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The fate of decisions

Development of multicellular organisms relies on the cells’ ability to become specialized to fulfill diverse functions. Changing cell identity may be harmful, as in cancerogenesis, but it is widely exploited in medicine for the generation of pluripotent cells and in plant biotechnology for re-juvenation and clonal propagation. Therefore, understanding the processes that maintain cell differentiation states is of great importance. Recent research has established that cell differentiation states differ in their epigenomes, and it is thought that epigenetic barriers serve to prevent cells from uncontrolled changes of identity. Here, we aim to decipher the epigenetic barriers that restrict spontaneous fate changes of plant cells and how they can break down during development or disease.

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We are a team of plant biologists with expertise ranging from the moss Physcomitrella over the annual herb Arabidopsis to spruce trees. The partners bring together expertise in developmental biology, plant pathology, chromatin research, cell biology and epigenomics. 

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4th European Workshop on Plant Chromatin,

25-26 June 2015

Uppsala, Sweden.

 

 

 

*Limited Places available.

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