Plant Epigenetics and Epigenome Engineering

Oct 13–16, 2025 | Hilton Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Scientific Organizers: Doris Wagner, Xuehua Zhong, Toshiro Ito and Claudia Köhler

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Oct 13–16, 2025 | Hilton Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Scientific Organizers: Doris Wagner, Xuehua Zhong, Toshiro Ito and Claudia Köhler

Supported by the  Directors' Fund

***Meeting program subject to change.

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Monday, October 13, 2025
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Breakfast
7:30–8:30 AM
Poster Setup
8:00–8:30 AM
Poster Viewing
8:15–5:00 PM
Welcome and Keynote Address
8:30–9:30 AM
Xiaofeng Cao, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Epigenetics Regulation and Stress Memory
Regulation of Transposable Elements and Genome Organization
9:30–11:45 AM
Eriko Sasaki, Kyushu University
Genetic Basis of Epigenetic Variation and its Consequences for Adaptation
R. Keith Slotkin, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
The Control of Transposable Elements
Taiko To, Institute of Science Tokyo
DNA Methylation Establishment at TEs
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
10:00–10:20 AM
Lunch
11:45–12:45 PM
Posters
12:00–2:30 PM
Symposia Spotlight: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Gene Regulation in the Context of Chromatin
5:00–7:00 PM
Robert Schmitz, University of Georgia
Decoding a Non-Coding Domestication QTL
Aman Husbands, University of Pennsylvania
Paralog-Specific Regulons from a Single Network Architecture
Doris Wagner, University of Pennsylvania
Epigenome Engineering
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
On Own for Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Breakfast
7:30–8:30 AM
Poster Setup
8:00–8:30 AM
Poster Viewing
8:15–5:00 PM
DNA Methylation and Noncoding RNAs in Epigenetics
8:30–11:30 AM
Steven E Jacobsen, University of California, Los Angeles
Epigenome Engineering
Xuehua Zhong, Washington University in St. Louis
Function and Mechanism of DNA Methylation
Nicolas Bouché, Université Paris-Saclay
Tomato Epigenome Engineering
Nathan M. Springer, Bayer Crop Sciences
DNA Methylation and Crop Improvement
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Lunch
11:30–12:30 PM
Posters
12:00–2:30 PM
Career Roundtable
3:00–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Epigenetics in (de) Differentiation, Growth and Development
5:00–7:00 PM
Claudia Köhler, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Mobile Small RNAs Regulate Endosperm Development
Julia Questa, Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics
Interplay between Coding and Non-Coding Regulation in Plant Developmental Transitions
Julie A. Law, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Tissue Specific Roles for Classy Chromatin Remodelers and DNA Methylation
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
On Own for Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Breakfast
7:30–8:30 AM
Histone Variants, Occupancy, and Modifications
8:30–11:30 AM
Yannick Jacob, Yale University
Histone Variants in DNA Replication and Repair
Fred van Ex, Inari
Transformative Seed Technology
Binglian Zheng, Fudan University
Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Plant Development
Speaker to be Announced
Hua Jiang, University of Potsdam
Chromatin Attachment to the Nuclear Matrix Represses Hypocotyl Elongation
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:30–3:00 PM
Panel Discussion: Epigenome Engineering
3:00–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Epigenetic Regulation of Environment/Stress Response and Memory
5:00–6:45 PM
Toshiro Ito, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Forgetting of Winter-Memory
Jurriaan Ton, University of Sheffield
From Recall to Reset: The Role of DNA (de)methylation in Plant Immune Memory
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–9:00 PM
Friday, October 17, 2025
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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