Workshop on Carbon Allocation in Plants – IJPB, Versailles (October 27-29, 2025)

The third edition of the workshop on « Carbon Allocation in Plants » was held from October 27ᵗʰ to 29ᵗʰ, 2025, at the Institute Jean-Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences in Versailles. This meeting brought together researchers, engineers, and doctoral students to discuss the mechanisms that control the distribution, transport, and storage of carbon in plants. This workshop was organized by the CATS (Carbon, Allocation, Transport, Signalling) team, following the 2021 and 2023 editions.

Numerous presentations were given, notably on recent advances in the role of environmental factors in the formation of carbon fluxes, the genetic and metabolic mechanisms of carbon distribution, biotechnological approaches aimed at improving the efficiency of carbon use, and the emerging contribution of microbial symbioses to the reprogramming of carbon distribution.

Guest speakers included John Lunn (Max Planck Institute), Wolf Frommer (HHU Düsseldorf), Yves Gibon (INRAE Bordeaux), Elena Baena-González (Oxford University) et Thomas Nägele (LMU Munich). The international scientific committee brought together five European institutions, coordinated by Sylvie Dinant (IJPB). The workshop also provided an opportunity for many international students to present posters on their research.

In addition to scientific exchanges, the workshop aims to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration and consolidate a rapidly expanding research community around a central issue concerning plant productivity, carbon storage in soils, and the ecological transition of agriculture. A further edition is already planned for next year, confirming the growing interest in carbon distribution as a strategic theme in the field of plant sciences.