bsky.social for 3 days of great plant epigenetics research 🌱🧬 Make sure to hit Yara's poster #40 to discover how TFs and lncRNAs cooperate to regulate transcription in contrasted plant-microbe interactions.
June 23, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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.
June 24, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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 ! !!!
imcbioplus.unistra.fr
January 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Delighted and grateful to receive
the 🥇 best poster prize 🏆at #EpiPlant at Nantes, France.
Thanks a bunch to the organizers and fellow participants for a wonderful meeting and inspiring conversations.

Feeling delighted to represent Shivaprasad lab @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social
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
June 25, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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.
celineduc.bsky.social
celineduc.bsky.social
June 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM