1.0Department of Biology/biologycuthemeedtr5/biology/author/cuthemeedtr5/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7FT8EclPKU"><a href="/biology/people/jean-sebastien-parent/">Jean-Sebastien Parent</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/biology/people/jean-sebastien-parent/embed/#?secret=7FT8EclPKU" width="600" height="338" title="“Jean-Sebastien Parent” — Department of Biology" data-secret="7FT8EclPKU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/biology/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> /biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/230/Parent-Jean-Sebastien.jpg7001050Current Research Our group studies the reproductive development of different plants and how it affects agriculture. We are particularly interested in the epigenetic control (small RNA, DNA methylation, etc.) of gamete formation, fertility and seed development. For this, we use cutting-edge techniques in microscopy, next-generation sequencing and gene editing on plants like canola, soybean, camelina […]