Evolution of Plant Sexual Reproduction (DFG_ICIPS)
@icips.bsky.social
ICIPS is a research unit funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) focusing on „Innovation and Coevolution In early-land Plant Sexual reproduction“.
Webpage: https://dfg-icips.org/
Webpage: https://dfg-icips.org/
... all @icips.bsky.social members and guests took part in outdoor activities, such as a boat cruise on the Lahn river and a guided tour of the old Gleiberg Castle 🏞️🛳️⛱️🛟🚶🚶♀️🏰.
September 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
... all @icips.bsky.social members and guests took part in outdoor activities, such as a boat cruise on the Lahn river and a guided tour of the old Gleiberg Castle 🏞️🛳️⛱️🛟🚶🚶♀️🏰.
Last month, all @icips.bsky.social members met at the JLU in Gießen for our 4th annual "Retreat" meeting.
We had some very productive and intensive discussions during the three days of the meeting...
We had some very productive and intensive discussions during the three days of the meeting...
September 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Last month, all @icips.bsky.social members met at the JLU in Gießen for our 4th annual "Retreat" meeting.
We had some very productive and intensive discussions during the three days of the meeting...
We had some very productive and intensive discussions during the three days of the meeting...
– Nicholas Desnoyer (University of Zürich): “Open Flower: A blooming model for teaching, outreach and research” (Poster n° 22).
April 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
– Nicholas Desnoyer (University of Zürich): “Open Flower: A blooming model for teaching, outreach and research” (Poster n° 22).
– Camille Salaün (Max Planck Institute – Potsdam): “Genetic determinants of autonomous endosperm formation in Arabidopsis” (Poster n° 4),
April 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
– Camille Salaün (Max Planck Institute – Potsdam): “Genetic determinants of autonomous endosperm formation in Arabidopsis” (Poster n° 4),
Ms. Caterina Baldi (Sponsor: @novogene-europe.bsky.social) & Prof. Annette Becker (JLU University Gießen) awarded the diploma for the best poster to the two winners (they obtained the same number of votes):
April 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Ms. Caterina Baldi (Sponsor: @novogene-europe.bsky.social) & Prof. Annette Becker (JLU University Gießen) awarded the diploma for the best poster to the two winners (they obtained the same number of votes):
Congratulations to Melanie Trupp (Osnabrück University), who won the best PhD Talk prize for her oral presentation “Contribution of the TGA TF to the evolution of sexual reproduction” given during the session 7 "Co-Evolution of Signaling Systems and Gene Regulatory Networks in Plant Development".
April 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Congratulations to Melanie Trupp (Osnabrück University), who won the best PhD Talk prize for her oral presentation “Contribution of the TGA TF to the evolution of sexual reproduction” given during the session 7 "Co-Evolution of Signaling Systems and Gene Regulatory Networks in Plant Development".
Siwei Pang (JLU University Gießen - Germany) presented a poster entitled "The role of JAGGED-like zinc finger transcription factors in the alternation of generations and the origin of multicellular sporophyte" (Poster n°17)
April 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Siwei Pang (JLU University Gießen - Germany) presented a poster entitled "The role of JAGGED-like zinc finger transcription factors in the alternation of generations and the origin of multicellular sporophyte" (Poster n°17)
Dr. Emanuela Talarico (University of Calabria- Italy) was selected to present an oral presentation entitled "Pollen-Mediated Control of Ovule Development in Ginkgo biloba: Insights into Auxin Regulation and Epigenetic Mechanisms" (Session 6).
April 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Dr. Emanuela Talarico (University of Calabria- Italy) was selected to present an oral presentation entitled "Pollen-Mediated Control of Ovule Development in Ginkgo biloba: Insights into Auxin Regulation and Epigenetic Mechanisms" (Session 6).
Nicola Babolin (University of Milano - Italy) was selected to present an oral presentation entitled "Maternal regulation of nutrients availability plays a pivotal role during ovule and seed development" (Session 6).
April 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Nicola Babolin (University of Milano - Italy) was selected to present an oral presentation entitled "Maternal regulation of nutrients availability plays a pivotal role during ovule and seed development" (Session 6).
Pavla Novotná (Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno - Czech Republic) presented a poster entitled "How to elucidate dosage compensation and parental conflict in Silene latifolia" (Poster n°12)
April 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Pavla Novotná (Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno - Czech Republic) presented a poster entitled "How to elucidate dosage compensation and parental conflict in Silene latifolia" (Poster n°12)
Yukiho Toyama (University of Tokyo - Japan) was selected to present an oral presentation entitled "Tissue-specific transcriptome analysis and chemotactic behavior observation reveal the intermediate evolutional state in male reproductive cells of Gymnopserm Cycads" (Session 5).
April 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Yukiho Toyama (University of Tokyo - Japan) was selected to present an oral presentation entitled "Tissue-specific transcriptome analysis and chemotactic behavior observation reveal the intermediate evolutional state in male reproductive cells of Gymnopserm Cycads" (Session 5).
Bridget Bickner (Harvard University - USA) presented a flash talk/poster entitled "Evolution and development of ovule packaging variation in the Phlox genus" (Flash Talk & Poster n° 3).
April 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Bridget Bickner (Harvard University - USA) presented a flash talk/poster entitled "Evolution and development of ovule packaging variation in the Phlox genus" (Flash Talk & Poster n° 3).
- "CoExPlore: Interactive comparative analysis of co-expression networks" by Micha Frederick Keßler (JLU University Gießen)
April 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
- "CoExPlore: Interactive comparative analysis of co-expression networks" by Micha Frederick Keßler (JLU University Gießen)
- "Maternal control of RNA decay safeguards embryo development" by Dr. Gerardo Del Toro-De León (Max Planck Institute - Potsdam)
April 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
- "Maternal control of RNA decay safeguards embryo development" by Dr. Gerardo Del Toro-De León (Max Planck Institute - Potsdam)
- "Evolution and development of ovule packaging variation in the Phlox genus" by Bridget Bickner (Havard University)
April 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
- "Evolution and development of ovule packaging variation in the Phlox genus" by Bridget Bickner (Havard University)
- "Duplication of MADS-box genes in land plants empowered the functional divergence between sporophytes, gametophytes and endosperm" by Dr. Yichun Qiu (Max Planck Institute - Potsdam)
April 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
- "Duplication of MADS-box genes in land plants empowered the functional divergence between sporophytes, gametophytes and endosperm" by Dr. Yichun Qiu (Max Planck Institute - Potsdam)
One "Flash Talk" session (5min. talk / 3 slides max. per speaker) was organized on Wednesday afternoon (26.03) to allow certain researchers to present and advertise their poster:
- "Role of DNA methylation in asexual endosperm formation" by Dilsher Singh Kulaar (Max Planck Institute - Potsdam)
- "Role of DNA methylation in asexual endosperm formation" by Dilsher Singh Kulaar (Max Planck Institute - Potsdam)
April 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
One "Flash Talk" session (5min. talk / 3 slides max. per speaker) was organized on Wednesday afternoon (26.03) to allow certain researchers to present and advertise their poster:
- "Role of DNA methylation in asexual endosperm formation" by Dilsher Singh Kulaar (Max Planck Institute - Potsdam)
- "Role of DNA methylation in asexual endosperm formation" by Dilsher Singh Kulaar (Max Planck Institute - Potsdam)
Session 8 about Bioinformatics solutions to harness the EvoDevo data universe chaos on Friday (28.03) midday (Chair: Alexander Goesmann):
April 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Session 8 about Bioinformatics solutions to harness the EvoDevo data universe chaos on Friday (28.03) midday (Chair: Alexander Goesmann):
Session 7 about Co-Evolution of Signaling Systems and Gene Regulatory Networks in Plant Development on Friday (28.03) morning (Chair: Sabine Zachgo):
April 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Session 7 about Co-Evolution of Signaling Systems and Gene Regulatory Networks in Plant Development on Friday (28.03) morning (Chair: Sabine Zachgo):
