The final talk of #PGRP2026! After three amazing days of RNA biology, Eduardo Mateo-Bonmatí closes the scientific program by showing how PNUTS-like scaffolding of the CPF phosphatase coordinates 3′-end processing and FLC silencing 🧬✂️❄️

Byeong-ha Lee shows how spliceosomal protein interactions promote nuclear speckle organization and splicing robustness 🧬✂️✨ #PGRP2026

Moving to RNA methylation, Sarah Rennie decodes the principles of m6A deposition and recognition in Arabidopsis 🧬✍️📖 #PGRP2026

After the coffee break, Session 6 resumes with Rebecca Mosher on the epigenomic changes that follow the evolution of selfing 🧬🌸🔄 #PGRP2026

Next, Julia Qüesta takes us to the earliest moments of plant life with transcription dynamics at early stages of development 🧬🌱⏱️ #PGRP2026

Xuehua Zhong on the mechanisms of DNA methylation dynamics and their role in environmental adaptation 🧬🏷️🌍 #PGRP2026

Back from lunch, Session 6 (Epigenetics & Epitranscriptomics) opens with Craig Pikaard on the biochemistry of RNA-directed DNA methylation: the enzymatic reactions of RNA Polymerase V and its protein partners 🧬⚗️🏷️ #PGRP2026

Closing Session 5, Jérémie Bazin unveils a dual function of NSRa linking splicing and polyadenylation 🧬✂️🔗 #PGRP2026

Back to lncRNAs with Thomas Blein, who explores the interplay between transcription factors and long non-coding RNAs in the regulation of lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis 🧬🤝🌱 #PGRP2026

Next, Matthew Parker shows how single-gamete genetics resolves epistatic variants underlying transmission bias 🧬🌸⚖️ #PGRP2026

After the coffee break, Session 5 resumes with Andreas Niebel, who presents how NFYA1 and long non-coding RNAs regulate nodule development 🧬🫘🌱 #PGRP2026

Still with non-coding RNAs, Florencia Sol Rodriguez shows how alternative splicing of a coding gene produces a nuclear regulatory long non-coding RNA 🧬✂️🔄 #PGRP2026

Session 5 continues with Josephine Herbst, who shows how the lncRNA LINDA safeguards meristem integrity after stem cell loss 🧬🛡️🌱 #PGRP2026

Into the world of non-coding RNAs! Session 5 opens with Martin Crespi, who shows how long non-coding RNAs regulate alternative splicing 🧬✂️🌱 #PGRP2026

Day 3, the final day of #PGRP2026, is here! A full day on non-coding RNAs, epigenetics and epitranscriptomics. We open with the keynote by Federico Ariel on warmth-responsive lncRNAs in chromatin dynamics 🧬🌡️🧶

To close Session 4 and another exciting day of #PGRP2026, Neha Shukla presents her work on post-transcriptional regulation of meiotic transcripts by the RNA-binding protein CDM1 and its link to cytoplasmic condensates 🧬💧🌸

We continue with Albrecht von Arnim, who shows how the circadian clock supports translational control across diel light and temperature cycles 🧬🕰️☀️ #PGRP2026

Mar Castellano on selective translation in response to combined stresses and its coordination with protein folding in plants 🧬🧩🌱 #PGRP2026

Session 4 resumes after the coffee break and poster session with Julia Bailey-Serres, who presents how high-resolution disome footprinting links translational stochasticity with mRNA turnover 🧬🎲♻️ #PGRP2026

Flash talks again ⚡ Vivek Kumar Raxwal, Tomas Maria Tessi, An Vi Ly, Manuel Gonzalez Fuente and Manvi Sharma covered UPF1 beyond NMD, actin crosslinkers in PTGS, stress-driven translation initiation, bacterial P-body hijacking, and cell type-specific translation under temperature stress 🧬 #PGRP2026