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      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...



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      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...



    • July 2025

      Tuesday July 22, 2025
      11:00 a.m. in the Red Room of the teaching building
      Dr. Kiran Mysore 
      "An update on Medicago Tnt1 resources and Engineering Agrobacterium to improve plant transformation and regeneration...



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      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...



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      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...



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      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...



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      Single nuclei analysis of symbiotic nodulation

      Cell-specific pathways recruited for symbiotic nodulation in the Medicago truncatula legume
       
      Medicago truncatula is a model legume species that has been studied for decades to understand the symbiotic...



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      Dr. Jérémie Bazin was recruited at IPS2 as a INRAE researcher

      Jeremie Bazin is a researcher (INRAE) in the IPS2 unit (Institut des Sciences des Plantes - Paris-Saclay, UMR 9213 UPSaclay/CNRS/INRAE). He has been recruited in May 2021 in Martin Crespi's team.
      After...



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      A new team at IPS2

      The new team headed by Leandro Quadrana  will join the Developmental Genomics and Genetics (DGG) department  to investigate the contribution of genomic and epigenomic variation to plant diversity. What...



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      The IPS2 Platform’s Days

      After the Plant Transcriptomics’ Days, then the SPOmics’ Days, we invite you to "Les journées des Plateformes de l'IPS2" on June 16 and 17 – 2022.
      These days are open to all those interested in approaches...



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      Dr. A. G. Ammar invited at IPS2

      The Dr. A. G. Ammar, Assistant Professor of Biotechnology in Alexandria (Egypt), is in residence at IPS2 for 6 months
      The SYMUNITY team is pleased to welcome Dr. Gamal Ammar coming from the City of Scientific...



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      IPS2 PhD & PostDoc Days 2022

      For a day and a half, on March 10 and 11, around 30 PhD students and postdocs of the IPS2 presented their backgrounds, research projects, and results. This event organized by PhD students highlighted...



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      How to repress legume symbiotic nodulation in response to nitrate

      NLP1 binds the CEP1 signaling peptide promoter to repress its expression in response to nitrate 
      Nitrate is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development, which also acts as a molecular signal...



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      A quantitative model of crossover landscapes

      Genetic recombination occurs in meiosis through a complex sequence of events that starts with the active formation of DNA double strand breaks and ends with crossovers or conversions after DNA repair...



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      MARS regulates the ABA response of the marneral cluster

      In Arabidopsis, the long non-coding RNA MARS modulates the epigenetic status and chromatin conformation of the marneral metabolic gene cluster in response to ABA.

      Plants communicate with their environment...