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UNIVERSITY OF BANJA LUKA,
GENETIC RESOURCES INSTITUTE

Call for the training „Plant epigenetics, heritability, adaptation, evolution: latest advances digested for beginners”

 A theoretical and practical training school will be held from 12-14 September 2022 at Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic).

You can send your application on following e-mail: mirela.kajkut@igr.unibl.org и sonja.raseta@igr.unibl.org.
 
When epigenetics gained interest in the scientific community a few decades ago, one major point of discussion was to which extend epigenetic marks can contribute (or not) to the evolution of organisms. While many questions in this matter remain largely open, advances in epigenomics and large/scale approaches allow us to draw a preliminary picture of the role of epigenetics in natural phenotypic variation, the transmission of such variation across (a)sexual generations and adaptation. This question is of particular interest for plant biology, as plants are sessile organisms and therefore likely rely molecular mechanisms to cope with environmental changes more than animals do. Also, plants show a large diversity of reproductive strategies, including sexual and asexual modes, and these strategies are likely to affect to which extent epigenetic marks can be transmitted and spread in a given population. 
 
The aim of the training is to:
1) help the attendants acquire knowledge on the last advances about plant epigenetics and evolution and 
2) allow attendants to design experiments and try out bioinformatic methods to study the role of epigenetic marks in evolution. 
 
The theoretical lectures will largely rely on active learning (group work, discussion) and the practical class will be hands-on.

 
 

  • 09.03.2022. год.