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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Scientific Organizers: Doris Wagner, Xuehua Zhong, Toshiro Ito, and Claudia Köhler
Doris Wagner
Xuehua Zhong
Toshiro Ito
Claudia Köhler
***Meeting program subject to change.
Available Formats: = In Person = On DemandMonday, October 13, 2025
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Epigenetics Regulation and Stress Memory
Genetic Basis of Epigenetic Variation and its Consequences for Adaptation
The Control of Transposable Elements
DNA Methylation Establishment at TEs
Short Talk: Epigenetic Regulation of ATHILA5 Centrophilic Retrotransposition in Arabidopsis
CRISPR targeting of H3K4me3 Activates Gene Expression and Unlocks Centromeric Crossover Recombination in Arabidopsis
Studying and Engineering Chromatin Mark Switches, for Controlled Developmental Transitions
Rice Epigenome Manipulation for Pathogen Resistance
Enabling Transgenerational Epigenetic Memory of Stress in Plants
Epigenomic Changes Following the Evolution of Selfing
Genome-Wide Targeting of Transposable Elements for Epigenetic Reprogramming and Gene Activation in Tomato
Dissecting the Role of Heat Shock Factors (HSFs) in Determining the DNA Methylation Landscape Under High Temperature Regimes in Arabidopsis
Ubiquitin-dependent Proteolysis of KNL2 Driven by APC/CCDC20 is Critical for Centromere Integrity and Mitotic Fidelity
Decoding a Non-Coding Domestication QTL
Paralog-Specific Regulons from a Single Network Architecture
Epigenome Engineering
Short Talk: Plant Mobile Domain Protein-DNA Motif Modules Counteract Polycomb Silencing to Stabilize Gene Expression
Short Talk: PRC1-mediated H2A.Zub Promotes Gene Expression by Preventing H3.1K27me1 Incorporation in Arabidopsis
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Epigenome Engineering
Function and Mechanism of DNA Methylation
Tomato Epigenome Engineering
DNA Methylation and Crop Improvement
Short Talk: DNA Demethylation Stabilizes Epigenetic Inheritance by Preventing Spontaneous Epiallele Formation
Short Talk: A Cis-Regulatory Element Guides Locus- and Female-Specific De Novo DNA Methylation in Rice
Mobile Small RNAs Regulate Endosperm Development
Interplay between Coding and Non-Coding Regulation in Plant Developmental Transitions
Tissue Specific Roles for Classy Chromatin Remodelers and DNA Methylation
Short Talk: Epigenetic Regulation of Vegetative Phase Change by the Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylation Complex
Short Talk: TRA1, a Component of the SWR1 Chromatin Remodeling Complex, is Required for AGL15 Transcriptional Silencing during the Seed-to-Seedling Transition
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Histone Variants in DNA Replication and Repair
Transformative Seed Technology
Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Plant Development
Chromatin Attachment to the Nuclear Matrix Represses Hypocotyl Elongation
Short Talk: Dynamic Control of H2A.Zub and H3K27me3 by Ambient Temperature During Cell Fate Determination in Arabidopsis
Chemical manipulation of epigenome towards flowering control
From Recall to Reset: The Role of DNA (de)methylation in Plant Immune Memory
Short Talk: A Non-canonical RNA Polymerase Ⅱ Kinase Interacts with Bromodomain-containing Proteins to Maintain Gene Expression upon Heat Stress in Arabidopsis
Short Talk: Decoding the ‘Histone-code’ of Plant Environmental Adaptation
Short Talk: Repressive Host Transcription Factors Recruit PRC2 and an Activating Viral Transcription Factor to Geminivirus Chromatin
Friday, October 17, 2025
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