Colloque « Epigénétique en Ecologie et Evolution »
 
Gif-sur-Yvette, mardi 3 décembre 2013 14h00 au mercredi 4 décembre 2013 18h00

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Program:

Tuesday 3 December

Introduction

14:00 - 14:20 Dominique Joly
14:20 - 14:50 Christoph Grunau: The quest for the perfect model organism in evolutionary epigenetics

The intimate dialog between genome and epigenome (Chair: Stephane Maury)

  • 14:50 - 15:10 Eric Meyer: Non-Mendelian inheritance of Paramecium mating types through co-optation of a genome-defence small RNA pathway
  • 15:10 - 15:30 Maud Tenaillon: Three groups of transposable elements with different dynamics and host genome interactions in maize
  • 15:30 - 15:50 Clémentine Vitte: Vernalization treatment induces site-specific DNA hypermethylation at the VERNALIZATION-A1 (VRN-A1) locus in hexaploid winter wheat
15:50 - 16:30 Coffee Break

  • 16:30 - 16:50 Cristina Vieira: Epigenetic variability and transposable elements
  • 16:50 - 17:30 Poster presentations (5 min each)
Postersession, free discussion and discussion with sponsors

19:00 Diner

Wednesday 4 December

Introduction

9:00 - 10:00 Eva Jablonka: Epigenetics - from trouble maker to problem solver

Epigenetic variations in populations (Chair: Christoph Grunau)

  • 10:00 - 10:30 Nicolas Bouché: Natural epigenetic variation in plants
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

  • 11:00 - 11:30 Alain Givaudan: Phenotypic Noise in Entomopathogenic Bacterial Endosymbionts Xenorhabdus
  • 11:30 - 11:50 Vincent Castric: Genetic basis and evolution of dominance and recessivity among self-incompatibility alleles in Arabidopsis
  • 11:50 - 12:10 Nicolas Negre: Chromatinian landscape of adaptation in Spodoptera frugiperda
  • 12:10 - 12:30 Stéphane Maury: Impact of the environment on poplar phenotypic plasticity: role of DNA methylation in open chromatine
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break

Epigenetics and transgenerational effects (Chair: Allison Mallory)

  • 14:00 - 14:30 Etienne Danchin: Genetic and nongenetic inheritance
  • 14:30 - 15:00 Minoo Rassoulzadegan: RNA-mediated epigenetic heredity of acquired characters
  • 15:00 - 15:30 Jean-Jacques Remy: RNA-mediated genetic assimilation of chemosensory behavior adaptation in C. elegans
  • 15:30 - 15:50 Sara Fneich: The Heritability of the epigenetic control of Schistosoma mansoni infection success
  • 15:50 - 16:10 David Roquis: Possible epigenetic origin of thermal stress adaptation of the tropical coral Pocillopora damicornis
16:10-16:30 Coffee Break

Round table discussion

18:00 end of day
Plan d'acèss | Hôtels | Participants

 

Sponsors:

[CNRS] [diagenode] [integragen] [ThermoScientific] [Labex EcoFect] [UnivParis11] [SFR] [Labex TULIP] [EDB]