Program

Day 1 - 28.06.21

Gaining insight into epigenetic mechanisms

09:40 - 10:00

Introduction of the training school and EPI-CATCH Cost Action
- Federico Martinelli

10:00 - 10:40

Chromatin modifications, reshuffling and restructuring
- Sotirios Fragkostefanaki

10:40 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 - 11:40

Regulation and functions of DNA methylation in plants
- Philippe Gallusci

11:40 - 12:20

Regulatory non-coding RNAs: a genomic resource for crop improvement?
- Celia Baroux

12:20 - 12:40

Questions

Day 2 - 29.06.21

Get inside into epigenetic aspects of crop applied research

9:40 - 10:20

Understanding plant responses to climate change: Mechanisms and adaptation
- Samia Daldou

10:20 - 11:00

Transgenerational memory in plant stress biology
- Markus Kuhlmann

11:00 - 11:20

Coffee break

11:20 - 12:00

Biomolecular condensates in epigenomes and epitranscriptomes
- Panagiotis Moschou

12:00 - 12:40

Plant acclimation to global warming: a three-fold lever of action based on genetics improvement, management practices, and ecophysiological approaches
- Sophie Brunel-Muguet

12:40 - 13:00

Questions

Day 3 - 30.06.21

Hands on epigenetic data analysis

9:40 - 10:20

Bisulfite sequencing for site-specific DNA methylation analysis
- Michal Lieberman-Lazarovich

10:20 - 11:00

Introduction to Whole Genome Bisulfite Sequencing analysis
- Frank Johannes

11:00 - 11:20

Coffee break

11:20 - 12:00

The biostatistical analyses of MSAP data
- Francesco Guarino

12:00 - 12:40

MSAP molecular markers for DNA methylation analysis: - Angela Cicatelli
Enhancement of heavy metal tolerance in plants by seed priming

12:40

Final Questions & Conclusions