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World Petunia Days 2026 – Registration is now open! Please share!!
Join us in Rome, 3–5 June 2026 with presentation priority given to early‑career scientists. Senior PIs are, of course, welcome to contribute.
Scholarships available!
Young researchers can apply

Save the Date: World Petunia Days 2026!

Join us in Rome, June 3-5, for an inspiring scientific gathering amidst historic landmarks. Exchange innovative ideas in a collegial atmosphere. More details coming soon! We can't wait to welcome you to the Eternal City. #WPD2026 #Rome #ScienceMeetsHistory

Precious lil petunia paws

CRISPR targeting of H3K4me3 activates gene expression and unlocks centromere-proximal crossover recombination in Arabidopsis Nature Communications - Binenbaum et al. demonstrate that precise CRISPR-based targeting of a key chromatin mark (H3K4me3) can switch on genes, boost disease resistance, and unlock meiotic...

Very excited to share our work published in Nature Comms last week! Here we describe a range of cool things that can be done once you have the power to control deposition of H3K4me3…

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"actual thanksgiving" was in October "According to historians, the first celebration of Thanksgiving in North America occurred in 1579 after the safe landing of Martin Frobisher's fleet in Newfoundland" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksg...

Friday Flower 007: Petunia 💮✨

Petunias carry the active transposon dTph1, which powers mutant screens and paints stripey patterns as it jumps.

Their five petals are fused, with diverse color designs tracing the corolla’s fusion seam.

We need to bridge the gap between epigenetic discoveries and agricultural practice. Join us at plant-epi-engineers.org
#epigenetics #agriculture #plantscience #sustainability #foodsecurity #innovation

Engineering chromatin and transcriptome regulation in plants: Strategies, challenges, and outlook In plants, altering the accessibility to DNA through chromatin modification is a key component of transcriptome regulation, crucial for normal develop…

Key insight: Epigenetic modifications offer precise plant trait control without DNA changes. The challenge? Developing accessible tools that breeders can actually use.

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Engineering chromatin and transcriptome regulation in plants: Strategies, challenges, and outlook In plants, altering the accessibility to DNA through chromatin modification is a key component of transcriptome regulation, crucial for normal develop…

Excited to share insights from the latest research in "Engineering chromatin and transcriptome regulation in plants: Strategies, challenges, and outlook" - a review looking at approaches to the development of epigenetic tools and how they can be integrated in research and agriculture.

Waarom krijgt ene bloem leuk streepje, en ander niet? UU-onderzoeker krijgt 1 miljoen om dit uit te zoeken Waarom krijgt de ene bloemblaadje mooie strepen of ringen, en de andere stippen? Bioloog Jason Gardiner van de Universiteit Utrecht heeft een subsidie van 1 miljoen euro ontvangen om dit raadsel te on...

Great that our research is resonating with the community! Check us out in the AD!
#Scienceinthenews #flowerpower #research #UU
www.ad.nl/utrecht/waar...

🌸 Did you know we have a website too! Visit the Petunia Platform to learn more about us!
petuniaplatform.org
🔬 Research groups from 15+ institutions
📚 Model system resources & protocols
🏛️ World Petunia Days history since 2004

#PetuniaResearch #PlantScience #Botany #Research

#Petunia in the library! <3

@atinygreencell.bsky.social @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social Looking forward to sharing our results from this project with you #flowerpower

Biologist Jason Gardiner secures €1 million grant to study how flowers make patterns A new project aims to build fundamental knowledge about flower pigmentation, with real-world applications. This may help breeders create more stable flowers, fruits, and vegetables. The grant is award...

Ever wonder how flower petals can make such amazing patterns? Me too, and thanks to @nwonieuws.bsky.social, we will get to find out! www.uu.nl/en/news/biol... @petuniaplatform.bsky.social #plantscience #UtrechtUniversity #NWO #flowers #epigenetics

The Petunia Platform a place for Petunia research(ers)

The World Petunia days have started in Copenhagen!
petuniaplatform.org #Petunia #PlantScience

Talks by Uwe Drüge, Berit Nauerth, and Francesca Quattrocchio (Lucia Franceschini) in the morning session #wpd25 #petunia #PlantScience

The afternoon session, with very nice talks by Nanna Bjarnholt, Natalia Dudareva, Ying Li, and Tomas Laursen #wpd25, #Petunia, #PlantScience

Very nice talks by Jere Vainio, Laetitia De Vanssay, and Nuran Calimli for the morning session #wpd25 #petunia #PlantScience

Session of talks by Ronald Koes, Francesca Quattrocchio, and Tijs Bliek - more great #Petunia talks #wpd25 #PlantScience

Final session, great talks by Jason Gardiner @gardiner-lab.bsky.social Katja Richert-Pöggeler, and Ta-Fang Lin #wpd25 #petunia #PlantScience

Its a wrap. It was a fantastic meeting, thanks to the wonderful organizing committee: Tomas, Sillas, and Javi! #wpd25 #Petunia #PlantScience

World Petunia Days in Copenhagen has started! #petunia #wpd25 #plantscience

Histone H3 lysine 4 methylation recruits DNA demethylases to enforce gene expression in Arabidopsis Nature Plants - This study revealed that targeting H3K4me3 via the H3K4 methyltransferase SDG2 activates gene expression and removes DNA methylation by recruiting DNA demethylases. Conversely, the...

Exciting news! A new epigenetic targeting paper in Nature Plants! 🌱 Congrats to Ming and Yan for getting this to the finish line! Explore the findings here: rdcu.be/eaCnk #Epigenetics #Genetics #PlantResearch #PlantBiology

Currently accepting papers for a NEW EPIGENETICS COMMUNICATIONS COLLECTION.

"Demonstrations of Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance in Various Model Systems"

Deadline: Oct 15 2025

For more info visit: lnkd.in/ep6cqUMQ

#Epigenetics #Trangenerational #Priming #Evolution
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A figure comparing box plot and showing all data points. Group1: normally distributed data. Group2: bimodal data. Group3: Data with 3 modes.

Friends don't let friends make bad graphs repo has been updated!

Friends don't let friends use boxplot for binomial (bimodal) data. Is your box plot hiding something from you?

#DataVisualization

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Taking a closer look at Arabidopsis thaliana seeds using the #BoxSeed robot in our phytotron! 🌱 Exciting times in the lab with robotics and plant science!
#PlantBiology #Arabidopsis #SeedScience #RoboticsInResearch #LabLife #UUPlants
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

Getting up close and personal with our seeds! We are having fun using the new #BoxSeed robot in our phytotron. Can you guess which plants these seeds belong to?
#PlantBiology #SeedScience #RoboticsInResearch #LabLife #UUPlants @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

Disentangling the origin and evolution of the world's orchid diversity through DNA. Poster for The Orchid Tree of Life v.2.0 by the Orchid Tree of Life project at Kew Gardens.

The updated Orchid Tree of Life v.2.0 from #KewGardens is now available for download. 🌱🌴🪴🌺

🔗: figshare.com/s/241e1bd47d...

"Disentangling the origin and evolution of the world's orchid diversity through DNA"

#orchids #phylogeny #botany #genetics

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