Scientists stunned by ‘fundamentally new way’ life produces DNA; Newly discovered bacterial defense system challenges genetic code’s central dogma, www.science.org/content/arti...
Posts by Loic Lepiniec
Paul Schouveiler’s mobility experience, co-financed by the Saclay Plant Sciences (SPS) Teaching and Training – Mobility Open Call, eng-saclay-plant-sciences.hub.inrae.fr/news/mobility-paul
International Saclay Plant Sciences (SPS) Symposium 2026, register now! | @scoopit eng-saclay-plant-sciences.hub.inrae.fr/news/international-sps-s...
International Saclay Plant Sciences (SPS) Symposium 2026 - October 14-16, Versailles, Save the date !
Le 12 mars dernier a eu lieu la journée Saclay Plant’ Innov’, consacrée au thème « Diversification des productions végétales et nouveaux défis pour l’alimentation »., saclay-plant-sciences.hub.inrae.fr/actualites/s...
Appel à candidature Prix de thèse SFBV-AAF 2026 (Société Française de Biologie Végétale et Académie d’Agriculture de France)
The Chinese government’s investment in science comes in sharp contrast to US President Donald Trump’s administration, which has tried to cut science spending since Trump took office in early 2025. Many of those proposed cuts have so far been rejected by Congress. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Mystery of how plants make a family of medicinal molecules has been solved www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AlphaFold database hits ‘next level’: the AI system now includes protein pairing www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The February issue is fully online, with a cover depicting a close-up of clonal plantlets from the amazing Kalanchoe nicknamed "Mother of thousands":
www.nature.com/nplants/volu...
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#RP_INRAE Transitions agricoles, alimentaires et environnementales : Philippe Mauguin PDG d’INRAE et Laurent Buisson DG d’AgroParisTech ont signé le renouvellement d’une convention-cadre avec la volonté de structurer et d’amplifier leur coopération scientifique.
Le communiqué 👉 url.inrae.fr/4c8Kb62
The January issue is now fully online, and free-to-read links to all articles have been posted on Twitter and BlueSky:
www.nature.com/nplants/volu...
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And we are online!!!! It will be an amazing meeting!
Unfortunately, with limited space 😭. So, hurry up!
Second day of @episeedlink.bsky.social Annual Meeting starts with Pablo Manavella, @manavellalab.bsky.social chief-editor of Plant Cell.
The International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, ICAR 2026, 22 - 26 June | National University of Singapore, https://icar2026.sg
New Article: "Creating a new oilseed crop, pennycress, by combining key domestication traits using CRISPR genome editing" rdcu.be/e0NAR
De novo domestication by identifying and stacking CRISPR-induced mutations to create a new intermediate off-season oilseed crop.
Diversification des productions végétales et nouveaux défis pour l’alimentation : perspectives d’innovations de valorisation des plantes pour une alimentation durable- "Saclay Plant' Innov", 12 mars, Campus Agro Paris-Saclay,
Un système aéroponique permettant de caractériser les exsudats racinaires du maïs en relation avec la nutrition azotée et phosphorée et la symbiose mycorhizienne arbusculaire
Postdomestication selection of MKK3 shaped seed dormancy and end-use traits in barley, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41196947/
ARF3-mediated auxin signaling is essential for sex determination in cucumber, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41379936/
The plant ontology of cell types, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2025.12.025