Happy New Year 2026 The entire IPS2 team wishes you all the best for 2026. May this new year bring you health, happiness, and success in all your personal and professional endeavors. We also hope that,...
Christmas at IPS2
IPS2 Christmas lunch
As every year, IPS2 celebrated the holiday season with its traditional Christmas lunch, held on Thursday, December 18. This convivial event allowed all staff members to come together...
Global transcription repression in plants
Identification of a global mechanism of transcription repression in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. In an article published in PNAS and coordinated by Cécile Raynaud, the Chromosome Dynamics team...
William BOUARD has joined the CCARS team
William BOUARD joined the CCARS team at IPS2 on September 1st as an Associate Professor of the University Paris-Saclay. Being a molecular biologist and biochemist by training, William began his academic...
A new ERC project at IPS2!
Interactions and evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements and host proteins
Leandro Quadrana has just been awarded an ERC Consolidator grant: “HosTEome.” This project focuses on transposable elements...
A review on molecular mechanisms of beneficial plant-microbe interactions
In the frame of the COST Action “ROOT-BENEFIT” (CA22142) from the European Cooperation in Science and Technology...
Saclay Plant Sciences (SPS) Summer School 2026
Long title An immersive training course in plant single cell RNAseq
In 2026, the Saclay Plant Sciences (SPS) network is organizing a summer school dedicated to single cell RNAseq (scRNAseq) approaches...
December 2025
Friday december 13, 2025 10:00 a.m. in the Amphitheater of the teaching building. Dr. Ronald Pierik "Spatiotemporal regulation of light responses: a shade avoidance perspective" Invitation: Pierre GAUTRAT...
Launch of the HeatDDR Doctoral Network
HeatDDR: a new European Doctoral Network focusing on emerging challenges in agriculture The HeatDDR Doctoral Network was officially launched on March 1, 2025, merging 17 European partners to train 9 PhD...
High-throughput and low-cost transcriptomics
High-throughput and low-cost transcriptomics Transcriptome analysis is widely used in research projects. By providing a comprehensive view of an organism’s gene activity, transcriptomics enables the exploration...
Arrival of Bruno Guillotin at IPS2
Dr. Bruno Guillotin, Appointed CNRS Research Scientist at IPS2 and ATIP Avenir Laureate Bruno Guillotin has joined the IPS2 unit (Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay) as a CNRS Research Scientist...
A wind of music is blowing through our institute!
A wonderful adventure is about to begin – stay tuned! A wonderful initiative was launched at our institute on June 5: a music group was formed, bringing together talented individuals from different research...
Elevated CO2 enhances resistance to the BPMV virus in common bean
Elevated CO2 enhances the degree of resistance to the BPMV virus in common bean Development of a viral disease in a plant species requires a conducive environment. Therefore, changes in environmental factors...
EXPLOR’AE PROJECT YETI “Unravelling the secrets of trichomes”
EXPLOR’AE PROJECT YETI “Unravelling the secrets of trichomes, the plants natural armour” What if plants had their own natural “insect repellent”? Just as our skin produces sebum to protect itself, plants...
A new PI at IPS2
Hannes Kollist will become the new co-head of the STRESS team in IPS2 Since April 1st, a new Principal Investigator has joined IPS2. Hannes Kollist, who was recently recruited by the INRAE as a senior...
