Signaling peptides at the crossroad of plant root endosymbioses In the heterogeneous and fluctuating environments in which plants grow, they must efficiently acquire essential nutrients to sustain growth...
A bacteria beneficial in low nitrogen
A beneficial bacteria improves plant growth under low fertilization conditions Developing alternatives to synthetic nitrogen fertilizers is a key challenge for reconciling agricultural productivity with...
Happy New Year 2026
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 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...
A CEP signaling peptide regulating symbiotic nodules but not roots
The Medicago SymCEP7 hormone increases root nodule number via shoots without compromising lateral root number
Legumes acquire soil nutrients both through their nitrogen-fixing root nodules and lateral...
