Workshop 'Meet the expert - Plant Immunity in Focus: Hormonal Triggers and Epigenetic Control'

For whom
Employees , Students
When
09-12-2025 from 15:00 to 19:00
Where
Campus Coupure, Coupure Links 652, 9000 Ghent
Language
English
Organizer
Vakgroep Biotechnologie - Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
Contact
tina.kyndt@ugent.be

Part I

Auditorium E4, Blok E

15:00: Melissa Mageroy, NIBIO Methyl Jasmonate induced Resistance in Norway Spruce + discussion

15:45: Jurriaan Ton, Sheffield University From Recall to Reset: The Role of DNA (De)methylation in Plant Immune Memory + discussion

Part II

Room A0.1 Azalea, Blok A

17:00: PhD Defense of Jasper Matthys (Promoters: T. Kyndt and J. Ton) Epigenetic shock: Early alterations in DNA methylation at the onset of plant immunity