Epigenetic regulation and stress memory
Date
Monday, June 8, 2026 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
Xiaofeng Cao
Location
Sunstone Bldg / Ground floor /Big Seminar Room A&B
Series
Seminar/Talk
Host
Xiaoqi Feng
Contact
Xiaoqi Feng
(tel. 004366488326450)
Environmental stresses can induce persistent epigenetic changes that influence future developmental and adaptive responses. Understanding how chromatin states encode environmental information has emerged as one of central questions in plant biology. In this seminar, Dr. Cao will present recent work from her laboratory on epigenetic regulation and stress memory in plants, focusing on the roles of histone modifications and DNA methylation in developmental plasticity and environmental adaptation. She will also discuss recent findings showing that stress-induced epigenetic variation can mediate heritable adaptive cold tolerance in rice, providing insights into the molecular basis of transgenerational stress memory.