News

- 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 link between online changepoint and geometry for big data
  Leveraging a link between online changepoint detection and computational geometry for big data analysis
  In recent years, many methods have been proposed for detecting changepoints in big datasets. The...
- TDIF peptides accommodate root metabolism for symbiotic nodulation
  The sTDIF signaling peptide modulates the root stele diameter and primary metabolism to accommodate symbiotic nodulation
  
  Legume plants form specific organs on their root system, the nitrogen-fixing nodules...
- Thesis defenses at IPS2 in spring 2025
  Sébastien SKIADA
  Ribonucleases and Chloroplast Transcriptome Quality Control: Function of RNase J and Prevalence of Double-Stranded RNAs
  Keywords: Chloroplast, Ribonucleases, RNA isoforms, Double-Stranded...
- Summer barbecue at IPS2
  The IPS2 barbecue, a warm and tasty event to enjoy summer’s onset!
  The sun was shining on July 8th, bringing with it smiles and good cheer! The barbecue held at our institute gathered all colleagues around...
- SPOmics 2025 Days
  On June 23 and 24, 2025, the plant omics platforms on the Saclay plateau are organizing a conference dedicated to the approaches they are developing: “Les Journées des Omiques Végétales”.
  Held this year...
- New roles for MAP Kinases in nitrate perception
  Nitrate activates an MKK3-dependent MAPK module via NLP transcription factors in Arabidopsis
  As part of a collaborative study between the NUTS team from the Institute Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB) and STRESS...
- Happy New Year 2025
  All the teams at IPS2 wish you a very happy New Year 2025! May this new year bring you health, happiness, and success in all your personal and professional projects.
  I also hope that throughout this new...
- Tropical Christmas at IPS2
  IPS2 Christmas lunch
  Like every year, IPS2 celebrated the festive season with its traditional Christmas lunch on Tuesday December 17. It was an opportunity for all staff to get together over a convivial...
- A patho-symbiotic bacteria in legume plants
  Atypical rhizobia trigger nodulation and pathogenesis on the same legume hosts
  
  The emergence of commensalism and mutualism often derives from ancestral parasitism. However, in the case of rhizobium-legume...
- The CEP peptide-CRA2 receptor module promotes arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
  The CEP peptide-CRA2 receptor module promoting root competence for symbiotic nodulation also promotes arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
  C-terminally encoded peptides (CEPs) are small secreted signaling...
- Ensuring yield stability using parthenocarpy
  Parthenocarpy, a pollination-independent fruit set mechanism to ensure yield stability
  In a recent study, published in the journal Trends in Plant Science, scientists from the FloCad team at IPS2 provided...
- New roles for MAP Kinases in plant germination
  The MKK3 module integrates nitrate and light signals to modulate secondary dormancy in Arabidopsis thaliana
  Sarah Regnard from the Stress Signaling group at IPS2 recently published her PhD work in PNAS
- NopL interacts with symbiotic NF signaling
  The type III effector NopL interacts with GmREM1a and GmNFR5 to promote the nodulation in soybean
  
  The establishment of symbiotic interactions between leguminous plants and rhizobia requires complex cellular...
- Volatile Organic Compounds dependent rodent seed choice
  Wild rodents seed choice is relevant for sustainable agriculture
  A study published in Scientific Reports Pr. Dawei Xin (Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Chine) laboratory, in collaboration with...

News

Launch of the HeatDDR Doctoral Network

High-throughput and low-cost transcriptomics

Arrival of Bruno Guillotin at IPS2

A wind of music is blowing through our institute!

Elevated CO2 enhances resistance to the BPMV virus in common bean

EXPLOR’AE PROJECT YETI “Unravelling the secrets of trichomes”

A link between online changepoint and geometry for big data

TDIF peptides accommodate root metabolism for symbiotic nodulation

Thesis defenses at IPS2 in spring 2025

Summer barbecue at IPS2

SPOmics 2025 Days

New roles for MAP Kinases in nitrate perception

Happy New Year 2025

Tropical Christmas at IPS2

A patho-symbiotic bacteria in legume plants

The CEP peptide-CRA2 receptor module promotes arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

Ensuring yield stability using parthenocarpy

New roles for MAP Kinases in plant germination

NopL interacts with symbiotic NF signaling

Volatile Organic Compounds dependent rodent seed choice