Chromatin organization and function

Condensin II mediates resistance to genotoxic stress and prevents mitotic defects in Arabidopsis A forward-directed screen revealed that Condensin II prevents formation of mitotic anaphase bridges and maintains genome stability under genotoxic stress i

#new_paper: Condensin II mediates resistance to genotoxic stress and prevents mitotic defects in Arabidopsis
@academic.oup.com
doi.org/10.1093/plph...

Our postdoc Martin Kovačik received a Fulbright fellowship and is heading to the USA for 5 months at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge) with Prof Mary Gehring.
Barley seeds&parental conflict mech
@pecinka-grp.bsky.social @kovacik.bsky.social @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social

Events for February 2026 06-07 July 2026 | Munich, GermanyDNA Replication and Its Impact on Genome and Chromatin MaintenanceWe are RepliFate, a European Training Doctoral Network dedicated to understanding how DNA replication...

We go live!!!

Join us Munich July5-7th to hear exciting research on #Replication by leaders in the field

AND !! registration is FREE 🥳 (but mandatory) - we hope to see many in Munich 🍺 @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social

@replifate.bsky.social @epicrossborders.bsky.social

replifate.eu/event/meetin...

Proud to be the first institution in Central Europe to host it.
Our new Mirava Polyscope from Abberior Instruments brings cutting-edge imaging for plant research at the cellular and molecular level — and is open to external users via Czech-BioImaging.
@ifieb.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

Second day of the @episeedlink.bsky.social internacional is coming up. We start with the third session focused on Epigenetic Memory and Chromatin Regulation. 10 interesting talks are waiting for us!

Whole-genome resequencing of the wild barley diversity collection: a resource for identifying and exploiting genetic variation for cultivated barley improvement Wild barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum) is the progenitor of cultivated barley and a rich source of genetic diversity. To exploit this subspecies f

#new_paper: Whole-genome resequencing of the wild barley diversity collection: a resource for identifying and exploiting genetic variation for cultivated barley improvement
@academic.oup.com: Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum, whole genome sequence data
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...

Shepherd/Chairman Aleš in action at @episeedlink.bsky.social conference!!

After break we are going to hear the advise of our @episeedlink.bsky.social External Advisory Board about current results and future.
Thanks for their support and advise.

Starting the @episeedlink.bsky.social internacional conference with the first session of talks "Seed to seedling translation"

!!!! PhD position!!!!
#SUMO modification in plant DNA damage repair. Join our team @pecinka-grp.bsky.social and work on this cool & still understudied topic. More info ⬇️⬇️⬇️

🌱Send a CV and a brief motivation letter (PDF) to pecinkagroup@gmail.com (subject: Ph.D. Seed development).

🌱The expected start is 1 September 2026.

🚨 PhD position open🚨
Unravel why new polyploids like barley have poor seed viability. Dive into embryo/endosperm development.
Join us! #PhD #PlantBiology #Barley #Polyploidy

I’ll be spending the next four weeks at @agroscope.bsky.social Changins, working on the eccDNA identification in Arabidopsis. Big thanks to @plantepigenetics.ch who agreed to host me and OPJAK Tangenc @iebcas.bsky.social for funding the mobility 😉 🌱🥼🔬

🌱 EPIPLANT is live!

Registration is now open for the EPIPLANT 2026 conference (June 22–25).

We look forward to welcoming you to Nantes, France for an exciting conference on the epigenetics of photosynthetic organisms!

👉 Details & registration: epiplant-2026.sciencesconf.org

The HeatDDR doctoral network training school in full swing @iebcas.bsky.social @pecinka-grp.bsky.social @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social #microscopy #DNAdamage

The program is divided into informative lectures on DNA damage response and techniques to detect them, followed by hands-on sessions to train upcoming researchers on advanced microscopy methods.

To learn more about our training, visit :
olomouc.ueb.cas.cz/cz/news/nase...

We are hosting the training school of the HeatDDR PhD program over this week at the Center for Structural and Functional Plant Genomics of the Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc! 🧬

Doctoral students of the network from all over Europe will learn cutting edge techniques related to DNA damage!

Perks: elite training in advanced microscopy and image analysis, extraordinary salary, and the opportunity to be a part of a vibrant plant scientist community!

Send your applications in till 15th March, 2026 at pecinkagroup@gmail.com.

Don't forget to check for more details in the link provided!

Starting on September, 2026, our doctoral student will be a part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network Consortium AGILE, involving leading European Labs in advanced microscopy of plant chromosomes.

🧪☘️🧬

We're thrilled to announce our new PhD position in the AGILE Doctoral Network on nuclear lamina's role in the maintenance of Rabl configuration in barley!🔬🌾🧬

More info on the position : olomouc.ueb.cas.cz/en/lamina-in...

We're thrilled to welcome Manuel Escalona Sendín from Spain to our group! Manuel will be diving into the effects of temperature stress on DNA damage in barley. #HeatDDR
He's already sampled Czech cuisine and beer 🍻—and even a snowballs fight! ❄️ #phdlife

Starting off the new year with a kick-off meeting of a new collaborative grant with
Jan Paleček from Brno. We're excited to unravel how new candidates of DNA damage repair work their magic in Arabidopsis! ☘️ 🧪 🧬

P.S. Good brainstorming needs good pizza🍕

❄️Proper Winter is here!!! ❄️
So we had to try out the snow. ⛷️🏂

🌟 Wrapping up the year with Christmas sweets and mulled wine at our final lab meeting before Christmas! 🎄#HappyHolidays

Congratulations to Dr. Jian Yi Kok, researcher from the Berger lab at the GMI of the @oeaw.bsky.social! He successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Mechanisms and Evolution of Chromatin Mediated Control of Transcription”.

It's Christmas time! 🎄 That means our traditional outing to the Christmas markets for mulled wine. Cheers to the season! 🍷✨

New grants deserve a proper celebration!🥂
Congratulation to the @apecinka.bsky.social, J.Paleček, @evadt.bsky.social on securing the grant for the DNA-protein crosslinking study. A big shoutout and congrats also to J.Šáfar and @beata-strej.bsky.social !! @iebcas.bsky.social s.bsky.social @ceitec.eu

Epigenome and interactome profiling uncovers principles of distal regulation in the barley genome Navratilova et al. profiled several epigenetic features across three stages of barley embryo and leaves and predicted regulatory potential for 1.4% of the barley genome. Using HiChIP, they linked part...

#new_paper: Epigenome and interactome profiling uncovers principles of distal regulation in the barley genome
@cellpress.bsky.social: epigenetics, chromatin states, Hordeum vulgare, Morex, embryo, regulome, Vrn3,
LEA genes, genome browser
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

📣Plant Meiosis Meeting is back for its second edition‼️
Save the date: 9–11 September 2026, Poznań, Poland🌱

More details coming soon🤩

We are pleased to announce that the new spinning-confocal microscope is now in place.!!🔬🌱
We have (Katka has) new toy to play with.🪀😀 #Microscopy #NewGear